'Angry Birds' and teaching physics

The use of games as a learning tool is fast increasing and gathering followings.  This article talks of a high school science teacher using Angry Birds (a very addictive little app) and blogging as a communication and collaboration tool.

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/09/26/1517619/angry-birds-and-teaching-physics.html#ixzz1ZB4q8ucB

Mobile To Surpass Wired Internet Connections

Having spent yesterday with Apple and the focus on iPads in learning, this was a timely article....

http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/09/12/Mobile-To-Surpass-Wired-Internet-Connections.aspx?m=2&p=1

Mobile To Surpass Wired Internet Connections

By David Nagel
09/12/11
Forty percent of the world's population will have access to the Internet by 2015, according to a new forecast released this week by market research firm IDC. But the way they access it is shifting drastically, particularly in the United States, Western Europe, and Japan, as media tablets and smart phones begin to take the place of the traditional PC.

In fact, in the United States, more people will access the Internet through their mobile devices than through wired connections by 2015, IDC reported.

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http://thejournal.com/Articles/2011/09/12/Mobile-To-Surpass-Wired-Internet-Connections.aspx?m=2&p=1

Student Thoughts about their Math Wiki

Wiki is hawaiian for quick....so the story goes.  A wiki is a 'quick web page' - a place to create and share easily and quickly.  This is a blog post about the success of using a wiki for maths work...honest and grounded direct responses from the 22 students surveyed. 


http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/02/24/student-thoughts-about-their-math-wiki/
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Are you taking a “risk” as a teacher by “taking precious classroom time” to have students work on a wiki? Does this kind of “project” support the way students learn? Is it a tool that is/can/will help transform teaching?

As I thought of and suggested to my Middle School Math teacher to create a Math wiki for her Pre-Algebra, Algebra & Geometry students, I wanted to write down my Thoughts on Setting up a Student Created Wiki, and document the steps of Setting up and Introducing a Collaborative Student Math Wiki.

Read the rest at:
http://langwitches.org/blog/2010/02/24/student-thoughts-about-their-math-wiki/