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Education Week: Smart Thinking About Educational Technology - 0 views

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  • Simplistic thinking is often applied to educational technology. Either it’s the greatest approach to education ever invented or it’s a waste of money.
  • weak arguments, such as “students are digital natives, so we should use more technology,”
  • Digital technology provides a powerful toolkit, offering unique advantages (such as bridging time and distance, democratizing access to information and services, and leveraging exponential increases in computer power) that have helped transform other organizations, especially those based on information and knowledge
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  • Making schools more engaging and relevant (thereby helping reduce the disastrous high school dropout rates in many districts); • Providing high-quality schooling for all students (including English-language learners and students with disabilities); • Attracting, preparing, and retaining high-quality teachers; • Increasing support for children from parents and the community; and • Requiring accountability for results (including providing more information about schools to policymakers and the public). Educators need to consider how digital tools are used to help achieve each of these goals, because transforming schools requires attention to all six, not only one.
  • Because these changes happened so quickly, it is a challenge to think clearly about schools’ uses of digital tools.
  • By using computers, the Internet, and other digital technologies in smart ways, schools are beginning to be transformed into the more modern, effective, responsive institutions that society needs.
  • these modifications are not yet widely known or understood.
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shared by Lynne Crowe on 04 Apr 08 - Cached
  • Lynne Crowe on 04 Apr 08
     
    The web site was created to provide educators and trainers with easy-to- assemble educational games in a technology- enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning.
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DyeTub.com Free Certificate Templates - 0 views

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    Create your own certificates online. Finally, you can recognize a person with the presentation of a certificate that looks good enough to frame.
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Mokoi Gaming - Play Anywhere, Create Anything. Platform Neutral Game Creation - 0 views

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  • Lynne Crowe on 04 Apr 08
     
    Imagine being able to easily create and share a game that is able to be played on any platform, be it a Computer, Console or Handheld. That's platform neutral gaming and that's what Mokoi Gaming delivers for free.
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