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Patricia Palumbo

Mobile Teaching Versus Mobile Learning (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 5 views

www.educause.edu/...eaching-versus-mobile-learning

mobile learning mobile learning MAT622 Week2

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    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      The one doing the work is the one doing the learning. Simply consuming information is not enough "work" to satisfy the notion of rigorous learning.
  • I'd argue that content delivery isn't even half the picture of teaching and learning.
  • Individuals have had access to "portable learning devices" since the advent of the printing press; we call them books
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  • To achieve the promise of mobile learning, we have to stop thinking about these powerful mobile multimedia devices as only consumption devices and get students using them as production devices.
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      Addressing more than one of the senses, coupled with response output (the "work" component of learning) makes for a more robust learning experience.
  • Brain researchers have been telling educators for quite a while that engaging multiple senses helps students better learn material. Therefore, the excitement here is not so much about the portability or mobility of these teaching devices; instead, it is that these devices can both convey teaching material in more than two media (text and images) and be portable.
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 13 Jan 13
       
      The 3-D Brain app is one of the first apps I loaded onto my first smartphone and all subsequent devices. It appealed to me at the time (and still does) as moving to a higher level of information accessibility and interaction.
  • it is not enough to just give students PDFs of pages from an anatomy textbook. It's not even enough to allow them to take self-grading quizzes. We need to provide materials or applications that allow students to practice identifying parts of the body on their mobile multimedia devices before taking the high-stakes midterm or final exam.
  • It's one thing to learn about different architectural styles in a Western Civ or Construction textbook or lecture; it's another to apply what you've learned by going out into the community and taking pictures of buildings and then identifying the architectural influences. It's one thing to hear or read about the results of sociology studies about gender bias; it's another to go out, collect primary data, and immediately show, as well as discuss, the dynamically growing study results with the recently queried participant. In both cases the activity of capturing "raw" digital material can lead to further learning or assessment activities where students might develop multimedia projects.
  • access is not an excuse. Just as instructors will need to be creative in developing and assessing these mobile learning activities, instructors and institutions will need to help students be creative in finding access to different mobile multimedia production devices.
  • One of the easiest ways for individual instructors to address the access and support issues is to have students work in groups, share access to resources, and help one another figure out how to do it all. Bonus point: Employers want students who know how to work in groups. Getting students engaged in mobile learning projects might not only better facilitate learning, it might also have them learning about various 21st century literacies like group work, composing in multiple environments, and information literacy.
  • "What makes electronic books a potentially transformative technology is the new kinds of reading experiences that they make possible."
    • Karen Trenosky
      Karen Trenosky on 13 Jan 13
       
      New kinds of reading: adding the highlighting features like this app in diigo has enhanced my own reading experience
    • Berta Winiker
      Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
       
      keyword is practice
  • At minimum we could be asking our students to capture raw material from the real world and engage with it based on the concepts we are teaching them.
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    Defining mobile learning
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  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    Common Reading for Week 2
  • anonymous on 17 Jan 13
     
    The start of a conversation about teaching and learning with mobile tools.
  • Patricia Palumbo on 23 Sep 13
     
    I do think of my phone as more of an output device than the tablet or pc. Now It is becoming a bit more of an "input also" device!
Frank Barnes

The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks - Mobiledia - 2 views

www.mobiledia.com/...136174.html

FranksFP tablets textbooks mobile

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  • This pilot program reveals when it comes to engaging today's students, it's not the content that matters, but the format. Students in the California experiment accessed the same content on the iPad as in a traditional book, but those who used the digital version tested higher.
  • A small but growing number of researchers are uncovering evidence that readers are better able to remember what they read in printed books long-term when compared to materials read via an electronic screen, raising questions about tablets in the classroom.
  • Will Bohmann on 17 Jan 13
     
    Divided as researchers sort out whether readers of tablets or textbooks perform better. As well as hidden costs of mobile devices.
  • Frank Barnes on 19 Jan 13
     
