eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2015

Latest quarter reveals that Chromebooks took 51 percent of K-12 market sales. Chromebook sales have surged in the U.S. 6 reasons Chromebooks are the device of the moment ]. 6 reasons Chromebooks are the device of the moment ]. Chromebooks held 41 percent of sales in Canada, 9 percent in Finland, 9 percent in the U.K.,

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2016

CUE , a nonprofit professional development organization for education technology, chose Touchjet , the first company to create a touch projector with a standalone Android operating system and a recent finalist of the 2016 Edison Awards for innovation, to help bring interactive technology to classrooms around the U.S.

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eSchool News

MARCH 24, 2017

Chromebooks continued their steady growth in education, securing 58 percent of K-12 market share in 2016, according to a new report examining technology trends in the K-12 education market. The report from Futuresource Consulting notes that annual mobile PC shipments in the K-12 education market grew 18 percent year-on-year in 2016.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Google Classroom, which is a core app within G Suite for Education, is reminiscent of learning management systems like Schoology or Blackboard or Canvas—but is free for any educator and works on Chromebooks, iPads and other mobile devices. Updates and Upgrades: Apple Classroom officially hit the app store in March 2016.

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The Electric Educator

MAY 18, 2017

During the 2016 I/O conference we learned about Google Home, Android Apps for Chromebooks, and Google's VR initiatives. You can ready my review of the 2016 conference here. Google CEO Sundar Pichai believes we are moving from a "mobile first" world to an "AI first world."

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

The announcement of Android Apps coming to Chromebooks was one of the biggest announcements from Google in 2016. I have two Chromebooks that have had access to the Play store for quite a while (Asus Flip and Pixel). So far, the ability to use Android on Chrome has absolutely zero impact on my daily use of my Chromebook.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 8, 2016

Higher Ed: Samsung Galaxy TabPro S : The award winning TabPro S provides ultra mobility and the freedom of a Galaxy tablet with the productivity of a full windows device. Higher Ed: Samsung Galaxy TabPro S : The award winning TabPro S provides ultra mobility and the freedom of a Galaxy tablet with the productivity of a full windows device.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Updated: February 5, 2016. Classroom Mobile App for Android and iOS. Google Chrome Desktop Plugin lets you access another person’s Chromebook or Chrome browser from your teacher computer (or vice versa). 2016, January). Please share your lessons, resources, and tips at the bottom of this post in the comments.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. Her district of Garfield County has provided a computer to every student since 2016. While several slices of spectrum can carry mobile internet, the most promising for rural school districts is the one the FCC first reserved for educational television broadcasts in the 1960s.

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The Thinking Stick

JANUARY 13, 2016

Whether your students have Chromebooks or use Chrome as the default browser, understanding that Chrome is an operating system as much as it is a web browser is important. Here are my 10 must have Chrome extensions to start 2016: Diigo Web Collector. Here are my 10 must have Chrome extensions to start 2016: Diigo Web Collector.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 9, 2016

After seeding another 15 class sets of Chromebooks as 1:1 pilots in 2015, we are also preparing an overhaul of our giving strategy that we've just announced! This team, and our community, wouldn't be the same without their richly diverse skills and vision.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? Unless the worm turns globally, I’d expect planet MOOC to keep growing in 2016. That should extend into 2016. Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

I was excited about having options for instruction and learning more about mobile learning. Supporting instruction while learning about how mobile devices are best used in the classroom happened very quickly for me and I was constantly adapting and adopting new ideas.

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MindShift

JUNE 27, 2017

They sat logged into their school-provided Chromebooks studying exercise ideas from their sports coaches. “We don’t want the haves and have nots,” said Kristen Landis, the director of technology for the North Penn School District in Pennsylvania, which allows students to take home their Chromebooks. In 2016 alone, 12.6

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edWeb.net

MAY 22, 2019

Laptops, Chromebooks, iPads, and even cell phones are providing students with opportunities to access the internet for researching, communicating and social learning. With the influx of diverse and multimedia instruction technology software and 1:1 programs, students have access to technology both in and out of school settings.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2017

We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. Starting in 2016, Lynn supplied an iPad Pro to each undergraduate, seeing the new devices as replacements for laptops. In the Android world, the quality is not quite as strong.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

Acer has launched its new Acer Education Seed Program, which offers K-12 schools across the United States an opportunity to test either a cloud-based Acer TravelMate B117 notebook with Windows or an Acer C730E Chromebook with Chrome OS for free, with no risk, since there is no obligation to purchase. based K-12 schools can apply here.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 23, 2016

Below is a webinar that I gave on August 2, 2016, with Texthelp, the makers of Read & Write for Google and Fluency Tutor. Recorded Webinar from August 2, 2016). Email me at Kasey@ShakeUpLearning.com , or submit this PD request form to bring Shake Up Learning to your 2016 event. © Shake Up Learning 2016.

