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Published: 26/01/2012
This year's graduating class will be the first not to know a world without the Web. According to Google Chromebooks Group Product Manager Rajen Sheth, this has serious implications for how we educate. In his keynote session at FETC 2012 National Conference in Orlando Wednesday, Sheth, opened...
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Published: 26/01/2012
Boffins employed by the US Department of Environmental Health and Microsoft (among others) say that users of tablet computing devices – an area almost completely dominated at the moment by... more >
Published: 24/01/2012
    With the announcement of iBooks Author last week, the world of self-publishing seemed to open up a little wider, especially for authors looking for an easy way to format and... more >
Published: 23/01/2012
After a yearlong pilot program in California initiated by publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the math scores of students using iPads jumped 20 percent compared with classrooms that used... more >
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WordSift
WordSift (wordsift.com) is a fun tool for exploring the use of words. It lets you ‘sift’ through stories by simply cutting and pasting any text into the site. It will analyse the text and create a word cloud of the 50 most frequently used words. The most used will be displayed as a word web in a visual thesaurus. Google image and video search results are also shown.
Dyslexia Quest
"Dyslexia Quest" by Nessy, An App for iPad / iPhone Six games that each test a different learning ability.
Omar Gallaga takes a look at storybook iPad app version of the Dr. Seuss classic,
Awarded the Kirkus Star and selected as one of the Top Ten Storybook apps, this app is perfect for young readers age 2-8. One of over two dozen Dr. Seuss books available for the iPad, this app lets readers interact with every featured object and includes great narration. Please visit KirkusReviews.com for a full review, along with reviews for dozens of other iPad storybook apps.
Pages is the most beautiful word processing app ever designed for a mobile device.
Its the application you know and love for the Mac, completely reworked from the ground up for iPad. Documents look stunning on the bright, vivid iPad display. And writing is a dream with the large onscreen keyboard. You can use Apple-designed templates and Multi-Touch gestures to lay out letters, flyers, brochures, reports, and more. With Pages for iPad, its never been easier to create great-looking documents, all with the touch of a finger.
 
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Five Lessons On Teaching From Angry Birds That Have Nothing Whatsoever To Do With Parabolas
I'm extremely happy for all the buzz my blogging brethren have received for their work integrating Angry Birds into the math and science curriculum. No doubt there are intriguing applications of engineering and parabolic motion all over the game. But we're in the Sistine Chapel here, marveling at the refrigerator magnets on sale in the gift shop. We're standing at the edge of the Grand Canyon as the sun sets, eager to get to a hotel and find out what's on pay-per-view. We're focusing on the applications of parabolic motion to Angry Birds, missing the fact that it's a marvel of task design. An utter marvel.
3 Reasons NOT to Gamify Education
Gamifying education is all the rage right now. Applying game mechanics skillfully is almost a fail-proof way to engage students and incentivize learning. . . .
Red, white and blue – the use of colour in American Beauty
We have talked so much about the use of red in American Beauty but other key colours in the film include white and blue. The use of red, white and blue obviously suggest America and help us to focus on the film’s messages. Red, white and blue come through in clear and at times subtle ways. Let’s look at some examples from the beginning of the film.
Excited about Using Technology
Children = no problem I've never come across a child yet that hasn't been excited, interested and engaged when using technology. . . .
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Published: 23/11/2011 | Issue 36
  What will learning be like in 10 years' time? What changes will we see in and out of the classroom? Here Stu McGregor predicts what's ahead for the class of 2022.   Things that will happen …   Handwriting will be irrelevant It will become an art form rather than essential for communication. Input will...   more
Published: 23/11/2011 | Issue 36
  Principals need to lead the integration of e-learning into their schools and there are two new resources that can help them do just that, writes David Kinane.   Delegating out the integration of e-learning to teachers and not maintaining a strong presence in that process, is not a good model for school leaders. Part of the...   more
Published: 23/11/2011 | Issue 36
As technology becomes more mobile in everyday life, the education sector is starting to follow. Enter mobile learning and some exciting times ahead, writes Catherine Murray.   Most people would agree that the days are numbered where students sit at their desks while the teacher stands at the front of the room imparting knowledge....   more
Published: 23/11/2011 | Issue 36
We had some great tools entered by you in the 'Best Use of a Free Web 2.0 Tool' section of this year's INTERFACE Awards. And if teachers thought they were good enough for this, then maybe you should give them a go!   Facebook (facebook.com) is the world's most popular social networking site. It allows the creation of online profile...   more
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