    I tried sharing comments using Evernote as an experiment. I don't think it worked, so here is what I had posted there: The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks BY MARGARET ROCK "Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt tested an interactive, digital version of an Algebra 1 textbook for Apple's iPad in California's Riverside Unified School District. Students who used the iPad version scored 20 percent higher on standardized tests versus students who learned with traditional textbooks." * This is interesting. It's noted later in the article that students who read a more traditional textbook in digital format, without the benefit of the bells and whistles of a book designed to play on the strengths of digital media, did no better than those reading paper books. My thinking on this is that the books that moved beyond just the traditional text and images were more intriguing because they allowed students to interact in more diverse ways with the information. One of the reasons I enjoy reading on my Nook is that it more closely resembles the experience of reading on paper. The advantage over paper is that I can annotate and highlight without damaging the book, plus I like the dictionary feature. Reading a book on a computer is not as rewarding as reading on a good quality reader. The Houghton Mifflin Harcourt folks add much more to the experience through videos, audio links, animations, and links to ancillary information while maintaining the options I mentioned in my Nook experience. It's more engaging because there's more to do and more of the senses are being addressed. "A small but growing number of researchers are uncovering evidence that readers are better able to remember what they read in printed books long-term when compared to materials read via an electronic screen, raising questions about tablets in the classroom." "For example, Kate Garland, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Leicester in England, conducted a study on the effects of e-books
  • Frank Barnes on 25 Jan 13
     
    The Future of Education: Tablets vs. Textbooks
Berta Winiker

IDEA WATCH: Innobrarians--Librarians as Innovators - Internet@Schools Magazine - 1 views

www.internetatschools.com/...rians-as-Innovators-86995.aspx

New technologies innovation change agents

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  • Berta Winiker on 08 Jan 13
     
    Librarians have been called by many titles but this article pens a new one to me - innobrarian. It might grow on me, or not. Reflect on the degree to which you and you librarian might be on the same page as change agents in your setting. Here is the direct quote from the article ;Not only can we be innovators ourselves, but in doing so, we can support the dreamers, the players, and the innovators in the building, both students and teachers. We can help them embrace their creative ideas, harness them for the classroom, bring in supporting materials, and provide that open-minded partner that innovators need. Libraries can become the places to "seed" new ideas that can spread throughout our campuses. Our role provides us with tremendous flexibility to self-define what we want to be for our campuses." Note to self - figure our how to link words so that "new technologies" and "change agents" aren't separated. Yay, one task done. Whoops, how to now tag it with Mat622???
Frank Barnes

How To Use Google Drive and Evernote To Create Digital Portfolios - 1 views

edudemic.com/...create-digital-portfolios

MAT622 evernote google curration

shared by Frank Barnes on 18 Jan 13 - No Cached
    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 18 Jan 13
       
      Evernote has been extremely helpful in organizing and assisting my own productivity. This sheds some light on how many of it's features can be a powerful addition to teaching and learning.
    • Lucie deLaBruere
      Lucie deLaBruere on 20 Jan 13
       
      Thanks Frank, this was my GEM find for the day. I will use it with my eportfolio group.
  • he Google Drive app now allows for the creation of Documents, Spreadsheets, and Folders. Plus, the ability to upload photos and videos from the camera roll. WIth many PDF annotation apps such as Notability and Paperport Notes now allowing direct upload to Google Drive, the process of curating student work becomes even easier.
    • Lucie deLaBruere
      Lucie deLaBruere on 20 Jan 13
       
      Must show this to my eportfolio team
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  • unanswered question is how do we determine
  • unanswered question is how do we determine
  • that they have also gained greater understanding, reflected on their learning, and mastered content?
  • Evernote provides one possible solution to the challenge. The ability to sync across multiple devices, email directly to a notebook, include photos and audio recordings in notes, and share notes, makes Evernote a powerful assessment and portfolio tool. Teachers can create one notebook per student and then curate their projects by taking photos of physical assignments, sharing digital ones via email to the student’s notebook, recording students’ thoughts and reflections with audio, and typing additional notes for assessment purposes, to create a robust portfolio for each child. These student notebooks could then be shared with colleagues, peers, or parents.
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 20 Jan 13
     
    Curation and collecting tools for eportfolio. especially helpful if you are using mobile tools to create eportfolios.
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 20 Jan 13
     
    Frank Shared this amazing article that will inform our work in this class in future weeks.
joan carey

How the iPad helps scientists do their jobs | Macworld - 0 views

www.macworld.com/..._scientists_do_their_jobs.html

Fieldresearch iPads science Mat622 Week2

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  • joan carey on 14 Jan 13
     
    "It wasn't so long ago that Chris Grant would regularly take a whole lab's worth of equipment with him into the wilderness. Today, he just takes an iPad." This article discusses how scientists are just beginning to use mobile devices, specifically the iPad, to assist them in field research. It is exciting to see how they are using it, and how new this is - even for "real" scientists. I feel like i am in good company! This is also exciting because I may be able to use this kind of information to acquire funding for field research studies and equipment for BEEC..
Frank Barnes

