A Principal's Reflections

MAY 8, 2016

It all began around 2003 when the smartphone wars started with Blackberry, but was quickly taken over by the Apple iPhone in 2007. Technology now allows for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone. Everyone has access to the same free video, picture, and text tools to become the storyteller-in-chief.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

widely accessible VR is a chance to dramatically scale experiential learning.". Google reports that the app is available today for Android, and will be available for iPhones and iPads later this year. Curious about virtual reality? Frustrated with how limiting your classroom projector is? Read below.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Khan Academy provides personalized learning for students at their pace and is an excellent flipped classroom tool for teachers to identify their students’ strengths and needs. Giving students technology access is vital for flipped classrooms but also enhances the learning experience in a class. Khan Academy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

We offer over 300 professional learning courses that you can take anywhere, anytime. And because you can access them with your mobile devices—your phone, your tablet, your laptop—there’s a pervasiveness in the way you get to your courses. I joke that we do macro and micro personalization. The iPhone in your pocket.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Available in English and Spanish and on Android, iPad, and iPhone devices, your kid may have found their new favorite bedtime routine. Students will not get bored with multiple games, themes, and over 350 math skills to be learned. The tool offers three challenge levels, Wee Ones, Little Kids, and Big Kids.

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The Principal of Change

APRIL 11, 2017

My iPhone is a computer, and it’s natural to take notes on it. I have seen many younger educators bring pen and paper to a meeting while the veterans have access to technology. Whatever the case, we shouldn’t make assumptions about how other people learn because it looks different from us. I’m a digital native.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Created by experts in education, it has 10,000+ engaging learning activities for children at all academic levels. Over time, the app makes personalized recommendations based on your kids’ reading level and interests, while badges and rewards keep them motivated.

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techlearning

JULY 20, 2018

I wish it had access to Google’s content though. You can access Youtube 360 through the Gos browser, but getting there takes just way to many steps. Hardware wise it's certainly the most accessible option, and it could be one of the best options for schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

She hopes to one day own an iPhone 21, “with 21 cameras on it,” but for now she’s OK not having a phone at all. The coronavirus has affected the lives of these children since third grade – Prince William just returned to full-time, in-person learning this school year – but the fifth graders don’t like to imagine the pandemic in their future.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 2, 2015

Not only can strangers steal your signal for unlawful activities, but they can creep in and gain access to your personal documents and information, which can lead to identity theft. Build And Manage Your Network Having a Personal Learning Network is essential to stay in tune with the trends and what''s going on in our profession.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. There are so many ways that kids can creatively show you their learning in a timely and efficient manner, and ways teachers can conduct assessments that take away the testing anxiety that plagues so many kids. So why not use it.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

To supplement in-person support offered during class and lunch periods, I published a simple Google site to house my lessons, assessments, and other resources. If students missed class or needed additional help, they could go to my website and access the day’s lesson as well as videos and digital exercises from YouTube and Khan Academy.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. " Tagged on: April 21, 2017 Schoolhouse Data Breach | MacKeeper → Schoolzilla, a student data warehousing platform, made the all-too-common mistake of configuring their cloud storage for public access.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 23, 2017

The pace of additions should be concerning to anyone who cares about personalized learning and/or student data privacy. " Tagged on: April 21, 2017 Schoolhouse Data Breach | MacKeeper → Schoolzilla, a student data warehousing platform, made the all-too-common mistake of configuring their cloud storage for public access.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Consider this: Bill Gates has poured billions of dollars into what he calls the “future of learning” - and Mark Zuckerberg just announced a new $50M ed-tech investment. Both with a big push towards personalized learning. users, to be exact. The company was named a Top Workplace by the Bay Area News Group.

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Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Sometimes teachers unintentionally set kids up for failure by making assumptions about the prior knowledge and experience they bring into the classroom like presuming that all students grow up in a home with conversation about the political climate in our country, or that they’re all born digital natives with an iPhone in hand.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

” The phone was not a Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which have been recalled because of battery explosions, but an iPhone 6 Plus. 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.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 18, 2018

“Personalized learning,” for example, is arguably thousands of years old, and we can date the idea of individualizing education by using machines back to the 1920s. I spent a week there in the Harvard University Archives, snapping photos of letters with my iPhone, and I barely scratched the surface.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 27, 2022

They can also access the content on their iPads, mobile phones, and tablets. . Both teachers and students can access all their assignments on an assignment page, along with the class materials, such as documents and videos. Google Classroom integrated with KITABOO takes online learning to the next level.

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Hack Education

JANUARY 12, 2018

Via Education Week : “ Trump Signs Orders on Rural Broadband Access.” Via The New York Times : “ Apple Investors Warn iPhones and Other Technology May Be Hurting Children.” Subscription boxes for teachers are somehow “ personalized learning.” The power went out. Perfect, really.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Department of Veterans Affairs this week backed Ashford University ‘s attempt to shift its state-based eligibility for veterans’ benefits from Iowa to Arizona , likely preserving the for-profit university’s access to Post–9/11 GI Bill and active-duty military tuition benefits.” Upgrades and Downgrades.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 20, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “The Makings (and Misgivings) of a Statewide Effort to Personalize Learning in Massachusetts.” ” Because I can’t tell you how many times I have needed to prove I have a college degree but I didn’t have a digital copy of my diploma on my iPhone. Paul School Lunch Debt.”

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