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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

As mobile learning becomes more and more popular, so does the potential for distraction in the classroom. With so many captivating apps and games, it is easy to see how students would have a hard time putting their smartphones and other mobile devices away. Assess Learning and Stay Organized.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). This doesn’t require a library. Topics are neighborhood-based like why are cameras mounted over stop lights or how does gravity work (think simple by dropping different items from rooftops)? It might be a building, an animal, or a person.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. This includes how-to videos, lesson reviews, homework help, whiteboard explanations of math or science, and anything required for a flipped classroom. Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone? Options include Office 365 and LucidPress.

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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

With most schools, restaurants, coffee shops, and public libraries closed, students have lost much of their access to public wifi. Test the mobile device management (MDM) and internet filter off campus, and test it often. The post How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , I run a column called Dear Otto where I answer teacher questions about how to integrate technology into their classes. Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?

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Baltimore County Public Library Is Leading the Way on ACP Adoption

Education Superhighway

Libraries have always played a critical role in accelerating digital adoption. A report by the American Library Association (ALA) states that 88% of all public libraries offer formal or informal digital literacy programming to community residents.

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Facing declines in reading proficiency, rural libraries step in

The Hechinger Report

Three years ago, Darlene Thomas-Burroughs, branch manager of the Hardeeville Library in the rural town of Hardeeville, South Carolina, heard about a new way that library employees could help kids boost their reading scores. In rural places, the library and the school are the hubs,” Gentry said.

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