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Apple Pushes To Put Interactive Textbooks On iPads : NPR - 0 views

  • Major textbook publishers have been making electronic versions of their products for years, but until recently, there hasn't been any hardware suitable to display them.
  • Apple also released iBooks Author, a new tool meant to lure publishers into creating new content specifically for the iPad education user.
  • even if an iPad were to last for five years in the hands of students, the e-books plus the iPad would cost more than the hardback textbooks.
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  • the new app "a shot across the bow" of Blackboard Inc.
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Online bullying: Still way less common than in real life | Safe and Secure - CNET News - 0 views

  • Pew Internet & American Life Project for the Family Online Safety Institute and Cable in the Classroom--concluded that "[m]ost American teens who use social media say that in their experience, people their age are mostly kind to one another on social network sites." Nearly seven in ten (69 percent) of teens said that peers are mostly kind while 20 percent said peers are mostly unkind with 11 percent saying, "it depends."
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:: The 4th Era :: | Scoop.it - 0 views

  • this new era is accompanied with, and characterized by, a new information landscape. This new Internet landscape will challenge, disrupt, and overpower the print-oriented one that came before it. It will not completely obliterate that which preceded it, but it will render it to a subsidary, rather than primary, level of influence.
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How Social Media has Changed Education Forever | Education News | Young Academic Education News & Student News - 1 views

  • Social media is now being embraced by even the hardiest traditionalist as perhaps the best way to get messages to the masses and individuals. First seen as somewhat of a fad, Facebook is now the most used search engine on the web and even figures like Barack Obama and The Queen have a page.
  • Bullying is a worry for any student and indeed their parents but research has shown that pupils are far more likely to be bullied on the school bus than they are on any social media site.
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Bad for the Brain: Goodbye to Unsustainable Education Models | Edutopia - 3 views

  • starting in 1994, calculators were not only permitted, but were essentially required. The driving factors came from the level of mathematics taught and tested and the availability of graphing calculator technology. This change gave students the appropriate tool for accuracy and efficiency -- it was also the one used by most professionals who used mathematics beyond basic arithmetic
  • before prescribing medication, physicians often search the Medscape or Epocrates websites for the most current facts that might have significant impact on a patient's reactions to the medication. New information can be critical,
  • The problem is not primarily teachers or students who, in desperation, resort to cheating, but rather the conditions that drive them to such extremes
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  • Desirable employees are those capable of making use of new information and technology to solve new problems and innovate ahead of the competition.
  • This is only the beginning of this conversation. What do you consider important implications of and perhaps preparation for Internet access for learning and testing?
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Reflecting about life online | MediaSmarts - 0 views

  • Internet access is universal, with 99% of students able to access the Internet outside of school.
  • Close to half (49%) of students in Grade 4 have access to their own phone or someone else’s phone on a regular basis
  • online life has become increasingly social, with social networking now an integral component of many online activities.
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  • I think it’s easy, as a parent, to fear new technologies.
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    "I think it's easy, as a parent, to fear new technologies."
Phil Taylor

Teaching in the New (Abundant) Economy of Information | MindShift - 0 views

  • In the past 10 years, perhaps nothing has changed more than the relationship between teachers and the information being distributed in their classrooms.
  • information scarce environment, the main form of instruction was a lecture
  • new economy of information has freed teachers from their role as “font of knowledge” and allowed them to become chief analyzer, validity coach, research assistant, master differentiator, and creator of a shared learning experience.
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