EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

According to techcrunch.com , the average age for a child getting their first smartphone is now 10.3 Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012). More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. How do researchers account for the increase in bullying ?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

The Tech Team ministry provides ample opportunities for learners to develop skills across the four broad categories of digital literacy as defined by Dudeney, Hockly and Pegrum (2013): language; information; connections; and re-design. A Closer Look at Four Categories of Digital Literacy for Adult Learners.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 23, 2013

School’s continuing to ban cell phones and smartphones are fighting a losing battle. Almost half of those are smartphones (47%). 37% of all teens have smartphones, up from 23% in 2011. Because our students now have this “pervasive mobile access” the time has come to pull the plug on cell phone bans entirely.

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 16, 2015

My personal smartphone is an HTC One M7 running Android. I chose not to get a work smartphone so I didn't have to carry two devices around all day. My personal device that I use at home and on the road the most is my Nexus 7 (2013 ver). I have my work email and Lync setup on my personal smartphone also. I love it.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

But ReadyRosie’s growth also comes as a result of growing smartphone use among lower-income families. Pew Research Center found that the share of lower-income Americans who rely on smartphones to go online instead of a broadband connection has nearly doubled from 2013 to 2019.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Oct 29, 2013, 6614 Think before you send or post Nov 1, 2013, 5041 Stop trying to figure out if screentime is good fo. Oct 30, 2013, 3640 What if we let students design their own schools? Nov 8, 2013, 2195 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 1800 Tasting in Technicolor - A Story of Learning Diffe.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 7, 2013

Entry Pageviews Think before you send or post Nov 1, 2013, 2619 Is compulsory education really necessary? Oct 29, 2013, 2139 Does Twitter have a minimum age requirement? Jun 13, 2013, 1772 What if we let students design their own schools? Nov 8, 2013, 1205 The principalship: 6 ways smartphones have changed.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

Read more : Look Who’s Talking—Code.org Founder and CEO Hadi Partovi on the Hype and Hope of AI in edtech In 2013 Hadi and his twin brother Ali ‘94 launched the education nonprofit Code.org, which Hadi leads full-time as CEO. But I’ve also seen things that turned out to be much bigger than anybody imagined, you know.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. The world continues to change as a result of technological advances. Just a few years ago it would have been near impossible to predict some of the paradigm shifts we have experienced. Barrett, P., Moffat,J., &

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Doubling in use from 2013-2014, 20% of digital classroom instructors in the 2015 Speak Up survey were developing their own video content to support the curriculum. Among children age 8 or younger, 21% use smartphones. Around three-quarters of teens own smartphones. 11 A growing phenomenon is the use of teacher-created videos.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 20, 2014

“The only difference between smartphones and laptops is that cell phones are smaller, cheaper, and more coveted by students” ( Richtel & Stone , 2009). Students In general, 95% of teens use the internet and 74% are “mobile internet users” (Pew, 2013). Below is their wisdom and the research to support it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 27, 2017

With the rise of online games, web-based education, and smartphones that access everything from house lights to security systems, it’s not surprising to read these statistics: In 2013, 71 percent of the U.S. population age 3 and over used the Internet.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2017

When it comes to mobile devices, such as smartphones or tablets, the gap has virtually vanished. Nearly 75 percent of families making less than $30,000 a year said they had high-speed internet access in 2017, up from 46 percent in 2013. A new 2017 survey of technology use at home shows the gap in computer access is rapidly closing.

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techlearning

APRIL 29, 2015

A whopping 81 percent of higher-ed students used smartphones and tablets for studying in 2014—up 40 percent since 2013, according to a new survey from McGraw-Hill Education.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

29, 2013 —Livescribe for Education announced today at the Florida Educational Technology Corporation (FETC) national conference their new their new Smartpen Education Bundles and customized training programs that offer significant savings for K-12 educators and higher education institutions.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

High school student Jeff Bliss famously said in 2013 , “If you would just get up and teach them instead of handing them a freakin’ packet, yo. Their assessment is in the quality of what they do, not just recalling minutiae that can be found in five seconds with a smartphone voice command. It’s kids in here that don’t learn like that.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

As CEO of Bleacher Report from 2010 to 2013, he directed the sports media company through two funding rounds, followed by a $170 million sale to Time Warner in Aug. Other companies are taking note of rising smartphone ownership among students. (A Those are duties that Grey feels comfortable with.

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eSchool News

JUNE 2, 2015

Smartphones are here to stay. In doing so, institutions are accommodating the 31 percent of all smartphone owners (and 50 percent of teen smartphone owners) who say they use the internet mostly on their cell phones, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project 2013. Does your website know that?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Not a surprise—it happened in 2014 and 2013 , too.) Lab 4 Physics — Turn your smartphone into a sensor for physics experiments. The app uses the accelerometers, gyroscopes and magnetometers built into smartphones to measure, graph and analyze physical properties and their changes. Some games exist, or build your own.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

More recently, in 2013, a company called Acrobatiq was formed to try to bring lessons learned from the Open Learning Initiative to the market. In 1998, for instance, researchers from the university formed a spin-off company called Carnegie Learning that popularized the math tutor software developed at the university.

