Digital Promise

JANUARY 8, 2019

Gaps also exist between high-performing and low-performing public schools based on differences in access to funding and resources, community engagement and commitment, and the ability and willingness of district and school leaders to embrace innovation and try new strategies. school and library to the internet.

Digital Learning 326

Digital Learning E-rate Learning Mobility 326

Neo LMS

JANUARY 9, 2018

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation fund a series of research reports called Teachers Know Best. In 2015 they released a interesting report titled What Educators Want from Digital Instructional Tools 2.0 , that sought out 3100 educators to establish the state of technology integration across K12. Conclusion.

Digital Divide 250

Digital Divide Strategy Laptops Broadband 250

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Students Miss Their Teachers If anything from the survey results surprised Raeal Moore, a principal research scientist at ACT and an author of the report, it was that students who were stuck at home wished they “had somebody there in person to help them navigate the learning experience,” she says.

Survey 172

Survey Smartphone Report Accessibility 172

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Interactive eBooks: Offering a read-aloud option, titles are located within the lesson stream and in the searchable library. Additionally, to ensure school readiness, Miss Humblebee’s Academy sends parents a weekly email notification to view progress and performance reports, which are available online at all times.

Outcomes 79

Outcomes eBook Libraries Company 79

Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2023

Easy Access to Information A digital learning platform allows access to a complete library of online resources. The software is structured to organize information in a way that makes it easily accessible to all users. Then there is also the option to download material and access for offline use.

Digital Learning 52

Digital Learning VLE Learning LMS 52

NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Access to an effective school library program is one example of information privilege. The absence of access is one symptom of information poverty. Beyond access to a robust and effective library program, some students come to school with knapsacks fully packed. See School Librarian, Where Art Thou? ).

Libraries 106

Libraries Smartphone Accessibility Social Media 106

Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2020

Today, students register painlessly from their dorm, home, or anywhere with their laptop or smartphone. Raised on apps and on-demand media, students can access almost anything, merely by keying a link. ASU students have now downloaded it 130,000 times, accessing it more than 3.4

Libraries 116

Libraries Smartphone Laptops Accessibility 116

Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

Teachers don’t have to create classroom videos on different subject matters; they can use suitable videos from an online video library. A stock library with images, music tracks, and videos is readily available to enhance screencast videos. Khan Academy. Doceri For iPad. Classroom Video Software. Hippo Videos.

Flipped Classroom 97

Flipped Classroom Software Tools Classroom 97

EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

According to a 2018 report by Pew Research , one in four Americans didn’t read a single book in the last year, and bookstore chains are in decline. Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing.

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Smartphone eBook iPhone Laptops 235

Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 8, 2021

Easy Access to Information: A digital learning platform allows access to a complete library of online resources. The software is structured to organize information in a way that makes it easily accessible to all users. Then there is also the option to download material and access for offline use.

Digital Learning 52

Digital Learning VLE Learning LMS 52

Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

It's a double-edged sword: Students and teachers have more access to digital media than ever before. If you're offering students a text in a digital format, consider the context and ask yourself questions like: What kind of device and platform will students use to access the text? Managing Smartphones in the Classroom.

Classroom 98

Classroom Smartphone Digital Citizenship Google 98

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2017

To prevent this, teachers try approaches such as summer book reports, but students complain they intrude on their summer time. 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). This doesn’t require a library.

eBook 153

eBook Learning Mobility Libraries 153

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! Slowly but surely, they have realized that smartphones and tablets can also be utilized for educational purposes, and that’s how etextbooks became mainstream. Read aloud lets students listen to the content.

eBook 80

eBook Education Gamification Smartphone 80

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

School buses provide Wi-Fi access for downloading homework assignments, as well as lunches, at various locations in South Carolina. With everything shut down, the chronic issue of home internet access became an immense and acute challenge. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., on March 18, 2020.

Learning 76

Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2018

A note: some must be downloaded and a few purchased, so the link provided might take you to a website that provides access rather than play. Being good at reading is not just about getting through a book, but remembering what you read, reporting on it to others, and transferring this information to other parts of life. Technology.

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Blended Learning How To Khan Academy Digital Citizenship 156

Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A quick scan of the EdTech Top 40 – Fall 22 Report reveals that teachers in the United States used almost 148 digital tools, while students used nearly 143 digital tools in the school year 2021–22. Content published via KITABOO is accessible both online and offline and works across platforms & devices (iOS, Android, Windows).

Tools 52

Tools eBook Classroom Future Ready 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Like much of rural America, Garfield County is on the wrong side of the “homework gap” — a stubborn disparity in at-home broadband that hinders millions of students’ access to the array of online learning, collaboration and research tools that are enjoyed by their better-connected peers. Going without isn’t an option.

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Broadband Chromebook Accessibility Mobility 88

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 31, 2018

Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Eleanor Chute for The Hechinger Report. With the grant, the district bought 15 Google Daydream headsets for older students, 15 Mattel View Master virtual reality viewers for younger students and 15 Google Pixel smartphones.

Classroom 105

Classroom Smartphone iPad Report 105

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

NOVA Science Studio, which will engage students remotely during the 2021 school year, includes workshops on storytelling, interviewing, filming, and editing, among other areas, and focuses on using devices like smartphones as the primary tool for shooting and editing. WGBH has been recognized with hundreds of honors.

