The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

One of the strongest arguments for classroom technology is the ability it gives teachers to easily adapt curricula for different abilities and learning styles. 87% of students fall into multiple categories, while only 13% prefer only one learning style, according to a 2014 study from the Journal of Postgraduate Medicine.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year. From 2014 to 2018, we reduced the number of office referrals by 37 percent, in-school suspension days by 52 percent, and out-of-school suspension days by 97 percent.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

DECEMBER 19, 2013

The Technology Information Center for Administrative Leadership ( TICAL ) and Steve Hargadon are pleased to announce the second annual School Leadership Summit, Thursday, March 27th, 2014. While the final deadline for submissions is March 15th, 2014, presenters will be notified of acceptance on a rolling basis starting ?February

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Since 2014, the VILs initiative —made possible by a partnership between Digital Promise and Verizon Innovative Learning—has worked to bridge the Digital Learning Gap by equipping every student and teacher at these select middle schools with tablets and up to a four-year data plan. All students benefit from technology in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 30, 2015

AATT contributor, Krista Albrecht, has a balanced evaluation of Chromebooks in the classroom I think you’ll find useful. She has over 15 years experience in the field ranging from classroom teacher to tech teacher, to Professional Developer, to 1:1 integration specialist. Chromebooks in the Classrooms… Friend or Foe?

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

That was a jump of 15 percent from the 2014-2015 school year. 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. Where in a school does bullying take place?

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Tom Murray

JUNE 27, 2016

After reviewing more than 70 recent research studies on the effective use of educational technology, Dr. Linda Darling-Hammond and her team at Stanford University were able to provide concrete examples of classroom environments in which technology has made a positive impact in the learning outcomes of at-risk students. Zielezinski, M.,

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age. There are those who are already replacing their full-blown laptops with a more portable tablet. Cloud classrooms will become the norm. But more importantly, IoT will connect the classroom to the cloud.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

As schools seek innovative new strategies to increase reading and learning, teachers are using digital tools inside and outside the classroom. Since its creation in 2014, Sora Sweet Reads has proven to be a highly successful, global program in encouraging students to read. CLEVELAND – May 6, 2022 ? –

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TeacherCast

JULY 11, 2015

In todays video from ISTE 2015, Tammy shows me just how quick and easy it is to create a SWAY and share it with your classroom. Start by creating your first Sway today, using any browser on your PC, Mac, or tablet. What is SWAY? Sway is an app for expressing your ideas in an entirely new way, across your devices.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Well, that was at the Federal Communications Commission’s 2014-15 short-term target of 100 Kbps per student for using tech in the classroom. But when kids and their devices return to classrooms, school bandwidth will again be in the spotlight. schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning Jessie Woolley-Wilson (CEO, DreamBox Learning): In the past, educators were focused on how to get more devices in the classroom. We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom. Here are just a few of their stories.

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Marketplace K-12

MAY 12, 2016

New York schools will receive $26 million for classroom technology out of a total distribution of $45 million in state funds, the governor announced this week. Besides classroom technology, the funds will also support school connectivity ($15 million), high-tech security ($4 million) and community connectivity ($23,000). Starpoint ($1.59

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 2, 2016

Virtual reality (VR) is beginning to gain traction as a viable classroom learning tool. Google Cardboard is the 20% project of Google Engineers David Coz and Damien Henry first announce at Google I/O in 2014. Tablets (iPad and Android) can be used to view VR content in “normal” mode. Learn more: [link] 2. Viewmaster: [link] 3.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

Many of these activities can be implemented immediately in the classroom. Anchor Statements Android Common Core English ipad Mobile tablet CCSS ELA mobile Smartphone Tablet' Although the ebook is intended for grades 6-12, teachers at both the elementary and the college level can easily adapt the activities.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Use of both tablets and smartphones (at home, school or elsewhere) has risen across all grade levels. In 2015, nearly 80 percent of surveyed elementary students reported using a tablet regularly compared with 66 percent in 2014. Elementary and middle school students most enjoy doing schoolwork on tablets.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

At the same time, innovative education leaders and classroom teachers are engaging, motivating, and nurturing students to develop mindsets for college and career readiness and lifelong learning, and they are supporting social and emotional development. school and library to the internet.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2019

classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” Spending data suggests that instructional software is indeed growing in classrooms. From 2011 to 2014, U.S. He prefers to go to bookshelf,” she said, “instead of sitting on the tablet and trying to figure it out.”. billion to $3.3

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My Paperless Classroom

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Someone is ready to go to bed #HourOfCode #KodableWeb #KidsCanCode pic.twitter.com/DunYRskhza — Kodable (@kodable) December 8, 2014 That is right, now you can play everybody''s favorite coding app for pre-readers on a desktop machine in the browser, In fact, it is optimized for chromebooks.

