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How teachers address cell phones in class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. When students want to do quick research on a topic, look up a word, run a calculation, or review a concept, they can hop on a cell phone much faster than logging into a Chromebook or laptop. And why not?

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

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In the last quarter of 2015, they released their findings in “ Students Computers and Learning: Making the Connection”. In addition, taking polls or mini quizzes using mobile devices before or after a lesson is a good way to assess student knowledge and retention rates. . Robust and well designed infrastructure.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Here I’d like to identify trends from 2015 which seem likely to persist or grow over the next year. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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Resources from Miami Device

Learning in Hand

Innovative Interactive Presentation Tools to Bring Your Classroom to Life by Bryan Miller Interactive response systems have evolved from the formal clickers, to now operating on mobile devices. Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

Here are some of the most recent winners: School District 51 (CO) students scored 9,000 new Chromebooks for the next school year. The Chromebooks and charging carts were purchased with $3.18 A four-year replacement cycle will be set up for Guilderland’s Chromebooks. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ?

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The Hottest Posts of 2015 - Holiday Reading

The Innovative Educator

Roundup of the most popular posts in 2015 on The Innovative Educator blog. I'm excited that as shared in #20 my district is among those embracing BYOD. The Chromebook Flip. Happy holidays innovative educators. It is clear that educators are hungry for evidence to support their decisions to bring new ideas to the classroom.

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It’s About the Learning, Not the Technology … Until It Breaks

Graphite Blog

While this remains true in some instances, increasingly on modern mobile platforms, the core operating systems are doing a better job isolating individual applications from each other, thereby reducing or eliminating the software conflicts that were so common on earlier platforms. Laptops, Tablets, and Chromebooks? September 24, 3 p.m.