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Distraction??

Here’s a great quote about the distraction factor (Source: “Five Myths of Mobile Learning by Abhijit Kadle in the Upside Learning blog):

However, if learners are distracted I’d rather blame the learning activities and content and not the technology or device itself.

August 31, 2011crossons Leave a comment
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PBS Online Learning Resources

Great source of learning resources from PBS

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Ideas for using iPods (and other tech tools)

Seven ideas for using iPods to introduce kids to the first week of school.

 

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Finally! Wikipedia is OK!

Article about how some schools are not only letting kids use Wikipedia, but are encouraging kids to CREATE entries.

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