Pocket-Based Learning: My Cellphone Classroom | Powerful Learning Practice - 1 views
-
I see the “addiction” students have to their cell phones as an opportunity to engage in learning since I view cell phones as another teaching tool, not a distraction.
-
our classroom, we use our cell phones and other devices primarily in a literacy development fashion.
-
allowing cell phones in classrooms provides the opportunity to discuss proper cell phone etiquette as well as “netiquette.”
The Innovative Educator: Make writing, speaking, and listening more fun with Voki - 1 views
The PowerNap Machine - Carry some ZZZ's in your Pocket » Coolest Gadgets - 0 views
3 Ways To Keep Students Focused Amid All The Gadgets | Edudemic - 2 views
-
Instead of bookworms, perhaps we should call these kids “gadgetworms.” So, how can we keep them focused on our lesson when they would rather text their friends? We can return to the very first principle of good lesson planning.
-
my experience has shown that if the lessons are engaging, student-centered, and appropriately presented, kids will focus and their devices will stay in their pockets.
Educational Leadership:Learning in the Digital Age:The New WWW: Whatever, Whenever, Whe... - 0 views
-
counteract the New WWW's potentially harmful impact on youth, educators must use technology to create learning experiences that are real, rich, and relevant.
-
Next will come 4G, in which data rates are expected to be 100 times faster than those in this first 3G wave. As the delivery platform of broadband content and functionality shifts from computer to personal device, we will be surrounded by a multimedia aura that accompanies us wherever we go
-
The plan is that you'll use your phone to spend money everywhere, all the time.
- ...8 more annotations...
How the smartphone is killing the PC | Technology | The Guardian - 0 views
-
The change that smartphones bring is computing power in the palm of our hands or in our pockets. It is internet connectivity almost anywhere on earth. That's going to have profound effects
-
dominant share belongs to Google, which gives Android away in return for providing its services – search, maps, access to apps in its "Market" (equivalent to Apple's App Store).
Digitally Speaking / Enhancing and Amplifying Pedagogy with Digital Tools - 0 views
-
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.
-
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.