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To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Please share this newsletter with your friends and colleagues! We have some fun announcements this week. The plans for ISTEunplugged.com are getting underway, and in addition to our all-day Saturday "Hack Education" unconference/party and our Sunday Global Education day, we're going to do "Maker Day" on the Friday before ISTE. I chose to follow Steve Hargadon because of his vision of a "Learning Revolution." He speaks about reinventing education.

The Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is a high-energy Internet TV show that inspires creativity and innovation in education. This was shared by our Tech Integration Specialist.

Kidblog | Safe and simple blogs for your students. Great resource for helping teachers set up classrooms blogs.

The Digital Lives of Teens: What Time Is It? Now! by Matt Levinson (2013)In this first installment of his Digital Lives of Teens series, Levinson considers the problem of translating the teenage urgency of 'always on' into the mindfulness of 'being present.'

The latest Tweets from CHJOY RAY (@CAMPER1234): "Re-activating my Twitter account! Hoping to connect with some other first and second grade teachers."

This fall, more schools than ever are allowing students to use their own laptops, iPads, and cell phones in the classroom. Administrators hope these bring-your-own-technology initiatives, recommended in the U.S. Department of Education's 2010 National Education Technology Plan (NETP), will help cut costs and increase student engagement.

We've been in BYOD mode for half a year, and I've already shared some best practices for the classroom with you. Putting on my IT hat, here are some of the things I've learned that you should consider as you work through your own BYOD plans and implementation.

BYOD (bring your own device) is where you allow your students and staff to use personal mobile devices on your school wireless network. I'm sure you've heard of it, because it's spreading through schools faster than juicy gossip in a tiny town.

The combination of students and mobile phones has long been a source of anxiety for teachers. Instead of being engrossed in the lesson, the assumption is pupils will be unable to resist the lure of texting, watching videos or playing games.

BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) or BYOT (Bring Your Own Technology) is gaining popularity in many schools as a way of increasing access to vital technology without the costly burden of purchasing a device for each student.

Ushering classrooms into the 21st century is an expensive undertaking, but painful budget cuts have made purchasing tablet computers, iPod Touches, Kindles and other devices unfeasible, say district officials. So schools are asking students to "BYOD," or Bring Your Own Device.

Touch-screen tablets for young students have become all the rage. Some districts are even buying iPads for every kindergartner, a move sparking both celebration and consternation. Do we really want to give $500 devices to kids who can't even tie their shoes? What are these schools doing with these devices,...

Photograph by Harry Gould Harvey IV In September, the Los Angeles Unified School District began carrying out a $50 million plan to equip 30,000 students in 47 schools from kindergarten through 12th grade with an iPad. Giving kids iPads sounds like installing candy machines on every desk, or worse, Xboxes.

With its responsive Multi‑Touch screen, the thin and light iPad is poised to change the learning landscape.

Since their release in April of 2010, Apple's iPads have taken the US by storm. iPads have swept through almost every industry, especially education. Apple is pushing for iPad use in education, and several schools across the US have taken up the charge. The proliferation of iPads in the classroom will only keep accelerating.

A support page for my presentations about iPads for teaching and learning and tons of links to information from others

By Chris Toy "The future is already here. It's just not evenly distributed." William Gibson To paraphrase William Gibson, who coined the term cyberspace: The 21st century is already here. It's just not evenly distributed. A quick look around our communities confirms that computers, the Internet, and other 21st century technology tools are here to stay.

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