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Named the “iMedEd Initiative,” all of the students enrolled in the college’s med school receive tablets with their textbooks and educational materials loaded on them.
Gamification, digital storytelling, virtual classrooms…it’s not easy to keep track of all of the new buzzwords in the booming edtech sector. At Boundless..
Via Maggie Verster
In a new TED talk, Adam Frankel, creator of Digital Promise, discusses how technology can help scale-up personalized learning and scale school innovation.
Via Norton Gusky
A quick look at using Penultimate, Easy Assessment, Class Dojo, Edmodo, Socrative, and Teacher Kit for formative assessment in the classroom.
Via Ken Hakstol
"While I am not a huge fan of MOOCs (See, MOOCs – The Opium of the Masses, I think that there is one area in which they might actually be extremely useful – ongoing teacher professional development (PD). They are a good fit to help meet a very specific need, which they could do quite well given teachers’ experience with education."
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Flipped Classroom 2.0: Competency Learning With Videos MindShift (blog) The flipped classroom model generated a lot of excitement initially, but more recently some educators — even those who were initial advocates — have expressed disillusionment...
Via Jon Samuelson
Slate Magazine
Students can't resist multitasking, and it's impairing their memory.
Via Norton Gusky
Using tech tools that students are familiar with and already enjoy using is attractive to educators, but getting students focused on the project at hand might
Via Jenny Pesina
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Online learning startup Coursera is partnering with several schools of education, as well as other institutions and museums, to bring professional development courses to K-12 teachers online.
Public schools are adding tablets and laptop computers into their educational programs in record numbers. One of the main reasons ... What iPads and laptop computers add to the classroom is distraction.
Via John Parker
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As intuitive as the iPad's user interface is, there are still some occasions on which students and teachers might get stuck. That's when a free iBook like The Student Guide to iPads & iOS 6 is ...
Via Dr. Joan McGettigan, Lisa Johnson
Does the iPad foster or hinder creativity? Is it a comprehensive tool or just a mere distraction? Do we use the iPad just because it makes our classroom look cool? Are we missing the forest for the trees here?
Via Daniel Tan
Teaching students the importance of having and using manners is nothing new to teachers. However, what has changed is the type of etiquette kids needs today—namely, the digital kind. True, please, thank you and excuse me are still significant, but in addition to these basics, students growing up in this ever-connected, social media crazed world require much more. Concepts such as online privacy, sharing and creating a positive digital footprint through the demonstration of responsible online behaviors are just as vital.
Via Jamie Forshey, Nancy Jones, Bonnie Bracey Sutton, Dennis T OConnor
In the end, MOOCs and online programs primarily help those who are self motivated to learn, and the vast majority of these people would have figured out how to educate themselves, whether in college or on their own, regardless of whether or not online courses are available.
Via Nik Peachey, Star Lesson
What does it take to become a successful online student? It's not easy and there's a new study that has some staggering details to know about.
Via Paul Gagnon
"Since Windschitl first outlined a research agenda for the World Wide Web and classroom research, significant shifts have occurred in the nature of the Web and the conceptualization of classrooms.
Via Susan Bainbridge
Well-planned technology deployments have the potential to have a remarkably transformative impact on schools and students. Here’s a list of ten vital elements of a successful iPad implementation in schools.
Via Kel Hathaway
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