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Teachers begin using cell phones for class lessons - washingtonpost.com
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Spanish teacher Katie Titler has used cell phones for students to dial and record themselves speaking for tests.
"Specifically for foreign language, it's a great way to both formally and informally assess speaking, which is really hard to do on a regular basis because of class sizes and time," Titler said.
Jimbo Lamb, a math teacher at Annville-Cleona School District in south-central Pennsylvania, has students use their phones to answer questions set up through a polling Web site. Instantly, he's able to tell how many students understood the lesson.
"This is technology that helps us be more productive," he said.
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Web technology is about to change how we learn | VentureBeat
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One example of an educational company on the cutting edge of this kind of collaboration is eduFire. Founders Jon Bischke and Kareem Mayan want to empower both the educator and the learner by removing geographic boundaries. They feel anyone with knowledge to share has the right to become an “educational entrepreneur,” and anyone who desires to learn should have access to the tutor just right for him or her.
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Online textbook startups such as Flat World Knowledge — which lets you customize textbooks online and is about to make a splash on campuses across America — also promise to increase the customizability and affordability of education
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