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"We’ve all heard it before, “Kids don’t know grammar anymore because all they do is text,” or “Today’s generation misses everything going on around them because they’re staring at their phones.” But a recent research study by UCLA warns the damage of too much screen time may be even worse than many of us imagined." 
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A look at what hapened at Plymouth South High School last year when one class "attempted to transform the traditional research process to a completely paperless one using a fresh cart of iPads." A number of goals were "outlined prior to the research process" and included (quoting from the post): * Students will crowd-source their research to a collective research group. * Students will incorporate varied media types into their research: web based text, traditional text, audio and video. * Students will work collaboratively with their teacher and classmates on their research and writing process. * Students will become proficient researching and writing in a digital environment. The post alos discusses the process of going paperles and "moving forward and going paperless."
Susy Parsons's curator insight,
April 13, 2014 7:20 AM
Is going paperless in schools really an option with todays digital technology advances?
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"Slate magazine has been running several articles on education this week, including two today that are of interest. This one by Konstantin Kakaes is worth looking at more closely, if only because it somehow manages to gather almost every wrong idea about technology in education in existence into a single, compact article." Talbert critiques the article 'Why Johnny Can't Add Without a Calculator' making the point "Technology neither improves or diminishes learning. It’s the instructional design choices made and instructional practices used by individual teachers with individual students that do this." Can technology transform education? Read on to learn more.
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The Pearson Foundation’s second-annual Survey on Students and Tablets polled 1,206 college students and 204 high school seniors about their tablet ownership and usage. The survey found that a majority of college students now prefer reading digital books rather than print, a reversal of last year’s results, and many believe tablets are just as valuable for educational purposes as they are for personal entertainment.
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A look at statics gathered y Project Tomorrow. The aim of Project Tomorrow is "to make student voices heard in education." This information is from a survey of students, teachersl, parents and others in the fall of 2010 with a focus on determinint "the benefits of certain types and uses of technology for teaching and learning." More information is in the infographic.
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This post shares an experience in the Texas City High School and the implementation of a "digital media an design project with high school students." The author had worked with the school during the school year and observed many challenges including "the daunting and daily task of keeping students academically engaged; the corrosive effects of chronic absenteeism in the classroom; the impact of economic and familial instability on students, teachers, and schools; and the creative ways youth from poorly resourced schools and households are using digital media." They set to work with a goal: "could we work with teachers and students to create a more dynamic learning environment?" Read the article to see the project that was developed and what they have learned.
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Amanda Lenhart spoke to the “Media and the Well-Being of Children and Adolescents” conference at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pen... Amanda focused on bringing together data that highlights the demographic differences among groups of youth in their adoption, use and experiences with technology and social media. While such data may have illustrated what was called a “digital divide” in the past, it now highlights a variety of digital differences among groups of youth. This talk brings together data previously shared in a variety of reports on youth as well as some new analysis.
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How often have you seen students sitting at a table together, but communicating via their cell phones. The eyes are on the screens, not their friends and classmates.
This post shares that technology is impactint students ability to read emotions. The next question to ask might be c"Can this change?"
The answer appears to be yes. For more information click through to the post.