Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2017

kids live in a house with some form of a mobile device—and those smartphones and tablets are gobbling up a greater portion of kids' screen time than ever. But time with tablets and smartphones is triple what it was in 2013. Today, 42 percent of children have their own tablet.) A whopping 98 percent of U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Video, captured either through a smartphone or tablet, has become an essential coaching tool to assist the girls with learning their routine. Various research studies have revealed how video can serve as a highly effective learning tool (Allen & Smith, 2012; Kay, 2012; Lloyd & Robertson, 2012; Rackaway, 2012; Hsin & Cigas, 2013).

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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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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. February 1st, 2012.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 3, 2020

This vision comes to life in a set of eight K-12 Science and Engineering Practices (NGSS Lead States, 2013) that include Asking questions and identifying problems; Planning and carrying out investigations; and Constructing explanations and designing solutions. Here are four reasons why we should. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

New research has unearthed a dramatic increase in the number of young children who have their own tablet device–42 percent compared to 1 percent in 2011. Next page: Has the digital divide between high- and low-income families closed?).

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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.

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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. That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year. How do researchers account for the increase in bullying ? Smartphones trail at 45% (up from 39% in 2012).

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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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Digital Promise

JANUARY 13, 2015

The funding requested by schools reached nearly $5 billion in 2012 and 2013, according to District Administration magazine. That cap has remained unchanged since the program started in 1996, despite rapidly increasing demand from schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2020

Through play, kids transform their tablet into a coding adventure, where they connect colorful blocks of code in the physical world to chart their adventure on the screen.”. Hands-on games help prepare kids for higher-level learning and build confidence around coding,” says Osmo CEO Pramod Sharma. 3 New At-Home Kits.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

The deal saw the books delivered to over 600,000 government distributed teacher tablets across the country, amounting to over 40 million individual e-textbooks! This is an amazing piece of equipment for schools without Internet, and with intermittent power. Descomplica.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

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 One of the first to try it was Lynn University , in Boca Raton, Florida, which launched its own iPad initiative in 2013.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

It’s not just about having students use computers or tablets; it’s about enhancing their understanding and engagement with the subject matter. The concept for this table was inspired by a similar one created by Teachbytes, first published in 2013. While searching for the original visual, I came across only reproductions.

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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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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

South African Journal of Education, 2013, 33(2), pp. A Tablet Computer for Young Children? Contemporary Issues in Education Research. April 2010, 3(4), pp. and Brand, L. The effect of technology on learner attention and achievement in the classroom. Reissman, H. 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms. Edutopia Staff. Couse, L.J.,

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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. The VILS program provided 806 students and 54 teachers at the Vista Innovation & Design Academy with tablets and data plans.

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techieMusings

JULY 16, 2017

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. I started with the Wacom DTU-1031 in 2013 and did a review of that – A New Solution For My Flipped Classroom. This was a major hurdle for me.

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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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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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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

Selfie was the word of the year for 2013 (Brumfield, 2013). Name a category like favorite dessert, cartoon, sports team and so forth for students to draw the answers to on their tablets. Just think, a person took a picture and posted it online with the word, “Selfie!” Give them 30 seconds.

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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. Livescribe will officially launch the Sky wifi smartpen in the education market in early 2013. The notes, both written and audio, were immediately in my Evernote account and accessible on all of my devices.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In 2013, a realization washed over Ratnam and his wife. Ratnam plans to release Android and web apps so students can use WhizRead with Chromebooks, laptops and Android tablets. Venkat Ratnam developed WhizRead , a multisensory reading support program, out of pure fatherly love.

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eSchool News

JUNE 3, 2015

When North Carolina’s Guilford County Schools had a tablet charger melt inside a student’s home in October 2013, it could have marked the end of the district’s $16 million effort to give every middle school student a digital device. 5 reasons one district bounced back from a one-to-one crisis. Unified, have not been able to do.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

They took me to a room filled with five officers in which they interrogated me and searched through my stuff and took my tablet and my invention,” the teen said. They were like, ‘So you tried to make a bomb?’ I told them no, I was trying to make a clock. “I

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Educational Technology Guy

JULY 16, 2015

My personal device that I use at home and on the road the most is my Nexus 7 (2013 ver). I love the 7" tablet size and use this for social media, web surfing, personal email (I don't check work email at home anymore), e-books and Netflix. I also have the Evernote Android app for Chromebooks on it, with offline sync enabled.

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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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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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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. ” Other eye-grabbing highlights from the survey: 42 percent of young children now have their very own tablet device — up from 7 percent four years ago and less than 1 percent in 2011.

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Edsurge

MARCH 30, 2018

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. It had raised about $4.8 Even so, the purchase price was never disclosed. education strategy.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Students on each winning team will receive a Samsung Galaxy Tab and be invited to present their developed apps in person – on their new tablets – at the 2013 National Technology Student Association Conference in Orlando, Florida in June. Registration is open. Cell phones in Education STEM Verizon'

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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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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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

And the Technology for Education Consortium, announced earlier this year at the SXSWedu conference in Austin, Texas , has vowed to help schools price-shop for hardware like computers and tablets. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Read more about Blended Learning.

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 12, 2015

This is, perhaps, more striking when we acknowledge that children’s future ability to find, reclaim or delete material posted by others is uncertain ( Holloway, Green and Livingstone, 2013 ). We are witnessing increasing numbers of pre-school children who use devices connected to the Internet, especially touchscreen tablets and smartphones.

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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. In particular, at a busy New York commuter campus like ours, students juggle schooling among other personal and professional commitments.

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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. Even high-speed internet access is becoming more commonplace.

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