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Open Education Week 2015 is a global event, March 9-13 | Opensource.com

Open Education Week 2015 is a global event, March 9-13 | Opensource.com | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Open Education Week (OEW) is an annual, global event and will take place this year from March 9-13, 2015. The event aims to raise awareness and celebrate achievements of the global Open Education Movement ..."

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2015 Worldwide Internet, mobile and social media trends

2015 Worldwide Internet, mobile and social media trends | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Last year we wrote about We Are Social’s huge report on everything internet, mobile and social and the company is back with an even bigger report on trends than last …"

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Free Technology for Teachers: The sounds of silence around the world - and how to make your own sound maps

Free Technology for Teachers: The sounds of silence around the world - and how to make your own sound maps | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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The world’s top 30 universities for teaching - Times Higher Education

The world’s top 30 universities for teaching - Times Higher Education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The world’s top 30 universities for teaching (Ahhh perceived reputational metrics, certainly if I hear teaching is excellent somewhere enough, it surely will be!!! ..."

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Learn how educators around the world are implementing mobile learning

Learn how educators around the world are implementing mobile learning | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In less than a decade, mobile technology has spread to the furthest corners of the planet. Of the estimated 7 billion people on Earth, 6 billion now have ..."


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http://www.scoop.itantonioormachea's curator insight, January 20, 2015 8:57 AM

Mobiles are expanded all over the world. Young people users are probably who best know mobile properties and how to manage them.

I think that cell phone would be an important tool for teachers to communicate with students and they will like it most that traditional methods. Good!

SMARTERTEACHER's curator insight, January 20, 2015 1:51 PM

Where will be in 2 years, 5 years 10 years...?

K_Lynam's curator insight, January 23, 2015 3:02 PM

I think I'd follow-up on Beth's comments by pointing out that they are comparing "feature phones" and "smartphones" - they are all cell phones.  Semantics aside, it is an important distinction, and one that may be overlooked in the assumption that the student has access to a smartphone because they seem so easy to obtain now - a cultural issue or economic one?

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Ten steps for solving the global learning crisis

Ten steps for solving the global learning crisis | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Yesterday, at the Learning for All Symposium organised by the World Bank, global players came together to find some answers to two major questions: How can we solve the global learning crisis and ..."

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Facebook and Google Aim to Fix Global Connectivity, but for Whom? | MIT Technology Review

Facebook and Google Aim to Fix Global Connectivity, but for Whom? | MIT Technology Review | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The company says it wants to wire the world. But will it do more than make its own app work better?..."

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The Global Learning Crisis | Visual.ly

The Global Learning Crisis | Visual.ly | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Despite great advances in enrolment since 2000, 57 million children still remain out-of-school. Enrollment ratios aren't enough. we must also focus on on equity and quality, throughout life, especially for girls and women..."

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Global change: the challenges and prospects for higher education

Global change: the challenges and prospects for higher education | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Academics involved: Professor Joseph G. Nellis Summary: The future challenges and prospects for institutions of higher education are explored in this paper in the context of a rapidly changing external environment arising from seismic shifts in the global socio-economic, political and technological arenas..."

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Fantastic Adobe video spotlights 25 years of Photoshop artistry - CNET

Fantastic Adobe video spotlights 25 years of Photoshop artistry - CNET | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"To celebrate Photoshop's 25th anniversary, Adobe releases a video featuring tons of creations by artists worldwide. The video, of course, was made entirely in Photoshop ..."

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The Hour of Code is coming

The Hour of Code is coming | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries and over 30 languages. Ages 4 to 104 ..."

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Adorable comics featuring sound effects from around the world

Adorable comics featuring sound effects from around the world | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Onomatopoeia are words that suggest or resemble sounds. In simpler terms, they are sound effects. You see them in comic books where things go ‘Wham’, ‘Bam’, and ‘Smash’ ..."

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How Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us

How Minecraft has bewitched 40 million of us | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The worldwide domination of Markus Persson's building-blocks game is a triumph for the power of human imagination, writes John Naughton ..."

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Top 20 figures and facts about global e-learning industry | Gigatown News

Top 20 figures and facts about global e-learning industry | Gigatown News | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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The global search for education: Fun and learning - Huffington Post

The global search for education: Fun and learning - Huffington Post | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"For any country to remain competitive in global education, it is important that its thought leaders continue to evaluate their system's approach to learning ..."

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Gender gap is widening online - PCWorld

Gender gap is widening online - PCWorld | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Women are gaining online access later and at a slower rate than men around the world, according to a new report released today by the Broadband Commission Working Group on broadband and gender..."

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New book examines higher education through the lens of the zombie apocalypse | Inside Higher Ed

New book examines higher education through the lens of the zombie apocalypse | Inside Higher Ed | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"It may sound like a joke to say that higher education has been the site of a zombie apocalypse, but Andrew Whelan, Ruth Walker and Christopher Moore aren't just kidding around..."

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5 Great Tools to Make Global Classroom Connections

5 Great Tools to Make Global Classroom Connections | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Create a global classroom with these five brilliant tech tools for teachers to connect and collaborate with other educators and students around the world..."

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