eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

A pioneer in the new educational medium of television for children at its inception nearly 60 years ago, his gentle educational program was aimed at 2 to 5 year-olds, and not only touched the lives of millions children, but made a lasting impression on Edtech as a industry, and still guides the direction it is taking to this day.

EdTech 84

EdTech Tablets Industry Mobility 84

IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). ANDERSON, T (2003). affordances of mobile Web 2.0. Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership.

Smartphone 28

Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

In the education technology business, Larry Berger is considered—if not the smartest guy in the room, then certainly one of the wiser ones. Teachers do them on a mobile device or a laptop, or they do them one-on-one with kids. And that’s the thing we started doing back in 2003, which has grown and evolved.

Company 72

Company EdTech Personalized Learning Laptops 72

Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

Remember that this was in 2003, several years before iPads and other tablet computing had been invented). Albans City School to become one of the first Google Apps for Education schools in Vermont. A similar sense of excitement came over me as I discovered the collaborative power of Google Docs in 2006 and I quickly set up St.

Technology 40

Technology Laptops Chromebook iPad 40

MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs.

Social Media 28

Social Media Outcomes Report Study 28

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. This year, nearly half of teachers (47 percent) said their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.

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Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40