EdTech Magazine

MAY 14, 2020

By using smartphones as VR displays, immersive technology has become more affordable and accessible, according to a recent study published in the Education and Information Technologies journal. For many schools, these mobile device–based solutions are a cost-effective option for providing similar immersive experiences.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2023

At the time, nearly 16 million students in the United States lacked home internet access, according to a widely cited report from Common Sense Media. Despite incremental progress made to narrow the digital divide, students’ success today hinges on having access to a connected device and high-speed internet in the classroom and at home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

If you're doing collaborative projects and design in your classroom, you'll get practical ideas for how you can modify your projects to encourage collaboration and real-world learning. Master strongly believes that since we don't know what jobs are going to be available 10 years from now, we have to teach kids how to create their own.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2019

Keep Accessibility in Mind for Modern Learning Environments. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how teachers can use physical classroom arrangements to direct classroom engagement. One way to increase the accessibility of classrooms is to remove any unnecessary distractions. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 06/11/2019 - 11:38.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2023

Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). These aren’t print–these are digital, on an iPad, a desktop, or a mobile device.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

With most schools, restaurants, coffee shops, and public libraries closed, students have lost much of their access to public wifi. Work with local businesses and partners to create wifi hotspots where students can safely access wifi while maintaining social distancing protocols.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2020

On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , I run a column called Dear Otto where I answer teacher questions about how to integrate technology into their classes. Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 4, 2020

However, what they fail to mention is that the study’s authors have also found after analyzing the data, which is: these findings do not discount the possibility that mobile phones could be a useful learning tool if their use is properly structured. The solution: teaching students how to use technology. Managing devices.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 2, 2019

How to Gamify Professional Development. While traditional professional development is important — in-person and group education — today’s teachers need access to fast approaching and more relevant opportunities that cater to their personal goals. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 01/02/2019 - 10:20.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The post How to Access Files Offline in Google Drive appeared first on Shake Up Learning. So I’m going to show you how to access files in Google Drive using the Google Docs offline extension. It is also a great tool for students and teachers with limited or no Internet access at home. Click To Tweet.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 1, 2024

Turning off SafeSearch on Google is pretty straightforward, both on desktop and mobile devices. This feature is there to filter out explicit content from your search results, but sometimes you might need access to unfiltered information for your research or other purposes. Here, you’ll see the option to turn SafeSearch off.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2020

One of the key lessons learned in the shift to remote learning this spring was the need to make online instruction easily accessible to everyone.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The post Customize Google Classroom Notifications on Mobile appeared first on Shake Up Learning. If you use Google Classroom, you should also install the mobile app on you phone (iOS and Android). Watch the video below to learn how. Customize Google Classroom Notifications on Mobile. Click To Tweet. See: Copyright Policy.

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The Web20Classroom

AUGUST 27, 2017

For others we need to differentiate and make the content more accessible to accommodate for a disability. As classrooms and digital spaces become more ubiquitous educators must understand how the content they create and put in these online spaces must be made accessible for all. is accessibility. Forget it you might say.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

But how do we protect learners while they are working online? Let’s take a look at how to safeguard students and block websites in K-12 schools. Under CIPA, schools must: block websites or filter learners’ internet access to inappropriate and harmful pictures. How to manually block URLs . URL filtering.

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Neo LMS

JULY 12, 2018

A counterpoint to these figures, is also the finding that 70% of teachers assign homework requiring broadband access. 4 Examples of the best digital access initiatives. Mobile Beacon. Between September 2016 and May 2017 the program donated 1,600 computers and 870 4G mobile hotspots to low-income families in Denver, Colorado.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Mobile learning provides enhanced collaboration among learners, access to information, and a deeper contextualization of learning. Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Research by Cristol and Gimbert (2013) found that students utilizing mobile learning devices scored, on average, 52.34

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizeable portion of this academic scholarship is locked behind paywalls thus restricting its access to those who can afford to pay. Several researchers and students are unable to afford the high costs required for access thus crippling their efforts to participate in the generation of quality knowledge.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 20, 2018

