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4 Websites That Teach Digital Citizenship

Every single one of your students is a digital citizen, defined as, “…a person utilizing information technology (IT) in order to engage in society, politics, and government participation,” according to Wikipedia. Teaching your students how to interact in a world full of digital citizens is critical to their success as they move through school and […]

Prepare, Deliver, Communicate: An iPad Workflow For Teachers

Over the past few years, more and more institutes have been making use of the iPad as their “tool of choice” in their academic lives. It is a big financial commitment for schools that decide to build an iPad program. Resources need to be allocated and extensive changes in teaching practices need to be implemented […]

Engage Learners with Scenario-based Mobile Learning

Although still in its infancy, anytime anywhere mobile learning is shifting traditional teaching and learning process and leading to new pedagogy. But mobile learning is more than just using a mobile device to access content and communicate with others – it is the processes of coming to know through exploration and conversation across multiple contexts […]

Designing mobile learning for knowledge retention

Anytime anywhere mobile learning is shifting modern education into more inclusive and higher quality personalized learning experience. But even the most informative and beautifully designed mLearning courses can fall short if they lack the component of knowledge retention. The ultimate goal of any mLearning deliverable is to create memorable and powerful content, which is easy […]

iPad VS Android Tablets: Which are Better for Education?

Tablet computers are attractive, portable, ultimate personal electronic devices using the same operating system as mobile phones with the features of computers. Tablet becomes an influential educational transformation technology, and more and more institutes are adapting tablet devices to enhance teaching and learning activities. The competition between Apple iPad and Android tablets perplexes the educators and they […]