Internet : Pour le meilleur et pour le pire Société, politique, futur… pour son numéro d’été, les Dossiers de La Recherche vous proposent de parcourir la planète, avec des articles issus des meilleures sources internationales, pour découvrir ce qui se passe de nouveau et d’intéressant sur la Toile. Bonnes recettes pour économistes pressés. Comment, pour élaborer leurs prévisions, les économistes épluchent-ils les tweets et les requêtes soumises au moteur de recherche de Google ? Avec des résultats étonnants. (Washington Post) Vie privée à vendre, prix à débattre. Poutine veut son propre Internet. Archiver sa vie, toute sa vie. Et toujours, le tour des nouvelles technologies dans Tech-Tour et l’actualité des jeux vidéos dans la Gaming Room.
Q&A: Sheryl Grant on Grand Experiments in Learning and Assessment 9.10.13 | Sheryl Grant is director of social networking for the HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition. This is part of a series of conversations with thought leaders on digital media and learning, then and now. In conversation with journalist Heather Chaplin, leaders reflect on how the field of digital media and learning has changed over time, and where it’s headed. Spotlight: How did you get involved in this world? What made you interested in HASTAC? Sheryl Grant: I was finishing my master’s degree in information science and in a job that felt very ed-tech. So what happened to take you out of that? I started working for HASTAC in 2008. Can you tell me something specific about what was going on at HASTAC that felt so different to you? She said, “You can’t fail because it’s never been done before.” I was inspired by this sense that we were building new things and thinking about them in new ways. What do you do as director of social networking? Yes.
10 Tips for A Successful One-to-One Classroom | WeAreTeachers By Samantha Cleaver Each morning, when Laura Rahn’s class of fourth grade students entered their classroom at Mountainview Elementary School in Loudoun County, VA, they got their laptops from the charging station, completed their daily math fluency practice, and checked EdModo for the day’s instructions. The laptops “didn’t replace me or become the full instruction for the day,” says Rahn, “they were an additional learning tool.” If your school has yet to implement a laptop program like Rahn’s, it may be on the horizon. “Education is going through a huge transformation,” agrees Verna Lalbeharie, Digital Learning Collaboration Co-lead with The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, “with this huge move towards personalized learning.” Ultimately, one-to-one classrooms provide the opportunity to expand your reach as a teacher.
(Digital) Information Literacy – Top 10 Tips for Parents and Teachers Explain that not everything on the internet is trueAsk your child/student to compare information from different sites when doing research. Some sites may be biased or have a political agendaTrustworthy sites may be associated with trustworthy organisationsQuestion what you read and look for other opinionsUse keywords when searching the web to make your search more accurate. Do not just type a question – select the most important wordsWhen searching for websites and images etc try refining the search using the search tools so you are more likely to find what you want. These options are just underneath the Google search barEncourage your child/student to read the whole article or pageInformation should not just be copied and pasted. It needs to be read, understood, digested and questionedEncourage your child/student to use well known sources.
