My flip-book explores the changing face of education in the digital age. Technology is becoming more integrated into the classrooms of young children and university students.

1. The New Norm: A Digital Education
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2. Over the last 15 years full time enrollment in Canadian
Universities has increased by 57% and continues to climb.
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3. This is largely due to the increased amount of online material
and educational resources, which give larger groups of people
access to educational materials.
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4. Students can access their course information from virtually
anywhere at any time.
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5. This creates continuous learning that can be accessed
through tablets, smartphones, PCs etc.
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6. The invention of online courses means that students never
have to actually set foot on a campus to complete their
degrees.
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7. The introduction of programs such as iTunes U means that
even unenrolled students can listen to lectures from the
world’s top universities for free.
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8. Libraries are becoming an increasingly less valuable research
resource for today’s students as they are not as fast and
diverse as a simple Google search.

9. Actually reading books and journals have become prehistoric
ways of conducting research.
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10. Each generation is integrating technology into the classroom at
a younger age than the last, creating a generation of mini
computer-wizzes.
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11. Technology has become a tool for the classroom like a virtual
teacher’s assistant.
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12. Social media has become a way for teachers and students to
interact outside of the classroom.
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13. Facebook is now being used in classrooms as young as
first grade. This allows teachers to communicate with
children on a more even playing field than the usual
“student/ teacher” relationship.
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14. Low priced computers and tablets gives educational
resources to a much broader range of young people and
adults, allowing more people in the past access to higher
education and potential employment.
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15. An increase in the amount of technologically educated people
means and increase in the size of the country’s skilled
workforce.
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16. An increase in the size of a country’s skilled workforce means
more people in high paying job positions. This was seen in
2010 when the number of people living below the poverty line
was at an all time low. Imagine what could happen in the
future when the “computer-wiz” generation is all grown up.
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17. An increase of technology in education allows students of any
age to pursue knowledge that is meaningful, relevant and
realistic to their own lives.
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18. The integration of technology into education at a young age
means an even faster acceleration of technological
expansion in the future.
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19. Promoting the use of technology in the classroom from
kindergarten through to university is integral to the future of
our technological knowledge.
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20. What will future generations be able to accomplish with their
digital skill?
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21. CREDITS
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22. SOURCES
Slide 2: http://www.universityaffairs.ca/university-enrolment-
continues-to-climb-in-canada.aspx University enrolment continues
to climb in Canada by Leo Charbonneau
Slide 7:
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/02/28/apples-itunes-u-
educational-content-downloads-top-one-billion Apple’s iTunes U
downloads top one billion by Appleinsider Staff
Slide 13:
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.ca/2010/07/8-real-ways-
facebook-enriched-ms.html 8 Real ways Facebook enriched Ms.
Schoening’s first grade class
Slide 16: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/canada-politics/poverty-
decline-canada-don-t-thank-government-191229622.html
“Poverty on the decline in Canada, but don’t thank the
government by Andy Radia