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I love it how a few days after the Consumer Electronics Show 2012 in Las Vegas ended, where people lustily obsessed over 55-inch wafer-thin screen TVs , Apple has got people talking arguing about education reform . Two years after launch, Apple has now unwittingly made the use of iPads in the classroom the topic of discourse and mild controversy. Finally. Finally, people are talking about how to reform education for the digital age.
iPads in Education: Wake up and smell the future — iPad Insight
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There's a reason why Apple is suing Samsung in just about every major world territory -- it feels threatened, and so it might. Samsung is now the top-selling phone manufacturer on the planet, and that's entirely thanks to the wildly popular Galaxy range of Android smartphones. The latest such handset, the Galaxy S3, has enjoyed the kind of build-up and reception normally reserved for iDevices and that's no mean feat.
After viewing @todmafin's tweet about how it's simply not funny to claim 'Luddite' status anymore, I thought about what might be important-from a tech perspective-to know as a teacher teaching in these times. Here's my top ten...with many exclusions. 10. Locate and Participate in Social Networks on Education , Useful Tech Tools for Learning , 21st Century Learning and content-specific Education Sites.
Learning and Leading in the 21st Century: 10 Things All Teachers Should Know How to Do (Edited)
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