How Do Tech Tools Affect the Way Students Write? For many current middle and high school students, writing takes shape in all kinds of forms. They send texts, write on social media sites, update their own blogs, and of course, write for school assignments. This fluid use of writing for both personal and school work is being fueled by technology, and a Pew Research report released today showed just how significant an effect technology has on how students write. The 2,462 educators surveyed, who were either Advanced Placement teachers or National Writing Project teachers, largely agreed that technology positively impacts students with their writing, personal expression, and creativity, and facilitates collaboration. “The results definitely indicate mixed impacts on students writing, many positives and many negatives,” said Kristen Purcell, lead author of the Pew study, The Impact of Digital Tools on Student Writing and How Writing Is Taught in Schools. [READING: Should Schools Still Teach Cursive?] Related
Do Your Students Know How To Search? The Connected Student Series: There is a new digital divide on the horizon. It is not based around who has devices and who does not, but instead the new digital divide will be based around students who know how to effectively find and curate information and those who do not. Helene Blowers has come up with seven ideas about the new digital divide – four of them, the ones I felt related to searching, are listed below. The New Digital Divide: In an age of information abundance learning to effectively search is one of the most important skills most teachers are NOT teaching. Teachers – especially in the elementary grades -need to develop a shared vocabulary around the skill of searching. Here are some of the searching skills and vocabulary we should be teaching students : Quotation Marks: Students should always use quotes to search for an exact word or set of words. Example: “The Great Chicago Fire” Dashes (or minus sign): Example: Great Chicago Fire -soccer Two Periods: Site Search:
10 ways the iPhone 6 could give Android a run for its money The iPhone 6 was revealed on September 9, 2014. Find out what features should have Android developers scrambling to pick up the slack. Whether you're a fan of Apple or not, its product announcements are a huge deal -- sort of a block party and rock concert with new gadgets and concepts as the guests of honor -- which echo throughout all walks of life, from hard-boiled technologists to casual users, from businesses to personal consumers. An Apple event is showcased with plenty of hullabaloo and nonstop social media coverage; I've even heard it referred to as the American version of the Royal Baby. True to form (once Apple fixed the embarrassing problems with its live feed), yesterday's unveiling of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus generated a wave of buzz over the size, form, and associated features that will be included. The basics of the new designs Here's some of what's NOT different Here are the possible game changers 1: Form factor 2: Display specs 3: Communication 4: Mobile wallet
5 Tools for Reading Digital Text With text no longer relegated exclusively to the pages between the cover of a book or a magazine, the shift from paper to digital texts has brought on a whole new form of literacy. This upheaval in how we read brings with it new opportunities for learning as well as new challenges. Experts refer to this phenomenon as transliteracy. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal First Monday, Dr. The authors do not pit print against digital as preferred forms of reading, but instead advocate a unifying ecology of all literacies. It’s likely you followed that link. Hyperlinks, videos and interactive graphics are often embedded within digital text, and while the goal with these added tools is to help enhance our understanding, we should be aware of how multilayered text can also have the opposite effect. While the format has changed, the purpose of reading has not. The first step to transliteracy is finding a set of reliable tools to navigate digital texts. Instapaper GoodReader Skitch
Près de 7 milliards d'abonnements mobiles sur Terre Pour le seul 2e trimestre 2014, 80 millions de nouveaux abonnés sont venus grossir les rangs de la mobilité (dont 12 millions rien que pour la Chine), avance Ericsson dans son nouveau rapport datant d’août. Une mise à jour des données de juin de l’équipementier suédois. Ces nouvelles souscriptions amènent à 6,8 milliards le nombre d’abonnements mobiles sur la planète (dont 1,26 milliard pour la Chine). En hausse de 6% sur un an et de 1,1% d’un trimestre à l’autre. 280 millions d’abonnements 4G Ce qui ne signifie pas que près de 7 milliards d’individus disposent d’un terminal mobile, nombre d’entre eux multipliant les abonnements. En moyenne, 94% de la population mondiale dispose d’un accès mobile. +60% du trafic des données Ce qui n’est pas sans conséquence sur la consommation de données. En termes de terminaux, la tendance se traduit par 300 millions de smartphones vendus pour le seul deuxième trimestre 2014. crédit photo © SVLuma – shutterstock
Teaching & understanding digital literacy Sep 12 RobinCamilleFrom Our Guest Bloggers academic libraries, digital literacy, library instruction Information literacy & digital literacy For years, we’ve stressed internet information literacy in the academic library. But many of our teaching resources don’t yet reflect how drastically and quickly the information field has changed. Understanding search engines Most of our information-finding is facilitated by search engines combing through enormous indexes, usually Google or academic options like EBSCOhost. Teaching momentA library instruction activity that intrigues me is asking students to talk through how a search engine works. Filter bubbles We have seen search engine algorithms get smarter, however. Eli Pariser’s 2011 TED talk on filter bubbles is short but essential viewing: Eli Pariser: Beware Online Filter Bubbles One danger of these rapidly-evolving algorithms is that they change invisibly, frictionlessly. Filter bubbles in academia Primo ScholarRank plain and simple (link) More:
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