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The latest news related to the meaningful and effective implementation of educational technology and e-learning in K-12, higher education, corporate and government sectors.
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Wyoming science teacher London Jenks not only allows mobile technologies in his classroom, but he's also learned how to maximize them as educational tools, tapping the devices for assessments, research, and even student scavenger hunts using QR... 
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The Darling Librarian explains why K-12 teachers and college professors have to get over their disdain for Wikipedia and provides tips on how students can be taught to use it effectively.
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"At a recent session someone asked, "How do I measure the success of my elearning?...Since there are different reasons why people build “elearning” courses, there are different ways to measure success."
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Do you need e-learning? Here are a couple ideas to consider before embarking on an extensive online learning project. First, Anna makes you question the purp...
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More than 80 percent of college faculty use some form of social media in their teaching, with online video by far the most popular application, according to a new survey from the Babson Survey Research Group and Pearson.
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Cell phones could become the next big learning tool in the classroom. So why have schools been so slow to embrace them?
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They’re addicted to Facebook and slaves to their smartphones — “digital natives” trying to navigate the post-secondary world.
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Some of these skills, of course, are holdovers from the 20th century which have grown more refined or essential as the calendar clicked. But education professionals still tout them as desirable — if not outright necessary — components of contemporary classrooms. Probably more so than any other era of academic history. So they’re "new" when it comes to importance, if not concept. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
Jessica Guercio's curator insight,
February 19, 2014 9:03 PM
A great blog post describing different skills that are important to be an effective teacher in this day in age. Gives a lot of great tools and advice for teachers to stay connected and use new tools they made not have used in the classroom before.
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My initial reply argued that 1) Tech should come as an addition to a solid core program; 2) Pedagogy still matters most and 3) Reading and math scores are not the sole valid measures of educational outcomes. While these claim remain valid, the full discussion about educational technology needs to include four final points. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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"Doodling is often seen as a sign of distraction. If you’re doodling, you’re not paying attention. If you’re drawing, you’re not taking notes. You’re not listening. You’re not learning. But research published in the latest edition of the journal Science challenges the anti-doodling stance. It contends that not only can doodling help students learn, but that drawing is an important tool for scientific discovery."
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"Much of the information available online about 'creating interactivity' focuses on specific software applications such as PowerPoint, Acrobat, or Flash. What the designer of an online course ...
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The so-called value-added model is an “imperfect, but still informative” measure of teacher effectiveness, especially when it is combined with other measures, according to the preliminary results of a large-scale study funded by the Bill and...
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An Ohio English teacher decided to test whether iPads were a worthwhile investment for his school district.
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By Justin Marquis Social media has changed the world. It has allowed people to reconnect with old friends from college, high school, and even elementary school. It has changed the way we shop, schedule appointments, plan ...
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"The challenge for many people is figuring out what mobile learning is and what they can do to get started. And they don’t want to spend a lot of money doing so. The cool thing is that while you’re still figuring things out, it’s easy enough to stick your toes into the m-learning pool."
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"In order for any new venture to succeed, an element of careful planning must take place. This is especially true if the venture will affect everyone, including your entire household. An important component of integrating technology into your household education process is to develop an educational technology plan. This plan gives everyone a clear picture of what should be done and how it will be done."
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A study finds that most principals are open to the idea of social networking in the classroom, but only if proper safeguards are met.
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Nearly one year after a a pilot program that put Virginia's fourth, seventh, and ninth grade social studies curriculum on an iPad, Virginia state officials say they have learned much from the implementation.
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I live in Florida and hard times are visible everywhere. I've seen businesses open with promise and flair only to close within a year with nary a sound and barely an announcement. This extends to t... Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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Educational technology developers at Imagine Learning have released an expanded version of Bookster, the company’s free interactive storybook app for kids. Via Dr. Susan Bainbridge
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"As soon as the handheld gadgets called "clickers" hit the University of Colorado at Boulder, Douglas Duncan saw cheating.
The astronomy instructor and director of the Fiske Planetarium was observing a colleague's physics class in 2002, when the university introduced the electronic devices that students use to respond to in-class questions. He glanced at the first row and saw a student with four clickers spread out before him. It turned out that only one was his—the rest belonged to his sleeping roommates."
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Everyone's been talking about Social Learning Environments (SLEs), the internet offers a plethora of tools that could become a part of a SLE.
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