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New Models for Children's Museums: Wired Classrooms?

Museum 2.0

But last year, over Thanksgiving, I sat next to a man who was working on his laptop (not an activity that invites conversation), creating a presentation on elementary education and technology. A former superintendent of such a district, he explained the basic premise to me: each student, from kindergarten on, has a personal laptop.

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Surprisingly Cool Things You Can Do with an LMS

Gyrus

Scheduling that same instructor, the classroom, the projector he/she is using, a laser pointer and a shared laptop… priceless. The ability to generate content directly into the LMS not only exists but is being highlighted on this blog post. Assessment Creation Tool. You are definitely reading that correctly.

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The Birth of a Field: Digital Media and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The environment for learning is no longer in the classroom and its online, and outside of school. These are complex learning environments where young people are making decisions, learning and collaborating with peers, etc. "We know very little about the learning that is happening outside of classrooms."

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Games for Change 2007: Funders Perspective Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Mentioned recent studies about taking laptops out of the classroom and there is a problem with using old metrics and it is important to look for new metrics and rethink learning environments in general. New learning environment puts games at the center. How do those learning environments impact institutions?

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