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Blue, Elfreda; Tirotta, Rose – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
Twenty-first century technology has changed the way tools are used to support and enhance learning and instruction. Cloud computing and interactive white boards, make it possible for learners to interact, simulate, collaborate, and document learning experiences and real world problem-solving. This article discusses how various technologies (blogs,…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Usability, Education Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
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Zelkowski, Jeremy – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2011
This article justifies classifying the TI-Nspire CAS Touchpad as a mobile device for grades 8-16 mathematics classrooms equipped with a Navigator system. The 2010 Horizon Report: K-12 indicates virtually every secondary school aged child has some sort of mobile device. Yet, many school policies ban the use of mobile devices, preventing students…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Time on Task, Classroom Techniques
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Vaillancourt, Jean-Pierre; Lambert, Gene; Popovich, Laura W. – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2007
Delivery and formatting techniques for technical materials have traditionally been determined by common sense, not cognitive theory. In fact, for hundreds of years, verbal messages in the form of lecture and print have been the primary method of disseminating information to the learner. To move beyond verbal messages and toward the assimilation of…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Risk Management, Multimedia Materials, Communicable Diseases