Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 4, 2024

These reflections are not just an academic exercise but a practical one, aimed at understanding and adapting to the evolving dynamics of education. Tablets, laptops, and Chromebooks have become as commonplace as notebooks, enabling students to access a vast reservoir of information and educational resources at their fingertips.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Math can be made accessible to all students using lessons that start at a low level and finish at a much higher level. Teachers can provide different kinds of math tasks on a monthly, weekly and daily basis for varied levels of challenges for their students, including those who struggle. Math Task: The Three-Act Task.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Math can be made accessible to all students using lessons that start at a low level and finish at a much higher level. Teachers can provide different kinds of math tasks on a monthly, weekly and daily basis for varied levels of challenges for their students, including those who struggle.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

” Most teachers include some form of the word “engagement” in their answers. So, it makes sense that teachers are frustrated when they feel like students are not engaging. The pandemic is presenting new barriers to student engagement, most obviously the lack of physical proximity.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Together, these three skills form the backbone of digital literacy, empowering individuals to engage responsibly, communicate effectively, and think critically in an increasingly digital and interconnected world. What are examples of digital literacy skills? What are the 5 examples of technology literacy?

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

In my 2014 book “ MOOCS Essentials ,” I reflected on each aspect of the residential learning process and how developers of massive open online courses were trying to replicate those experiences virtually, or come up with ways to keep students engaged without direct teacher-student interaction.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

For a new generation of educators, these pursuits have something in common: They’re all appropriate learning exercises that can take place in the school library. Makerspaces, or library media centers that encourage collaboration and support student invention, are on the rise across the United States.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2018

A tattoo writing exercise. By swapping a sage on the stage model in favor of a guide on the side approach in the classroom, these professors are helping students engage in their learning journey actively and responsibly—finding aha! YouTube videos for extra credit. Guidebooks to structure group work. Vocab riddles.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Some flexibility can help students feel rewarded after a long stretch of work. Examples could include encouraging the student to enjoy a break after an assignment or to change locations by studying outside on a nice day. Maintaining social skills is vital for students with special needs.[13] More than half of U.S.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

On that recent Friday, Myers led an activity in her multicultural literature class that would have been impossible two years ago when students had to stay seated in pods of color-coded desks. They’re in class wanting to engage with each other.” Myers has tried to prevent her students from getting discouraged by their learning gaps.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

One of the key elements of the curriculum-design approach known as Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is student engagement — creating opportunities for students to become engaged and stay motivated, to believe that what they’re learning is important, and to feel capable in their learning. Read the original version here.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Credit: Jackie Valley/The Christian Science Monitor Call it a reality check or an introduction to a critical life skill, this exercise occurred in a course called Advanced Algebra with Financial Applications. Related: Teachers conquering their math anxiety But do topics like high interest rates translate to higher interest among students?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. They need the power to exercise their skill sets. But that doesn’t mean everybody must do everything the exact same way.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2020

Furthermore, the study projected that this lack of learning could diminish students’ earning potential over their lifetimes and even reduce the U.S. This is an example of an institution creating an academic pathway in sync with student career pathways, and doing so in an engaging and innovative means.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students. When students completed a project, they created a summative piece tied to the curriculum.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

AI algorithms analyze students’ individual strengths, weaknesses, and learning styles to tailor educational content, pacing, and assessments accordingly. This personalized approach not only accommodates diverse learning needs but also maximizes student engagement and understanding. AI also expands access to education.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Students can watch video-based learning content , research external web links etc., But in the classroom, the instructor would guide them and engage in practical learning with experiments, group discussions etc. This method places emphasis on keeping students engaged in the classrooms. at home or anywhere they want.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Florida’s limited school choice program , for example, is called an “opportunity scholarship.”. But in describing the court ruling that disallowed state funds to be used for private schools, the same site continues, “Students … are no longer offered the opportunity to transfer and enroll in a participating private school.”

