ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It can deliver greater immersive learning for students while also creating some new and exciting teaching opportunities. For educators, it is crucial to not only understand what the metaverse is and its uses within education but to also realize the benefits of immersive learning with the metaverse.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” Given that they are the first generation to grow up with access to personal computers, the descriptor seemed apt at the time. Related content: 10 findings about K-12 digital learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 20, 2020

There's a big giant access issue, both in terms of what happens when there’s no internet and then also what happens when you don’t have a device that can go on the internet,” says Beth Holland, the digital equity and rural project director at the Consortium for School Networking, an industry group for school tech directors.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2023

What is a Digital Learning Platform? Gone are the days when learning was restricted to the classroom, with the instructor being the primary source of knowledge. A digital learning platform can be a learning management system (LMS) or learning content management systems (LCMS).

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

Fortunately, the education sector had time to smooth out some of these wrinkles, especially with improved connectivity and advancing technology such as artificial intelligence (AI). is excited about the newest technologies and their impact on the learning experience. How else does Qualcomm address the digital divide among students?

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2024

Given that today’s students are digital natives , it makes sense for schools to invest in modern educational technology such as interactive whiteboards. After all, these students likely learned their ABCs and 123s using their parents’ smartphones or tablets. As of 2023, 92 percent of K-12 schools in the U.S.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 8, 2021

What are digital learning platforms? Gone are the days when learning was restricted to the classroom, with the instructor being the primary source of knowledge. A digital learning platform can be a learning management system (LMS) or learning content management systems (LCMS).

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

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. Powerful learning devices.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 29, 2022

As education goes online driven by the evolution in digital technologies and the COVID 19 pandemic, several companies are wooing the learners, academic institutions, and corporate houses with powerful tools to conduct online and blended learning programs. Benefits of KITABOO and Microsoft Immersive Reader Partnership.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

The educational sector has always been an ever-evolving landscape. New teaching approaches and student-centric programs are regularly implemented to enhance students’ learning experiences. Such transformations have reshaped the way learners engage with various educational curriculums and modules. Table of Contents I.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Digital tools are powering a new era of K-12 learning Still, challenges remain–among them, equity and access Stay up to date on the latest trends about learning in the digital age In today’s digital age, learning has gone through a profound transformation, reshaping traditional educational models.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Digital learning tools are the pen and paper of our time. Digital technology is the lens through which we are experiencing the world now. In typical classrooms, students learn from textbooks or lectures and then solve the problems given at the end of the chapter. It’s a great app for field trips. About the author.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Increasing digitization has changed the way educational institutions run today. There is a heightened focus on remote learning and online classes. While online learning brings many benefits to students and teachers alike, it also comes with higher cybersecurity threats. Critical Cyber Threats to the Education Sector.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. At the very dawn of digital education, Canada introduced one of the very first learning management systems, WebCT, a pivotal application, invented at the University of British Columbia in 1997. I’ve always thought of the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The need for digital learning content in classrooms is nothing new, but teachers, parents, and students are becoming more vocal in their desire to provide or have access to such materials outside of the school day or school year. Smartphones (28 percent). Interactive whiteboards (45 percent).

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

CASE Network 2 is a significant upgrade to the current CASE Network that provides access to K-12 learning standards in a digital format. The CASE Network serves a key function in the CASE ecosystem, providing a single access point for edtech suppliers to pull standards issued by agencies anywhere in the U.S.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

While it’s hard to know for sure how the schools of the future will look like and function, I think it’s safe to assume education technology will be omnipresent. Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. Why do kids love e-learning?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

Community providers, such as the University AME Zion Church (UAMEZ) in Palo Alto, California, understand that digital literacy development, like any learning, starts with building trust in the community and meeting learners where they are.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The school, in turn, cannot turn its back on this new reality, but must incorporate educational technology into pedagogical practices. During these years, the development of educational technological solutions has proved to be extremely efficient in supporting school management and the teaching-learning process.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills. Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones. Thanks to partners, these lessons are FREE for all K-12 schools and students.

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

After decades of working with educational technology, I’ve come to the realization that technology will have its greatest impact in the classroom when educators allow learners to use digital technology as a self-directed learning tool.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

smartphone and Wi-Fi adoption, which continues to grow unabated as evidenced in latest internet trends deck from renowned investor Mary Meeker. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2019

Well, they sure are cute, but what you need to really notice here is that they are already familiar with how to use a smartphone! Schools and universities understand the power of digital technology that kids find so appealing. Today there are many educational institutes that have incorporated etextbooks as part of their curriculum.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, QR codes have become ubiquitous, offering a quick and efficient way to access information, websites, and other resources. Its user-friendly interface and rapid scanning technology make it a practical tool for quick information access.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

We find no one with a professional knowledge in the laws of learning, or the techniques for applying them,” he wrote. And while many educators believe that word problems in math class are tougher for students to grasp than ones with mathematical notation, research shows that the opposite is true. But at a university? “We

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Education Superhighway

APRIL 8, 2020

As schools all around the country are closing due to COVID-19 and classrooms are moving online, many districts are scrambling to support their educators and students with distance learning. Lifeline partners will provide customers extra free data up to 5GB of data per month over the next two months. Mint Mobile (T-Mobile network).

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2021

As educators gain more experience with hybrid and fully remote learning models, they're optimizing classroom technology to meet their students' needs. With collaborative technology tools, teachers can facilitate synchronous classroom discussion and sharing, compensating for the socially-distanced setup of hybrid learning environments.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2019

They talk differently, play differently, communicate differently, and most importantly, they learn differently than previous generations. Many educators are observing that the students of today prefer to learn differently. Jukes, Schaaf and Mohan (2015) identified nine key learning attributes of the digital generations.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 15, 2021

Science education during COVID has challenged the best of teachers. But even during the crisis, they dug in, designing creative digital learning experiences, using technology for enhanced remote engagement, and leveraging local phenomena and investigations for students and their families to do at home. By Michele Israel.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Not everyone is sold on the idea that virtual reality technology could or should bring higher education into a future of avatars and holograms. But separate from that hype, virtual reality is already being used at colleges in ways that seem more mainstream, as a tool that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Using Digital Media in Your Teaching. It's a double-edged sword: Students and teachers have more access to digital media than ever before. Because so much instruction shifted online during the pandemic, many of us have become overly reliant on screens and digital media. Managing Smartphones in the Classroom.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Education is no exception. Educators are striving to transform learning environments to meet changing needs. It's a survey of K-12 students, parents, and educators. In 2015, more than 90% of district administrators said instructional tech is important to achieving their core mission of educating students.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

For Canvas, that meant focusing on backend engineering efforts to ensure that the site stayed up amid unprecedented traffic, and focusing on strengthening features such as videoconferencing integrations that would be used heavily during periods of remote learning. In all of these efforts, speed was paramount.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

All conversations start with why: Get all constituents involved from the beginning—even students and teachers—as to how the schools might adopt digital learning. Smartphones don’t equal home access: Students may have a phone, but that doesn’t mean they have home WiFi, unlimited data, or live in an area with a strong signal.

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