iGeners are almost universally plugged in. Ear buds hang from backpacks, and cell phones are stuffed into every pocket. Instant communication has replaced listening to messages, streaming video has replaced waiting for television shows to start, Xboxes have replaced Ataris, digital images have replaced negatives, and high-speed connections have replaced dial-up modems.
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An instant out of time - 0 views
Digitally Speaking / Enhancing and Amplifying Pedagogy with Digital Tools - 0 views
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iGeners aren’t always the best students, however! Working quickly instead of carefully, they infosnack their way through class, flitting from instant experience to instant experience. Reading deeply, considering multiple perspectives and interacting with others in meaningful ways is pushed aside in a race for immediate gratification.
Free Technology for Teachers: Quizdini - Create Online Quizzes That Give Students Insta... - 0 views
PBS LearningMedia - 1 views
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"PBS LearningMedia™ is the go-to destination for instant access to tens of thousands of classroom-ready, digital resources"
Siri for Google Sheets: Type Questions, Get Instant Answers with Wolfram Alpha - Better... - 0 views
Free Technology for Teachers: Coggle - Mind Mapping With Instant Messaging - 0 views
Submit: Director's Cut Final in Cyberbullying on Vimeo - 0 views
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"Submit the Documentary exposes the most epic struggle in the digital, Internet age: cyberbullying. Cyberbullying is bullying by means of electronic technology committed through email, instant messaging, mobile applications, social media, chat rooms, and blogs or through messages and images sent through a cell phone. Because of the anonymity, kids who never thought of being a bully are becoming harassers. By exploring the complicated dynamics behind cyberbullying, Submit the Documentary describes the impact and outcomes of advanced technology and human nature in a lawless, new, social frontier."
6 pillars of a 1:1 initiative SmartBlogs - 0 views
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Moving from a traditional classroom to a 1:1 classroom takes time and patience. All major stakeholders need time to adjust to having technology and information at their fingertips. Very few things bring instant and sustainable success. The most successful things in life take a lot of time and patience.
iPad vs. Everything else - 1 views
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it's the fundamental simplicity of the "iPad experience." And that experience is a combination of the 9.7-inch screen, the touch interface combined with the Safari Web browser, the instant-on capability and never having to worry about battery life.
- Stop trying to figure out if screentime is good for students - 0 views
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study what happens when students use these devices to connect, develop, grow and create. We also need to understand that success in the 21st century can not be measured by the bubble tests that were created to measure an industrial model of schooling.
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Do we want students to read, write, calculate, receive instant feedback, make global connections, develop a learning network, publish to the world? Of course we do.
Harvard Education Letter - 0 views
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ninth-grade English Literature class bent over their cell phones, furiously texting. They are engaged and on task, and she will soon have their thoughts on the possible consequences of Friar Lawrence marrying two star-crossed lovers in sixteenth-century Verona.
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lessons around the capabilities of the dumbest phone
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For such quick assessments, many teachers use the free Web tool www.polleverywhere.com to get instant feedback
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Khan Instant! - 0 views
The Pervasiveness of Technology: Why We Have To Face Up {Technology in Education, 21st ... - 0 views
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CBC documentary
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it is essential that there is a purpose, and pedagogic purpose to the activities we do with technology
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f we stand a chance of having students ‘unplug’ themselves willingly and engage in ‘deeper thought’ more often than ‘superficial thought’ in their leisure or work, they must understand why deeper thought is more important, and why it is better to put it before the ‘rush’ and instant gratification of technology.
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Day-to-day with the 11-inch MacBook Air and iPad 2 | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNE... - 0 views
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Using the 11.6-inch MacBook Air and the iPad 2 on a daily basis is an ongoing study in high-mobility computing and the pros and cons of both devices.
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there are two gigantic (and, yes, obvious) differences that make me lean toward complementary. One has a keyboard, one doesn't. And one runs OS X, the other iOS.
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soon as I wander outside the confines of the office, I naturally reach for the iPad.
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