The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

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. While there are many choices, tablets can provide the mobility and flexibility that teachers want and students need. Really important.

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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.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

First announced in 2014, the challenge invited organizations to submit open-source software that showed potential to help children in developing countries improve basic reading, writing and math skills. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 29, 2019

BandLab for Education is a music creation and collaboration platform allowing students and teachers to work together on any web-based tablet or computer.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 10, 2014

Above is a picture of her entry into the 2014 Cover Contest held by Creative Outlook, a free magazine distributed to high school teachers and students immersed in art and music. She used her self-taught knowledge of Photoshop, bitmap generation, image distortion, photo-manipulation, digital painting, graphics tablet, and an iPhone to make it.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 27, 2016

To support such at-risk students in the area of literacy, Samsung designed a Literacy Lab for schools, pairing the research-backed iLit software , with both Chromebooks and tablets, to provide a highly interactive literacy experience for students. What research-based approaches are you using to improve your student outcomes? Zielezinski, M.,

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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. So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

First launched in 2014, Google Classroom is now used by more than 30 million students and teachers around the world, the company claims. Microsoft has been rumored to launch a new Surface tablet for the education market later this summer.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

My interest in this technology stems from the promise both companies make: This is the tablet that will replace your laptop. In my eyes, both Microsoft and Apple are not only looking to replace the laptop, but to actually merge it with a tablet to create something that is the best of both worlds. So did either succeed? Portability.

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Tablets Laptops Microsoft iPad 28

eSchool News

MAY 22, 2020

Effective March 16, the additional connectivity includes all tablets and laptops within the program and upgrades data plans from 10GB/month to 30GB/month through June 30.

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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. After all, in October 2019 the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway declared that nearly 99 percent of U.S. schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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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. First, mobile learning. It was the age where almost everyone owned a smartphone - whether it was Android, Apple or Windows Phone.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 25, 2014

Anchor Statements Android Common Core English ipad Mobile tablet CCSS ELA mobile Smartphone Tablet' Many of these mobile activities are done in pairs or small group so not all students need to have a mobile device. English Common Core Mobile Activities.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

And from Bangalore is Chimple , which is taking a game-based approach to teaching literacy and math on tablets. India’s attempt to build and distribute a $35 tablet to teachers and students also fizzled. Many people had high hopes of tablet-based education as an accessible tool that can be delivered all over the world,” observes Lee.

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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. The tablets aren’t only for use at school — they go home with the students, and the data plans provide an Internet connection that the entire family can use.

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eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

Since its creation in 2014, Sora Sweet Reads has proven to be a highly successful, global program in encouraging students to read. Students can then borrow from the school’s digital collection and read on all major eReading devices, computers, tablets and smartphones with a valid student ID.

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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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Franklin Harrison, director of recreational sports, goes as far to say there is a “sleep crisis” on campus and that health experts were looking for ways to promote sleep health when they purchased their own tubular sleep device in 2014. square-feet “devices” come equipped with a twin-sized bed, chargers, privacy curtains and a tablet.

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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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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Technology integration in education is a dynamic process where educators purposefully incorporate digital tools and resources into their teaching practices to enhance learning ( Davies , 2014). It’s much more than just having technology in the classroom; it’s about how you use it to make learning more engaging and effective.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Introduced in 2010, iPads spurred Dumbo Drops of tablet tech into classrooms. Yes, iPads and tablets have a place, but were not a panacea. When its creator, Mojang, was sold to Microsoft in 2014 , educators had every right to be freaked out that a homegrown educational modification might die. Remember LAUSD’s failed effort ?)

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Technology, and especially the internet and mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, has become ubiquitous in our daily lives and affordable even to our public schools. In 2014 the FCC modernized the E-Rate program to make it more affordable for schools and libraries to upgrade their internet connection speeds.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips. Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

Founded in 2014, the San Francisco-based company says that it has leased pouches to more than 1,000 schools across the country, including a handful of colleges and universities. France set the bar last year with a new law that prohibits students under the age of 15 from using phones, tablets and smart watches in schools.

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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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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

APRIL 26, 2019

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.”. “But now I can report that these tools have been adopted in thousands of U.S. classrooms from kindergarten through high school.” billion to $3.3

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Edsurge

AUGUST 23, 2019

His company’s flagship offerings are robots that come pre-built with LED lights, sensors and motors that respond to light and gestures, and which kids can control via an app on a computer, smartphone or tablet. Sphero was part of the inaugural class in 2014; littleBits joined two years later. LittleBits takes a more barebones approach.

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Education with Technology

JUNE 28, 2014

Based on my presentation at ISTE 2014 Mobile Megashare. Country Culture Global ipad iste2014 Mobile Smartphone tablet Understanding Visuals Android attitude ISTE2014 mobile Tablet world' Why teach about other countries? Location: Large view to small on maps. C ulture or c ulture. ”-Tuttle. ). Pair and small group work.

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TeacherCast

JULY 11, 2015

Start by creating your first Sway today, using any browser on your PC, Mac, or tablet. Tammy has presented for CTA Good Teaching North (2014), Cap CUE (2014), all three California Subject Matters Project Conferences, Capitol Area Science Education Leaders, and several San Joaquin County Office of Education events.

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eSchool News

MAY 28, 2015

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. What happens when students break or lose their tablets? 2 pencils and lined paper. A training strategy.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 15, 2022

Your learners can access the eBooks on the device of their choice, be it a tablet, mobile, or PC, and have a smooth reading experience, without scrolling and zooming and even being able to change the font size to a more comfortable one. Digital Publishing / March 19, 2014. Digital Publishing / June 12, 2017.

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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 A tablet might not fully replace a desktop computer, but has it become a necessary tool in higher education?

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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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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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Marketplace K-12

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

While the rate of growth is lower than in 2014 and 2015—when the market was fueled by a national trend away from paper and pencil and toward online assessments —lower average selling prices and a replacement market for outdated devices continue to drive volume, according to a release issued by the consulting firm. percent in 2014.

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