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Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights | keepthewebopen.com

Digital Citizen's Bill of Rights | keepthewebopen.com | ICT tips & tools, tracks & trails and... questioning them all ! | Scoop.it

"We need to frame a digital Bill of Rights. This is my first draft. I need your help to get this right, so I published it here in Madison for everyone to comment, criticize and collaborate. I look forward to hearing from you and continuing to work together to keep the web open.

-Congressman Darrell Issa [...]"

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40 Quick ways to use mobiles in classrooms | Edudemic

40 Quick ways to use mobiles in classrooms | Edudemic | ICT tips & tools, tracks & trails and... questioning them all ! | Scoop.it

 

While most of the French schools are banning mobile phones for fear they might divert students from working... they prove themselves efficient learning tools !

Creating educational apps / Scavenger hunts / Shooting video /

Text message rewriting / Recording podcasts / Accessing textbooks / Encouraging literacy / ... are just a few of the 40 ways of using mobiles in a classroom suggested by edudemic.

 

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Making calls has become fifth most frequent use for a Smartphone... | O2 News Centre

Making calls has become fifth most frequent use for a Smartphone... | O2 News Centre | ICT tips & tools, tracks & trails and... questioning them all ! | Scoop.it

 

"... for newly-networked generation of users"

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Is the Cell Phone the New Pencil ? | edutopia.org

Is the Cell Phone the New Pencil ? | edutopia.org | ICT tips & tools, tracks & trails and... questioning them all ! | Scoop.it

Jeff Grabill (Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures Department at Michigan State University) :

Results from the survey in U.S. colleges :

* SMS texts (i.e., texts using short message services on mobile devices), emails, and lecture notes are three of the most frequently written genres (or types) of writing.

* SMS texts and academic writing are the most frequently valued genres.Some electronic genres written frequently by participants, such as writing in social networking environments, are not valued highly.

* Students write for personal fulfillment nearly as often as for school assignments.

* Digital writing platforms -- cell phones, Facebook, email -- are frequently associated with writing done most often.

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Creating Texting Dialogues for Students | Nik's QuickShout:

Creating Texting Dialogues for Students | Nik's QuickShout: | ICT tips & tools, tracks & trails and... questioning them all ! | Scoop.it

"As mobile phone use becomes ubiquitous around the world and texting becomes a new genre of communication, it seems increasingly important that we as language teachers engage with these devices and help students to deal with the impact they are having on the English language."

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