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Tablet PCs: Students Sound Off
"A quick, non-scientific poll conducted today suggests that the students prefer the Tablet PCs over paper and pen. "
Children who use technology are 'better writers'
"Our research results are conclusive - the more forms of communications children use the stronger their core literary skills."
Teaching and Learning - The Digital Student
Here's a recent presentation I gave, Thursday May 14th, to kickoff one of our end of year faculty days. I wasn't able to record it live, so I've recorded it and posted it here.
Netiquette Rules
Netiquette is a slang word for network and online communication etiquette; the written and unwritten rules of etiquette that govern online interaction between users of Usenet, mailing lists, e-mail, chat rooms, instant messaging, internet forums, and onli
Army hopes interactive videos make smarter soldiers
So Phelps, a trained Arabic linguist, worked with two other companies, Combat Film Productions and Quest Pictures, to help him create realistic, movie-like combat scenarios. Hollywood veterans shot the scenarios on an elaborate set in Southern California, adding real footage from Iraq whenever possible.
Clash of the generations: IT vets and fresh talent scramble for the same jobs
Throughout busy job fairs, crowded boardrooms and hectic IT departments across the U.S., a battle royal is brewing between aging baby boomers and fresh-faced millennials -- two distinct generations with differing work styles, conflicting cultures and disparate skill sets.
No Future Left Behind
A great video made by kids about what school should be.
On Being Alone
As one of the people in the video says, “if you aren’t connected people think you are negligent” and that bothers me, but it is a reality.
Arapahoe High School Blogging Policy
Blogs are considered an extension of the classroom and therefore are subject to these guidelines as well as the rules and regulations of Arapahoe High School and Littleton Public Schools.
This is your brain on technology
For years, workplace experts have touted the value of multitasking. But today, it’s common to hear people complain about the inability to stay on track long enough to read a simple news story. The Internet is a snacking medium; people only consume bits and pieces.
Prensky believes employers need to change their workplace culture in order to take advantage of the skills today’s techno-savvy employees bring to the table.
The natives aren't quite so restless
If we are to equip students to navigate a digital world, education ought to be based on assessing students' individual strengths and weaknesses rather than making glib generalisations that mistake using Facebook for technological savvy.
Brave New World: More Digital, Less Physical
I constantly meet really smart non-technical people -- doctors, lawyers, teachers -- who have no clue how computers work. They treat them as magic black boxes that randomly break and never make sense. Why? Because software is a fundamentally different kind of system. It does not behave like the other things around us that we are used to.
Gmail Preferred By Students, But Nothing Beats Texting
Only 12% of students currently check email on their mobile, but eROI predicts that number will increase quickly, especially given the recent explosion of smartphones on the market. In the meantime, though, it's text messaging that remains supreme with 37% selecting that as their preferred method of communication. Email is second at 26% followed by social networking IM (15%) , IM (11%), and social networking email (11%).
Education 2.0: Never Memorize Again?
"Teachers are no longer the fountain of knowledge; the internet is," Tapscott told the Times. "Kids should learn about history to understand the world and why things are the way they are. But they don't need to know all the dates. It is enough that they know about the Battle of Hastings, without having to memorize that it was in 1066. They can look that up and position it in history with a click on Google," he said.
Report: Millennials Will Route Around IT Departments
One of the most interesting results of this study is that this difference between expectations and reality has led over a quarter of the employees surveyed by Accenture to use technology that is unsupported and unsanctioned by their corporate IT departments. Almost half of all Millennials who use social networks, blogs, vlogs, or Twitter do so without support from their IT departments (and often against the IT policies of their companies). Millennials also see no problem with using unsupported mobile phones or instant messaging services at work.
We're All Entrepreneurs
Young people in the West need to learn the meaning of one word that all successful entrepreneurs know well: compete.
Michael Wesch’s Presentation to Library of Congress
Michael Wesch of Kansas State and the “Machine is Us” fame gave an overview of the cultural significance of You Tube to the LOC, and suffice to say, it’s incredibly interesting stuff.
Discourse: "Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants"
... by establishing the term "digital native," Prensky enabled the mythology of the inherently computer literate learner.
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