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Largest Cohort to Date Joins Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Initiative

Digital Promise

This fall, 101 schools will receive a mobile device with up to a four-year 30GB data plan for every student and teacher, as well as extensive professional development that supports powerful teaching and learning with technology in and out of the classroom. 101 schools receiving mobile devices for every student and teacher.

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It’s Pedagogy Go With Location-Based Mobile Learning At The University Of South Australia

EdNews Daily

Mobile phones are in the hands of young people everywhere, so it is quite natural that teaching and learning opportunities are progressing towards the mobile domain. We piloted our first LBMLG in a core undergraduate Business course involving more than 400 students in 2014. Roger Edmonds. University of South Australia.

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Monitor Ports and USB-C: A Comparison of Display Connections

ViewSonic Education

Not only can they carry increasingly complex data, but they can also charge and power the devices that they connect. This constant evolution requires a faster transfer of data in a more optimized way. Monitor ports are points of connection that enable various flows of data and information. What Are Monitor Ports?

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Why Are We Biased Against Games for Learning?

Doug Levin

” Among the data sources for her remarks, Dr. Wartella referenced Northwestern University’s own “ Parenting in the Age of Digital Technology: A National Survey (Revised June 2014). While platforms are surely converging (we watch video on mobile devices and computers, play games on computers and mobile devices, etc.),

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A Cross-sector Business Incubator in Taos, New Mexico: Building Networks for Frontline Talent Development

Digital Promise

Propelled in part by the 2014 passage of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), UNM-Taos initiated a program overhaul in 2015 with the goal of aligning educational programs to in-demand career pathways. But Gonzales did not stop at the immediate, short-term data to create a plan for intervention.

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With a Virtual Reality Assist, Video Games Get K–12 Students Moving

EdTech Magazine

In 2014, the CDC identified hours playing video games as one of the risk factors for low physical activity in the United States,” notes the Virtual Reality Institute of Health and Exercise. . The tracker collects metabolic data, including number of calories burned. by Shailaja Neelakantan.

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COVID-19 Has Widened the Skills Gap. But It Also Presents an Opportunity to Close It.

Edsurge

Analyzing data from Burning Glass , Wharton professor Matthew Bidwel found a diminishing number of entry-level jobs requiring a degree. Since 2014, Salesforce has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop curriculum for Trailhead, its free online learning platform. With two-thirds of U.S. These partnerships are emerging.

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