eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. The survey, released by Pearson and conducted on its behalf by Harris Poll, finds that while student ownership of mobile devices continues to increase, wi-fi connectivity at school lags behind home access.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 19, 2018

My electrical and computer engineering students from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, finally received exposure for their work on the PROGNOSIS project when they placed at the Microsoft Imagine Cup 2015 World Finals. It brought a wide range of open handling issues. The main one was data, or better yet, Big Data.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Nearly two-thirds of students use smartphones for homework, according to the Cambridge International Global Education Census Survey. Smartphones are sometimes a point of contention across the world. The survey includes feedback from 10,209 teachers and 9,397 students across the world.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Just to get things going, here’s a recap of 2015. First, mobile learning. Sure, there were lots of devices released in 2014 and the years before, but 2015 was the mobile age. It was the age where almost everyone owned a smartphone - whether it was Android, Apple or Windows Phone. So this is what happened in 2015.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2018

A 2015 study by Microsoft reported that, since the year 2000, the average attention span dropped from 12 seconds to eight seconds. Researchers theorize that a weaker attention span may be a side effect of the mobile revolution and an increasingly digitized lifestyle. More than half of children under the age of 12 have a smartphone.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Today’s youth are digital natives who are unaware of life without Internet access, instant communication, mobile phones and an abundance of on-demand information sitting in their pockets. Mobile devices have become a primary driver of teen Internet use: Fully 91% of teens go online from mobile devices at least occasionally.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

As more of our lives are consumed with digital technology—social media, texting and smartphones—is it any wonder that our children are growing up with electronic gadgets as companions? And, ownership of smartphones — mobile devices with an internet connection — has tripled in recent years among young people.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 16, 2015

Administrative Solutions Free Tools & Resources iPads and Other Tablet Devices iPhones and Smartphones Mobile Learning Resources app lets students know whats due free app for managing assignment due dates' [Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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Perry Hewitt

APRIL 10, 2015

New Pew research covers teens’ 2015 use of social media and technology. teens now has a smartphone, with predictable increase and shifts in mobile-accelerated social networking. How are messaging apps evolving as the smartphone becomes the new social platform ? For the optimists: Pre-order here. ).

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

million students who graduated this past spring Also good news is the fact that employers are estimated to hire about 5 percent more graduates from the class of 2016 than 2015. This is good news for the 1.9 Today’s colleges and universities recognize how to attract and retain students by offering superior services in all areas of campus life.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Back in her home state, Roden says what helped her company grow was legislation passed by Texas in 2015 requiring school districts and charter schools to implement family engagement plans to help schools involve families and improve family attitudes toward education. That ended up throwing gas on our little fire,” she says.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2015

Imakiku enables real-time voting, posting, and survey capabilities through the use of smartphones, tablets, or laptops. It is specifically optimized for these mobile devices. You can access a free trial until 12/31/2015 for general use. During the class students answer the questions with “one click”.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2015

Frank Smith Are you ISTE-bound? There's a lot to do between now and June 28. Here are a few tips to keep your ISTE experience on track.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

More than twice as many principals in 2017 said students in their schools were assigned some type of mobile device, like a laptop or tablet, than in 2015. Most high schoolers have a way to send an email from home, whether it’s from a smartphone or a family computer. Subscribe today! Their peers can fill in the gaps.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. On smartphones. It’s considered by pundits that the shift in access via smartphones has caused a mutation in content consumption away from only books and long-form reading. The Smartphone Take-over. consumers have a smartphone.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 11, 2015

It is web based and there are mobile apps available for iOS and Android. Both mobile apps are now available globally. People can now view pages on the go, create new pages, edit content and add images on their smartphones or tablets, making Samepage even more convenient. Take a look!

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 10, 2018

Released in 2015, The Samsung Gear VR is a mobile virtual reality headset developed by Samsung Electronics, in collaboration with Oculus, and manufactured by Samsung. The SDK’s VR View allows developers to embed VR content on the web as well as in their mobile apps. For more information, please visit: www.vive.com/uk/.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 10, 2016

If I am traveling, I only bring my smartphone and my Acer Flip Chromebook and am able to do everything I need to with them. My personal smartphone is an LG G4 running Android. My work smartphone is a Samsung Galaxy 7 which I use when traveling. I use it as a mobile hotspot for my Chromebook while traveling too.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

“Starting in 2015 through 2023, UEN’s partnership with Connected Nation has conducted these inventories in the fall every other year,” said UEN Senior Project Manager Cory Stokes. Other key findings include: Device-to-student ratio increased since 2015 but remain the same between the 2021 and 2023.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Previously a consultant and policy adviser to Michael Gove, the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of Education, Martin first explored growth opportunities for international education companies in Africa in 2015, after leaving his gig at Boston Consulting Group. Their capabilities are often described as a halfway between basic and smartphones.)

