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iPhone 'App' for School Designed by W.Va. Teen
A growing number of schools are developing iPhone apps for educational purposes.
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Opinion
Class, Take Out Your Cellphones!
We may be doing students a disservice by allowing draconian anti-cellphone policies to persist in schools, writes Paul Barnwell, who suggests ways to employ the phones for learning.
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Classroom Connections @Twitter
Teachers weigh the benefits and drawbacks of using the microblogging tool for class lessons.
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Teacher-Student Cyber Talk Faces New Rules
Recent policy actions now require documenting certain online communications between teachers and students.
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Students Tap Mobile Tech. for Increased Media Use
A Kaiser Foundation study links heavy media activity to poor grades.
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Opinion
Cellphones in Schools: Flip 鈥橢m Open
With online cheating growing and the use of mobile devices a way of life for students, schools cannot continue to operate as if nothing is changing, writes Matt Levinson.
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Chat
Social Networking and Teacher Professional Development
A lively discussion of teacher social networking and its role in teacher learning and career satisfaction, and for suggestions on getting the most out of online collaboration.
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Policies Target Teacher-Student Cyber Talk
Addressing an issue facing schools nationwide, Louisiana is requiring 糖心动漫vlog to document certain types of electronic contact with students.
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Twitter Lessons in 140 Characters or Less
Some teachers are experimenting with the popular microblogging tool as an effective way of distributing assignments and engaging students in content and collaborative lessons.
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Cellphones as 1-to-1 Learning Tools
Experts describe what works best to use cellphones as 1-to-1 computing tools for learning.
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The New Standard
The introduction of a faster and more reliable wireless standard is also prompting schools to put expansion high on the priority list.
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Teachers Take to Twitter
Some 糖心动漫vlog are finding that helpful ideas and advice can come in 140 characters or fewer.
Teaching
Making the Case for Mobile Computing
Advocates conducting presentations at the National Educational Computing Conference this week in Washington will point to growing evidence of the effectiveness of mobile devices to improve learning. But solid research on the impact of the tools on academic achievement remains elusive.
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Report Touts Educational Benefits of Computer Games
A review of research by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop says the technology should be tapped to improve learning.