How to Embrace Unconventional Classroom Designs. GPAEA and its partner schools incorporate these three design tenets for modern learning spaces: The classroom furniture must be mobile and flexible. Each collaborative area must have access to a digital display. jena.passut_7651. Fri, 04/20/2018 - 15:10. Content Subtype.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Q&A: Leila Nuland on How to Build Equitable Computer Science Curricula. While some teachers have already started to come up with creative ways to inject computer science into their programs, others may still be lost on how to introduce the concepts into the classroom. . There are enough challenges with equitable access.

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Hapara

APRIL 11, 2023

The best web filter should promote digital citizenship According to ISTE , digital citizenship helps students understand how to use the internet in positive ways. But it will also allow educators and learners to have conversations about digital citizenship and how to make safe choices online. Learning shouldn’t be confined to campus.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The post Chromebook Accessibility Tools for ALL Learners – SULS0204 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m chatting with Pam Hubler, a valued Shake Up Learning team member , about Chromebook accessibility tools for all learners. Pam also shares her Chromebook Accessibility presentation (embedded below).

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

Q&A: Tarah Luster Explains How to Teach K–12 Students Digital Responsibility. With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 05/17/2019 - 10:40.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2020

Against a backdrop of magenta balloons, lights, and t-shirts, the 30 winning teams of the 2019 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge descended on T-Mobile's headquarters in Bellevue, WA. Anthony Price (standing, left) and Jesse Ferguson (standing, right) participate in a mentorship session pitching their program to T-Mobile leaders.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2020

Although research for the new report was largely conducted before the spread of COVID-19, its authors note that the pandemic will likely make learners even “more mobile, moving in and out of formal education as their job, health, and family situations change.” the fact that not everyone can access digital technology.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

With no guaranteed end in sight, we need Congress to take swift and decisive action to empower the federal E-rate funding program to support off-campus learning devices and connectivity, delivered via secure internet access. Along with the rest of society, K-12 students are facing a new challenge. We estimate that $5.25 The time is now.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2023

Key points: A new grant will fund research around increasing the academic engagement of students with special needs Teachers will benefit from insights into how to best support students with unique needs who also wish to be independent See related article: What matters most for our special education teachers?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

How do you create one in your class or school? The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Some disabilities include blindness, deafness, dyslexia, and autism.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2019

GEAR UP NC VR is a mobile app that places the college tour experience in the palm of a student's hand. GEAR UP schools are given resources to help their students succeed in classes, ensure that their students graduate and, of course, provide their students access to college information. Building a mobile app takes time.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2021

Then, the government brought in four economists who had been talking to each other for years about how to fix Brazil's inflation problem.” In recent years, I have found that all students have access to a cell phone and are able to use an already-installed podcast app, or download one to use to listen to a podcast during class.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact , currently being reviewed and considered by many states, would empower teachers to move from state to state and teach kids wherever they go. It would keep military spouses, one of the most mobile yet committed groups of educators, in the classroom no matter where they move.

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Digital Promise

JULY 13, 2016

The market for mobile education technology is vast and, more important, mostly untapped. But for the “digital promise” of new learning technologies to be made real for those in need of basic skills, mobile instruction must be designed for their real lives and learning needs. The Promise of Mobile.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

As we discovered in the spring, some families still lack the devices or broadband connectivity they need for remote learning, despite mobile computing being a ubiquitous facet of our lives. That sad reality had school districts scrambling to provide devices and broadband access to students when the pandemic originally closed schools.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. Here are exactly 10 BYOD concerns, and some corresponding suggestions on how to overcome them. It’s really happening.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

To address these different learning levels, RIFLI uses the Northstar Digital Literacy assessment exam as the basis for a curriculum that teaches how to use a computer to using Microsoft Excel and Word as well as social media, specifically Facebook. But lending the tablets is only part of the access puzzle. As a result, Ms. ”'

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