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Born Digital Natives - A Book Review

Born Digital – Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Basic Books, 2008

I have often encountered the term “Digital Native”, which loosely defined, means anyone born after the introduction of the internet.  As I am an educator and parent of digital natives, I have spent some time considering how to best address their needs.  Some time ago, I stumbled across a book … Read More

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Learning to Code, Coding to Learn

Let’s Teach Kids to Code

MIT’s Mitch Resnick speaks to the TED audience about the advantages of teaching kids to “code”.  “Coding” is short for computer programming.  Traditionally, when one thinks of programming, one imagines a complex system of computer scripts; a system of symbols only a small number of people have the skillset to control and manipulate.  Resnick’s announcement that we need to teach our kids to code certainly raises several questions in teachers, questions such as: Read More…

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Scorebusters: Digitally Aided #Education …
By matt richtel @mrichtel, twitter.com
Dig­i­tal­ly Aided #Edu­ca­tion , Using the Stu­dents’ Own Elec­tron­ic Gear http://ow.ly/jmPSU #edtech
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By matt richtel @mrichtel, twitter.com

Dig­i­tal­ly Aided #Edu­ca­tion , Using the Stu­dents’ Own Elec­tron­ic Gear http://ow.ly/jmPSU #edtech

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Technology in Education: Financial Literacy - Teaching Resources!

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carton image of student at computer with a backwards baseball caps that is a loonie.

Here are a number of sites designed to help elementary and secondary teachers integrate financial literacy into the curriculum:

edugains.ca/newsite/financialLiteracy/index.html

Ministry of Education financial literacy portal with the most up-to-date resources, including suggested lesson…

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Educational Video Games In the last few years, there has been a great increase in the number and variety of ed … http://p.ost.im/p/dxfM7b
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Educational Video Games In the last few years, there has been a great increase in the number and variety of ed … http://p.ost.im/p/dxfM7b

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teachingwthsoul: texting as a learning tool: ...

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tex­ting as a learn­ing tool: read­ing, spelling, composing.=>And so much more! http://goo.gl/xw0nx via @teach­ma­ma

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Does Gamification Help Classroom Learning?scoop.it
Does making activities into games help kids learn in the classroom? One mother finds kids need to be engaged, not just play to earn points.See it on Scoop.it, via iGeneration - 21st Century Education
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Does Gamification Help Classroom Learning?
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Does making activities into games help kids learn in the classroom? One mother finds kids need to be engaged, not just play to earn points.
See it on Scoop.it, via iGeneration - 21st Century Education

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An exciting event is scheduled for May 6th and 7th, 2013 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, at the Scotiabank Conventio … http://p.ost.im/p/d98cDG
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An exciting event is scheduled for May 6th and 7th, 2013 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, at the Scotiabank Conventio … http://p.ost.im/p/d98cDG

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ipoddess: Featuring EUSD's #eduawesome ...

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Fea­tur­ing EUSD’s #edu­awe­some @AppE­d­u­ca­tion­Fox: Flipped class­rooms turn­ing tra­di­tion on its head http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/mar/07/flipped-classrooms-model-growing/ … via @utsandi …

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digidirections: When using digital tools for ...

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When using dig­i­tal tools for teacher PD, which strate­gies work best? A new study aims to find out: http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/02/27/22virtualpd.h32.html?tkn=VUSFYZhdo23dShPr9XIb%2FVNZOk …

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