It's a new twist on a 1:1 laptop program. The 1,050-student, private Web School in Knoxville, Tenn., will require all students from Grade 4 on up to bring an iPad to school next year, The Journal reports. "Administrators and teachers have been mulling over a 1:1 computer program for the last 17 years," the school's tech director told The Journal, but the timing has never been right, with obstacles … [Read more...] about iPads to be required in Tenn. school
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Virtual world ‘mall’ now has online-safety ‘store’
Everloop, a new social site aimed at kids 8-13, is not just another virtual world. Or social network site. It's not a kids' Facebook or alternative to Whyville.net or LEGO Universe, contrary to what's being reported (see Mashable). But it's also not just an online space. What it is depends on who's looking at it. To kids and parents, it's like a virtual-world and/or social-network mall that's … [Read more...] about Virtual world ‘mall’ now has online-safety ‘store’
6 emerging technologies to affect ed: Study
The six technologies "likely to have considerable impact on teaching, learning, and creative expression," according to the 2011 Horizon Report, are mobile devices and e-books ("both close to being mainstream in the next year or less"); game-based learning and augmented reality (2-3 years to wide adoption); and learning analytics and gesture-based computing (4-5-year adoption range). Some examples: … [Read more...] about 6 emerging technologies to affect ed: Study
How 2 teach w/ Twitter (esp. rt now!)
There's great material for a media literacy class (or dinner-table discussion) in Twitter these days – both traditional and new media literacy – especially if you and your kids or students follow Andy Carvin (@acarvin), NPR's senior strategist for digital media. I've seen hundreds of tweets and retweets by Andy as I've been following the protest movement in Egypt and around the Middle East. Today … [Read more...] about How 2 teach w/ Twitter (esp. rt now!)
A teacher on Facebook at school
Teachers and parents concerned about social media in school might have a look at "10 Ways Facebook Strengthens the Student-Teacher Connection", by New York City educator Lisa Nielsen. She wrote this blog post after attending the just-held education conference Educon in Philadelphia. She'd heard a panel of students who, she writes, "shared the importance of, 'teachers relating to them as people, … [Read more...] about A teacher on Facebook at school