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ERIC - Education Resources Information Center - 0 views

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  • southernpride on 12 Mar 12
     
    These are the top 40 apps that are best used in a high school classroom.  They are very interesting and maybe I will try some out! Shows that apps and education can be used.  This can also be considered innovation in the classroom.
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The 8 industries that can best utilize Apple's new iPad | TabTimes - 0 views

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  • Julie Lindsay on 12 Mar 12
     
    3. Education There are two opportunities for schools and universities, and the first doesn't really directly concern the latest iPad. Instead, it is the impact that the new iPad will have on the iPad 2, as the expected price reduction will make this tablet much more accessible for finance-restricted education establishments. Of course, there is also an opportunity with the new iPad for those with bigger budgets. The additional apps for movie making could make Apple's latest tablet a great tool for subjects like media studies, or in higher education, broadcast journalism training.
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Giving Back - 0 views

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  • Sarah Bandy on 14 Mar 12
     
    This website talks about how each teacher can look up a student after being graduated and how they can communicate and change the way things were when they were in high school.
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Internet and Education:Findings the Pew Internet - 1 views

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  • Sarah Bandy on 14 Mar 12
     
    This talks about how it improves students schoolwork and that the internet helps as a communication device because they use the instant message to work with other schools and students.
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iPad Makes Wall Street Debut | Drew Today | Drew University - 0 views

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  • our central learning goal with this technology is to have them access and interpret financial information.
  • Each student’s iPad will come loaded with Pages, Numbers and Keynote, which are Apple’s analogs of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint,” said Tomljanovich.  “In addition to gathering and analyzing data, th
  • ey will be presenting their findings, making these apps central to their experience in the program.”
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  • As part of Drew’s Wall Street iPad initiative, students will have the option to purchase their Apple device at the end of the semester for a 50 percent discount off the retail price.  Tomljanovich expects that most—if not all—students will take advantage of the buy-out.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    Students using iPads in school and researching information.  With this they are able to analyze certain research on wall street and their financial data. 
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The B-School Case Study Gets a Digital Makeover - Businessweek - 0 views

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  • But for ancillary materials—all of the research and items that go with the textbook—students prefer digital,"
  • Hall recalls this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where he had to meet with employees and be accessible to clients on the trade room floor. He had a case study to read, but an open laptop would have been rude and standoffish, he says.
  • Although students could take notes, highlight, and use a dictionary function, some said they were frustrated by the Kindle’s file management system and by an inability to easily skip back and forth between text and exhibits at the end. That’s a far bigger problem when dealing with dozens of case studies—which have numerous exhibits—than with a handful of text books.
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  • the device isn’t great for exercises that require hard data analysis or spreadsheets.
  • they must provide tech support,
  • Regardless of how interactive case studies may become, what won’t change are the analytical and critical thinking skills they impart, Rowe says.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    Page 2- Students prefer normal textbooks, but prefer digital items with the research that comes along with the textbook
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Bradley University adds iPads to its campus tours - Chicago Tribune - 0 views

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      Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
       
      The campus was dead and the tour guide shows off what normally goes on here during a busy time.
  • It is believed to be the first school to use the tablet technology in this way, though students are using iPads in class and some campuses are providing them free to freshmen. Bradley's admissions office is piloting their use, and have tested them on about 20 of 160 tours during the past 21/2 months.
  • The technology works like this: The Bradley tour guide has 10 videos on his iPad, and when he loads one during a tour, it triggers the video to play on the iPads carried by the prospective students. When videos aren't playing, a campus map is displayed on the screen
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  • Ferolo's academic research looks into how people use mobile devices in their everyday lives and how the technology affects their experiences. "If people are physically here, the video content becomes more relevant to them. I believe there is a higher engagement in that tour," he said.
  • Stacy Bernstein, 17, a high school senior who was visiting Bradley from St. Louis, said the videos provided insight that she didn't get by staring at limestone buildings.
  • Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
     
    Campus tour now comes with an iPad that helps future students around and gives them information 
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Prediction: Commercial Applications Will Drive Education Use... Yet Again - 1 views

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  • Sloane Smith on 27 Mar 12
     
    This website talks about technology is once again changing the way the school system functions. People are beginning to be able to get their school books online through mobile apps and then use additional apps to create documents. By being able to do this, students will be able to customize their curriculum to how they learn best.
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Colleges' latest thrust: Video games - USATODAY.com - 1 views

