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Distributed groups and mobile technology

Connecting 2 the World

In addition to the program headquarters, the program had a Center for Private Enterprise in Budapest which worked with affiliates in 3 provincial towns/cities as well as Budapest and a program group at the University of Buffalo (a SUNY research university). How has mobile technology affected distributed groups?

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Data Shows Demographics Are Shifting in Fast-Growing Cities. How Are School Districts Impacted?

Edsurge

Education researchers have long kept an eye on the changing demographics of public schools, some looking at the potential for those shifts to shepherd in inequity as ethnic groups migrate or fluctuate in size. The chart compares racial and ethnic makeup of the residents within each school district (not only students) from 2009 to 2021.

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Engaging Students Right From the Start

User Generated Education

To gain students’ attention, class might begin by using multi-media, hands-on activities, surprising events, humor, or appealing to students’ emotions (Davis, 2009) ( A Starter Activity to Begin Any Class ). The group has to guess which statements are true and which statement is the lie. Akinator is a computer game and mobile app.

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How teachers address cell phones in class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. In 2009, a National Center for Education Statistics survey showed that about 90% of schools prohibited cell phones during school hours. Mobile phones can do pretty much everything a computer can via apps and Internet access.

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Report: Teens feel ‘addicted’ to mobile devices

eSchool News

A new report reveals that half of teenagers said mobile device addiction impacts their daily lives. Half of teenagers surveyed in a new poll said they “feel addicted” to their mobile devices, and 59 percent of parents participating in the survey said they agree their children are addicted.

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Goal: From the Heart to the Mind

Teacher Reboot Camp

When you accomplish any of the 2015 goals with a tech tool and post in our FB group or on Twitter, you will have a chance at winning a copy of Nik Peachey’s new interactive iBook, Digital Video. She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome.

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Goal: From the Heart to the Mind

Teacher Reboot Camp

When you accomplish any of the 2015 goals with a tech tool and post in our FB group or on Twitter, you will have a chance at winning a copy of Nik Peachey’s new interactive iBook, Digital Video. She started working in the language industry in 2009 as one-to-one language tutor in a school of languages in Rome.

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