Connecting 2 the World

MARCH 16, 2014

The focus of this post is on defining social identity as it relates to mobile technology. Cell phones and mobile technology has created a new level of social identity in which a person does not have to physically be present to categorize themselves or play a role expected when they perceive themselves as part of a group.

Mobility 57

Mobility Technology Groups Accessibility 57

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

The definition of asynchronous learning helps us understand the need for asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

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Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In 2008, it was global experience. But for others, providing work-integrated learning that is tied to opportunities for jobs and upward mobility can make the difference between surviving and folding. The skills they want have also shifted. Today, organizations are struggling to find tech-savvy workers. Employers have two choices.

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Training Company E-rate Software 187

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The small footprint takes up little classroom space while 5” casters provide easy mobility to share between classrooms. Simple cable management allows for easy replacement of power cords and keeps cables secure and accessible. The C20i provides intelligent charging and storage for 20 devices with up to a 16” screen.

Chromebook 69

Chromebook Mobility Laptops Microsoft 69

Edsurge

JANUARY 19, 2021

These were the messages that influenced their decisions to pay exorbitant tuition prices when choosing their academic and career pathways, ultimately leading many underprepared and fiscally ignorant souls to secure student loans in an effort to reach economic mobility. However, insufficient financial literacy is also partly to blame.

Education 207

Education Course Report Assessment 207

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 16, 2020

That and other factors combined to rank Stony Brook third nationally on the researchers’ “social mobility” index. But access to institutions that are flipping that narrative and boosting social mobility, like 26,814-student Stony Brook, has declined. Philosophically, we should do everything we can to promote social mobility.”.

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Mobility Report Accessibility Policies 100

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 8, 2016

A 2008 state audit found that parents were pleased with how much they learned with these home visits. In 2008, SPICE was already using technology in innovative ways. A note: SPICE now also provides mobile hotspots to learners who do not have their own wifi access.)

Technology 120

Technology Blended Learning Laptops Course 120

Learning with 'e's

MAY 31, 2019

We read of how groups can self-organise and co-ordinate their actions in connected global environments (Shirky, 2008) and that there seems to be no limit what a tribe can do when it is given the appropriate tools (Godin, 2008). 2008) Tribes. 2008) Here Comes Everybody. Next time: Connected Minds References Godin, S.

Smartphone 42

Smartphone Social Media Facebook Groups 42

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Decrease in State Funding: The government has been scaling back on the funding on college education since the great recession of 2008. Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013. This way, students get to access unlimited resources without spending a dime.

Technology 80

Technology eBook Classroom OER 80

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. “ FY 2008 $267,500,000 (President Bush’s request: $0).

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Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education 150

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2022

When the economy tanked in 2008 and millions of laid-off workers began competing for scarce jobs, employers got pickier about who they hired and increasingly added four-year degree requirements to some “middle-skills” jobs that had frequently been filled by workers without degrees. They’ve been told that’s the American dream.”.

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Training Google Report Coursera 127

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Giving a quiz immediately after learning new materials can halt the forgetting process and improve comprehension, which ultimately boosts final test performance ( Spitzer, 1939 , Roediger III & Karpick, 2006 ; Agarwal, Karpicke, Kang, Roediger, & McDermott, 2008 ; Chan, McDermott, & Roediger, 2006 ). Fill-in-the-Blank Questions.

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LMS Assessment Technology Study 94

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

Mobile’s two public community colleges had very low graduation rates, and those students who transferred to the local public university lost many of their credits. MOBILE, Ala. Among the companies that took Mobile up on its offer were the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus and the Norwegian engineering company Aker Solutions.

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System Groups Mobility Education 65

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.

Mobile Learning 52

Mobile Learning Mobility Learning Adobe 52

User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

The learner in an essentialist, instructivist, pedagogical learning environment, given 21st century technologies, and through instruction of the teacher may: Access information via ebooks and websites, but these often lack any type of interactivity or capabilities for the learner to comment, share, or interact with the content. Education 2.0,

Education 268

Education Learning Resources Tools 268

NeverEndingSearch

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Library of Congress, the National Archives and the Smithsonian offer parts of their collections to be organized and made accessible by employing the services citizen volunteers. These human intensive efforts will improve access to documents computers cannot accurately read, for instance, letters the public wrote to Abraham Lincoln.

Libraries 50

Libraries Facebook Data Social Media 50

Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2019

employers don’t view such retraining as their responsibility–and there is evidence that many employers are, contrary to the conventional wisdom, unfortunately disinvesting in professional development in an age of diminishing employee and corporate loyalty, greater mobility and gig work. The typical reimbursement amount is down as well.

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Survey Training Industry Policies 101

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since 2008, Utah has given its families an alternative to preschool called Upstart. Waterford also gives parents support resources, technical assistance and, if needed, a computer and internet connectivity for accessing the online software. Innovation creates new options. Related: More grandparents are raising grandchildren.

Software 69

Software Guidelines Training Report 69

eSchool News

AUGUST 23, 2015

In the coming years, computer science education will be critical for social mobility of underprivileged communities. However, access to tools and opportunities for schools in these communities is a matter of the right financial support. Dollar-for-dollar match brings robots to classrooms teaching computational thinking.

