Sunday, August 1, 2010

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On Facebook, Telling Teachers How Much They Meant

At a time when public school teachers are being blamed for everything from poor test scores to budget crises, Facebook is one place where they are receiving adulation, albeit delayed. The site has drawn more attention as a platform for adolescent meanness and bullying, and as a vehicle for high school and college students to ruthlessly dissect their... [Read more of this review]


‘Augmented Reality’ on Smartphones Brings Teaching Down to Earth

ARIS (Augmented Reality and Interactive Storytelling) is a new software uses iphones or ipads interactively as a learning tool. At the University of New Mexico, some students in second-year Spanish classes become detectives. It’s a fictional murder mystery, and instead of guns and badges, the students are armed with iPod Touches, provided by the... [Read more of this review]


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