Survey Gauges Teachers' Views on Ed Tech - Teaching Now - Education Week Teacher - 0 views

blogs.edweek.org/...evolving_views_on_ed_tech.html

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    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 05 Feb 13
       
      This indicates a need for teachers to have a better understanding of what can be done with mobile devices.
  • Despite all the bring-your-own device buzz over the last few years, meanwhile, teachers were chillier to handhelds (smartphones and iPod touches—the devices students tend to bring to school) than other tools. While the percentage of teachers with access to such devices went up to 36 percent, from 26 percent a year ago, the tools were rated below other devices (sixth out of a list of eight, even below projectors) on "potential to enhance education."
  • In general, the survey says, teachers view technology as a "teaching tool used by teachers" rather than an "administrative tool" or a "self-learning tool used by students."
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    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 05 Feb 13
       
      This indicates the need to alter teachers' perception of how to engage students with technology. It's ironic that some teachers can make that connection for themselves without linking it to their students' learning experience.
JULE Meunier

resources and articles about tech in classroom - 0 views

www.usnews.com/...technology-in-the-classroom

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  • JULE Meunier on 10 Sep 13
     
    This site has a lot of articles to read about various topics connected to technology in the classroom. Everything from specific apps/sites to use to the affects of texting slang in the classroom. Pretty interesting. A good site for multiple resources related to one thing.
Patricia Palumbo

Setting up Moon+ Reader for Text-to-Speech Using Ivona TeleRead: News and views on e-bo... - 0 views

www.teleread.com/...for-text-to-speech-using-ivona

text to speach moon+ reader Ivona

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  • Kindle for Android app didn’t support text to speech, and
  • he wished he could listen to my book while he was driving.
  • Patricia Palumbo on 21 Sep 13
     
    Wonderful way to have text read to you with Ivona voices on android.
Lucie deLaBruere

Diigo Power Note for Android - 0 views

www.android4schools.com/...diigo-power-note-for-android

diigo Android mobile tutorial

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  • Lucie deLaBruere on 30 Dec 12
     
    If you are using an Android device, use the PowerNote App. Once installed, go back to your browser, find a website, click Share and Power Note will be a choice. Choose it to get to the features of Diigo.
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 30 Dec 12
     
    If you are using an Android device, use the PowerNote App. Once installed, go back to your browser, find a website, click Share and Power Note will be a choice. Choose it to get to the features of Diigo.
Lucie deLaBruere

iPad Users Guide - 2 views

manuals.info.apple.com/...ipad_user_guide.pdf

mat622 iPad beginners tutorials Week2

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  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    This iPad Users Guide can be accessed on line here, or you can save it to iBOOKS. You can also go to Safari click on Bookmarks Scroll down to find IPad Users Guide
  • Lucie deLaBruere on 11 Jan 13
     
    This iPad Users Guide can be accessed on line here, or you can save it to iBOOKS. You can also go to Safari click on Bookmarks Scroll down to find IPad Users Guide
Dena Marger

Student Information Literacy in the Mobile Environment (EDUCAUSE Quarterly) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 0 views

www.educause.edu/...on-literacy-mobile-environment

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  • A recent survey explored the strategies used by postsecondary students to gather information using Internet-capable cell phones, or smartphones. Notably, users of iPhone and Android devices are beginning to use new search input tools, such as spoken keywords, geographic location, camera images, and barcode or quick-response code scans. Most of the student respondents who conducted information searches on these devices understood the need to evaluate the reliability of what they found. Even though students claim they can read on their smartphones without being distracted, the evidence shows that disruptions did occur in homework sessions and during class time.
  • Dena Marger on 15 Jan 13
     
    Published in March of 2011, this article reports on the results of a survey conducted of students at the University of Scranton on the strategies used by postsecondary students to gather information using Internet-capable cell phones, or smartphones. The article concluded: Information literacy instructors should become familiar with new search methods (such as quick response codes) to help students use them effectively and efficiently. Students should be encouraged to review a range of search results, particularly when searching for academic information. Information literacy instructors should help students understand how to evaluate information, especially when it is presented in a nontraditional form, such as a native app. Students may need assistance from educators in applying information literacy skills they have learned while searching on a laptop or desktop to the mobile environment.
joan carey

