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Amidst a Mobile Revolution in Schools, Will Old Teaching Tactics Work? | MindShift Just a few years ago, the idea of using a mobile phone as a legitimate learning tool in school seemed far-fetched, if not downright blasphemous. Kids were either prohibited from bringing their phones to school, or at the very least told to shut it off during school hours. tags: education mlearning ipad Edchat mobilelearning 51% of households in the US own something made by Apple | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog According to a new survey put together by CNET, over half of all households in America now contain something made by our favorite company in Cupertino. tags: something apple unoffici

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What Happens in an Internet Minute? Do you know what happens in one minute on the Internet? In just one minute, more than 204 million emails are sent. Amazon rings up about $83,000 in sales. Around 20 million photos are viewed and 3,000 uploaded on Flickr. At least 6 million Facebook pages are viewed around the world. And more than 61,000 hours of music are played on Pandora while more than 1.3 million video clips are watched on YouTube.   tags: happens internet minute Free Picture Image Based Survey Questionnaire Tool | SurveyLegend Create a picture based survey tags: survey poll surveys image technology tools enquête

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My TED talk: 7 ways games reward the brain | Tom Chatfield I’ve had the huge pleasure of giving a talk at TED Global in Oxford, about the lessons games can teach us about engagement and about learning itself. The full video is now online on the TED website; below is a brief summary of a few central points. tags: TED education gaming brain reward technology Digital Citizenship Essential information for students, teachers and parents about digital citizenship and being safe, positive and responsible online. tags: digital citizenship cybersafety digital_Citizenship digitalcitizenship digital citizenship cyber safety safety

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