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  • Andrew Vargas on 27 Mar 12
     
    This article talks about how some schools have been using game-based learning to help teach and how effective it is.
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Twenty Uses for QR Codes and Tags for Marketing « Digital Business by Will Ha... - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    This is information on QR codes for Marketing but in this there is potential for schools - particularly ubiquitous "hardlinks" between educational experiences like museums.
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Canvas Analytics - 0 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 01 Mar 12
     
    I'm impressed with the learning analytics that are in the Instructure Canvas offering. Instructure canvas is open source - you can download and use for free but if you host in the cloud, you can host through Instructure. They have just launched a K12 offering and the simple streamlined look and integration with social media has this on the top of my list as we look at an LMS for our school. WE don't have a lot of money but want simple and robust and I'm impressed with what I see. I had a call with the founder. 
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Foldit, crowdsourcing, and labor. - Slate Magazine - 1 views

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  • Vicki Davis on 28 Feb 12
     
    I know that some are saying that we can't gamify education. But what happens when problems become a game and we compete to find answers? This article talks about foldit and how crowdsourcing has become a possibility for something that can work when it becomes a game. This is a great read for those exploring how we will use games in education. I would suggest that this is an approach that we could use. ". Foldit, a novel experiment created by a group of scientists and game designers at the University of Washington, had asked the gamers-some still in middle school and few boasting a background in the sciences, much less microbiology-to determine the how proteins would fold in the enzyme. Within hours, thousands of people were both competing against (and collaborating with) one another. After three weeks, they had succeeded where the microbiologists and the computers had failed. "This is the first example I know of game players solving a long-standing scientific problem," David Baker, a Foldit co-creator, wrote at the time."
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elearnspace › What are Learning Analytics? - 0 views

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  • “the use of data and models to predict student progress and performance, and the ability to act on that information”.
  • Effective utilization of learning analytics can help schools and universities to pick up on signals that indicate difficulties with learner performance. Just as individuals communicate social intentions through signals well before they actually “think” they make a decision, learners signal success/failure in the learning process through reduced time on task, language of frustration (in LMS forums), long lag periods between logins, and lack of direct engagement with other learners or instructors.
  • ROBERTO D on 08 Mar 12
     
    Good prelimenary information about Learning Analytics.
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  • Tess T on 12 Mar 12
     
    This site gives some cool graphs and explains what Learning Analytics is. It uses Flow Charts that tell you how Learning Analytics Works.
  • stephanie jones on 13 Mar 12
     
    This article presents an overview of learning analytics and discusses how it might be applied in learning institutions.
  • Hayes G. on 13 Mar 12
     
    This article gives us an overview of learning analytics and talks about how they might be applied in schools.
  • Joy Lauer on 14 Mar 12
     
    This website shows charts to help describe what learning Analytics is. It doesn't just have the charts it also explains the charts.
  • zachc34 on 14 Mar 12
     
    This is a exact definition of learning analytics.
  • alliem_pphs on 14 Mar 12
     
    Once again, just more information about learning analytic's.
  • Alexis Szmodis on 04 Apr 12
     
    Definition and diagrams of Learning Analytics.
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The Future of MOOCs as Seen By Profs Who Taught Them - 0 views

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    MOOC
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iPad replaces uni textbooks at University of Adelaide science faculty | Adelaide Now - 0 views

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      Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
       
      Textbooks going to the wayside at Uneversity of Adelaide science facility
  • The pilot initiative involves all first-year undergraduate science students next year receiving a free Apple iPad to use with online curriculum, eliminating up to $1000 in annual textbook costs within three years.
  • Our teaching material will be more accessible, more relevant and more frequently updated, providing the flexible learning environment that students are looking for.
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      Elena Ares on 16 Mar 12
       
      Transitioning to things like this is tricky: trying to form lectures around actual textbook while still having students using technology. 
  • Eliminating textbooks will be cost-saving for science students and will make science more available to a wider range of the
  • Becca B. on 13 Mar 12
     
    this website is talking about a school based around science who is no longer using textbooks but is being to base all their teaching on the ipad so their information can be more updated and the students can save up to 1000 dollars in annual textbook costs
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Learning Analytics: What Could You Do With Five Orders of Magnitude More Data About Lea... - 1 views