45 Outstanding Apps for Science - 0 views

www.dougwoods.co.uk/...ipad-apps-for-science-learning

MAT622Favorite

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  • Lucie deLaBruere on 08 Jan 13
     
    Some great ipad apps for science.  (including environmental science, physics, etc)
  • joan carey on 04 Apr 13
     
    Like Jessica I kept going back to the idea that "it's not about technology, it's about the learning." Yet after much mucking about, I kept coming back to this article which one of you introduced early in the semester. To my "pre-app developer" self, it was a real eye opener and inspiration to imagine all these topics being covered (some better than others) in this visual, graphic mode and living on one device. So in the spirit of inspiration, I offer this article as a favorite.
Berta Winiker

Travis's Excellent (Ereader) Adventure - The Digital Shift - 0 views

www.thedigitalshift.com/...am-in-a-rapidly-changing-world

Mat622 week 2

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  • Berta Winiker on 12 Jan 13
     
    Direct quote: "Last year, we rolled out an ereader lending program in my fifth and sixth grade school library, and I plan to share here the ups, downs, and what-to-look-out-fors we encountered along the way. We'll talk planning and implementation of the program-but first, a bit of background. Let's hop into the librarian time machine (fashioned from an old card catalog I found on Etsy) and go back to August 2011…." This article spoke clearly to me with its tongue-in-cheek, soup to nuts look at a librarian's dilemma. Clearly, the votes not in yet and might never be. What to choose, how best to manage??? A very graphic, accessible article about the challenges of selection, purchasing and management of e-readers told from a school librarian's perspective. The author strikes a balance between humor and pragmatism, offering concrete suggestions, research and strategies. 
Karen Trenosky

Bloom's Taxonomy and iPad Apps | Langwitches Blog - 0 views

langwitches.org/...blooms-taxonomy-and-ipad-apps

MAT622Favorite

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  • Karen Trenosky on 01 Apr 13
     
    This article is a must read for me because it contains so many resources in one blog. I also like blogs because they come from real people, like teachers, who are actually living and working with these apps everyday. I relate well to Bloom's Taxonomy and I like the comparisons the blogger makes between apps and Blooms. Its a great tool to keep as a reference. If we really want to be transforming learning with mobile tools this is a great way to start thinking about it in the simplest of ways.
Frank Barnes

The Innovative Educator: Finally! Research-based proof that students use cell phones fo... - 1 views

theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/...research-based-proof-that.html

mobile learning mobile mat622 BYOD research

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  • Here are some of the most exciting findings from the study: "An unexpected number of middle school students (from all ethnicities and incomes) say they are using mobile devices including smartphones and tablets to do their homework. Previous TRU research indicated that middle school students are using smartphones and tablets for communication and entertainment. However, this is the first TRU research that shows that middle school students are also using these mobile devices to complete homework assignments.
  • More than one out of three middle school students report they are using smartphones (39%) and tablets (31%) to do homework. More than 1 in 4 students ( 26 %) are using smartphones for their homework, weekly or more.
  • Where 39% of middle school students use smartphones for homework, only 6% report that they can use the smartphone in classroom for school work. There is also a gap in tablet use. Although 31% of middle school students say they use a tablet for homework, only 18% report using it in the classroom. 66% of students are not allowed to use a tablet for learning purposes in the classroom, and 88% are not allowed to use a phone. Students say using mobile devices like tablets makes them want to learn more.
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  • Despite the high numbers of middle school students using laptops, smartphones and tablets for homework, very few are using these mobile devices in the classroom, particularly tablets and smartphones. A large gap exists between mobile technology use at home and in school.
  • Teacher education and training on the effective integration of mobile technologies into instruction may provide significant benefits for all. Mobile device usage in class appears to have the potential to sustain, if not increase interest in STEM subjects as students progress into high school.
  • Frank Barnes on 17 Feb 13
     
    Research concerning mobile devices in the classroom. Verizon initiated, so caution toward bias.
Patricia Palumbo

Middle Grades Makers: Invent to Learn | MiddleWeb - 0 views

www.middleweb.com/...classroom-tinkers-inventors

maker movement learning mobile creating STEM art Mat622 Week2 standardized testing

