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15 Top Learning, Technology & Media Links: Weekly Digest –10

Upside Learning

Is This the Year of the Educational Tablet? Read this article to know if the tablets will find more success in the education market. Read on to learn how you can be using Facebook in your classroom, no matter if you are a professor, student, working online, or showing up in person for class.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Games for the Six and Under Crowd (iPod Touch/iPhone)

Learning Visions

Friday, April 17, 2009 Games for the Six and Under Crowd (iPod Touch/iPhone) My kids have discovered my iPod Touch. My 10 month old thinks the smooth, shininess of the iPod is a perfect thing to chew on. Posted by Cammy Bean at 10:08 AM Labels: games , iPod Touch , Kids 3comments: Karyn Romeis said. Fun and educational !

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Me-pod, You-pod, Everybody iPod

KnowledgeStar

Are iPads on their way to replacing computers in K-12 schools? It sure looks that way. A recent survey of district tech directors found that all were testing or deploying tablet devices—and they expect them to outnumber computers by 2016. If you have kids in the K-12 grades better get ahead of this curve to help them succeed.

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Are Podcasts The Most Underrated Format for L&D?

Thinkdom

The term "podcast" is a combination of the words "iPod" and "broadcast," as it was initially used to describe the process of downloading radio broadcasts from the internet and listening to them on an iPod through a program called ippoder. Continuous learning Consistency is the key to learning, according to top educational researchers.

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Why Disruption and eLearning Matter to Higher Education

OpenSesame

As I see online education and distance learning grow in popularity, I have to wonder, did I attend college in a digital dark age? Or are we poised on the brink of a technology-driven overhaul in higher education? A unifying theme amidst this conversation about higher education and technology is the idea of “disruption.”

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Can Tech Save Education? 5 Ways It Could Be Done

Living in Learning

require post-high school education. Experts agree that technology can save education if it is used by prepared teachers who can provide guidance to their students. Experts agree that technology can save education if it is used by prepared teachers who can provide guidance to their students. Two-thirds of all new job in the U.S.

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7 Ed-Tech Tools You Can Use Today

LearnDash

There are an abundance of education technology tools available today, it may be unclear as to which is best. Skype in the Classroom - You probably have heard of Skype, but never thought about using it for educational purposes. There is an entire section on the Skype website dedicated to Skype within education.

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