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  • Evidence from top-performing schools shows that use of data, analysis, and feedback are our best tools for improvement.
  • The increasing use of online software and digital devices in classrooms presents an opportunity to collect high-frequency data for mining. Today’s analytics techniques could be used to develop a deeper understanding of how students learn, recommend personalized learning plans, and identify early warning flags. Rich data, analytics, and feedback enable a process of iteration and continuous improvement, where educators become learners, and we figure out how to improve education. We are at the beginning of a wave of data-driven change in education, with important social consequences and fantastic opportunities.
    • Tess T
      Tess T on 15 Mar 12
       
      Key words about learning analytics: understanding, personalized learning plans, identify early warning signs. 
  • Tess T on 15 Mar 12
     
    This article about learning analytics talks about personalizing student learning and customizing lessons for students.  It also connects to a PDF file about what personalized learning looks like and how it helps students
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The Digital Textbook Revolution | iPad in Schools - 1 views

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  • amandam_pphs on 12 Mar 12
     
    "Everything in our world is being digitized (or will be) and it makes sense for text  books to be able to be updated in real time (any time) at a cost that is virtually free rather than the investment it takes to republish and distribute millions of books every few years." This article discusses the use of iPads in the classroom and how they should be replacing textbooks. Since ipads are gesture based, they will be a great addition to a classroom.
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RFID Center of Excellence - Penn State Behrend - Home - 0 views

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  • Mary Westbrook on 12 Mar 12
     
    Penn State researches RFID technology to put it in schools and businesses.
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Apps being used in the Classroom - 0 views

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  • 5 Apps Being Used in the Classroom Right Now Published 21 July, 2011 Multimedia & Digital 8 Comments Tags: Apps, Blackboard Mobile Learn, byki, Classroom, Dictionary.com, Digital, Mobile apps, Motion Math, Multimedia, Sarah Fudin, World Wiki tweetmeme_url = 'http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2011/07/21/5-apps-being-used-in-the-classroom-right-now/'; tweetmeme_alias = 'http://wp.me/pLaO9-LP'; tweetmeme_source = '”OUPELTGlobal”'; In this post, Sarah Fudin, a community relations coordinator for the University of Southern California’s online Masters Degree in Teaching program, shares 5 mobile apps that teachers are already using in the classroom to aid learning. Apple’s catchy tagline — “There’s an app for that” — is proving to be true in today’s classroom. Educational apps that are well designed and highly interactive engage students and make learning more enjoyable. A quick online survey shows that there are hundreds of apps available for every educational level, from pre-Kindergarten to college. Many schools are putting iPads into the hands of students in the classroom. Even in classrooms where only the teacher has an iPad, Apple’s Video Mirroring technology allows the screen image from an iPad to be shared with the class via a projection screen or HDTV. Here are five extraordinarily useful Apple and Android apps that are being used in classrooms across the country right now:
  • This Apple app provides quick access to detailed information about more than 200 countries around the globe. According to Macworld, World Wiki uses data from the official CIA World Factbook. Country data includes maps, flags, native language, motto and national statistics, with more detailed information about a country’s government, economy and geography also available. World Wiki’s presentation and depth of information make it a useful tool for teachers and students of all educational levels, with particularly innovative applications in the ESL / TESOL teacher’s classroom, where bridging the cultural gap may sometimes be challenging.
  • No roundup of educational apps would be complete without mentioning this app, which is listed as the #1 app for students by U.S. News & World Report. Over 1 million words from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com are included in this app, along with audio pronunciation, word origins and example sentences. The app can be downloaded free of charge for iPhone, iPad, Android and Blackberry devices and conveniently works without an Internet connection. As technology continues to advance and become even more ubiquitous, permeating our everyday lives and routines, it is certain that the classroom of the future will also become more high-tech. The apps being used by teachers and students today are only the latest wave of the digital revolution sweeping over education. As the processes and programs currently available are advanced and refined, technology will offer teachers and students even better ways to work, to connect and, of course, to learn.
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Tom Vander Ark: How Customized Learning Will Benefit Students - 1 views

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  • School-as-a-Service (SaaS) is an important metaphor for the future of customized learning
  • student-centered rather than teacher centered; learning is customized for every student
  • Tess T on 15 Mar 12
     
    This is a cool article about customized learning
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