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7 Ways to Get Teens Reading in a Smartphone Culture

Edsurge

In it, Adams decries his students’ lack of interest in reading and places the blame squarely on smartphones. my smartphone. Adams is certainly correct that teenagers aren’t reading nearly as much these days; one 2016 study suggests a third of U.S. teenagers haven’t read a book for pleasure in the past year.

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Counting Down EdSurge’s Top Ten S’Cool Tools of 2016

Edsurge

Top ten films of 2016. And throughout the 2016 year alone, we’ve showcased over 300 edtech tools in our S’Cool Tools section. Certain tools get more clicks than others, and as we close this year, we felt it pertinent to bring you the most popular S’Cool Tools of 2016. Top ten books on the New York Times bestseller list.

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Power Up Your Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone. Had it not been for the smartphone their innovative apps might never have come to fruition or experienced immense scalability as they have. respectively by 2020.

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5 Ideas for Friday: Ideas for Teachers In and Out of School to Try Today

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Rio 2016 Olympics. The Rio 2016 Olympics kick off on August 5, 2016. Lots of resources are out there — at your local library, museum, art council or an online or face to face conference. (I 2 – Wander Through a Library (or Amazon free titles). When you help kids become safe, you save lives.

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5 Ideas for Friday: Ideas for Teachers In and Out of School to Try Today

The CoolCatTeacher

3 – Rio 2016 Olympics. The Rio 2016 Olympics kick off on August 5, 2016. Lots of resources are out there — at your local library, museum, art council or an online or face to face conference. (I 2 – Wander Through a Library (or Amazon free titles). When you help kids become safe, you save lives.

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Print or Digital Textbooks? What’s the Low-down?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Why lug around half a dozen heavy books in a backpack that too often is left behind on a sports field or at the library? While this isn’t true of many dedicated reading devices (like a Kindle), it is true of all reading apps adapted to Chromebooks, tablets, and smartphones. For example, Kindle books can’t be read on iBooks.

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8 Reasons to Create Interactive Textbooks for Engaging K-12 Students

Kitaboo on EdTech

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. Create a Digital Library. Education Technology / June 17, 2016. Low Cost of Production.

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