57 per cent of those who used text-based web applications such as blogs, said they generally enjoyed writing compared to 40 per cent who did not.
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zondle - games to support learning - 2 views
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Tons of content in many different subject areas, and you can create your own. Once you choose a topic, you have the option to study the information in 40 different games. Teachers can also create a classroom and import students for tracking their progress.
45 Interesting Ways to Use QR Codes to Support Learning - 1 views
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40 interesting ways to Use QR codes to support learning.
Voki: Free ESL Materials.com | Websites | Lesson Plans - 1 views
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40 free resources to get you using VOKI
ProjectExplorer.org - 0 views
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With a view of travel as an educational experience like no other, the project makes use of digital media to promote an understanding of different culture and customs to students worldwide. The site hosts virtual field trips to England, Jordan, and South Africa that include more than 160 fort films that correspond to the destinations. Each video explains more about the region's food, music, culture, and language. Since 2003, project explorer has counted more than a million visitors to the site from more than 40 different countries. Recently, it won a Parents' Choice Award for "Outstanding Web Programming." The site's developers qre not working to add a fourth field trip--this one to Malaysia--the Project Explorer has lesson for upper elementary, middle and high school. They plan to offer lesson specifically designed for the early grades.
40 Google Plus Tips for Newbies - MarketingProfessor.com - 1 views
Study: Children Who Blog Or Use Facebook Have Higher Literacy Levels - 1 views
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Pupils who write online are more likely to write short stories, letters, song lyrics or a diary, the research revealed.
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Even social websites such as Facebook, Twitter and Bebo are causing alarming changes in the brains of young users too, claimed neuroscientist Susan Greenfield. “My fear is that these technologies are infantilising the brain into the state of small children who are attracted by buzzing noises and bright lights, who have a small attention span and who live for the moment.
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Interesting twist at the end. Is it good or bad? Just another new thing to adjust to?
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"A research by The National Literacy Trust on 3,001 children from England and Scotland showed that schoolchildren who blog or own social networking profiles on Facebook have higher literacy levels and greater confidence in writing."
Focus: The Forgotten 21st Century Skill - 0 views
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"...If the focus of an educational system is student learning, as most mission statements claim, then leaders must compare the reality of their employment of technology with their stated intention."
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