How To Set Restrictions On Your Child’s iPad

Video Instructions For Busy Parents See on Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education Credit: See on www.patrickmlarkin.com We have had a lot of discussions this year with parents about how they can monitor their child’s iPad usage and keep tabs on their activity. The video above takes a quick look at how [...]

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Texting 1, 2, 3: Schools Test ‘Bring Your Own Technology’ Programs | Techland | TIME.com

See on Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education Celly is part of a larger national trend in schools known as “Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT),” in which students are allowed to bring their mobile devices to class. Advocates argue that if young people are already glued to them, then teachers and principals [...]

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Google Docs CheatSheet

See on Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education Google Docs is a free online office suite by Google. It allows users to create, edit and store on office documents online. In addition it allows real-time collaboration on documents with other users. See on www.makeuseof.com

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In Pictures: Top 15 augmented reality apps for iPhone and iPad

Via Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education Lusting after Google’s glasses?Here are 15 augmented reality apps you can get now…You have to see this! It’s all coming so quickly. Welcome to the Future…again!! Via www.cio.com.au For more important Info2go, pls follow me on Twitter, @Coolwired. Thnx for visting!

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50 (mostly) free social media tools you can’t live without in 2012

Via Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education A couple of years ago, Jay Baer wrote a great blog post called ‘The 39 social media tools I’ll use today‘ which was an all-in-one toolkit for social media…” Credit: Adam Vincenzini revisits this article, with great new insights, here: Via thenextweb.com     Follow me on [...]

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Teaching children the importance of money through iPad – Calgary Herald (blog)

Via Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education Teaching children the importance of money through iPadCalgary Herald (blog)It is the first Canadian financial institution to launch an iPad application to help families teach children the value of money.This is an often-overlooked (yet valuable ) topic in education. See for yourself! P.S. Pass it [...]

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Easily Create Impressive Presentations From PDF Files Or Images

Via Scoop.it – Social Media: Changing Our World of Education IMPRESSIVE is a cross-platform tool to display presentations in a stylish way. The application supports PDF files or a folder containing images and besides beautiful slide transitions, Impressive features some useful presentation tools like: highlight boxes, which can be used to draw attention to a [...]

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3 C’s For Children’s Cyber Safety

 We all want our children and teens to be safe, while surfing the net. Growing up in a digital world makes them susceptible to online predators. This is why good communication skills are so critical. See also Don Tapscott’s  book: “Grown Up Digital”.   It is better by far, to be more cautious, than careless.” As [...]

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Facebook Privacy Tips

This tutorial offers some great privacy tips for everyone! See for yourself. Are you or your family members, an “open book” for would-be troublemakers?      While we like to enjoy social media, like Facebook, and Twitter, it is always a good idea to be cautious when sharing personal information. Young people are especially susceptible to [...]

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30 Twitter Tools By Function

Do you know all about Twitter? **I usually post this type of article on weekends, since I know how busy we all  are!   Besides, it’s finally summer here.    ** So who has time for 30 tools? Scan the list to find which ones you want to try.  Check out this great site. Then go for [...]

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