Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

This facet of modern education transcends the traditional use of textbooks and blackboards, weaving digital tools seamlessly into the learning process (NETP, 2017)). Smartboards, for instance, have transformed the way lessons are presented, offering interactive and dynamic content that can cater to various learning styles.

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MindShift

AUGUST 17, 2018

This story about personalized learning was produced by The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. In response, they launched an experimental Personalized Learning Academy for 150 juniors and seniors deemed at risk of dropping out.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 11, 2017

Five years into a massive transition to a personalized learning model, Educators at Fulton County School District in Georgia are scratching their heads wondering where they went wrong. Through a special-purpose local option sales tax , the district hoped to raise over $200 million to add 65,000 devices in schools by 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Cross-posted from edscoop.com EdTechTeam and CDI Computer Dealers have joined up to provide the Google-powered laptops along with workshops for educators. The partnership between CDI and EdTechTeam aims to create value for schools, provide affordable teaching resources and add momentum to the personalized learning approach.

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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. However, school leaders Sarah Pedrotti and Jessica Torres are on a mission to flip the failure narrative and rebrand their school by motivating their teachers through personalized professional development.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

According to Futuresource Consulting, a market research firm, in the third quarter of 2017, Google’s Chromebooks captured 59.8 The announcement reads like a laundry list of new laptop offerings, upgrades to existing software and plans for “sparking creativity” with STEM. When it comes to the market for U.S. percent share.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2018

The theme was personalized learning and heading into the conference I anticipated gaining a broader view of technology products promising to provide adaptive learning experiences for all students. The EdSurge Fusion conference back in October surfaced some unexpected “aha” moments for me.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Working with a school that is moving towards classroom laptop carts, Monica enjoys sharing Lumio since every student doesn’t need a device to make lessons engaging. Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. a $7000 grant for Farm2Table: A Service Learning Project in 2017.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

There’s also little evidence that personalized learning improves student learning, in part because so many different approaches are used. Related: What lessons does special education hold for personalized learning? Graduation rates rose from 69 percent in 2010-11 to 90 percent in 2017-18.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The end product is an August 2017 working paper, “ Education Technology: An Evidence-Based Review ,” published by the National Bureau of Economic Research with clear tables on which technology improves learning and which doesn’t. Computers and internet access alone don’t boost learning.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2017

José Pinales, a 2017 graduate, credits the school’s band program with getting him off the streets and keeping him out of trouble. Ferneidi Pina Baez, a 2017 graduate, counts that as her favorite project of the year. José Pinales, 2017 graduate, Margarita Muñiz Academy. He said he turned himself around during his junior year.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2018

It’s too soon to know how well the free pilot program mixing online and in-person learning will work, but one thing is clear: Without it, said Holmes County Superintendent Angel Meeks, AP physics in this rural Mississippi district “would not exist.”. In 2017, the average score on all AP exams in Mississippi was a 2.2,

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Doug Levin (@douglevin) March 17, 2017. Otherwise, here’s what caught my eye the week of March 13, 2017 – news, tools, and reports about education, public policy, technology, and innovation – including a little bit about why. A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 11 Edition).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

But based on initial data from a much smaller pilot in Long Beach, California, in 2017-18 and another in 33 tiny Idaho districts in 2013-14, he was optimistic. . “It’s not like you can just drop the tool in and the flowers will bloom and the birds will chirp,” he said.

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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. Summit Learning’s personalized learning program is a key part of the school’s improvement efforts. Personalized learning is one of the most popular goals in schools today. MESA, Ariz.

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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. But true multitasking is a myth.

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MindShift

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

In his 2017 book Platform Capitalism , Nick Srnicek posits that platforms are poised to become the fundamental business model of our digital world – key to the new economy, clearly, but also key to political and social systems (and what these will become under the control of these powerful technology companies).

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MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

It’s too soon to know how well the free pilot program mixing online and in-person learning will work, but one thing is clear: Without it, said Holmes County Superintendent Angel Meeks, AP physics in this rural Mississippi district “would not exist.”. In 2017, the average score on all AP exams statewide was a 2.2, nationwide.

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myViewBoard

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This flexibility is arguably the single most attractive feature of the hybrid approach, allowing you to learn remotely or in the classroom, based on your own preferences, as well as external factors. In most cases, you are going to require a laptop, which will be used when you are in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

New Rochelle teacher Rose has no idea if lack of internet or laptops are the reasons some of her students haven’t gotten in touch, although she suspects that’s sometimes the case. On Monday, Rose learned the student’s father had died. “I think some of them are watching a lot of TV,” she said.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

In January 2017, the Department of Education issued guidance informing local education officials about the need to produce public “report cards,” with data about student achievement, graduation rates and other indicators in concise “language that parents can understand.” percent of households lack a desktop or laptop, and just 10.3

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

Currently, students are recommended for involuntary virtual learning by the principal, she said, and these placements are tracked aggregately along with suspensions, which makes identifying the particular impact of virtualization difficult. In the meantime, Crawford said, the boys were provided with laptops and Google Classroom access.

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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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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Sitting in front of a laptop, Chris Pozo, a sixth-grade student at Truesdell Education Campus in Washington D.C., Like every other student using the Summit Learning platform, Pozo must start each class by setting his goals before doing activities. Summit officials say more than $20 million was invested into the tool in 2017 alone.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 25, 2022

With a single sign-in, you can access both Moodle LMS and KITABOO on your mobile, laptop, or any other reading device. . Benefit from blended learning: Both KITABOO and Moodle enable a blended approach to education. Digital Publishing / May 23, 2017. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE. You May Also Like. Digital Publishing / March 23, 2021.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

While the authors of the 2017 National Educational Technology Plan recommended that, “every new teacher should be prepared to model how to select and use the most appropriate apps and tools to support learning and evaluate these tools against basic privacy and security standards,” this has not come to fruition.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

Teachers project lesson plans onto interactive screens, and little hands reach for black Chromebook laptops, which are stacked like cafeteria trays in a large box called a Chromecart. Future of Learning. Mississippi Learning. Yet, inside Isaac Paine, tech abounds. It looks unlike any school I ever attended. Weekly Update.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

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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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2018

One recent spring afternoon, about a dozen Northern Cass students working on laptops made themselves comfortable in a large classroom with mobile furniture, beanbag pillows and a plush blue couch. Northern Cass’s reforms rely on North Dakota’s 2017 decision to let districts apply for waivers from requirements such as hours of instruction.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 27, 2020

With Dr. Miyashiro’s leadership, Cajon Valley has achieved success with blended and personalized learning where all teachers and students have 24/7 access to their own district-issued laptop, internet connectivity, and digital ecosystem of robust resources and creativity tools. Join the Community.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Technology can help educators to tailor the learning experience for individual students, help weak kids master core skills and enable students to learn at their own pace. Digital learning materials offer the potential to personalize learning for effective learning. Education Technology / June 2, 2017.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

million laptops to all public primary schools. In other Salesforce news, “The University of Texas System teams up with Salesforce to turn its learning platform into a learning relationship management system ,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Now it’s giving away flash drives for positive online reviews.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Barbara founded Personalize Learning, LLC in 2012 with Kathleen McClaskey who she co-authored two books on personalized learning: Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. In 2017, she visited schools in New Zealand and learned how much our stories matter.

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