There is no app for that

by | Thursday, September 04, 2014

noappforthat

Ideas.TED.com has a new article titled—There’s no app for good teaching: 8 ways to think about tech in ways that actually improve the classroom. It quotes a bunch of scholars and researchers, one of whom is yours truly. I am just posting this, for the record.

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Topics related to this post: Housekeeping | Learning | Teaching | Technology | TPACK

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