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Apple iPad and Education: Teacher’s Aid or Student Learning Tool?

The wait is over and, to few people’s surprise; Steve Jobs announced the addition of a tablet product to Apple’s addictive line of i-tech.

While edtech-gurus are wiping up the pools of drool from their keyboards, it’s time to take a step back and look at what the iPad can do for educators and students.
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Google’s CEO Resigns From Apple’s Board – Are You Surprised?

Google CEO Eric Schmidt has resigned from Apple’s board due to “potential conflicts of interest”. Is anyone surprised?
While I’m not trying to be snarky, I did have a tongue-in-cheek reaction to this news. As an iPhone owner, advocate, and usually, ally – I have to admit to finding my iPhone conviction wavering as I watch [...]

Great iTouch Apps for Primary Students

Yesterday here at NECC I learned about three fantastic applications for younger / primary age students from Jenny Ashby from Vic, Australia, who has 8 iPod Touches in her classroom currently. Here are the applications. These are ideal for students to use in center activities in a primary classroom.

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Learning about Immigration and Family Heritage via Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling projects can be a powerful way to help students connect not only with the historical facts and dates in the prescribed curriculum, but also connect with their own family histories in powerful ways which can make an impression which lasts a lifetime. Nancy Pratt is the district technology and instruction specialist in the [...]