Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Justin Reich now teaches digital media at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, but his first job was teaching a short wilderness medicine course. EdSurge: Many schools have looked to bring in technology to help improve teaching. And they said, ‘the principals weren't trying to stop this teacher use of Google Docs.’

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Learning With Lucie

JUNE 7, 2015

Amongst several comments, one particularly struck a chord with me - "Yes, I see that you are humanizing technology". I remember getting all excited when I saw the first laptop whose display swiveled and laid flat, and knew I had to have it as my next laptop. Feels pretty human to me!

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Edsurge

JULY 12, 2017

The organization made its mark in 2003 when they created the nation’s first county jail charter school. It was made possible by two unexpected Bay Area allies: the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency , who donated the bus, and Google, who shelled out $100,000 to make the project possible. And in terms of that heat?

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Dropout Google Laptops Mobility 95

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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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 technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.

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Smartphone Learning Mobility Social Media 28

The Electric Educator

JUNE 1, 2009

In 2003 Microsoft and the city of Philadelphia set out to build the " School of the Future." In 2006, the school opened and touted a 1-1 laptop program, campus-wide WiFi, an innovative schedule, and "project based learning." Technology is good, but only when it is implemented for a reason. They didn''t." A good lesson for all.

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Microsoft Laptops Twitter Report 40

MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

These stats come from a new, nationally representative survey of media use among children ages 8-18, by Common Sense Media, which has been tracking this since 2003. Just ask Ashley Mingo, a junior at the Hudson High School of Learning Technologies in New York City. “And I was like, this song sounds really cool! What is this from?

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