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

A Principal's Reflections

The key , whether 1:1 or BYOD, is to thoroughly plan and put learning at the forefront for kids, teachers, and administrators. The hope is that it will act as a support tool that teachers can use to help their students develop healthy phone habits while maintaining engagement on learning tasks in the classroom. Getting started is easy.

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A Few of My Fav #EdTech Things in 2014

The Innovative Educator

Looking back at 2014 I've come up with a few edtech resources I have relied on most for teaching and learning. 1) Google Apps Never worry about accessing or backing up your work with Google Apps.Whether you’re creating a doc, slides, spreadsheet, Google Apps provide the best collaboration and sharing tool out there for your work.

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#Internet4schools: Make Your Voice Heard

A Principal's Reflections

This was an extremely big deal five years ago and ultimately gave us an edge in terms of the many successful initiatives we rolled out including Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and digital learning across the curriculum. Change Internet4Schools Students'

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#ISTE2014 Use Twitter & Voxer when Travel Plans Go Awry

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

There are two tech tools that were essential for transforming this ordeal into an adventure: Twitter and Voxer. pic.twitter.com/gOC5Ep9mfB — meechele7 (@meechele7) June 27, 2014 Oh man @KtBkr4 Get with it @SpiritAirlines I need her tweets from #ISTE2014 — Ken Bauer (@ken_bauer) June 27, 2014 Thanks @SpiritAirlines !

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Using Curriculet for Short Reading Texts & PARCC Prep

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

My all time favorite tool for digital reading is Curriculet because of its versatility and ease of use (oh, and the price: FREE!). Since it is web-browser based, Curriculet can be used on any device or computer which is a must for my BYOD, 1:1 one day a week with Chromebooks classroom. I can just assign and let my students read!

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Airtame Wireless HDMI review

Kathy Schrock

Airtame was a successful Indiegogo project back in 2014, and has continued to improve and update the device as technology advances. It is perfect for a BYOD environment because it works with any mainstream mobile device students might bring in. It is available for purchase from many of the vendors we use in education.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

Given that many children were acquiring iPads for personal use, some schools adopted a Bring Your Own Device ( BYOD) Policy. “More tech-based monitoring and assessment tools will be incorporated into to the instructional mix.” Districts even integrated the two models to cut costs. Indeed, $2.3

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