Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). Tagged on: September 23, 2017 Lake Central again seeks state technology loan of $900k | NWI.com → Each school district is eligible to receive $100 per student as determined by the enrollment at the end of September. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 38 Edition). Tagged on: September 23, 2017 Lake Central again seeks state technology loan of $900k | NWI.com → Each school district is eligible to receive $100 per student as determined by the enrollment at the end of September. Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

While it can be hard to keep up with every trend in educational technology, the mindset you have when it comes to classroom tech matters just as much as which ones you use. So, why and how should you use technology in your classroom? What Is the Proper Role of Technology in the Classroom?

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 2, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 13 Edition). Tagged on: April 2, 2017 School IT Leaders Share Strategies on Defending Against DDoS Attacks | EdTech Magazine → This article claims students are primarily responsible for denial of service attacks on schools. Strong opinions may be weakly held. It is that bad.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 10, 2019

A Reboot Foundation report finds a negative tie between the use of tablets in school and fourth-grade reading scores. For younger school children, the study found a negative tie between the use of tablets in school and fourth-grade reading scores. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report. Weekly Update. Future of Learning.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Tagged on: September 16, 2017 A principal's 'extreme' experiment works in paying kids to unplug | Sentinel Source → Smith, principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 37 Edition). Tagged on: September 16, 2017 A principal's 'extreme' experiment works in paying kids to unplug | Sentinel Source → Smith, principal at the Washington Latin Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., Strong opinions may be weakly held.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? Digital devices, especially smartphones and tablets, have become an appendage for schools. What various techniques can be used?

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Neo LMS

MARCH 20, 2018

Mobile learning is generally defined as training or education conducted via a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet, generally connected to a wireless network such as GSM, G3 or Wifi. 7 PROs and CONs of m-learning in the classroom. This study found that in 2017, 71% of teens claimed to either own or have use of a smartphone.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new report from national education nonprofit Project Tomorrow says adding mobile devices to the classroom provides students with equity, empowerment and a better understanding of complex concepts. The efficacy of mobile devices for education has been hotly debated from classrooms to Congress. by Wendy McMahon.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 15, 2019

Throughout the 2017-18 school year, DLP coaches worked with teachers to help them tackle classroom challenges by brainstorming innovative, technology-based strategies and providing personalized classroom support to the teacher throughout the implementation process.

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Waterford

MARCH 11, 2021

How Digital Natives Process Information in the Classroom. Using Technology in the Classroom to Teach Digital Natives. Integrating technology into the classroom is a necessity.[1] 7 smart ways to use technology in classrooms.” September 2017. Technology in the classroom: steps toward a new vision.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

The technology I use in my classroom everyday? Topics include: Tools I use in my classroom every day. Check out Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen’s show on iPad apps for elementary classrooms. iKross Tripod with adapters for smartphones, tablets, GoPro, and DSLR Camera – [link]. Cool Classroom Tools.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 2, 2017

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

APRIL 5, 2017

April 5, 2017 1:1 Classrooms are teaching/learning environments where each learner has his/her own device be it a computer, laptop, or a tablet. The pedagogical strengths of 1:1 classrooms lies.read more.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

Wrangling technology can be maddening even in optimally designed classrooms. When she became the district’s first educational technology director in 2017, Briana Allen looked for a better solution. The Vivi solution River Grove installed last spring “has made a huge difference in those classrooms,” says Allen.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

It started with a push for desktop computers which soon expanded to iPads and the wonderful apps (like art programs) that made tablets essential tools. Today’s focus is to give every student a digital device, much as kids used to be provided tablets and pencils. The Tech-infused Classroom. No forgotten books.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

She is not alone, as educators around the United States get ready to start the 2017-18 school year, supplies—particularly technology—can cost classrooms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. This is a process.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

During a virtual reality session at TCEA 2017, three educators shared their experience using Google Expeditions with students. Next page: Virtual reality resources for educators; how 3 teachers use the technology in their classrooms).

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eSpark

APRIL 13, 2022

A recent study shows that the number of preschool classrooms using tablets doubled from 2013 to 2015, and research conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation indicates that “the adoption of personalized learning approaches has increased significantly in recent years due in part to rapid advances in technology platforms and digital content.”

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

The post The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2017 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The 2017 Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide has a little something for every educator on your list, and this list includes practical and affordable options as well as more expensive dream items. The Ultimate Teacher Gift Guide 2017! Social Leadia.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

December 4-10, 2017, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. No experience needed. Code Academy.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., which has 330 students, is not alone.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2019

He reads e-books and takes courses using a tablet computer. In 2017, the petite Texan arrived at the jail with an armada of plans and the energy to launch them. She purchased tablets to offer short-term learning opportunities to transient inmates. An APDS tablet, which students use to study, read e-books and watch TED Talks. /

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

So, even though incidents of bullying remained steady, in the 2016-2017 school year, there was a 3.5 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. Forty-two percent say it happens in classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

PleIQ is the perfect complement to high-quality classroom instruction—a hands-on, 21 st Century, augmented reality toy that appeals to all learning styles. We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

After all, textbooks are a must in classrooms. Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. The State appropriations per full-time student have fallen from an inflation-adjusted $8,489 in 2007 to $7,642 in 2017. Use Open Source eBooks.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

PleIQ is the perfect complement to high-quality classroom instruction—a hands-on, 21 st Century, augmented reality toy that appeals to all learning styles. We know that teachers are often asked to promote technology use in the classroom to prepare students for the digital world around them.

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Hansen's Link to Tech

MARCH 18, 2017

Since late Summer/early Fall Expeditions has been available for mobile devices/tablets (Android and iOS). Now anyone in or outside the classroom can take their audience on a virtual reality expedition around the world. Audience – Phones, Tablets (Android/iOS). Check out this video on running Expeditions with iPads.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Tools to use: Basic video editing apps on tablets or smartphones can work well for this. How to implement: After a classroom discussion on techniques to identify fake news , ask students to find examples online. 4 Ways to integrate media literacy in the classroom. So go ahead, shake up your instructional methods a bit.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 2, 2017

The Reality and Power of VR in the Classroom. Yet VR’s most exciting potential in the classroom needs to go beyond what Cathy Cheo-Issacs, an educational technology specialist at All Access Labs, calls “look-and-learn” experiences. Jesse Schell concurs.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Hear from a few of our team members on what they’ve explored about learning, microlearning, gamification, corporate challenges, and more in 2017. My biggest take away from working with L&D professionals throughout 2017 is that learning is a process and not an event yet most training organizations don’t know how to bridge that gap.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Many children are struggling with such essential skills like problem-solving, creative thinking and writing, and simple implementation of tablets and ebooks does little to address this problem. According to the Yale Center of Teaching and Learning research 2017 , using technology in the classroom appears to have both bright and dark sides.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

But engaging students through game-based learning (GBL) means little unless the games are easy to implement and effective where they matter most—in the classroom. Without this efficacy, games in the classroom are just entertainment, a replacement for worksheets and reading,” says Richard White, Science Department Chair at.

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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. But when kids and their devices return to classrooms, school bandwidth will again be in the spotlight. schools had high-speed broadband connections.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Metaverse is a powerful augmented reality (AR) programming app for classrooms. I first wrote about this app in December 2017 shortly after launch. They’ll see that first screen Immediately on their phone or tablet. All opinions are my own.

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