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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 13, 2010 at 9:56pm — No Comments

A Quote From Dr. Mark Kann

"It sees to me that at some point, multimedia expression is going to be like writing: it's something you don't leave college without. Kids are very sophisticated in navigating on computers and surfing the Internet. I think pretty soon they're going to have to be as sophisticated in expressing themselves using the media."…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 8, 2010 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Digital Storytelling, Visual Literacy and 21st Century Skills

Imagine a learning experience, supported and extended by the application of

technology, that empowers students to create and contribute, all within the

context of what they are expected to know and be able to do in the 21st Century.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 8, 2010 at 12:00am — No Comments

The Impact of Images: Considering the Place of Photojournalism Today

The Impact of Images: Considering the Place of Photojournalism Today…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on April 5, 2010 at 10:32am — No Comments

The Artist and Dyslexia

An interest or career in art is definitely a strong possibility for anyone who has…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 25, 2010 at 12:05am — No Comments

Virtual Reality in the Classroom at Suffolk

Before the advent of the Internet, an avatar was defined as the incarnation of a Hindu deity. In today’s high-tech world, avatars have morphed…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 23, 2010 at 10:22am — No Comments

Global Literacy: Geography for the 21st Century

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 20, 2010 at 1:22pm — No Comments

Ready for College?

Nine in 10 teachers say that not all of their students could leave high school prepared to succeed in college. When asked to choose the one out of five possible reasons why, teachers across all grade levels are fairly evenly dispersed across three core components needed for success, which include both in-school and out-of-school elements:…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 15, 2010 at 8:48pm — No Comments

Virtual Environments Enable New Models of Learning

Virtual Environments Enable New Models of Learning…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 15, 2010 at 1:01pm — No Comments

Kudos to FRONTLINE

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 15, 2010 at 12:08am — No Comments

Children and Media: Not Their Parents' Online World

It's very likely that the Web your teen is using is very different from the one you've gotten to know over the last decade. In addition to serving up a seemingly bottomless stream of…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 11, 2010 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Growing Up Online II

CJ Pascoe, a sociologist…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 10, 2010 at 1:07am — No Comments

Growing Up Online

A social studies teacher for 11 years,…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 9, 2010 at 10:42am — No Comments

iPods in the Classroom

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 6, 2010 at 10:27am — No Comments

50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom

Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. Read below to learn…
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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 3, 2010 at 11:25am — No Comments

Visual Thinking

Most of us take vision for granted. We seem to do it so effortlessly. Yet preceiving images, objects, color and motion is a very complicated process. The study of optical illuions (see lecture below) will prove beyond a doubt that the human eye is not a camera.…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on March 1, 2010 at 9:37pm — No Comments

Using Mobile Phones in the Classroom

In a country where the number of mobile phones exceeds the number of people (ComReg, 2006) mobile devices can play a vital role in teaching and learning. Unfortunately many schools still prohibit…

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on February 26, 2010 at 12:13am — No Comments

10 Ideas for Using Cell Phones in the Classroom, K-12

In today's "flat world" millions of students in China, Japan, the Philippines, and Germany are using their mobile phones to learn English; study math, health and spelling; and to access live and archived university lectures. Marc Prensky shares that the average cell phone has more computing power than many of the computers of 10 years ago. He goes on to ask, “How can we harness that… Continue

Added by Timothy Gangwer on February 24, 2010 at 11:53pm — No Comments

Dyslexia Facts

Facts on Dyslexia

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on February 24, 2010 at 12:27pm — No Comments

8 Ways to use Camera Phones in Education

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Added by Timothy Gangwer on February 19, 2010 at 10:32am — No Comments

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