eSchool News

JULY 16, 2021

Students often turned to social media–and, by default, used their own social capital–to learn about emergency aid, support networks, and available resources. Social capital refers to “access to, and ability to mobilize, relationships that help further an individual’s potential and goals.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 20, 2023

This could include social media, email, websites, mobile apps, and learning management systems (LMS) amongst others. Again if learners, what are the preferred learning styles of your audience? Visual, auditory, or kinesthetic learning? What are the demographic characteristics of your audience?

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2014

At the start of the 1970s Illich wrote: The current search for new educational funnels must be reversed into the search for their institutional inverse: educational webs which heighten the opportunity for each one to transform each moment of his living into one of learning, sharing, and caring. What would Illich have made of the social web?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

We’ve really learned that the most important thing is to keep people motivated,” says Bozena Pajak, director of the learning science team at Duolingo, a language learning app developer. “We Another way to change motivation is to increase the benefits by making the learning process more rewarding.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. Students will get to learn how target vocabulary items are being used in real life contexts to create meanings.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Thirdly, mobile technology is powerfully social.

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Hapara

JUNE 21, 2023

It’s not surprising that the majority of that screen time is dedicated to watching online videos and hanging out on social media platforms. So it’s important for kids and teens to learn how to use online platforms in safe and healthy ways. Digital citizenship refers to acting responsibly online.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Much was discussed during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris. The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. Unported License.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Educational institutes are introducing eLearning to improve students’ overall learning experience. But holding an eBook and going through the chapter adds a personal touch to the learning process. eBook thus facilitates an interactive session, where every student is involved in the learning process.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Learn about global Kahoots, how she tweets with her class and more global collaborative techniques in this show. Instantly scan and score with any mobile, desktop or document camera. How Vickie Morgado Uses Social Media in Her Classroom. Just put out positivity, and educate each other, and learn from each other.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Check them out and if you have other suggestions to add to the list, make sure to share with us on our social media channels. This site contains an author-submission portal; an Image Database; the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons; a Keyword Thesaurus, and links to relevant reference sources on the study of the commons."

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. So, go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat to learn more and use the coupon code COOL20. I am passionate about technology and its effects on teaching and learning. Donor’s Choose. Jody Green.

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Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 22, 2014

As the only German speaker in the group (and then it was limited), this meant that I needed to be available in case we had to communicate with the Center''s clerical staff, who were in the process of learning English. How has mobile technology affected distributed groups? In addition, it was still time consuming.

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Digital Promise

MAY 27, 2020

With digital learning likely to stretch into the fall due to COVID-19, how can we ensure every student has equitable access to powerful learning opportunities? So, we’ve been trying to advocate for those mobile hotspots. The emphasis has to be on the social-emotional welfare of our kids.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

Last week my school was fortunate to have the NJ School Boards Association (NJSBA) visit to produce a live event called Learn@Lunch: Technology as an Engagement Tool. Yes, I was the Principal at that time, but my perspective and philosophy as to what constituted a 21st Century learning environment was vastly different than what it is today.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Today’s youth are digital natives who are unaware of life without Internet access, instant communication, mobile phones and an abundance of on-demand information sitting in their pockets. Research shows that most youth use the Internet to view media outlets and to communicate with friends through social media applications.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

Teachers who specialize in preparing students for college and career instinctively want tools that extend learning, support lesson plans, and simplify concepts taught in the curriculum. If you’re familiar with the SAMR Model, you know it refers to the way technology tools can be used to enrich classrooms. Of course they do!

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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). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

I love that this works with their individual mobile phone cameras. Additionally, even if we are only working on mobile devices, students can make a full video with b-roll and music on any of their devices. I have typically not posted first projects on social media. To access these features, just toggle from Auto to Pro.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 30, 2016

In a recently published article, my colleagues Maged Boulos, Dean Giustini and I write about how learning through social media is transforming medical practices, health care and education. Learning is amplified and knowledge becomes more widely available as the network of people, tools and connections strengthens.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

It is titled Experiences in Self-Determined Learning and can be found at [link]. Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on self-determined learning or heutagogy. The Basics.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 20, 2015

Administrators can take notes, clip articles from the web for future use and reference, upload files to attach to notes and share notes with their staff. Social Media - Social Media is an excellent resource for administrators. Social Media - Social Media is an excellent resource for administrators.

