The Impact of Media Use on Learning
This study documents the views of classroom teachers about the role of at-home entertainment media use - TV shows, video games, texting, social networking, music, and other media - in kids' and teens' academic and social development at school.
Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives is the latest research report from Common Sense Media's Program for the Study of Children and Media.
Learning with Technology at School
Connectivism is driven by the understanding that decisions are based on rapidly altering foundations. New information
is continually being acquired. The ability to draw distinctions between important and unimportant information is vital.
The ability to recognize when new information alters the landscape based on decisions made yesterday is also critical.
Technology integration is the use of technology resources -- computers, digital cameras, mobile devices like smartphones, iPads and other tablets, software applications, the Internet, etc. -- in daily classroom practices, and in the management of a school.
This video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode.
Balancing Analog and Digital-Age Skills
Educators say basic writing and spelling skills still necessary for success in school and life
Steve Graham, professor of special education and literacy at Vanderbilt University, whose research interests include writing instruction and development, said that we're using a 20th-century tool in a 21st-century world and that we really need to step up to the 21st century
This is not an “either or” question now days. ALL kids need to learn keyboarding as it is a life skill.