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Old trends, new twist: recent focus on student technology use outside school shows how technology tools can impact the classroom.

Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
Publication Date: 01-SEP-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Kids are different today, I hear ev'ry mother say

--Rolling Stones, "Mother's Little Helper," Aftermath, 1966

I have called myself fan obnoxious optimist at different times. What I mean is that I can see the good in some events or trends, or see positive possibilities occurring more...

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...rapidly than less obnoxious optimists do. Part of this comes from teaching, coaching, and seeing the power of the self-fulfilling prophesy--if you think you can sink a putt in golf, you will have a much better chance of doing so than if you don't think you can. That is why serious athletes spend a lot of time "visualizing" the perfect execution of their sport. It is also wily we as educators spend so much time trying to ensure success in student learning. As we know, successful experiences engender additional successful experiences.

All this is not to say that we futurists are Pollyannas, believing that nothing but good can happen because that...

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