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Pew: 'Smartphone-Dependents' Often Have No Backup Plan For Web Access : All Tech Consid... - 0 views

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According to the study, nearly 1 in 5 Americans relies on a smartphone for accessing the Internet either because there isn't "any other form of high-speed Internet access at home" or because of a "limited number of ways to get online other than their cell phone." And 7 percent have neither broadband service nor other alternatives for going online other than their smartphone, a group Pew refers to as the "smartphone-dependent" users.
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Smartphones: Planet of the phones | The Economist - 0 views

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mobile_learning

shared by Yin Wah Kreher on 02 Mar 15 - No Cached

Yin Wah Kreher on 02 Mar 15

Phono sapiens.

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Smartphones Don't Make Us Dumb - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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VCU Readings smartphones technology_integration

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Yin Wah Kreher on 12 Feb 15

Over the last decade, neuroscientists distinguished two systems of attention and associated thought. One is directed outward, as when you scroll through your email or play Candy Crush. The other is directed inward, as when you daydream, plan what you'll do tomorrow, or reflect on the past. Clearly, most digital activities call for outwardly directed attention. These two modes of attention work like a toggle switch; when one is on, the other is off. In fact, when attention is outwardly directed, the inwardly directed attention system is somewhat suppressed. Given the amount of time people spend with digital devices, that sounds ominous. Will we actually lose our ability to daydream? Let's hope not.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Over the last decade, neuroscientists distinguished two systems of attention and associated thought. One is directed outward, as when you scroll through your email or play Candy Crush. The other is directed inward, as when you daydream, plan what you'll do tomorrow, or reflect on the past. Clearly, most digital activities call for outwardly directed attention. These two modes of attention work like a toggle switch; when one is on, the other is off. In fact, when attention is outwardly directed, the inwardly directed attention system is somewhat suppressed. Given the amount of time people spend with digital devices, that sounds ominous. Will we actually lose our ability to daydream? Let's hope not.</div>

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Wikipedia Dominates Among Smartphone Users Looking For News and Information - The Atlantic - 0 views

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Jonathan Becker on 13 May 16

"Another way to look at Wikipedia's influence: Wikipedia reaches almost one-third of the total mobile population each month, according to Knight's analysis, which used data from the audience-tracking firm Nielsen. "

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"Another way to look at Wikipedia's influence: Wikipedia reaches almost one-third of the total mobile population each month, according to Knight's analysis, which used data from the audience-tracking firm Nielsen. "</div>

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http://www.realityeditor.org/ - 0 views

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MIT augmented+reality mobile+apps

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sanamuah on 15 Dec 15

"The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point the camera of your smartphone at an object and its invisible capabilities will become visible for you to edit. Drag a virtual line from one object to another and create a new relationship between these objects. With this simplicity, you are able to master the entire scope of connected objects."

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">"The Reality Editor is a new kind of tool for empowering you to connect and manipulate the functionality of physical objects. Just point the camera of your smartphone at an object and its invisible capabilities will become visible for you to edit. Drag a virtual line from one object to another and create a new relationship between these objects. With this simplicity, you are able to master the entire scope of connected objects."</div>

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A New Pedagogy is Emerging... and Online Learning is a Key Contributing Factor | Contac... - 4 views

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continuing development of new knowledge, making it difficult to compress all that learners need to know within the limited time span of a post-secondary course or program.
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ncreased emphasis on skills or applying knowledge to meet the demands of 21st century society, skills such as critical thinking, independent learning, knowing how to use relevant information technology, software, and data within a field of discipline, and entrepreneurialism.
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developing students with the skills to manage their own learning throughout life
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Today’s students have grown up in a world where technology is a natural part of their environment. Their expectation is that technology will be used where appropriate to help them learn, develop essential information and technology literacy skills, and master the technology fluency necessary in their specific subject domain.
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Recent developments in digital technologies, especially web 2.0 tools such as blogs, wikis and social media, and mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, have given the end user, the learner, much more control over access to and the creation and sharing of knowledge.
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anonymous on 10 Feb 14

Via Stephen Downes's recent post; a nice accessible summary discussion for non-techies about how technology is changing teaching. Good teaching resource, I think.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Via Stephen Downes's recent post; a nice accessible summary discussion for non-techies about how technology is changing teaching. Good teaching resource, I think.</div>

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Clever App Reveals a Snapshot of Your Location-In the Past | WIRED - 0 views

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wired app history augmented+reality

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The app aims to bring glimpses of history to your smartphone screen, using images tied to wherever you happen to be. Users receive notifications when they’re near a “pivot” point; raising the phone brings up an image of that place as it appeared from that vantage point decades ago.
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