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Video: Stanford University Research — Tweenage girls and multitasking

The researchers asked 3,461 girls, ages 8 to 12, about their electronic diversions and their social and emotional lives. Stanford UniversityVideo

Live Webcast: Digital Learning Day National Town Hall Meeting

FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski will join U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan for a discussion on transitioning K-12 schools to digital learning. In its National Broadband Plan, the FCC presented a vision of using technology to transform how teachers teach and students learn inside and outside of the classroom. Through its E-Rate program, the […]

Relaunching the iPad: Apple drops new iPad apps for digital textbook creation and distribution

NEW YORK CITY — Apple made its much-anticipated move on the education technology industry on Thursday, announcing a revamped version of its iTunes U platform that could challenge traditional learning management systems. It also unveiled new tools for creating and distributing low-cost digital textbooks that could speed the pace of e-text adoption.Full articleInside Higher Ed

Hands on: iBooks Author effortless to use, but iPad-only

At Thursday’s education event, Apple put glee into the heart of every ebook publisher when it unveiled iBooks Author, the company’s new ebook authoring tool. Between the WYSIWYG editing, Pages and Word import, and the free price tag, the app sounded too good to be true.MacworldFull Article

Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom

There’s an ongoing debate about the role social media should play in education. Advocates point out the benefits that social media provides for today’s digital learners while critics call for regulation and for removing social media from classrooms. Finding a middle ground has become a challenge.Campus TechnologyFull Article

Google to merge user data across more services

Privacy advocates slam the web-search giant for not allowing users to opt outeSchool NewsFull Article

New iTunes U App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch

If you’re an educator at a university, college, or K-12 school, now you have an easy way to design and distribute complete courses featuring audio, video, books, and other content. And students and lifelong learners can experience your courses for free through a powerful new app for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.AppleNew iTunes U App […]

iBooks textbooks for iPad

Introducing an entirely new kind of textbook that’s dynamic, current, engrossing, and truly interactive. A textbook created by publishers using a new authoring tool from Apple. A textbook brought to life by iPad.AppleiBooks textbooks for iPad

Remains of the Day: Ebook learnin’

Apple’s education announcement is all over the news, with suggestions ranging from interactive textbooks to ebook publishing tools (gee, those sound familiar). Some, however, say that it’s all over-hyped—so clearly we should be looking forward to the next next Apple announcement. The remainders for Tuesday, January 17, 2012 are almost excited enough to consider going […]

Educational apps for early learners see huge jump

New study examines availability, variety of apps for mobile devicesFull Article

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