TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2020

As an early elementary science educator, I’ve advocated for years (to anyone who would listen) about the increasing need for high-quality science teaching in Kindergarten and Grade One classrooms. But as the call for science in the early grades gets louder, play has all but disappeared from Kindergarten and elementary classrooms.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Devices like tablets and wearables don’t just enhance classroom learning—they can also transform field trips, making educational outings more interactive and memorable than before. Culturally stimulating field trips were found to improve critical life skills in children in a 2013 study from the University of Arkansas.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

After all, textbooks are a must in classrooms. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. Post the recession, states cut inflation-adjusted spending on K–12 education by approximately 4% between 2008 and 2013. Use Open Source eBooks.

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

Tablets have surged from 26% to 55% usage as kids’ device of choice during car rides. Ninety-one (91) percent have access to computers, tablets or cellphones. Forty-two percent say it happens in classrooms. That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year. Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 15, 2013

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership ( TICAL ) and I are pleased to announce the inaugural worldwide and online School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March 28th, 2013 (SchoolLeadershipSummit.com). The Call for Proposals for the conference is open HERE. The Call for Proposals for the conference is open HERE.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 27, 2016

In a report entitled, “ Technology in Education: Global Trends, Universe Spend and Market Outlook , “ FutureSource consulting projected that edtech spending worldwide will hit $19 billion dollars by 2018, up from $13 billion when measured in 2013. 3) the right blend of teachers and technology.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

The funding requested by schools reached nearly $5 billion in 2012 and 2013, according to District Administration magazine. With approaches like these, digital learning doesn’t stop when students leave the classroom.'

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 23, 2013

In spite of administrative efforts to keep cell phones out of our schools, our students are becoming “cell-only” internet users according to a recent report, entitled “ Teens and Technology 2013,” released by the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. 1 in 4 teens have tablet computers.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

See more in the official press release below: Livescribe Announces Discounted Education Pricing Bundles on Smartpens Livescribe’s Customized Training Programs and Livescribe Helper App Also Available to Improve Learning in the Modern Classroom Oakland, Calif. —

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

But today the device’s presence in classrooms is spotty. So when Hiram College announced last month that it would provide every student and professor an iPad starting this fall, it made us wonder what the state of Apple’s sector-creating tablet on campuses is these days. (It They help you explore the topic more deeply,” she says.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

From launching new tablets to virtual-reality curriculum , Microsoft has added plenty to its educational offerings through a series of new product updates and acquisitions over the past few years. DataSense traces its origins to Authentica Solutions, an education data management company founded in 2013.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Since President Obama’s ConnectED announcement in 2013 in Mooresville, NC , there has been more than $10 billion committed as part of the five-year program to transform American education. They donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom. Vista Innovation & Design Academy.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

ClassDojo is a free online system that helps teachers promote positive behavior in their classroom by letting them track and share student progress and positive behaviors and areas of concern. In effect, the app made teachers somewhat dependent on the web application to fully manage their classrooms.

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techieMusings

JULY 16, 2017

One of the questions I most frequently get asked is what tools I use to make my flipped classroom videos. When I started making math videos back in 2010, I had a tablet PC for work. So I struggled to find a good solution until I learned about the Wacom business solution display tablets. This tablet is really a dream for me.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The smartpen is also easier to take notes with then a keyboard, or even a stylus on a tablet. Dedicated to the education industry, Livescribe is kicking off a pilot program with select school districts and higher education institutions to assess use cases, as well as the impact of using the Sky wifi smartpen both in and out of the classroom.

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Kathy Schrock

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

This post originally appeared on the Discovery Educator blog network in December of 2013 in my blog "Kathy''s Katch" at this URL: [link]. For whole group sharing, the visual notetaker is ususally using a tablet device, drawing software, and projecting the results to a large monitor.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution.

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EdTechSandyK

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

The same principles can apply to any tablet, laptop, or mobile device you are deploying to teachers. According to Pew Internet, approximately 56% of American adults own smart phones (data from April-May 2013). Even teachers with smart phone/tablet experience do not know all of the ins and outs of the device.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

Horton says other teachers in her district had been piloting TenMarks in their classrooms. In 2013, TenMarks was acquired by Amazon in a deal that was greeted by the edtech industry as a sign that major technology giants were serious about expanding into education. But the company gave no indication that it would close shop.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

If you were looking for help in choosing the best mind mapping software for your kids or classroom, head on over to other article. We’ve spent hours creating a comprehensive list of the best mapping software products, comparing the best online mapping tools and printable maps for classroom mapping purposes.

