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Does Social Media Breed Learner Laziness?, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand
Does Social Media Breed Learner Laziness?, Shelley Kinash, Jeffrey Brand
Jeffrey Brand
Extract As new technologies grow in popularity, the associated cognitive and moral worries, concerns and questions intensify. The current devices of choice are smartphones, tablets and laptops. People primarily use them for texting, social media and massive multi-player online games. Parents and teachers are concerned, asking questions such as: are people losing the ability to [offline] socialise; is the current technology too addictive, in that children need to be forced to pick up a book or go play outside; is abbreviated and phonetic messaging interfering with people’s spelling and grammatical skills.
Pursuing E-Opportunities In The History Classroom, Mark T. Tebeau
Pursuing E-Opportunities In The History Classroom, Mark T. Tebeau
Mark Tebeau
Provides information on utilizing electronic opportunities when teaching U.S. history. Factors influencing electronic opportunities for innovations in U.S. history teaching; Issues on historical content on the Internet and filtering information; Impact of information technology on how and when students learn.