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MAY 13, 2020

You turn on the TV, open your laptop, or scroll through social media, and it appears that the world is constantly in a state of turmoil. Child mortality has fallen by more than half since 1990, violent crime has decreased by 74% in the past 25 years, and life spans have increased by more than six years between 1990 and 2016.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 20, 2017

K-12 Cyber Incident Map: 8 School Districts Have Experienced Multiple Cyber Incidents Since 2016 , which reports on a trend that I’ve seen in tracking K-12 cyber incident reports: school districts suffering repeat cyber incidents, even in the short time I’ve been tracking the issue (since the start of 2016).

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 16, 2016

The top story this week is a post that responds to a story about an uninformed school headmaster who mistakenly attributes his school’s success to the fact that he banned laptops. After that is a post that debunks several myths about the negative effects of social media on our brains. Apr 3, 2016, 5206 Everybody Panic!

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 23, 2016

For the second week, the top story is a post that responds to a story about an uninformed school headmaster who mistakenly attributes his school’s success to the fact that he banned laptops. After that is a post that debunks several myths about the negative effects of social media on our brains. 8 Lessons for The Uninformed.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 9, 2016

Next up is a post that responds to a story about an uninformed school headmaster who mistakenly attributes his school’s success to the fact that he banned laptops. Mar 13, 2016, 4143 Is #EdTech Really A Waste? Apr 3, 2016, 3888 Collaboration, Tools, and Add-Ons. Apr 3, 2016, 3888 Collaboration, Tools, and Add-Ons.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 30, 2016

It responds to a story explaining why an uninformed school headmaster is wrong when he mistakenly attributes his school’s success to the fact that he banned laptops. DM9oWCDUqh — Angela Maiers (@AngelaMaiers) April 19, 2016 For the first time at the top is a post that was also at the top of my Twitter feed. Apr 14, 2016, 3219

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Adam Welcome

MAY 22, 2016

How many schools are helping to support kids with social media strategy? You don't need a college degree to operate a drone, run a social media strategy or even vlog. Jessica is a 2016 NAESP/VINCI Digital Leader of Early Learning and an awesome person to connect with.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. As we took notes on our $2000 laptops, those stats seemed too far off. Students are stressed out.

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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. The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016.

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Hack Education

APRIL 30, 2020

It's also an deeply uncomfortable time to be an American with any sort of subject matter expertise — it has been since well before the 2016 election, but particularly since then. They require a student show photo identification to their laptop camera before the test begins. Who's cheating the time-clock, that is.

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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. Technology has become an integral element in our students’ educational journey. states such as California and Utah have proposed banned cell phone legislation.

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). According to the ECAR 2016 Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology , 96% of undergraduate students now own a smartphone. Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. Tumblr ) for peer review or assessment of learning.

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 9, 2018

This can be as simple taking your laptop or device to a classroom and answering emails, or filling out documents that might be needed later. Respond to people on social media via school or district hashtags. Get into classrooms and schools as much as possible. Tap into them and give them opportunities to share their expertise.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2017

They also understand that Chromebooks last as long and are as sturdy as traditional laptops and despite the myth, they realize, just like laptops, you don’t need the internet to access your core suite of tools. When we block social networks, can we be surprised when students don’t use them responsibly?

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Fractus Learning

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

In my own school there is a significant change underway as we abandon our four-year iPad program for a return to students using laptops. Social Media and Mobile Devices. There is no doubting that students love their devices and social media in all its forms. The Soul Sucking Screens – Antoine Geiger.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Brook Avenue Elementary School in Waco, Texas has been in the papers before, but not for shiny new laptops or flexible classrooms. Pedrotti took over as principal of Brook Avenue Elementary School in January of 2016, and Torres joined her that April. BrAveLearns pic.twitter.com/O5co6gC4Ni. Jessica Torres.

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Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

These highly confident teachers also believe that their students are significantly better prepared to use technology for everything from independent research to collaboration on schoolwork via social media.

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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

Early development of motor skills – as utilized in motor coordination, executive function and visuospatial skills – are necessary for future academic achievement, according to a 2016 report. . Writing Means Reading and Listening.

