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Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe?

Neo LMS

But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning. Smartphones and the AIDA approach. Plus, you probably won’t succeed 100%.

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New Ways to Gamify Learning

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But those webtools exemplify where the gamification of education started. Augmentation: Technology not only replaces a traditional tool but adds functionality, e.g. using Google Earth to explore the setting of a story rather than a map. e.g. using virtual meeting tools (like Google Hangouts) to include housebound students in a class.

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Innovation In E-learning In The Last 10 Years

EdTech4Beginners

Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones. Smartphones have become an essential part of our lives. According to a Google report , almost 80% people don’t exit their homes sans smartphones. Gamification in the Learning Process.

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What Will Online Learning Look Like in 10 Years? Zoom Has Some Ideas

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Look for more augmented and virtual reality integrations Google has been in the virtual field trip game for years, through its inexpensive cardboard headsets that use ordinary smartphones. They’re bullish on Kahoot-like gamification features and new ways of assessing students, too. (No,

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How Can K-12 Schools Improve Learning Outcomes with Technology?

Kitaboo on EdTech

Also, with smartphones and Internet connections, they have any time access to online resources. Here are two ways K-12 schools can use AR tools to improve their learning outcomes: Pre-made courses: Since everyone these days has a smartphone, students can use AR apps on their phones and bring alive the lessons in their text books.

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And the top e-learning trends for 2016 are.

Neo LMS

It was the age where almost everyone owned a smartphone - whether it was Android, Apple or Windows Phone. Second, the introduction of gamification. Initially thought by some experts and even teachers as a gimmick , gamification quickly caught the interest of the ed tech world, because the best way to teach students is to play games.

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I Challenge You to Install Minecraft on your Phone

Teacher Tech

Tweet If you have a smartphone I challenge you to install the Minecraft app on your phone. Minecraft is available on iOS or Google Play. Gamification Minecraft minecraft' Tell Your Students Install Minecraft and tell your students that you did. See their reaction and their enthusiasm to want to help you with it.