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 6, 2016

You can also use the keyboard shortcut: shift+command+N (Mac) , or shift+control+N (PC or Chromebook). By the way, incognito also works on mobile devices! © Shake Up Learning 2016. Choose “ new incognito window.” Go to the three dots menu near the top-right to open a new incognito window. You’re Doing it Wrong!

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Classroom Management in the Digital Age: Effective Practices for Technology-Rich Learning Spaces (2016) by Heather Dowd and Patrick Green Cross-posted from Learning Light Bulbs by Nate Gildart Get your own copy of Classroom Management in the Digital Age! as with iPad apps) Chromebooks and iPads are making this easier.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Epson announced the availability of the Epson iProjection™ App for Chromebooks , enabling students and teachers to wirelessly display content from Chromebooks on Epson BrightLink ® interactive projectors and most PowerLite® projectors. I wish I had this when I was a teacher! More info below: LONG BEACH, Calif.

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Marketplace K-12

JANUARY 22, 2016

In the United States, Chromebooks reached 50 percent share of U.S. mobile device shipments, hitting more than 5 million sold in the U.S. In 2015, 30 million personal computers and tablets were sold to K-12 globally, representing about 14 percent growth over the year before, Fisher said. market showed about 5 percent growth.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Even better, you can program it with your mobile devices. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. This device turns into a printer for your mobile phone via the mobile app. Learn more > www.lego.com/en-us/boost Photo Source 2. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2015

” Whether it be iPads, Chromebooks, Google Apps, or other mobile devices, we challenge participants in all of our workshops and conferences to think about how to truly transform student learning. Early Bird Registration is open now for our February 1-3, 2016 San Diego events!

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 22, 2016

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Rebecca Sadwick. For example, Google Chromebooks are sold for less than $200 and do not require the purchase of additional accessories like keyboards for iPads, which sell for $379 per device and $30-100 for keyboards. Many state laws require a keyboard to take standardized tests on devices.)

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

UPDATED on September 7, 2016) Going back to school is hard enough! Be sure you have installed Google Chrome on all of your desktops, laptops and mobile devices so you can seamlessly move from working on one device to the next. Mobile Devices. Extensions are not currently available on tablets or mobile devices.)

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The Electric Educator

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Works with ProjectFi Starts at $649 Pre-order starting 10/4/2016 Five Key Components of the Google Pixel 1. The best mobile camera available in any smartphone. 50+ partners will launch content to Daydream in 2016. That has been slowly changing over time, starting with the Chromebook. Highest camera rating on the market.

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MindShift

JULY 5, 2016

This Android app allows users to do science experiments with mobile phones. This only works on desktops, laptops and Chromebooks. Martinez has created a template of what this could look like and invites educators to copy her Google document and tinker with it for their own purposes. Google Science Journal. Google Cast. Google CS First.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The adaptive Apex Learning Tutorials for intervention, remediation, and preparation for high-stakes assessments were proven to improve students’ performance on the Tutorials from pretest to posttest by more than 50% and by an average of 23 to 26 percentile points during the 2016–2017 school year. announced the U.S. Spectrum Industries Inc.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

CDI COMPUTER DEALERS CHROMEBOOK TRADE-IN PROGRAM ( cdicomputers.com ) CDI Computer Dealers has launched a Chromebook Trade-In Program that provides a hassle-free, environmentally-friendly way for schools to dispose of their aging Chromebooks and obtain a free two-year premium extended warranty on the new ones purchased from CDI.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

To get a glimpse into what the next 12 months will hold for everything from professional development to digital learning, and from communication to virtual reality, 15 ed tech luminaries looked back on 2016 edtech trends to help predict what’s in store for 2017. Here’s what they said: 2016 was The Year of Video. And it has.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2021

From 2014 to 2016, Ebola ravaged several West African countries, killing thousands and spreading isolated cases to both Europe and the United States. “Remember,” Ross said to her class at one point, “all these numbers represent people.”. The partnership behind Operation Outbreak began with an international crisis and a star-struck 6-year-old.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) October 3, 2016. ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “The vice chancellor and principal of the University of the Witwatersrand , in Johannesburg, on Monday issued an unusual plea for help to ‘save the 2016 academic year.’” Investor Fred Wilson on “ Chromebooks in K–12.”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

But many students live in threadbare mobile homes and modest, low-slung dwellings on the edge of town. Extra money has allowed these wealthier districts to invest heavily in Chromebooks and iPads, state-of-the-art robotics programs, computerized blackboards, and high-end 3-D printers. It’s perhaps not surprising.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education

MAY 20, 2016

“The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. Here’s Edsurge’s “exclusive” on the news that Android apps will soon be able on Chromebooks.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 26, 2016

gjuweRd9kd — Charles River VC (@CRV) August 24, 2016. The Verge offers its “ Back to School Guide 2016 ,” which includes a $235 backpack and a $42 mug if you need an example of how woefully out-of-touch tech journalists can be. Other than "the little guy" getting screwed over, of course.). Bored with Pokemon Go ?

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