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Can students learn with technology?
My team at the Reboot Foundation recently asked a simple question: Is the use of technology in schools associated with increased student outcomes? Based on a study of national and international databases, we uncovered a surprising answer, and our work suggests that there’s actually a pretty weak link between technology and student achievement. Source: Does…
📷 Ed photos of the week for February 23, 2023
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The pros and cons of taking notes on the computer
Computer note-taking was a point of contention at my school. Almost every teacher used laptops. But we varied in how much we allowed students to take notes on them during class. Those in the no-computer-notes camp pointed to how often students were distracted by messaging and social media. Those who allowed laptops for notes argued that…
🙋♂️ AI created podcasts, math, and screentime – Of bits and bytes for September 30, 2024
Internet Travels Of bits and bytes is my weekly round up of interesting links and ideas I discovered on the internet. It is published on Mondays for the previous week I haven’t done much with Google’s NotebookLM, but these examples of podcasts created by it are pretty amazing. NotebookLM was able to take the content…
Read text with the Reader Pen
Source: C-Pen Reader Although it is pricey at $250, the C-Pen Reader could be very useful for people with reading difficulties. The C-Pen Reader is a device that can read printed text to the reader just by scanning the text with the pen. That’s pretty cool!