Just as Apple has entered the market for digital music and, more recently, consumer-focused e-books, it appears set to put a digital, interactive spin on the textbook.
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On the Eve of the iPad 3, Apple to Rethink Textbooks and Education - 2 views
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"Just as Apple has entered the market for digital music and, more recently, consumer-focused e-books, it appears set to put a digital, interactive spin on the textbook. "
With Media, Parents and Kids Learn More Together | MindShift - 0 views
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Whether kids are watching TV, creating digital media, reading, searching, or playing video games with parents, siblings or friends, consuming media becomes a different kind of experience than when it’s done alone.
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Plenty of studies have shown that kids learn more when they’re consuming media alongside their parents
SchoolCIO Blogs - DAILY INSIGHT: The past, the present, and the future, part 2 of 4 - 0 views
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The Internet is no longer just a consumer-based platform; the Internet is now a consumer/producer-based platform. Are we allowing our student to create content on the Internet? Are we allowing our students to blog, to communication, and to collaborate with other students all over the world? As educators, this is the challenge of our time; are we teaching like we taught yesterday, or are we teaching in order to prepare our students for their tomorrow?
Seven Stages in Moving from Consuming to Creating | John Spencer - 0 views
The end of online privacy - The Globe and Mail - 0 views
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Indeed, a variety of players – including state security agencies to Internet marketers to organized-crime circles – are creating an online world in which the very concept of anonymity has basically vanished.
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“People at first thought anonymity was very simple,” he says. “It's the complete opposite: The Internet is a great tool for spying.”
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“We're not working with any individual consumer information,” Mr. Green says. “In fact, we don't want it.” Instead, Generation5 says it focuses on balancing anonymity with consumer targeting.
Why feedback is SO time consuming - and how to fix it | Ditch That Textbook - 0 views
New Strategies to Get Kids to Create Media, Not Just Consume It | Common Sense Media - 0 views
66 Ways to Protect Your Privacy Right Now - Consumer Reports - 1 views
Why 'I Don't Have Time For Technology' Is No Longer Excusable - 2 views
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Collaborating and communicating for the good of ALL of OUR students has never been easier and less time consuming than right now!
12 Things That Will Disappear From Classrooms In The Next 12 Years | TeachThought - 1 views
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The classroom is changing because the world is changing. That may not be as true as we’d like it to be–the pace of the change in education lags awkwardly behind what we see in the consumer markets.
Whether the digital era improves society is up to its users - that's us | Danah Boyd | ... - 4 views
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a battle between those with utopian and dystopian viewpoints, over who can have a more extreme perspective on technology. So where's the middle ground?
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With this complexity in mind, I would like to introduce a question that I have been struggling with for the past few years: what role does social media play in generating or spreading societal fear?
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We fear the things – and people – that we do not understand far more than the things we do,
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Editorial: The iPad and Education, A Truly Revolutionary Concept | TripTronicTech - 2 views
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The fact that you can hold it up to your face makes a tablet the best device available for reading, web browsing and consuming media. It has all of the functions of a PC in a smaller package.
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The ability for students to send their work to their personal email accounts or cloud drives, just like on a school computer, is another huge advantage.
Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think | Magazine - 1 views
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It is a third gadget, the long-awaited Amazon tablet called the Kindle Fire, that represents his company’s most ambitious leap into the hearts, minds, and wallets of millions of consumers.
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the Fire is an emblem of a post-web world, in which our devices are simply a means for us to directly connect with the goodies in someone’s data center.
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Amazon, on the other hand, is a content-focused company—almost half of its revenue comes from sales of media like books, music, TV shows
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Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance | Edutopia - 0 views
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Integrating technology doesn't have to consume your life as an educator.
Internet Safety Campaign Spares Children From Scare Tactics - 1 views
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"three-tier message to encourage good online experiences - to "engage positively", "know your online world" and "choose consciously"."
Are children's screen time guidelines out of touch? | CTV News - 0 views
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“(Screens) are here to stay so let’s think about the quality of what we’re consuming as well as the quantity,