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Part one of a three part series:
Cisco Systems brings blended and virtual education to classrooms across the United States and aboard.
By Ferris Jabr "How exactly does the technology we use to read change the way we read? How reading on screens differs from reading on paper is relevant not just to the youngest among us, but to just about everyone who reads—to anyone who routinely switches between working long hours in front of a computer at the office and leisurely reading paper magazines and books at home; to people who have embraced e-readers for their convenience and portability, but admit that for some reason they still prefer reading on paper; and to those who have already vowed to forgo tree pulp entirely. As digital texts and technologies become more prevalent, we gain new and more mobile ways of reading—but are we still reading as attentively and thoroughly? How do our brains respond differently to onscreen text than to words on paper? Should we be worried about dividing our attention between pixels and ink or is the validity of such concerns paper-thin?"
Via Jim Lerman, Jim Harmon, GoogleLitTrips Reading List
By Emma Kavanagh The Internet provides us with an abundant amount of educational information, entertainment, and can connect us with people throughout the entire world. As wonderful as the Internet can be, it can also be a dangerous place for children and teens. When using the Internet, one must be careful about sharing any form of personal information because unfortunately the Internet can be a platform for cyber criminals to target kids, teens, and young adults. The most common types of criminals found on the web include (online predators), identity thieves, cyberbullies, and hackers. In order to protect your children and loved to the fullest extent one must take all the necessary precautions when using a computer.
Via Dennis T OConnor
Fighting plagiarism is serious business. From brainchild-snatching to wholly quotables, plagiarists have plenty of wily ways to pass others' work off as their own -- and all of them are threats to original thinking. Melissa Huseman D’Annunzio imagines what would happen if a Department of Plagiarism Investigation were on the case.
Via Dennis T OConnor
We tend to get so wrapped up in what we do, consumed by our love for social media, that the mistakes we make on Twitter can carry over to our real lives. You don't believe that Twitter has much to do with your own life?
Via Baochi
Today's connected students may be more digitally aware than ever thanks to mobile technology, but this handy infographic shows a number of interesting ways that technology is being used in educational settings.
Via João Greno Brogueira
How might efforts to curate benefit from the portability and ubiquity of mobile devices? Tools like Evernote and GoodReads allow for easy and valuable curation. But the harder questions are pedagogical and curricular.
Via Gust MEES
"Economist Andrew McAfee suggests that, yes, probably, droids will take our jobs -- or at least the kinds of jobs we know now. In this far-seeing talk, he thinks through what future jobs might look like, and how to educate coming generations to hold them."
Via João Greno Brogueira
The world has changed - and continues to change - rapidly and radically when it comes to the ways in which we learn, and what knowledge, skills, dispositions, and forms of literacy our children wil...
Via Deborah Arnold
There's a cute little trick on Facebook Chat that lets you create tiny emoticons from Facebook profile pictures.
Via Frédéric DEBAILLEUL
Google Glasses, other wearable tech will yield wealth of valuable real-time data, but companies must protect users' privacy
Via Pierre Tran
It’s one thing to use Evernote, but it’s entirely another thing to master Evernote. If you’re new to Evernote, I don’t want to come across like it’s something complicated – it’s not, in fact, it’s the complete opposite.
Via Laurent Blanquer
Benefits and drawbacks are seen in the approach, which replaces in-class lectures with on-demand video to make more time for analysis and discussion during class time.
Via ThePinkSalmon, juandoming
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UPDATED: Expand your vector knowledge with these Adobe Illustrator tutorials, covering everything from retro graphics to logo design.
Via Mark Strozier, michel verstrepen
Neuromyths in the classroom - how brain facts and fiction are being muddled up in schools.
Via Mark Arthur
Game-Based Learning is probably worth looking into for your 21st century classroom.
Via David W. Deeds
Belinda Parmar: It's a tired cliche that all gamers are male, and it's time manufacturers woke up to the fact that women want to see female characters they can relate to
Via The Digital Rocking Chair
What will generation Y be like as managers? Some argue that when Generation Y becomes managers they will adapt the same behaviors and practices as the rest of us. “Wait till they grow up and have real responsibility!. That will teach ‘em”. While this line of thinking seems to make sense because GenerationY will be in the same life stage (married, kids, etc) as the managers before them, it doesn’t take into account the tremendous shifts in the world of work.
Via Digitives
Matt Galligan, co-founder of SimpleGeo, says, "The future of mobile is the future of everything." Galligan sees a future where mobile will pervade every facet of life, from communication to wallets t
Via Grant Montgomery
Backchanneling is an important skill in the 21st century education. By definition, backchanneling is interacting with the primary activity through participating in a secondary activity. For instance,...
Via Elke Lackner, Tom Perran, Juergen Wagner
Jobs in the future are going to be quite different from the types of jobs that exist today.
Via Digitives
Speaking at a festival in the U.K., Google's executive chairman offers that the things teens do now will stay with them forever, by way of the Web. He also suggested some people are sharing too much online. It must be peculiar for children of the Internet age. They are the first to have a complete record of their whole lives. They are the first who'll be able to offer concrete proof of every one of their days, friends, and actions. Eric Schmidt worries, however, that they'll be the first who'll never be allowed to forget their mistakes.
Via Dennis T OConnor
Papyrus est un outil en ligne qui permet de créer facilement un ebook collaboratif en ligne puis de le diffuser. Papyrus est un service en ligne dont nous avions parlé il y a quelques semaines sur l’annuaire du web2. Cette plateforme très facile à utiliser permet de créer un ebook collaboratif très facilement au format PDF, Kindle ou ePub pour une liseuse. Papyrus privilégie le contenu et vous permet d’oublier la technique. Le site vous fournit tout le nécessaire pour écrire, éditer, mettre en page et diffuser un livre dans les principaux formats de l’édition électronique. C’est un véritable éditeur en ligne qui vous permettra de créer et de diffuser gratuitement ou en le vendant un livre électronique consultable sur la plupart des plateformes disponibles sur le marché.
Via Franck Rykaczewski, Bruno De Lièvre, Michelle Laurissergues
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