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RafranzDavis.com

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Last week, one of our teachers excitedly shared that she found some old laptops in the building and was determined to clean them up in order to give her students immediate 1:1 access. 1 won’t turn into January 2016. I watched as the tweets went by and felt her excitement as she shared what this access meant for her students.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Follow Us on Social Media. Laptops/desktops Chromebooks iPads Unsure/any of the above. principal Library media specialist Tech director Consultant Other. ” – Stacy Menifee. © Shake Up Learning 2016. We will also have interviews with innovative and inspiring teachers. Follow @GTeacherTribe on Twitter. First Name *.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 12, 2017

Traditionally, multiple health and child development establishments have been advising parents to avoid exposing their children to screens and media tools such as TV, video games, computer, video, smartphones and touchscreen tablets to name a few. Ask for help: Encourage use of age appropriate use of media.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. My guess is it will go to 5 hours plus.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 13, 2018

To detect and ultimately thwart the cyber criminals, who are masquerading as legitimate business owners, the Throckmortons must solve a series of increasingly difficult challenges beginning with figuring out how to log into one of the gang member’s social media accounts by cracking a password reset form.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is the author of the 2016 book Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids. However, Griffin came home to a reality where he still needed a laptop for high school and still used a smartphone to connect with friends. Then, there is a group of mostly girls who misuse and overuse social media.

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The Principal of Change

MARCH 8, 2016

Working with a group of administrators in a workshop, the participants seemed to be evenly split into districts that were either “1 to 1” (1 laptop/tablet per students) and those that weren’t. November 25, 2015 Would you tweet that?

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

Going forward, Choudhury said he and his staff will carefully monitor the enrollment process and promote the schools in neighborhoods with uneven access to internet, social media and other information platforms, going door to door if they have to. million donation from H-E-B in 2016. But all that giving has come at a price.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Platforms provide the substructure for the “gig economy” and the “sharing economy”; they’re the economic engine of social media; they’re the architecture of the “attention economy” and the inspiration for claims about the “end of ownership.” But there are trade-offs.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Students can play games, watch stupid videos, browse inappropriate websites, spend time on social media, or catch up on the latest episodes of their favorite series. A version of this post was originally published on eLearning Industry on September 9, 2016.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

billion smartphones worldwide as of 2016 – a number that is expected to climb to 2.5 Where they’re located, or whether a desktop or laptop computer is around, is now irrelevant. Remember that as of 2018, there are 3.196 billion people using various forms of social media on Earth. More than that, there were 2.1

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

Students at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, Arizona, spend a portion of their school day working on laptops. They see kids devouring video games and living on social media and find it obvious that they would also like educational technology. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. MESA, Ariz.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. Tagged on: March 18, 2017 G Suite for Education Now Open for Personal Google Accounts, Outside Domains | Campus Technology → Raises privacy questions. That's a lot of computers.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 23, 2016

This post from NPR titled, “Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away”, was shared multiple times on social media, and I shared it was well. Reading this piece Via @NPR – Attention Students: Put Your Laptops Away https://t.co/s8KHExBDE4. George Couros (@gcouros) April 17, 2016. s8KHExBDE4.

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MindShift

MAY 29, 2019

Dr. Nicholas Kardaras is the author of the 2016 book Glow Kids: How Screen Addiction Is Hijacking Our Kids. However, Griffin came home to a reality where he still needed a laptop for high school and still used a smartphone to connect with friends. Then there is a group of mostly girls who misuse and overuse social media.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 30, 2020

She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media. Some have not signed in for a single remote class, and many have not picked up the laptops and hotspots offered by Terra Linda. In November 2016, after 10 years at the school, she learned that her contract would not be renewed.

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MindShift

MAY 1, 2020

She and her colleagues hope to reach every senior by email, phone or social media. Some have not signed in for a single remote class, and many have not picked up the laptops and hotspots offered by Terra Linda. In November 2016, after 10 years at the school, she learned that her contract would not be renewed.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 25, 2018

Using social media successfully in 2018 means more than checking your Facebook page or scrolling through Twitter occasionally. It is possible, with intention, to create a social media presence that is effective—for both you and your audience—whether that’s friends, colleagues or peers around the globe.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 25, 2015

What can we expect from the digital world in 2016? So, following up from Tuesday’s education and contexts post , here are some tech trends to watch in 2016. Does anyone see a ceasefire coming up in 2016? The laptop and desktop worlds struggle. Predicting tech trends is a fun but fairly doomed enterprise.

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