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 15, 2018

The ubiquity of social media and mobile technology has made it easy for bullies to continue their behavior on every corner of the Internet. Federal law allows schools to discipline students for off-campus behavior that substantially disrupts the learning environment, and 16 states have statutes to that effect as well.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

For instance, 55% use a search engine, 32% look at customer reviews, and 31% look up social media when shopping for new products and services. For instance, if a learner wants to revisit an important chapter text in an interactive eBook, they can highlight lines, paras, or entire chapters for future reference.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

This is number 28 in my series on learning theories. My most recent post explored Jack Merizow''s Transformative Learning theory. As usual, this is a simplified and concise interpretation of the theory, so if you wish to learn more, please read the associated literature. Social media can reduce the degrees of separation.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

We recorded micro-teaches - usually a 10 minute lesson - and then played back the footage to the students so they could see and hear themselves and learn from the experience. Video plays an important role in all of these alternative modes of learning experience (Brame, 2015) and will continue to do so with future developments.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 6, 2019

The invention of the mobile phone liberated us to move freely again, but in doing so, we became tethered in a different, more subtle sense. Such mass distraction centres upon the mobile, personal device. And personal, mobile technologies come with a social cost. Continues in the next post] Reference Curtis, M.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 25, 2022

A digital book, often referred to as an eBook, is a digital version of a book that can be read using electronic devices. Learn more about how to create an ebook from scratch in simple steps and how you can use digital book software to publish it through this article. Is it easy to create a digital book? Let’s be honest. Conclusion.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Competing with a computer or mobile screen for students' attention can be a challenge at best and at worst extremely frustrating. This isn't to say that you don't also use them as part of the lesson, but just giving students a short break to check their email or social media can help top reduce their anxiety levels.

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

We have previously explored a number of learning theories, new learning technologies, concepts around crowdsourcing, wisdom of crowds, folksonomies and user generated content, Web 2.0, mobile learning and a whole host of other themes during the course. Oh, and why did I title this post parabolic learning?

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 28, 2012

It was nice to be invited to present a session for Sheffield Hallam University on mobile learning earlier today. Mobile learning is going to be very big indeed. One report suggests that as many as 8 out of every 10 people now having access to some form of mobile communication device.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 16, 2012

We are witnessing a time where a mobile world wide web of connections is proliferating, and in which social mores, human relationships and communication conventions have been irrevocably changed. It also means that for learners, there is absolutely no limit to the extent they can develop their personal learning networks.

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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

This school year, kindergarteners learned how to turn on and off their web cameras and mute buttons alongside spelling and reading fundamentals. Sometimes, they would use the platform to type the class “snap words”: high-frequency words they learned to recognize “at a snap,” like the , at and with. Writing Means Reading and Listening.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Tool #1: Mobile Technology. The first, and arguably the most obvious, tool for instructional coaches is some sort of mobile technology. It is important for coaches to have technology that is mobile, because your role as an instructional coach is mobile. A word of caution about coaching mobility.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Her “Sit with Us” apps and clubs are sweeping the US and other countries as kids use social media to find other kids and stand against bullying. So you sign up, like any social media site. But whenever we get messages through our social media channels, it really reminds me that what I’m doing is really rewarding.

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The Game Agency

MARCH 5, 2019

Generation Z refers to the group born between 1995 and 2010 and currently represents the largest population sector. They want to learn and master strong leadership skills and care deeply about their careers and finding a path to success. Make sure you have a great website and active social media to attract talent.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

The institutional learning platform - the VLE - is a classic case of decisions made about learning without consulting the learner. How can we reach a place in education where students find their own level and make their own pathways through learning? Students can, and do, create their own personalised learning pathways.

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