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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

Such digital resources might be adequate to meet the needs of a lecture-based course, where the inclusion of any audio-visual aids, be it audio clips, slides, or photographs, certainly constitutes an upgrade. One drawback to LMS platforms is that they are not uniform in the level of technological support that they provide to users.

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10Q: Steven Anderson

Learning with 'e's

Anderson is known to many in the world of education as a passionate and knowledgeable promoter of social media and technology for learning. He has been a prime mover in some of the most innovative projects for technology supported learning in the past few years. Why are you so passionate about using social media?

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The persistence of distance (learning)

Learning with 'e's

Students returned the cards containing their answers for marking via the same affordable postal system in what eventually became known as correspondence courses. By comparison, in its technology supported multiple formats, contemporary distance education is much more sophisticated. We have come a long way.

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Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

Kids of all ages are consuming and producing more digital media than ever before. But is "screen time" actually the best way to describe, or measure, kids' media use? Of course, not all screen time is created equal. This is, of course, easier said than done (and a personal growth area for me as an educator!).

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Purpose and Practice

RafranzDavis.com

It’s weird to me that we live in a world where technological advancements have literally changed everything that we do from how we order food to how we travel, receive medical care, learn random “non-textbook” things and of course communicate with each other. Like it or not, there’s room for that too.

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10Q: Helen Keegan

Learning with 'e's

In today's 10Q interview, Helen answers questions about her philosophy on learning, social media and her current projects in higher education, including alternate reality games: Who are you? heloukee (online), Senior Lecturer in Interactive Media and Social Technologies at the University of Salford.

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The 2 Biggest Barriers To Learning in Modern Schools - Consideration 7

The Innovative Educator

When we block social networks, can we be surprised when students don’t use them responsibly? Instead we could be teaching students to use social media to develop a powerful learning network , a positive digital image, improve writing , or develop literacy. Outside of school YouTube is the go to resource for learning anything.