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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

published by ISTE in 2013), Learning First, Technology Second (published by ISTE in 2017). She is a MACUL board member and a member of the COSN advisory board for mobile learning and emerging technologies. Liz is currently co-chairing an auxiliary committee for the U.S.

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?Updates, Upgrades and Overheard: What Was Unveiled at ISTE 2017

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the game-based learning platform, is going mobile. Started in 2012 by educator and frequent ISTE presenter Adam Bellow, eduClipper released an iTunes app in 2013, but has been relatively quiet on the news front since then. WHO GIVES A KAHOOT?: According to Erik C.

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

million across 71 deals in 2017. He co-founded eSped, a K-12 software suite to help districts serve special-needs students, which sold to Frontline Education in 2016, and has operated Blindfold Games since 2013 to offer accessible games to adults with visual impairments. million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5

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Resources to Celebrate Women’s History Month

Teacher Reboot Camp

The National Association of Women in Technology reported 26% of the computing workforce in 2013 were women (5% Asian women, 3% African American women, and 2% Hispanic women) and there was a 64% decline in the number of first-year undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science between 2000 and 2012. Enjoyed this post?

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Reflecting on the 2013 Schools of the Future Conference in Honolulu -- 8 Takeaways

mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

Over 1300 educators from public and private schools attended the 2013 Schools of the Future Conference at the Hawaii Convention Center, in Honolulu, on October 17 and 18, 2013. The SotF mobile app, via Guidebook, was incredibly useful. Kudos to the organizers for a highly successful conference! These are my 8 takeaways: 1.

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Bigger Deals, Bigger Bets: EdTech Venture Funding Trends Continue in 2018

EdNews Daily

Zuoyebang, a web and mobile platform to assist K-12 students on homework assignments, received $500M investments over 2 rounds of funding in August 2017 and July 2018; an additional $500M of developmental capital from Softbank is said to be upcoming. in 2017 (PWC Money Tree Report, January 2019). compared to $76.4B

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Technology overuse may be the new digital divide

The Hechinger Report

2017 Common Sense Census: media use by kids age zero to eight. A new 2017 survey of technology use at home shows the gap in computer access is rapidly closing. When it comes to mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets, the gap has virtually vanished. Even high-speed internet access is becoming more commonplace.