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The reason we find it easy to believe the internet is making us dumber is because, in some ways, it's making us less self-reliant. Our GPS devices navigate for us and we neglect to remember things because we have Google search. That doesn't make us dumber, necessarily, but rather causes us to rely more on what psychologist Daniel Wagner calls transactive memory. This type of memory is actually very useful because it allows us to, in essence, store more data in less space.

10 BYOD Classroom Experiments (and What We’ve Learned From Them So Far)

What can Holy Trinity teach us? That when it comes to BYOD, it pays not to be overly strict with how the devices can be used in the class, as greater freedom allows teachers to work with students to develop the best uses for technology for their subject matter and teaching style.

BYOD requires much more than just changing tech policies and can sometimes mean overhauling the curriculum and spending money training teachers, though it does help students create a more personal and memorable learning experience.

Most of us grew up in an age where knowledge and information were primarily conveyed in textual format. Think of the encyclopedias we used. Photos were used but largely as an enhancement to articles that were text-based. Worse, the high cost of full color printing meant that the images that were used were usually in black and white.

includes knowing when to or not to use technology

fundamental aspect of SAMR is that in order for a task or learning sequence to be transformational it must have been previously inconceivable without the use of technology

Why aren’t teachers across the country embracing technology in ways that enable transformational learning opportunities to take place? There are two main reasons here, I believe. One of confidence. The other being pedagogy.

educators must use caution to ensure that students are focusing on the lesson and not giving in to distractions. Here are seven ways that teachers can use to help students pay more attention when using technology:

Developing Responsible-Use Policies:

best way schools can contribute to safe and appropriate use of the Internet and student owned-mobile devices is to move from the traditional AUP approach to an RUP—a “responsible-use policy” approach.

RUP policy/philosophy that treats the student as a person responsible for ethical and healthy use of the Internet and mobile devices.

Technology should not just allow us to do traditional in a different way; it should allow us to do things that we thought were not possible.

Technology should be for accessing what was inaccessible.

"What I'm on my high horse about is focus,"

Ultimately, the question of whether the digital revolution is good or bad is irrelevant; it's here, just like the telephone, the TV or the automobile

At its core, what’s the point of tech integration? I would argue that it isn’t to teach students how to use a single tool – any tool we teach kids to use now will most likely be obsolete by the time they enter the workforce. But just like we don’t teach students to read every book they’ll ever encounter, we don’t need to teach them to use every tech tool they’ll ever encounter. Rather, we need to teach them the skills – the grammar, the phonics – that will allow them to navigate the tech tools they will eventually use.

Simple Guide on The Use of Google Forms in The Classroom

1- Quick review of the basics of Google Forms 2- Hidden features in forms 3-Time saving use examples 4-Troubleshooting and lessons learnt