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  • Amazing new tools, materials, and skills turn us all into makers. Using technology to make, repair, or customize the things we need brings engineering, design, and computer science to the masses. Hundreds of thousands of adults and children are frequenting Maker Faires, hackerspaces, and DIY (Do-It-Yourself) websites. A growing library of literature inspires learners of all ages and experiences to seize control of their world.
  • Patricia Palumbo on 18 Sep 13
     
    This is a 360 degree viewpoint of The Maker Movement inspiring a reemergence and metamorphosis of art and STEM in the classroom. The focus of learning can be on inventiveness and creativity rather than being so heavily on standardized testing that is devoid of engagement. Mobile learning is a part of this movement. This is of high interest to me because I think it will give our culture a positive new energy that will uplift our economy and increase production. This will be production not focused on consumerism but production grounded in meaning. The future needs people that can create solutions to world problems.
Francisco Mugnani

Francisco | Spreaker - Be Heard - 2 views

www.spreaker.com/6541473

FPFall 2013

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  • Francisco Mugnani on 25 Nov 13
     
    Here is my Podcast about learning to snowboard! My goal is to provide a mobile audio guide that will lead students to learn beginner snowboarding skills. I hope that by leveraging mobile using the Podcast medium students will find this learning very accessible, convenient, and adaptable to their individual learning needs.
sbriere

How to display your Android screen on your desktop - 1 views

playingwithsid.blogspot.com/...ay-your-android-screen-on.html

android desktop display screencast MAT622 APPS

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  • sbriere on 04 Dec 13
     
    "Thanks to flyingclimber for introducing me to Droid@Screen. This tool enables you to display your android screen on your desktop in portrait/landscape mode and does image scaling too. Making screen shots and videos of your android device is also supported. If the video performance is not so good, try changing the frame-rate settings."
Berta Winiker

Suren Ramasubbu: What Are Mobile Devices Teaching Your Kids? - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...mobile-learning_b_867745.html

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  • A generation of students is growing up with a different level of access to information at their collective fingertips.
  • mlearning
  • allowing the learner to work through their weak spots in the privacy of their handheld.
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  • Subjects like algebra are more palatable when placed in a game format and students can relate the relevancy of real world experiences.
    • Berta Winiker
      Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
       
      I'm curious as to to specifics of this study about discipline issues vanishing. What was the population studied? Other questions.
  • Young people communicate differently based on today's technology.
    • Berta Winiker
      Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
       
      clicking on the word estimates doesn't provide more details about this statement
  • Discipline issues nearly vanish:
  • The iSchool Initiative estimates each $150 iPod touch would save at least $600 per student per year.
  • ebook learning experience can be enjoyed anywhere for free.
  • Whether schools will allow ad-supported technology in the classroom remains to be seen.
  • Any notes she made on any platform would be saved automatically. This content and extra portability cost the student and the school nothing.
    • Berta Winiker
      Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
       
      Back it up with the info, please
  • The majority of the world accesses the Internet through a mobile device instead of a desktop PC.)
  • Adults need continuing education
  • "Learning in the 21st Century: Taking it Mobile!" survey.
  • Berta Winiker on 15 Jan 13
     
    includes a link to a 2 hour audio Global Education Conference via Blackboard Collaborative
Frank Barnes

8 Ways Educators Can Foster Passion-Based Learning - 0 views

www.teachthought.com/...tfoster-passion-based-learning

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    • Frank Barnes
      Frank Barnes on 02 Feb 13
       
      This is what Steve Jobs did with Apple. Making the complex seem simple resides in the realm of many great innovators.
  • Einstein once said, “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.”
  • foster creativity by allowing self-expression and having students pick their own topics
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  • Instead, teachers can have students design their own rubric for a project, and teachers can approve it beforehand.
  • Instead, teachers can have students design their own rubric for a project, and teachers can approve it beforehand.
  • Allow time for play. Creating a positive learning environment is just as important as teaching basic skills.
  • Laughter is said to increase white blood cells and neurotransmitters for memory and alertness
  • Find out about your students interests. Getting to know your students on a personal level can help understand their motivation.
  • Allow students time to “get in the flow”.
  • After all is said and done, teaching is a mix of science and art.
  • Creating opportunities for students to take part in greater community events allows them to have a purpose to use their imagination and skills. Studies by Rosenthal and Jacobsen suggest that a positive, stimulating environment, where learning is present, can actually support connections in the brain and enhance memory.
  • Allow time for your own learning.
  • As Einstein once said, “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.”
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