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5 Critical Mistakes Schools Make With iPads (And How To Correct Them) - 2 views

  • iPads were designed as a single-user device and not meant to be shared via cart
  • sharing them separates the functionality from the use
  • Increasingly a 21st century education is less about place and more about space
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  • Focusing on iPad-versus.-laptop comparisons stifles the ability to see how the iPad facilitates student-centered learning
  • Teachers need instruction on how to incorporate the devices into the learning process, which is quite different than trying out a few apps.
  • Without guidance, iPads become expensive notebooks used by students in very traditionally structured stand-and-deliver classrooms
  • The most common mistake teachers make with iPads is focusing on subject-specific apps
  • Teachers need time
thebda

17 Real-World Ways iPads Are Being Used In Schools - Edudemic - 1 views

  • PUTTING STUDENTS IN CHARGE OF THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
  • IMPROVING STUDENT ENGAGEMENT RESULTS
  • The students, however, say they are most excited about the “Notability” app, which is capable of recording a lecture and transcribing it into text.
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  • CLOSING THE DIGITAL ACHIEVEMENT GAP
Jess Keenan

Apps with targets - Google Docs - 2 views

shared by Jess Keenan on 18 Nov 11 - No Cached
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    Spreadsheet of apps used in Auburn Schools
thebda

When it comes to Technology, teachers need as much scaffolding as students - 0 views

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    A thoughtful blog entry directed at technology adoption and PD in schools.  As representatives (dare I say ambassadors) of our teams/dept we can lend a helping hand as teachers work to implement tech in their own setting.
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    I agree we can help..if teachers are ready to take the leap, but they need to have "buy in" first! A great blog entry
thebda

American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn't Exist | WIRED - 1 views

  • Our kids learn within a system of education devised for a world that increasingly does not exist.
  • Learning and doing have become inseparable in the face of conditions that invite us to discover.
  • Americans need to learn how to discover.
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  • Failing to create a new way of learning adapted to contemporary circumstances might be a national disaster.
  • Discovery environments are showing up as culture and entertainment, from online experiences to contemporary art installations and new kinds of culture labs.
  • Americans need to learn how to discover.
  • Students and participants in these kinds of programs learn something even more valuable than discovering a fact for themselves, a common goal of “learning discovery” programs; they learn the thrill of discovering the undiscovered
thebda

24 Multimedia Tools That Support The Common Core - Edudemic - 1 views

  • a spiraling set of skills necessary to prepare students for success in school and beyond.
  • Students can develop transferable knowledge and skills as they engage in learning experiences that require them to construct knowledge.
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