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MindShift

AUGUST 5, 2021

Such outside-the-head resources include the sensations and movements of students’ bodies; the physical spaces in which students learn and play; and the social interactions students engage in with others. Ask students to keep a field notebook , for example, in which they regularly record and review their observations.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Students gain valuable experience with the help of hands-on learning activities practiced extensively in STEM-based education. Easy to carry, easy to access, interactive and engaging, and so on. Say for example, a student needs more information about kinetic energy. And eBooks offer the necessary engagement.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. They need the power to exercise their skill sets. But that doesn’t mean everybody must do everything the exact same way.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Students can also get a more general sense of one another early on, which helps get the classroom community rolling. I say “semi-randomly” because I am intentional about seating for some students. Even if a student may not yet be ready to share their preferred name, normalizing it in this way sends a powerful message to ALL students.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 9, 2023

These metaverses have diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) benefits for students – for example, metaverse avatars can make classroom activities more accessible for students with mobility impairments. An important way to foster student creativity is to encourage students how to solve problems in creative ways.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Age levels, discipline and digital access also matter when deciding how to incorporate blended learning in the classroom. As a structure is established and the purpose is clear as to why personalized learning is necessary, educators should be evaluating the impact of the technology on the instructional goals and student learning.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Emergent technology can increase workflow efficiency for both teachers and students. For example, a paperless classroom takes time and energy to begin, but a teacher who makes over 100 copies a day might find themselves saving a significant amount of time if you consider the time it takes to stand by the copier over a year.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

In the late 1960s, Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon posed the following thought exercise: Imagine you are an alien from Mars visiting a college on Earth, and you spend a day observing how professors teach their students. The first is to hone and clearly scope out what students need to learn in any given situation.

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2022

In my role as school librarian, for example, it has affected everything from the library checkout schedule to my collaboration with teachers and even my direct interaction with students. Part of my role has always been supporting individual students, classes and teachers in making book choices—before, during and after the pandemic.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Age levels, discipline and digital access also matter when deciding how to incorporate blended learning in the classroom. As a structure is established and the purpose is clear as to why personalized learning is necessary, educators should be evaluating the impact of the technology on the instructional goals and student learning.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 15, 2021

One of the best ways to get started with teaching entrepreneurship is to let your students know where it could lead. Discuss some of the benefits of an MBA , for example: Growing a professional network. Some of the most notable include: Accessibility. Getting your students to work through those hurdles isn’t always easy.

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Educator Innovator

APRIL 9, 2015

It is tempting to assume based on the inspiring examples of movements like #BlackLivesMatter and the Dream Activists that young people are accessing that bridge and making connections between personal and political uses of technology—that new technologies are materials of imagination for all young people.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 11, 2011

link] THE ACCESSIBLE VIRTUAL CLASSROOM ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Tue 14 Jun 12:00PM New York / Tue 14 Jun 04:00PM GMT / Wed 15 Jun 02:00AM Sydney Gailene Nelson. Finally, we will hear from Blackboard Collaborate’s own Shannon Urban who will discuss effective instructional techniques of using accessible collaboration technologies.

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Lightspeed Systems

OCTOBER 20, 2023

As such, academic dishonesty—student “cheating,” for example—has always proven a pain in the arse for educators. With enabling technologies at the fingertips of students at every grade of the K-12 spectrum, there’s a tendency for some to consider cheating a byproduct of today’s Information Age.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So are most of the students taking the cultural competency quiz Professor John Branch gives out near the beginning of his MBA-level International Marketing class at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. The average student gets just two of the ten questions right. But failure is the whole point of the exercise.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Most don’t survive the first five minutes in front of my students but still I go through this preparatory exercise. With the rollout of Kiddom’s Planner, teachers now have a way to lay out basic lesson goals and modify the roadmap for small groups or individual students as needed. I don’t think so.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2023

Yet he thinks that philanthropy leaders are exercising more humility lately, including about education. Studies from DC + XQ found some of the city’s students reported being bored in class, as well as feeling unsure of why they were studying the assigned curriculum. For example, nearly half of D.C. For example, the D.C.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Brain Dumps recognize student’s understanding on a spectrum. For example, a student may be able to remember a key word, make a connection to the word with a drawing, give the meaning of the word, provide an example, or communicate a deeper understanding with a diagram, comparison, or chart. Classroom example: .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Scott Benson: I’ll give you three examples. We did it through empathy interviews with students and families, and that helped our school leaders develop empathy for the end user. We did this a lot, but one way was through an exercise we called “The Probable Versus the Possible.” How’d you do that? Google’s Moonshot Summit.

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