Robotics 40

Robotics Classroom Mobility Elementary 40

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Hard to believe Docs and Drive started back in 2008. This creates an opportunity to put certain outside tools inside of your Classroom Assignments -- students can access and complete them without leaving the tab, and then their scores/grades will go straight to the Classroom's gradebook. And it hasn't yet.at least, not quite.

Google 52

Google Chromebook Learning Meeting 52

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2020

Economic mobility and security across successive generations have been inaccessible to black communities. Communities of color, already behind in the accumulation of wealth, suffered most in the 2008 financial crisis. higher education exacerbate, rather than reduce, these inequities. Sources: American Community Survey, U.S.

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Policies Outcomes System Report 84

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 8, 2014

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. 2008) Connecting distance learners and their mentors using blogs : The MentorBlog Project, Quarterly Review of Distance Education , 10(4), 3-17.

Wiki 62

Wiki Education Facebook Twitter 62

The Electric Educator

DECEMBER 25, 2010

In April of 2008 Moderator was made publicly available. The most public display of Google Moderator came during the 2008 elections when then candidate Obama used Google Moderator in his " Open for Questions " campaign. Those who submit questions also have the option of including a short YouTube video. million votes were cast.

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Google iPhone iPad Groups 66

The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Those two technologies were: 1) mobile computing and 2) open content. When compared to the near-horizon technologies in the 2011 Horizon Report, 1) electronic books and 2) mobiles, administrators and educators can get a consistent picture where the adoption trends are going.

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Report Technology Trends Mobility 80

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Conclusion The advent of new and emerging technologies such as interactive touch surface devices, mobile and wireless technologies and the social web, afford teachers with unprecedented opportunities to try out new pedagogies which would previously have been difficult or impossible.

Education 54

Education Mobile Learning Mobility Technology 54

eSchool News

MAY 27, 2016

We’ve both been teaching with one-to-one in some capacity since 2008, and we also both coach our colleagues who are new to technology integration. If you have access to your LMS over the summer, try logging in and looking around. Setting up your class pages on your LMS may take some time initially, but it will save you time later.

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LMS Laptops Tablets iPad 75

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 19, 2017

WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. (To Registration will give you access to the live event and to the event recordings. If you aren't able to enter that room, see Behind the Blackboard Support.)

Libraries 34

Libraries Conference Blackboard Maker Movement 34

The Daring Librarian

MAY 5, 2010

The Library in Your Pocket: Mobile Trends for Libraries View more presentations from Meredith Farkas. From her slideshare: Why should we care about Mobile Devices? 32% of Americans have used a cell phone or Smartphone to access the internet this year (source: Pew, April 2009). Mobile Libraries! Source: Pew, Dec.

Libraries 41

Libraries iPhone Smartphone Mobility 41

Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 5, 2013

It was published by Routledge in 2008 and is now also available as a Kindle reader version. There were sections on digital literacies and mobile learning, both of which we considered to be important for the success of education and learning in the future. This is Part 5 in my series of posts on the future of learning and technology.

Classroom 64

Classroom Wiki Gamification Game-Based Learning 64

Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). It is not only the role of the teacher that has changed. and Moonen, J.

Education 61

Education Conference Technology Online Learning 61

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Asynchronous access to this content, especially when this access is not through a dated university learning management system, but something more authentic to the student, maybe even accessed on their own mobile devices. Widen access for all students regardless of income level or, in many cases, general literacy levels.

Examples 40

Examples MOOC E-rate Dropout 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 29, 2015

What began in 2008 as a website exclusively for the burgeoning maker community has grown into a robust gateway to 3D printing and 3D design for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide including educators, professional engineers and designers. BROOKLYN , N.Y.,

Assistive Technology 40

Assistive Technology Software Mobility Technology 40

The Hechinger Report

JULY 17, 2017

But Say Yes also provides students with support specialists like Stubbe, access to medical and dental care, mental health counseling and legal clinics, plus after-school enrichment activities, college-readiness programs and mentoring; it provides students’ parents with job-readiness workshops and referrals to housing services.

Data 96

Data Secondary System Accessibility 96

MindShift

MARCH 16, 2016

In the fall of 2008, Ted Gonder was studying economics at the University of Chicago as the world economy melted down around him. “We Each classroom lesson is paired with a financial challenge on Moneythink Mobile, an Instagram-like platform on which students compete between weekly meetings with their mentors. Courtesy of Kara Zucker).

Social Media 28

Social Media Mobility Blended Learning Gamification 28

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 24, 2012

It is a complex network of dynamic resources that we all acknowledge is constantly changing to adapt to the growing demand for entertainment, communication and access to knowledge. What roles will online games and mobile, personal technologies play in developing the skills young people need to study independently? How much will Web 2.0

Wiki 54

Wiki Social Media Software Mobility 54

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 22, 2012

I urged universities to develop new strategies that were based upon digital technologies to widen access, increase quality of provision and generally subscribe to the idea that students need no longer attend traditional lectures to achieve quality learning outcomes (Wheeler, 2004). It is not only the role of the teacher that has changed.

Conference 51

Conference Technology Online Learning Strategy 51

eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2015

At the time of the district’s most recent bond issue, in November 2008, iPads were still two years away from entering the marketplace. Another problem has been getting access to the online curriculum quickly and consistently. Community Relations McClatchy Mobile and Handheld Technologies News Top News'

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iPad Pearson Tablets Guidelines 40