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Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century

Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st Century | School Library Advocacy | Scoop.it

Digital media is increasingly present in kids' formal and informal educational settings, becoming as common as pencils and notebooks were to their parents. Yet in many American classrooms and homes, these high-tech tools are severely limited or forbidden. Teachers and parents wonder: What are students doing with these technologies?

 

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With the encyclopedia dying, Wikipedia is slowly gaining ground in education

With the encyclopedia dying, Wikipedia is slowly gaining ground in education | School Library Advocacy | Scoop.it

After 244 years of printing encyclopedias, Encyclopaedia Britannica has decided to focus all of its attention on its digital information and kill off the creation of physical books.

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How to Create Your Own Textbook — With or Without Apple |

How to Create Your Own Textbook — With or Without Apple | | School Library Advocacy | Scoop.it

Smart educators don’t necessarily need Apple’s slick devices and software to create their own books. How educators think of content curation in the classroom is enough to change their reliance on print textbooks.

 

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