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Kathy Schrock

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Professional slate tablet. In addition, the RT tablets could not authenticate on a school network, and I felt their use in schools would be limited. The HP ElitePad 1000 is a beautiful tablet! The screen is also more readable outside than any laptop or tablet I have used.) It can run the 64-bit Pro version of Windows 8.1

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eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2016

We wrote about this as an educational tool back in 2013, when it was just catching on. With GeoGuessr, a player is placed, via their phone, tablet or computer, in some random place in the world via Google Maps. The game was a hit generally, but clever educators found it a boon to their classrooms.

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Education with Technology

OCTOBER 5, 2015

Do world language students use technology n the classroom? Students can use laptops and mobile devices to hear authentic language, read authentic texts, read tweets about famous performers, see up-to-the-moment culture, watch video clips, see tv shows, and communicate with native speakers (Tuttle, 2013).

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 15, 2016

2013 to 2015 represented “three years of exceptional sales,” with strong double-digit growth from 2014-2015, according to Futuresource. There were signs of iPad’s market share slipping two years ago, but only three years ago it was king of the tablet hill, with 94 percent of the education tablet market share in the U.S.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

The handheld tablet and computer-based curriculum application modules called “Exploring Physics” were developed through this grant and have just become available for instructors and students. In 2013, the most recent year for which data are available, about 84,000 ninth-graders took physics nationwide,” Chandrasekhar said.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2015

With more students, teachers, administrators, and parents toting mobile phones and tablets, an increasing number of K-12 schools are re-thinking their traditional website designs and incorporating responsive design strategies into their new, upgraded, and/or overhauled sites. Next page: How some schools are driving more traffic.

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Nik Peachey

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Back in April 2013 I delivered a workshop at the IATEFL 2013 conference in Liverpool. I also believe that encouraging students to get 'hands on' with authentic apps has a much more important role in helping them to develop digital literacies which they can use outside of the classroom.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

: A Great Day at EdSurge #SVSUMMIT13 Storify by Sam Patterson Sun, Nov 03 2013 08:22:44 A Great Day at EdSurge #SVSUMMIT13 Yesterday was an amazing day of learning and PLN building. Sat, Nov 02 2013 18:24:17 Reply Retweet Favorite The Answer Pad @TheAnswerPad Great day at #SVsummit13 yesterday. Here are some great tweets from the day.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 3, 2019

With many schools supporting a 1:1 laptop initiative and providing students with digital copies of textbooks (with sets of paper textbooks being kept in the classroom), there is no need for students to carry the large backpack of a few years ago that weighed in, with books and larger devices, at 20-25 pounds.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2013

Notes from a panel session at SXSWedu 2013 [link] Teaching is a complex undertaking. Focus on player experience rather than classroom ecology. Who are students and teachers in 2013? Thinking of ways to bring this to the classroom. Check for feasibility - Can it be learned in the classroom? Schools are messy.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

Edmodo Edmodo is my online classroom space. From posting the daily agenda to taking quizzes to connecting with others, everything is done in Edmodo as you can see from the list below and public folder of classroom examples. I create a main classroom group for each level I teach because I want to promote the online PLN experience.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow. In no particular order, here’s a very personal selection of blogs/bloggers I couldn’t live without.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 27, 2015

Our recent study found that 81% of college students use mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to study, the second most popular device category behind laptops and up 40 percent in usage since 2013. Technologically-based tools provide opportunities for students to learn both in and out of the classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2014

One Week Calendar Wednesday, January 8th at 7pm EST ISTE - Cool Google Tools for the BYOD Classroom by Tammy Worcester, Instructional Technology Specialist, ESSDACK, N.H., Bring your laptop, cell phone or tablet so you can take part in the interactive demos! link] Conversations Classroom 2.0 Classroom 2.0 Thanks, Karen.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The goal was to connect with busy families in a more meaningful way: showing parents what’s happening in the classroom and, critically, how they can support learning at home. And surveys on tablets are distributed immediately after every program to collect data from families on how to improve the events.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

Robust Networking and Data Center Solutions Power Tech Tools in the Classroom. But over time, the environment became unmanageable, with an aging hodgepodge of resources that threatened to hamper classroom-focused IT programs like the one-to-one initiative. Data Center Upgrades Power Up Classroom Connections. meghan.bogardu….

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Math teacher Heather Kohn prompts a discussion of algebraic functions using the new “Classroom Conversation Toolset.” Last year, an ed tech startup called Desmos faced a curious conundrum –classrooms using its math app grew quiet, too quiet. Photo: Chris Berdik. .” Photo: Chris Berdik. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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