Facebook 104

Facebook Broadband Twitter Mobility 104

The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

00;03;53;23 – 00;04;16;21 Dan Fitzpatrick And teachers all over the world are reporting back right now that it's absolutely supercharged learning within their classrooms. They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. It's not as powerful or robust as Midjourney or DALL·E , but it's accessible to students.

Classroom 425

Classroom Tools Data Twitter 425

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

an LMS like Edmodo, Otus, or MyBigCampus–these often include an interactive gradebook, parent inclusion devices, a student discussion forum, polls, a way to collect and share resources, a class calendar, and access across a variety of digital devices. The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress.

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LMS Chromebook Educreations iPad 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

an LMS like Edmodo, Otus, or MyBigCampus–these often include an interactive gradebook, parent inclusion devices, a student discussion forum, polls, a way to collect and share resources, a class calendar, and access across a variety of digital devices. The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress.

Classroom 150

Classroom How To LMS Chromebook 150

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

The e-books will be readable on e-readers, tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Panel for Educational Policy approved the three-year contract on Wednesday for the Department of Education, who could spend as much as $4.3 million in the first year of the contract.

Laptops 40

Laptops Smartphone Tablets Libraries 40

Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution. A cracked screen, however, is a burden shouldered entirely by students.

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Mobility OER Technology BYOD 89

eSchool News

JULY 11, 2016

Available on computers, tablets, and smartphones, ABCmouse is used in more than 65,000 U.S. public libraries. ABCmouse for Schools complements these curriculum offerings with student management, professional development, curriculum alignment, and progress reporting tools. classrooms and in more than one third of all U.S.

Smartphone 40

Smartphone Tablets Outcomes Libraries 40

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. “Last year I thought about it a lot because as a junior you start to realize how fast things are going,” she said in the library, otherwise empty but for students playing cards. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report. Photo: Alison Yin for The Hechinger Report.

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Report Company Study Advocacy 89

MindShift

AUGUST 14, 2019

But that level of connectivity is a double-edged sword in a society that some experts say is becoming increasingly addicted to the Internet and where 95% of adults own a smartphone. “You can connect to your smartphone anywhere. Here, Koreans of all ages can access the Internet very easily.” Michael Sullivan/NPR).

Smartphone 29

Smartphone Survey Social Media Groups 29

Edsurge

JULY 28, 2016

I started by taking a good look at the books I had available—only to find that my physical classroom library is filled with outdated, “dog-eared” books that are expensive to replace and are a minuscule sampling of the many thousands of books available in the world. What is available to my learners at school and at home?

Technology 60

Technology eBook Dropout Libraries 60

Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 14, 2016

She and her colleagues had developed a personal assistant, a latter day answer to the smartphone. The engineers took their inspiration from Apple’s Newton because smartphones didn’t exist then. It was an easily-accessible library of pictures; these were of events and things that were important to the people in the center.

Smartphone 40

Smartphone Libraries Tablets Video 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 18, 2019

But in practical terms, the company logs and analyzes every time students connect their smartphones, laptops or other mobile devices with campus wireless networks to spot patterns and notice when, say, a student stops coming to meals or attending class. “On So they access the courses through technology we developed.”

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Company Data System Conference 93

Fractus Learning

MARCH 23, 2016

For example, SmartPhones are a powerful communication tool, but it can also make communication impersonal. Unfortunately the very medium used with good intentions could in fact create unintentional learning barriers for students with visual impairments, hearing impairments, and without Internet access. Challenges of Flipping.

Flipped Classroom 40

Flipped Classroom UDL Accessibility Survey 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more. The 1216BKBT Bluetooth Jackbox provides a cost-efficient way to stream audio from a smartphone, tablet or other Bluetooth-enabled device to six separate headphones. Illuminate 11.0

Tools 50

Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 50

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

As I ask Maria Bot questions, Barry taps a button on his smartphone to cue her to listen. Maria Bot can only access a pre-approved sliver of the Internet. But she was somewhat anticlimactic, reports Major Scott Parsons, an assistant professor of philosophy at the academy who co-taught there with Barry.

Android 141

Android Robotics Education Software 141

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MARCH 9, 2015

Building on what they already do well--creating authentic reading experiences for students and behind the scenes data for teachers to use to drive instruction-- Curriculet is announcing a partnership with USA Today : "Now, students and teachers can access relevant and timely news from USA TODAY through Curriculet''s dynamic reading platform.

Common Core 60

Common Core Smartphone Chromebook Data 60

MindShift

JULY 19, 2018

Smartphones and tablets have quickly become a permanent part of students’ daily lives. Kids up to 8 years old spent almost an hour a day on mobile devices, Common Sense Media reported last year. He encourages teachers and schools to choose free apps that are accessible to everyone.

Classroom 35

Classroom Mobility Tablets Google 35

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

At the same time, smartphones, tablets and laptops can be used to access the school LMS , with the corresponding courses and learning materials, conduct research online for a school paper, check facts fast, make use of productivity tools, and even access educational apps.

BYOD 382

BYOD Digital Divide Classroom Smartphone 382

Technology Tidbits

APRIL 3, 2019

A read-a-thon supporting your school library. If your students aren’t yet connected to the internet and social media via their smartphones, it’s almost certain that their parents are. Useful reporting features. You may want to consider, for instance: A hit-a-thon to raise money for your baseball team.

Social Media 28

Social Media Software Differentiated Instruction Gamification 28