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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

In December 2010, The Journal –“t he leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education”– published an article with a 5-prong prediction for the following year. Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? But, how does the 2010 vision for edTech match what’s actually happening today?

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Implementing Mobile Devices With a Focus on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Mobile learning provides enhanced collaboration among learners, access to information, and a deeper contextualization of learning. Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Mobile devices offer a new and exciting avenue to engage students and promote learning while increasing academic achievement.

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It’s Pedagogy Go With Location-Based Mobile Learning At The University Of South Australia

EdNews Daily

Mobile phones are in the hands of young people everywhere, so it is quite natural that teaching and learning opportunities are progressing towards the mobile domain. Wijers, Jonker and Drijvers (2010) highlight that the potential for engagement increases when gamification features such as rules, goals, points and activities are added.

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Being Mobile: The Holy Grail of Educational Technology Is Within Sight

The Journal

In this week’s blog, we reflect on our 2010 prediction: By 2015 "every student in every grade in every school in the U.S. will be a using a mobile computing device, 24/7." We revise that prediction slightly and add in predictions about the Trinity of Educational Technology: hardware, software, and network.

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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

I am a huge proponent of harnessing and leveraging mobile technology in the classroom. As the principal, I decided to implement Bring Your Own Device back in 2010 as a way to not only take advantage of student-owned devices but to also improve the learning culture through more empowerment and ownership. More on this in a little bit.

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Mapping mobile learning

Learning with 'e's

Mobile technology is a game changer. I have previously written on this blog about how mobile technology can give the edge and also about some of the social implications of learning on the move. That occurred in my estimation somewhere around 2010, and growth of ownership has been exponential since. billion accounts).

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Two Great Academic Writing Cheat Sheets for Student Researchers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For instance, “Mewburn (2010) argues…” is kinder than “Mewburn (2010) asserts…” (a scholar who asserts is not really a scholar at all). This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ). Here is what she said about this verb cheat sheet : Verbs are judgmental.