Heather Wolpert-Gawron shares 20 ways to share technology with students.
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With the advent of the 2011/2012 school year, teachers who have access to mobile technology are scrambling to find the best education apps for the iPod Touch, iPad and iPhone. Delete the scoop?
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Apps for children with autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, special needs and other intellectual disabilities using applied behavior analysis (ABA) educational techniques. Delete the scoop?
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Create digital portfolios, compile documents and make flip books with FlipSnack. Change your PDF documents into interactive books.(http://www.flipsnack.com/). Delete the scoop?
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Dr. Joanne Orlando examines the potential and disadvantages of young children engaging with mobile technologies as learning devices, concluding that the positives far outweigh the negatives. 
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March 20, 8:56 AM
I agree that there should be some controls over letting kids rely on mobile technologies. There's nothing wrong with using mobile devices to help with daily life activities. It can be a great advantage for kids to start learning how to take advantage of the technologies around them. However, relying on them too much can be dangerous. What happens if one day they disappear? Will kids still be able to keep up with life as they haven't got a chance to learn the basics, and how to live without technologies. Delete the scoop?
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Review for NoteTaking Apps: Sling Shot & Noteshelf Delete the scoop?
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FableVision Studios, creates award-winning websites, games & activities, animated films, interactive graphic novels, museum kiosks, digital storybooks, desktop applications, and iPhone apps. Delete the scoop?
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This site will be both a support site for presentations about iPad use for teaching and learning and it also includes links to other iPad information pages. Delete the scoop?
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What happens when you take a classroom of students, add 24 iPads as well as sound recording gear and then throw in a live band? A pretty catchy song that gives you hope for the future of music in the digital age. Delete the scoop?
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Planning is imperative for any technology initiative - iPad or otherwise. Delete the scoop?
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Social media is becoming increasingly important in teaching and research work but teachers must remember, it's a conversation not a lecture, says Ernesto Priego... Delete the scoop?
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Terra Web Browser is an alternative web browser for the iPad with some great power features, including tabbed browsing with unlimited tabs, find in page, and the ability to save pages to read offline. Delete the scoop?
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Unique vocabulary flashcards for kids and teens. Fantastic photos-colourful, informative Delete the scoop?
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Why our children’s success — and happiness — may depend less on perfect performance than on learning how to deal with failure. Delete the scoop?
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A parliamentary candidate in Switzerland has a slightly different platform: PowerPoint. The Swiss public speaking coach believes PowerPoint presentations dilute the point, dull the speech and in the end, make people less persuasive. They are also a huge waste of money, Poehm says. Delete the scoop?
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What a shape-shifting egg has to do with racehorses and the science of facial expressions. Delete the scoop?
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New studies show that the disappearance of art, music and even recess is having a devastating effect on kids... Delete the scoop?
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P21 and its members provide tools and resources to help the education system keep up by fusing the 3Rs and 4Cs (Critical thinking and problem solving, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity and innovation). Delete the scoop?
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The organization behind this campaign is the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, and there are a handful of these spots now posted on its YouTube channel. The comments on the channel are, well, not positive (though with the viral vibe, who can tell if they’re even real). No official release from the organization yet, but Marketing has received confirmation that Toronto agency Smith Roberts had a hand in creating the ads. Delete the scoop?
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It’s also a fresh way to display information for various creative and educational uses, from concept maps, to poetry and art, to new user interfaces and visualizations. Delete the scoop?
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Twitter seems to be here to stay. As one of the most popular ways for teachers, students, and the general public to communicate, it’s becoming a must-have tool in almost every teacher’s toolbox. However, numerous recent studies have shown that education in general has been slow to adopt social media. Delete the scoop?
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We have become focused so much on new technological devices and what they can do, we forget what they can’t, and that’s a problem when it comes to education. Delete the scoop?
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Mind, Brain and Education methods may seem unfamiliar and even counterintuitive, but they are simple to understand and easy to carry out. And after-school assignments are ripe for the kind of improvements the new science offers. Delete the scoop?
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Technology that is reliable, adequate and easy to use Adequate technical support Training Time Appropriate policies Delete the scoop?
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