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Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Reality Check Reveals Ed-Tech Challenges - Education Week - 0 views

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  • That, ultimately, is the challenge: to identify digitally driven, innovative practices that work and scale them up. Schools can look to a growing number of models to meet that challenge, as well as the lessons that can be learned from others' mistakes.
  • many schools are turning to open educational resources. They're convinced that the free, malleable, and shareable academic content offers advantages that traditional commercial materials cannot match.
  • administrators and teachers are learning to embrace the eclectic jumble of student-owned devices, in the belief that taking a flexible approach will benefit instruction.
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  • "Bring your own device," or BYOD, programs have also proved to be cost-effective and flexible options for 1-to-1 computing goals
  • "Learning to use the right tool for the right purpose that's a life skill."
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 29 Jun 15
     
    article by Kevin Bushweller, June 10, 2015 in EdWeek, good guidance for adult ed programs and informal adult learning as well IMO.
Doris Reeves-Lipscomb

Choosing the Right Digital Learning Device - Education Week - 0 views

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  • mix of iPads and tablets with detachable keyboards.
  • HP EliteBook Revolve 810 G3, a laptop-tablet hybrid
  • Some K-12 systems are moving away from iPads and on to Chromebooks. And many elementary schools use Kindles and tablets made by Samsung and Android rather than Apple iPads.
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  • consuming content to creating it. They multitask more and increasingly use the Internet to research information.
  • Chromebooks offered immediate access to cloud-based documents and other work; plus, all staff members and students starting in grade 4 operate within the Google ecosystem, which is more compatible with Chromebooks.
  • powerful enough to run multiple applications and support software that can run more complex multimedia applications.
  • high school students ideally need a range of proficiency in non-keyboard input devices and keyboard-input devices to teach word processing, data analysis, presentation software skills, and business-based social-media use. All those skills are essential for basic technical problem-solving and critical thinking in the digital age.
  • Doris Reeves-Lipscomb on 29 Jun 15
     
    Has important considerations for choosing right digital devices based on purpose and nature of work to be done--Robin L. Flanigan, EdWeek, June 11, 2015.
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