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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Kent School Tablet Learning Transparent and Real
At Kent (School, Kent, CT), technology is part of the fabric of education. We use it in many ways in many places every day. It is transparent and real. We are a pioneer in the Anytime Anywhere Learning (AAL) program … Continue reading
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Embrace Failure in Schools
C.C. Holland offers inspiration for failure teachers might consider sharing with our students. Each one credits those who try to accomplish something without succeeding with each try. My favorite on this list: “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 … Continue reading
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Qs to Ask Applicant’s References
Here are four questions to consider asking references provided by a prospective new teacher or school administrator. I adapted them to school hires from Jessica Stillman’s post How to Get the Truth from References. 1. What did the applicant learn … Continue reading
Tablet PCs in Schools: Toward a Literature Review Revised
(I found these notes toward an online lit review of Tablet PC schools; created and not posted over a year ago. It may assist a teacher prepare a grant or research proposal as well as a proposal to use or … Continue reading
Posted in Grants Funding, Research, Tablet PC Schools
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Mobile Youth Report 2008
If you haven’t done so already, Teach, check out the mobile youth report 2008, with a free download. 1.1 billion consumers aged under 30 with a combined spend on mobile of a quarter of a trillion dollars ($270 billion)! That’s … Continue reading
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U.S. Earns 1 Gold Medal at 2008 Education Olympics
Did you catch the medal count at the 2008 Education Olympics? Finland earned the most with 35, United States the least with 1, behind Estonia with 08. Kudos to the U.S. 9th grade CivEd team for distinguishing fact from opinion, … Continue reading
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Tablet PC Learning Research Agenda 4 – Learner Views
This fourth post of notes toward a Tablet PC Learning Research Agenda gives priority to learner views of acquiring new behavior. All posts in this series address aspects of learning efficiency as a way to increase learning rates. The first … Continue reading
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Microsoft Launched Microsoft Surface with Starwood
Microsoft launched Microsoft Surface (TM), a commercial touchscreen that breaks down barriers and provides effortless interaction with information using touch, natural gestures and physical objects. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. installed the first units in its Sheraton Hotels. Microsoft … Continue reading
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Bringing Invisibility Cloaks Closer
Researchers have engineered two new materials that bend light in entirely new ways. These materials are the first that work in the optical band of the spectrum, which encompasses visible and infrared light. Such cloaks, long depicted in science fiction, … Continue reading
Posted in Curricula, Factoid
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Plug and Play Brain
BBC News posted a video demonstrating software designed for robots that allows them to “learn” to move through trial and error. Ralf Der at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences has also applied the software to simulated … Continue reading
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