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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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Hour of Code: How Students Can Build Their Own Apps

Ask a Tech Teacher

App Developer is listed as number three on ThinkAdvisor’s list of the best jobs of the future, with a projected growth of 57% through 2020 ( according to the BLS ). Wouldn’t you love to experiment with 5G on your smartphone or play with Samsung’s foldable phone? App Inventor. MS/HS; free. High School; fee.

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Want to Make Education More Innovative? Let’s Invest in R&D

Edsurge

It put that smartphone in your hand, that solar panel on your roof, and that COVID-19 vaccine in your arm. During the crises of 2020-21, we clearly saw that our education system needs to innovate to make it more equitable, agile, relevant and responsive. R&D is our nation’s engine of innovation.

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Popular Ebooks and Audiobooks Keep Students Reading All Summer Long

eSchool News

During the 2021 program, nearly 45,000 schools participated, a 59 percent increase from 2020’s program. Students can then borrow from the school’s digital collection and read on all major eReading devices, computers, tablets and smartphones with a valid student ID. For more information on the Sora Sweet Reads program, visit [link].

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Library in Your Pocket

The Daring Librarian

The Library in Your Pocket: Mobile Trends for Libraries View more presentations from Meredith Farkas. Information Wants To Be Free Website The above slideshare preso is from a talk for Western New York Library Resources Council’s "Gadgets and Gear: A Tech Gathering" - May 7, 2010 And it BLEW me AWAY! Mobile Libraries!

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Convert eBook to Audiobook instantly with KITABOO’s Advanced Automation Process

Kitaboo on EdTech

The more tech-savvy current generation prefers to read eBooks or books in the electronic format on their smartphones or dedicated readers. Readers can store a whole library of eBooks on their smart devices and read them in the comfort of their own space or while on the go. Digital Publishing / November 27, 2020.

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A Tiny Microbe Upends Decades of Learning

The Hechinger Report

on March 18, 2020. This disparity in home computer and internet access, dubbed the “homework gap,” was a slow-burning problem for most districts in the days when schools were in session and students could get online at libraries, after-school programs, coffee shops and other community gathering spots. on April 10, 2020.