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#4: What does research really say about iPads in the classroom?

eSchool News

Popular mobile devices may come and go, but the iPad has remained a hit in the K-12 classroom. But even though they’re in schools, our work with teachers has led us to understand that while many of them would like to use iPads meaningfully in their classrooms, they can’t because of time, access, and training. Prensky, 2006).

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Strategies for Surviving All Types of Assessments

edWeb.net

Preparing for the classroom, system-wide, or state-mandated testing requires organization, training, a great attitude, and patience. For high-stakes testing, attend all scheduled state-mandated meetings and trainings, take notes and ask questions. She then began teaching in 2006 at Airways Middle School as a 7th-grade science teacher.

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The changing Web

Learning with 'e's

It truly is the ‘architecture of participation’ (Barsky and Purdon, 2006) and demands active engagement as a natural part of its character (Kamel Boulos and Wheeler, 2007). Delicious, Diigo), microblogs such as Twitter, mashups (e.g. We know of some of the benefits and the limitations it brings to education and training.

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The Challenge of Teaching News Literacy

Edsurge

Really with the advent of the first iPhone, around 2006, everything changed, and social media really took off. Mobile technology and social media were the two big drivers of the changes we're seeing. What would you say to a teacher who feels like they either don't need some of your tools or the trainings you do.

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Epic Guide To Game Based Learning

The CoolCatTeacher

100+ Game Based Learning Resources to Get Started in Your Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Tweeting Aztec’s Project to teach history with Twitter with Australian Educator Jacques du Toit. Twitter Accounts Who Share about Game Based Learning. Games are fun. Carvalho, A.

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

But despite those new expectations, most school districts in the state where the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till mobilized black Americans still use textbooks that give local civil rights milestones short shrift. No fourth-grade classroom in 116 districts that reported data used a book published more recently than 2006.

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