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Edsurge

MARCH 22, 2017

When Tulsi Parida joined Newsela in August 2014, she was the 19th employee at the fast-growing New York City-based startup. During her time there, the company tripled in size and she earned a promotion. Last July, however, Parida felt an itch to tackle educational needs in her native country, India.

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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 She also appreciates the iPad’s portability.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2015

Today’s classrooms, at any level, are drastically different from the classrooms of just 10 years ago. Personal tablets and styluses have taken over the classic No. And, according to a 2014 report by Project Tomorrow, almost a third of those students are using a mobile device issued by their schools. A training strategy.

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My Paperless Classroom

APRIL 16, 2014

The Robot The Sphero robot is a motorized ball that interfaces with a phone/tablet via Bluetooth. The Contest Do you want a Sphero for your classroom? Why not enter this contest, all it takes is sharing picture of your classroom space and using a hashtag. Both Android and iOS are supported. I am using Sphero 2.0

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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. Together, the Apple products account for 21 percent of computers shipped at the end of the first quarter, compared to 25 percent in 2015 and 34 percent in 2014. Tablet Sales Growing in U.S.,

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techlearning

JULY 25, 2018

CDI partners with educators across schools and districts in North America to deploy and support technology in the classroom. The company provides student and teacher devices, a wide range of classroom technology and accessories, deployment services and warranty programs. CDI has been a Microsoft Authorized Refurbisher since 2010.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Through computers, smartphones, and tablets, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips that can be both entertaining and intellectually stimulating. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, March 2014, 17(2), pp. Depending on how we use it, technology can be either a priceless tool or endless distraction. Elshaug, C.,

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 3, 2018

School board members play an important role in school districts’ ability to improve the level and quality of digital learning opportunities in the classroom. The number of devices like tablets, laptops, and smartphones your network is supporting. School Network Structure. How to Fund Network Upgrades.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

"Today through November 30 , teachers can visit pbslearningmedia.org/ getyourtechon to access free tech-themed content collections, how-to guides on building digital classrooms, professional development webinars, and enter to win weekly tablet giveaways." Leslie will discuss everything from integrating apps to augmented reality.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2016

. “Total universe spending in the global education technology hardware market in 2015 increased 7 percent to $15 billion from 2014,” says Colin Messenger, senior analyst at Futuresource Consulting. The products covered in the report represent the main ed-tech hardware used in classrooms across the world. billion in 2015.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 29, 2014

Here are the ten examples I showed at my English + Common Core + Mobile ISTE 2014 Poster Session: Based on CCSS Anchor Statements: L.2 Many of these activities can be implemented immediately in the classroom. Anchor Statements Android ELA English ipad Mobile Mobile device tablet activities CCSS ebook mobile Tablet'

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

. — On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Teachers rarely stand at the front of the classroom. Getting there wasn’t easy.

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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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The Principal of Change

MAY 4, 2015

Although most people are working on either laptops, tablets, or smaller mobile devices (or often a combination of two to three of those things), you will still see several people using a notebook and pencil/pen. Expecting to do everything that you used to do in schools and now adding laptops or tablets is not a viable option.

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EdTechSandyK

JANUARY 27, 2014

Notes from a concurrent session at TASA Midwinter 2014. We need to be using social media to tell people about the positive things that are going on in our classrooms and schools! Royse City is hosting EdCamp Awesome in Feburary 2014. Branding Other people are talking about our schools and teachers and students.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

Tagged on: August 18, 2017 The Value of Bringing Drones to the Classroom | The Atlantic → As drone-related employment opportunities expand, a Kentucky educational cooperative is finding ways to offer students the relevant training. Tagged on: August 18, 2017 Is classroom technology good for learning or wasting time?

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 12, 2019

Teachers can use podcasts in their classrooms, for professional learning, or to explore their own interests. If you start an episode on your phone and want to listen in your classroom on your computer, you will resume that content where you left off. Podcasts in the Classroom. What Is A Podcast? Christopher J.

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