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Buncee

DECEMBER 9, 2020

I’ve been using Nearpod since 2013 when I went 1:1 with iPads in my 6th grade ELA classroom. I didn’t even own a smartphone yet, so I was learning how to use technology with my students in real-time. Especially in virtual and hybrid environments, they have become my go-to combination. The perfect appsmash is Buncee and Nearpod!

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MindShift

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The nationally representative parent survey found that 98 percent of homes with children now have a mobile device — such as a tablet or smartphone. Screen media use among infants under 2 appears to be trending downward, from 58 minutes a day in 2013 to 42 minutes in 2017. That’s a huge leap from 52 percent just six years ago.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 16, 2013

now lets teacher manage, edit, share and sync up their students’ behavior reports from their mobile devices SAN FRANCISCO – August 15th, 2013 - Today, ClassDojo, the free behavior development platform for teachers, students , and parents, is launching a major update - version 2.0 of its Popular iOS and Android Apps ClassDojo 2.0

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

Photo credit: K.Jarrett -- UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE as of 8/8/2013 I will be writing more about using Gobstopper in the very near future, but I couldn''t wait to share this. edmodocon On @Gobstopper students can read on a tablet, smartphone or laptop. I got to meet Jason, Sean, and Marika at EdmodoCon 2013.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

For example, 2013-14 English 9 or 2014-15 Honors English 9. The students read the text at home or in school on smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, or computers, answering questions and quizzes embedded in the text to check their understanding. Students interact with others that they may see in class or merely pass in the the hall.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Third-grade reading proficiency has been a major focus in Mississippi since the legislature passed the Literacy-Based Promotion Act in 2013. In Gulfport, the community partnered with the Bezos Family Foundation, which sponsored the initiative, to provide a smartphone app for parents to help them learn about the same topic.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

Livescribe will officially launch the Sky wifi smartpen in the education market in early 2013. Now Livescribe customers can have fast, convenient access to their recorded notes and audio whether from paper, tablet, smartphone or computer – making notes and educational materials available any time, anywhere.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

According to the National Center for Education Statistics , in 2013-14 school year, an average of 75 percent of public schools reported using security cameras to monitor their buildings. In 2013, HeroK12 began offering educators an opportunity to collect and analyze student behavior data. He is two minutes late.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 5, 2016

She was tv as huge in 2013. Check out this comparison, where the Chinese version violates all kinds of US design principles, yet succeeds: Smartphone sales are growing more slowly than before, pointing to a plateau down the road. Also missing: podcasting. And gaming. So is it declining, in her view? And who will own that mesa?

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EdTechTeam

MAY 30, 2018

In 2013, Buzzfeed conducted an awesome, eye-opening experiment where they asked several citizens of England to label all 50 states. The outcomes were both hilarious and scary (see image below and full Buzzfeed article here. Caution: Lots of laughter ahead and some vulgar handwriting). On one side of the coin, this was hysterical.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 5, 2015

As for the communications and attempted recovery (warning, about to get technical): We used GPS on a smartphone to continuously log the phone’s location on its memory card. We planned our June 2013 launch at a specific time and place such that the phone was projected to land in an area with cell coverage.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

In 2013, they launched a tool that aims to help schools manage the entire enrollment process, which typically starts with marketing and outreach, and extends to running lotteries, managing applications and processing payments. SchoolMint claims it serves more than 2 million students across more than 6,000 schools.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 5, 2015

As for the communications and attempted recovery (warning, about to get technical): We used GPS on a smartphone to continuously log the phone’s location on its memory card. We planned our June 2013 launch at a specific time and place such that the phone was projected to land in an area with cell coverage.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2016

Now, when students are writing with Microsoft Office 365 or Microsoft Word 2013 or later, they will have access to support that helps build the writing skills that today’s employers are looking for in new hires. It’s accessible anytime, anywhere—from any device including laptops, desktop computers, smartphones and tablets.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Differentiation puts the focus on learners, and it is a learner-centered approach that is aimed to help learners succeed regardless of the differences” (Bajrami, 2013). As far as I know, in most technologically developed countries, smartphones have become an extension of their hands. Bajrami, I. Bergmann, J., & Sams, A.

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 28, 2013

Her accent is so cute) Web definitions A QR Code is a matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by QR scanners, mobile phones with a camera, and smartphones. blogspot.com/2013/01/techie- thursday-using-qr-codes-in. This cute little girl describes using QR code in her classroom. html [link] flapjackeducationalresources.

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EdTechSandyK

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

If a teaching force is made up of typical adults, chances are only about half of them have experience with a smartphone. According to Pew Internet, approximately 56% of American adults own smart phones (data from April-May 2013). Breaking it was a real fear of mine since I had not used that type of technology before.

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