...the rules are often in flux, making it difficult for to stay up to speed—which reinforces the need for a digital literacy program for teachers and administrators. It’s not enough to impose rules on how not to use social media...
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I must confess that I don't read nearly as many books as I used to BC (Before Computers) and BK (Before Kids), but I have been stealing precious moments to savor the ideas and perspectives in Present Via Dave Wee Delete the scoop?
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Taking a page from China, the United States is scouring high schools for hackers, finding recruits with contests that aim to get them excited about cyberdefense. Delete the scoop?
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Successful technology integration is more than just getting the tools into the classroom; here are some ideas on how to engage students and enliven your lessons with those tools.
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As students are being exposed to different apps, the focus needs to remain on the purpose, creation, workflow and sharing of what they can “do”with the iPads. They should “do” what they could not conceive or accomplish without them before. Delete the scoop?
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Course-management systems have become crucial to the everyday operations of colleges so gradually that many users may not think about it all that much. That is, until the lights go out. Delete the scoop?
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We’re making decisions at the margins, not the core. In this kind of environment, perhaps the better question when considering what to purchase is ‘If we buy this device for students, what will they NOT be able to do that we and they will wish they could?‘ Delete the scoop?
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"The role of the typical school district technology director has become obsolete. Speak with your average teacher in many school districts in the U.S., and you’ll find the technology department is better known for getting in the way than for serving the educational needs of both staff and students." Delete the scoop?
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Breakthrough technologies challenge the fundamental premises of schools.
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"Instead of force-feeding students a whole bunch of information which most will never use and soon forget... Schank suggests we should instead focus on the cognitive processes like prediction, judgment, causation, and negotiation that would serve them better given abundant access" Delete the scoop?
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Cutting through the buzzwords to talk about what matters in school technology. Delete the scoop?
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What happens if you drop off a thousand Motorola Xoom tablet PCs in a village with kids who have never even seen a printed word? Delete the scoop?
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E-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages Via Dave Wee Delete the scoop?
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While we’ve witnessed many effective approaches to incorporating iPads successfully in the classroom, we’re struck by the common mistakes many schools are making with iPads, mistakes that are in some cases crippling the success of these initiatives. Delete the scoop?
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Having worked with both teachers and an IT department, it is important that we have conversations to work together and understand how we can work together to serve our schools. Delete the scoop?
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One hundred students in the library with their smartphones and iPads can mean more than 200 bandwidth-guzzling Wi-Fi connections. 
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This is what I'm worried about with going one-to-one. Do we have the right infrastructure for this? Delete the scoop?
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The report offers a high-level step-by-step guide to deploying Android tablets (or really any tablet like an iPad is also applicable to an extent) that would be helpful to anyone considering a deployment.
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There are three competing visions of educational computing. Each bestows agency on an actor in the educational enterprise. We can use classroom computers to benefit the system, the teacher, or the student. Delete the scoop?
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Over the past year, most of my time has been spent helping fellow teachers and school leaders to “think backwards.” And while it’s tempting to imagin
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Always start with the "why" before you get to the "what" and the "how". Delete the scoop?
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“You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay inwonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.” Delete the scoop?
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That the iPad is a great content-consumption device has never been disputed. But just 30 months after its launch the iPad is now in some ways a more powerful content-creation device than a laptop i...
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Some important caveats in the comments to keep in mind as well. Delete the scoop?
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Ten months is a long time in the world of edtech, and I've added some new tools and resources to my personal teaching toolkit, so I decided it was time to update the model and tweak it just a bit. Via Susan Oxnevad Delete the scoop?
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Looking for a few simple ways to reach distracted students? This handy infographic is worth printing out and it's cute to boot! Hey that rhymes! Via Susan Oxnevad Delete the scoop?
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