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The Mobile Professor

Connecting 2 the World

The Mobile Adjunct Currently, I am involved in #adjunctchat, a community that meets on twitter at Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, New York time. In addition, Rettie''s (2008) research suggests that there are different ways in which devises are used depending on the level of intimacy between people using mobile devises.

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With the right instruction, tech opens doors for ELLs

eSchool News

students had been declining for the first time in a decade, something that jeopardizes a generation’s achievement and mobility. It was this growing population that led JCPS in 2007 to create the Newcomer Academy, a school designed for English language learners in sixth through 12th grades.

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Best Digital Portfolio Tools for Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

By definition, a portfolio, according to Arter and Spandel, ‘is a purposeful collection of student work that exhibits to the student, or others, her efforts or achievement in one or more areas’ (cited in Baki and Birgin, 2007, p. Blogging platforms Blogging platforms offer a dynamic way to create e-portfolios. & Spandel, V.

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Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect

Teacher Reboot Camp

The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics.

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Edhashtag Clouds: Click, Explore, Connect

Teacher Reboot Camp

The hashtag (# in front of a word without spaces, which transforms the word into a url on social media sites, like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) was invented 8 years ago today by Chris Messina on August 23, 2007. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics.

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4 lessons learned about AI in 2023

eSchool News

Jobs’ launch of the iPhone in 2007 led to a revolution in mobile computing. He talked about how he dropped in on a calligraphy class, and from that knowledge he created the idea of different types of computer fonts some 10 years later. In reflecting on this year of AI, I, too, have been connecting the dots.

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Strategies for Motivating Students: Start with Intrinsic Motivation

Waterford

International Journal on E-Learning, July 2007, 6(3), pp. Learning in a mobile age: An investigation of student motivation. Sources : Rovai, A., Wighting, M., and Baker, J. A Comparative Analysis of Student Motivation in Traditional Classroom and E-Learning Courses. Meece, J.L., Anderman, E.M., and Anderman, L.H. Buckley, P.,

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