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PEW study addresses student online research
The most recent Pew study of online behavior offers insight into how adolescents conduct online research. The study surveyed advanced placement and National Writing Project teachers which if anything would likely result in a positive bias. These educators offered an … Continue reading
Screen Time and Young Children
As grandparents, we are amazed at how young children take to digital devices they can “control” through touch. This issue is not whether young children can interact with technology, but whether they should. Here is a resource (pdf) from “The Campaign … Continue reading
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Online Options
If you are looking to understand new options in online instruction (college level), I would recommend you review the article by Phil Hill in the Educause Review. This article can be viewed online.
Effectiveness of online instruction
Here is the Tanner Lecture presented by William Bowen (Princeton economist) on the effectiveness (learning & cost) of online instruction (select lecture 2). Appears to conclude similar learning at a lower cost. Urges additional (quality) research. Even uses the word … Continue reading
Why $329?
So Apple has a smaller iPad. The price is $329. This is what was predicted and this turned out to be the price. The question is why offer a product that is fairly close in price to the full size … Continue reading
Extra space for Dropbox EDU users
Dropbox has announced an extra 3 gigs free to “.edu” users. The conditions are outlined on this promotional page. As I understand the “basics”, you must establish an account with an .edu or identify your existing account to Dropbox indicating … Continue reading
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