Back to School: Podcasts & Apps for Learning - Plus, What’s In Your Backpack?
9.7.10 | Writing at Mashable, Alexander Holtz, a multimedia journalist who teaches digital media at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, shares a sampling of “some of the exceptional podcasts that both teach and entertain.”
The mix covers science, history, math, economics and current events and includes Dan Carlin’s “Hardcore History” and public-radio supported programs such as “Planet Money.”
“While these programs probably won’t mirror your lesson plan, they will explore topics covered in class,” Holtz writes. “Best of all – they’re free.”
Stephanie Marcus, Mashable’s assistant features editor, spotlights 10 iPhone apps for the “college-bound to those who are still lucky enough to enjoy recess.”
Some are very student-specific—such as Chegg, which lets you compare the cost of renting text books to retail and in-store prices. But who wouldn’t love Free Books?
Meanwhile, Carol at Teaching Around With Web 2.0, ponders what a 21st-century back-to-school shopping list includes. So: What new media and learning technologies are in your backpack this year?
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Ben Foss
9/14/10
5:39pm
With the school year now upon us, it is important to know about the technology tools that are out there to help the millions of college students with learning disabilities. People with language-based learning disabilities represent 10-20% of the population, and there are over 2.5M students in public schools with Individual Education Plans that place them in special education for learning disabilities such as dyslexia. Many of these students will be continuing on to college and may benefit from certain technology tools. As someone identified with dyslexia at a young age, I knew what it was like to have to fax papers home as a college student and have my mom read them to me over the phone.
Today there are cool educational technologies to help students with learning disabilities; check out resources from the National Center for Learning Disabilities at http://www.ncld.org/at-school/general-topics/assistive-technology/choosing-an-assistive-technology.