And even with the most modern device in hand, students still need the basics of a solid curriculum and skilled teachers.
“There’s a saying that the music is not in the piano and, in the same way, the learning is not in the device,’’ said Mark Warschauer, an education and informatics professor at the University of California-Irvine whose specialties include research on the intersection of technology and education.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Sort Google Search Results by Reading Level - 0 views
Control Alt Achieve: Sorting Text and Tables in Google Docs - 0 views
35 Sources for Curated Educational Videos - 1 views
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"there are some great websites and services that take the guesswork out of finding and sorting educational video content."
Gooru | About Gooru - 1 views
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Study guides cover fifth grade through high school math and science topics, and resources include digital textbooks, animations, instructor videos and more. All resources are vetted and organized by teachers or Gooru's content experts, so you don't have to sort through the mess of subpar educational resources available online yourself.
Many US Schools Adding iPads, Trimming Textbooks| The Committed Sardine - 0 views
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“I think one of the real key questions that will be answered over the next several years is what sort of things work best in print for students and what sort of things work best digitally,’’ Diskey said. “I think we’re on the cusp of a whole new area of research and comprehension about what digital learning means.’’
Child Safety on the Information Highway - 2013 - 20th Anniversary Edition | SafeKids.com - 0 views
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One thing we have learned in the last 20 years is that many young people — certainly most teens– are pretty savvy about how they use the Net, though all of us can use some reminders now and then.
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And parents — even those who may be technologically challenged — continue to have a crucial role to play in guiding their children and helping them sort out and deal with the stresses of life, both online and offline.
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A better strategy would be to teach children to be “street smart” in order to better safeguard themselves in any potentially uncomfortable or dangerous situation.
Online communities are transforming professional development for teachers | Teacher Net... - 0 views
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Twitter was allowing me to share and discuss with hundreds, even thousands, of teachers all over the world - a far cry from those isolated initial years
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many majorly successful online teacher communities which provided the sort of positive environment I was looking for.
What the iPad (and other technology) can't replace in education - The Answer Sheet - Th... - 0 views
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Technology is great. I love my iPhone. It can do all sorts of things, but making me a better dancer isn’t one of them. Every day parents ask their kids, “What did you learn today?” It’s never “How did you learn it?” or “On what device did you learn it?” but always, “What?” Yet so long as the answer to that doesn’t change, neither will educational outcomes.
Learning In The Age Of Digital Distraction : NPR Ed : NPR - 1 views
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I think that it is reasonable to take technology "time outs," to have environments and maybe even times where the family interacts with each other and not the outside world through texts. It's sort of a return to the dinner table as a place where you learn how to engage in face-to-face, meaningful contact. Put your tech aside. You can return to it afterwards.
The iPad brings a rethink of how we browse the Internet | iGo With My iPad - 1 views
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Reading online content later when offline is not something new, but a new free app for the iPad gets us rethinking our daily Internet browsing.
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apps is Readability. The company provides a method to show content of Web site posts on the iPad without all of the extra distractions you have to sort through when viewing via a Web Browser.
Best Free iPad App of the Week: Vodio - iPad Insight - 2 views
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Vodio presents you with a series of Channels covering popular video categories – these include Buzz (a sort of overall What’s Hot section), Music, Entertainment, Sports, Tech (yay), and Comedy. You can add more channels easily –
Educator2Educator - YouTube - 0 views
Educator2Educator - YouTube - 0 views
Yes, The Khan Academy IS the Future of Education (video) | Singularity Hub - 0 views
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this sort of online platform puts the pace and path of learning firmly in the hands of the student. Work at your own level, learn concepts in the order that makes the most sense to you. Learn when you want to learn, how you want to learn.
How one school district works computational thinking into every grade and class - The H... - 0 views
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computational thinking means breaking complex challenges into smaller questions that can be solved with a computer’s number crunching, data compiling and sorting capabilities.
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