[Itech] Fwd: Ohio Tech Report

[Teresa Franklin]

Hello IT Graduates:

Please take a look at the direction of Ohio Schools concerning technology.
Twitter and Tablets!

Thanks,
Dr. Franklin

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From: Technology For Ohio's Tomorrow <info at tech4ohio.org>
Date: Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 9:15 AM
Subject: Ohio Tech Report
To: "franklit at ohio.edu" <franklit at ohio.edu>


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Video:

Twitter used as a learning tool in the kindergarten classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=N51tK0kIxHQ<http://click.bsftransmit16.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=9254%7c6%7c936%7c936&digest=OZwEIRqiLgHxlVH665diEQ&sysid=1>

Articles:

Billboards grab motorists attention with advertisements for attorneys,
restaurants--even strip clubs. Four Texas counties are taking the same
approach to communicate emergency alerts in real time.

http://www.govtech.com/public-safety/Digital-Billboards-to-Alert-Texas-Counties-in-Emergencies.html
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Shipments of tablets are on tract to grow more than fivefold over the next
five years.

http://www.latimes.com/business/technology/la-fi-tn-tablet-to-outpace-notebook-pc-20120503,0,3112168.story
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On college campuses these days, the top nerds are getting a taste of what
it's like to be star jocks.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303360504577408431211035166.html<http://click.bsftransmit16.com/ClickThru.aspx?pubids=9254%7c9%7c936%7c936&digest=6JWWKauIaKt9bPl4CDI4Sw&sysid=1>

Better technology now available to the general consumer provides a way for
older people, or others with impaired vision or dexterity, to use devices
without strangers noticing anything unusual.

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Professor, Instructional Technology
Instructional Technology Program Coordinator
313D McCracken Hall
Dept. Educational Studies
The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education
Ohio University
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