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LearnPick recommends six of the best science apps for kids | Emerging Education Technologies

LearnPick recommends six of the best science apps for kids | Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The smartphone can be a powerful learning tool. In this article, we are going to discuss seven of the finest science apps kids can explore and learn with ...".

  1. The Elements
  2. Rocket Science 101  
  3. SkySafari
  4. Kid Weather
  5. Video Science
  6. Moon Globe
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3D-printed ‘clip-on’ turns smartphone into microscope

3D-printed ‘clip-on’ turns smartphone into microscope | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Researchers have invented a clip-on that can enable a smartphone to function as a microscope, that can visualise specimens that are 100 times smaller than the width of human hair ..."

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Your smartphone could soon translate your thoughts into text

Your smartphone could soon translate your thoughts into text | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A new system developed by a team of researchers from Japan’s Toyohashi University of Technology can read people’s minds using brainwaves ..."

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Apple planning to open imaging research lab in France

Apple planning to open imaging research lab in France | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"It seems Apple is determined to stay at the forefront of smartphone imaging. According to French newspaper Dauphiné Libéré, the iPhone-maker is planning to open a dedicated imaging research laboratory in Grenoble, France. The focus of the new facility will be on image sensors and technology for iOS devices ..."

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Mobile learning: Apps vs. web? - Inside Higher Ed (blog)

Mobile learning: Apps vs. web? - Inside Higher Ed (blog) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The reason that online learning platforms are designed for the web and not for apps is that the web is open, ubiquitous, and platform agnostic. Apps are closed, limited, and platform dependent ..."

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Eight useful educational apps that easily integrate classroom technology

Eight useful educational apps that easily integrate classroom technology | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Classroom technology doesn't have to be big, especially when your classroom is small. These educational apps will help students learn in and out of class ..."

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Five games so pretty you’ll forget they’re played on a smartphone

Five games so pretty you’ll forget they’re played on a smartphone | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Mobile games usually aren't good art.  That's not to say they aren't fun – Flappy Bird and Super Hexagon are entertaining. These games are great at filling in the empty hours of your life. Still, if The Last Of Us is filet mignon, mobile games are cheese balls. They're neither memorable nor particularly moving. As time has gone …"

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'Looking' at art in the smartphone age

'Looking' at art in the smartphone age | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Technology is a great way to activate gallery space, but it shouldn’t take it over ..."

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Smartphone apps in education [infographic] - Ebook Friendly

Smartphone apps in education [infographic] - Ebook Friendly | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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Catering to today’s learners with mobile apps for K-12 | Emerging Education Technologies

Catering to today’s learners with mobile apps for K-12 | Emerging Education Technologies | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"K-12 education today needs to cater to the learning style of Gen Z, the generation of “digital natives.” In fact, research shows that 51% of high school students bring a smartphone to school every day ..."

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Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down?

Your smartphone is making you stupid, antisocial and unhealthy. So why can’t you put it down? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A decade ago, smart devices promised to change the way we think and interact, and they have – but not by making us smarter. Eric Andrew-Gee explores the growing body o..."

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Turn your smartphone into a pocket scanner

Turn your smartphone into a pocket scanner | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"If your mobile gadget has a good camera and you have the right app, you do not need anything more to make quick digital copies of documents ..."

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Tablets are dead

Tablets are dead | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In 2010, tablets were supposed to be the new hot thing. Apple released the first iPad, Samsung was working on the Galaxy Tab and countless others were about ..."

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Ten things you need to know about translation technology

Ten things you need to know about translation technology | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Understanding a foreign language is getting easier with the range of translation apps for your smartphone and computer ..."

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Smartphone secrets may be better than a password - MIT Technology Review

Smartphone secrets may be better than a password - MIT Technology Review | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Researchers are investigating whether recalling text messages, calls, and Facebook likes could be a useful log-in strategy ..."

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How do smartphones compare to supercomputers of the past?

How do smartphones compare to supercomputers of the past? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Most of us carry a smartphone around in our pocket without really thinking twice about just how impressive it is. These tiny little devices can do so many things, and they can do them for a (relatively) low price ..."

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The smartphone has effectively replaced all the technology offered in this 1991 Radio Shack ad

The smartphone has effectively replaced all the technology offered in this 1991 Radio Shack ad | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Should a time traveler visiting from 1991 show up here in 2014 at Radio Shack clutching this ad showcasing calculators, devices to play music and other electronic gizmos and gadgets, we're sure the ..."

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