omair – EDUC 342: Child Development & New Technologies https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu Thu, 21 Jan 2016 07:56:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.1 Week 03 – Comments on Readings https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/comments-on-readings/ https://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/comments-on-readings/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2016 07:55:50 +0000 http://ed342.gse.stanford.edu/?p=1154 The Miller and Warschauer paper is great primer for the recent e-reading phenomena. My readings on the subject have had me leaning towards the technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) framework, which argues that a true integration of technology in pedagogy rather than an add-on serves as a viable road to pursue for the current times. In brief, for any model or framework to work, the requirement of enhancing reading and literacy skills depends on the carefully selected and designed content and the availability of relevant audio- and visual-support in the immediate learning environment.

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I was drawn to his ability to find workarounds to problems and tricks to get out of situations.

Now only if I can reverse the polarity….
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