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Three tech tools for teaching literacy | EdTech Magazine

Three tech tools for teaching literacy | EdTech Magazine | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"As students return to school this year, their reading skills may not measure up. These tech solutions can help improve student literacy ..."

  1. Microsoft's Reading Progress Tool
  2. Gamified Reading Programs and Applications
  3. Tablets with Interactive Reading Material 
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How learning technologies are the way forward in education

How learning technologies are the way forward in education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Educational technology has the potential to transform classroom learning and can improve outcomes for young people ..."

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Schools reap benefits of using 2-in-1 devices

Schools reap benefits of using 2-in-1 devices | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Hybrid devices, which combine the convenience, flexibility of notebooks and tablets, are taking off in schools ..."

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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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Tablets 'eroding' children's digital skills - BBC News

Tablets 'eroding' children's digital skills - BBC News | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Growing use of tablets and smartphones by children may undermine the development of key technology skills, suggests a report ..."

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Are tablets falling out of favour?

Are tablets falling out of favour? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Ahead of the start of Mobile World Congress, experts propose a variety of reasons why consumers are not buying tablets in the numbers once expected ..."

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Why tablets are failing miserably in higher education

Why tablets are failing miserably in higher education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"While Apple and Google are fighting a FUD war for the hearts and minds of K-12 campuses, there's one area of education that neither has been able to penetrate with success: higher ed ..."

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Seven potential issues to be prepared for when bringing tablets into the classroom

Seven potential issues to be prepared for when bringing tablets into the classroom | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Being aware of these possible problems will help position tablet programs in your classroom and school for success ..."

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Disruptions: Visually Impaired Turn to Smartphones to See Their World

Disruptions: Visually Impaired Turn to Smartphones to See Their World | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Advocates for the blind say smartphones and tablets could be the biggest aid to come along since Braille was invented in the 1820s..."

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Three things you might not know about tablets on campus

Three things you might not know about tablets on campus | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The revolution, according to many in educational technology, was supposed to be televised on a tablet computer. When will tablets overtake PCs on campus?..."

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How to Organize a 1:1 for Higher Education - Higher Ed Tech Decisions

How to Organize a 1:1 for Higher Education - Higher Ed Tech Decisions | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Globe University’s chief operating officer of The Globe Education Network talks about why the university is integrating iPads and Apple TV, how the tablets will benefit students and how they prepared for 1:1..."

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Toddlers with tablets will force a change in education

Toddlers with tablets will force a change in education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Children who’ve grown up with individualized learning on their electronic devices will not accept the traditional classroom..."

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Les Tablettistes. Fascinating term.

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To Get the Most Out of Tablets, Use Smart Curation | MindShift

To Get the Most Out of Tablets, Use Smart Curation | MindShift | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"How might efforts to curate benefit from the portability and ubiquity of mobile devices? Tools like Evernote and GoodReads allow for easy and valuable curation. But the harder questions are pedagogical and curricular..."

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Twenty-five creative ideas for using mobile devices in school

Twenty-five creative ideas for using mobile devices in school | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

Whether you have iPads, Android tablets or a bring your own device policy for students, mobile devices are a great way to engage our students ..."

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Ten free mock-up device templates for e-learning #161

Ten free mock-up device templates for e-learning #161 | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"This week's challenge asked course designers to share free device mock-ups for use in e-learning. Templates include desktops, tablets, mobile phones, monitors, and more! ..."

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Smartphones won't make your kids dumb. We think

Smartphones won't make your kids dumb. We think | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Sandy, like many parents, is concerned about how much time her 18-month-old spends in front of screens. Weighing up the available evidence, Olivia Solon explains that she might be worrying too much ..."

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‘Tablets and e-readers represent a revolution in learning: we just need to make sure the most deprived children can benefit’

‘Tablets and e-readers represent a revolution in learning: we just need to make sure the most deprived children can benefit’ | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"iPads, e-readers and other tablet computers frequently top polls of children’s most wanted presents at Christmas ..."

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Mobile technology in K-12 classrooms: More than a question of cost

Mobile technology in K-12 classrooms: More than a question of cost | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Tablets have become a learning fixture in many K-12 classrooms. The quick access to information and capability to provide personalized learning are just a few of the reasons why teachers, ..."

Eric Rodriguez's curator insight, September 20, 2015 2:01 AM

Great article highlighting the other side of the debate on what is the issue holding back educational institutions from providing a one to one table approach. Cost is obviously the most popular factor but they talk about other factors that I myself hadn't thought about. Great read!

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Are tablets the way out of child illiteracy?

Are tablets the way out of child illiteracy? | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Give them technology that they may have never seen before, and students' brains will work wonders ..."

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(e)Book Creator app launches for Android tablets

(e)Book Creator app launches for Android tablets | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Those of you who own an iPad might be familiar with the Red Jumper Studio e-book creating app, called Book Creator. Now months after the app has been ..."

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Mobile Study: Tablets Make a Difference in Teaching and Learning -- THE Journal

Mobile Study: Tablets Make a Difference in Teaching and Learning -- THE Journal | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A pair of studies released Wednesday — the first of their kind — found that tablets can make a difference in the learning habits of students..."

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Alexis Fowler's curator insight, March 6, 2014 9:13 AM

This article is stating how tablets can enhance the learning of students just for the simple fact that students are more up to date when it comes to technology and because of that it would be easier to do more learning online. This would be success dealing with learning.

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21 Reasons To Use Tablets In The 21st Century Classroom

21 Reasons To Use Tablets In The 21st Century Classroom | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"...Now, it is the age of the tablet. We have affordable high-powered computers that can provide all sorts of enrichment through an intuitive touch screen interface and the education world is taking notice. More and more classrooms are imagining the curriculum in the context of each child having his or her own tablet..."

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How Tablets Can Enable Meaningful Connections for Students and Teachers

How Tablets Can Enable Meaningful Connections for Students and Teachers | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In the best learning environments, sharing work doesn’t just mean posting on the Internet, it means building connections with a wider community, so that sharing becomes part of a set of relationships and patterns of exchange..."

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iSchool Unlocks E-Learning in the Developing World

iSchool Unlocks E-Learning in the Developing World | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Lusaka, Zambia — Rachel Ngongola's second grade class at the Tico Community School is learning to count multiples of 10 on a Wednesday morning..."

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Teaching with tablets piloted in E Cape - South Africa.info

Teaching with tablets piloted in E Cape - South Africa.info | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is providing multimedia tablets and training to 160 teachers at 11 schools in the Eastern Cape as part of a project that that aims to develop a mobile teaching model that can be applied countrywide..."

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