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eSchool News

JUNE 6, 2016

percent compared to 2015 volumes, according to a new International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker forecast. Now they find themselves in head-to-head competition with a slew of new manufacturers that have created their market off of smartphone and slate tablet growth. ”

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Perry Hewitt

JANUARY 20, 2015

I began 2015 with a few weeks off the grid in Vietnam and Cambodia. Internet at home remains costly — white collar professionals gain access through their offices, and rely on mobile. In Vietnam, one in three adults has a smartphone , compared to over 60% of adults in the United States.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Cardboard with a smartphone inserted. NASA mars scientists posted at 1:30 pm on 9/28/2015 just a few hours after it was announced that liquid water was found on MARS — that they would be answering questions on Reddit. How mobile technology in education is shaping the next generation of employees | Information Age.

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 20, 2015

Whoever your school or district uses to host and manage your website likely has been talking to you lately about the need to be “mobile first.” “Content has to be useable and readable on mobile.” “Content has to be useable and readable on mobile.” And so are we. Legible font size.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

based company’s first acquisition is SchoolMint , a San Francisco-based developer of a mobile and web-based platform to help parents and districts manage the school application and enrollment process. That company has purchased eight education companies since June 2015. The Miami Lakes, Fla.-based Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2019

With charter schools’ enrollment growing – the number of charter schools more than tripled from 2000 to 2015, according to the most recent data available from NCES – public, private, and charter schools find themselves competing for students. For many parents, the first impression of a school comes from its website.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 5, 2016

Several key points here, including the continued human migration towards mobile devices (ah, it’s good to be right, and to have been right since 2000). There’s a fascinating difference in how China and the United States shape mobile interfaces and mobile behaviors. And who will own that mesa? Good reflections here.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

An increasing number of people now prefer to access and read books on digital devices such as eReaders, computers, smartphones, and tablets. Digital Publishing / November 4, 2015. This makes publishing your book digitally an excellent way to increase your overall reach to a large audience. . REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. You May Also Like.

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NeverEndingSearch

APRIL 10, 2015

This week Pew Research Center released Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015 , a report that should have relevance to all of us who work with young people. Mobile phones. Unlike Pew’s previous surveys, which involved representative samples of teens interview by phone, this one was conducted online.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

In fact, from 2011 to 2015, government business intelligence company Onvia awarded $1,809,298 in 3D printer and supply contracts to 44 primary, secondary and higher education institutions and school districts across the United States.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

I n a world where smartphones are transforming into all-purpose devices, not surprisingly, an October 2015 Pew study found a sizable decline in e-book reader ownership. It’s possible that digital may not be the best container for all physical books.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 13, 2015

There was not one smartphone sitting on the table. Matt Renwick (@ReadByExample) October 13, 2015. What seems to be normal now is a family or a group at a restaurant or the kitchen table, with a fork in one hand and a mobile device in the other. They just wrote a check for the repairs.” Master conversationalists.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Evans noted that the high texting preference did not change based on demographics like community type, poverty level, or education level, and that 95% of the parents said they had some kind of smartphone. That did not change based on those demographics either. Join the Community.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The implementation of the flipped classroom suggests this model (Abeysekera & Dawson, 2015): To make this work in practice, you have to guide your students towards valid resources that will allow them to grasp the necessary information in advance of an upcoming lesson. Abeysekera, L., & Dawson, P. Bajrami, I. Zohar & Y.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For this reason, publishers usually opt for a content delivery platform that is compatible with multiple operating systems and on different devices- be it a smartphone, tablet, laptop or a desktop computer. How about a cloud-based content platform to create-publish-distribute interactive mobile-ready ebooks. Low Cost of Production.

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EmergingEdTech

DECEMBER 2, 2015

Rubric-Assessed Article Library Apps for Research Projects At App Ed Review, we’ve been thinking about research and the ways apps can be used to support students conducting research. We see research. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The implementation of the flipped classroom suggests this model (Abeysekera & Dawson, 2015): Use this context to advance learner soft skills. As far as I know, in most technologically developed countries, smartphones have become an extension of their hands. Abeysekera, L., & Dawson, P. Bajrami, I.

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