Brilliant or Insane

MAY 22, 2015

3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students by Brittni Brown The battle between teachers and social media accounts for student attention has been one in which teachers seem quite likely to lose. High schools have banned phones, established site blocks, and multiple other strategies to reduce student abilities to gain access to […]. The post 3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 12, 2015

12 Principles Of Mobile Learning. Mobile Learning is about self-actuated personalization. As learning practices and technology tools change, mobile learning itself will continue to evolve. For 2013, the focus is on a variety of challenges, from how learners access content to how the idea of a “curriculum” is defined. Access. As mobile learning is a blend of the digital and physical, diverse metrics (i.e.,

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

While the physical structure of a classroom with students sitting at desks in rows may look familiar to most, the explosion of Internet-accessible, mobile devices in the hands of those students has definitely changed the way students interact with each other, with their teachers, with the greater education community, and with instructional materials. Mobile students. Young students do pretty well in terms of mobile devices ownership. Finding the value of going mobile.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2016

Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. It’s almost a sin not to own a mobile device. Our mobile devices are online 24/7. Put that in the context of learning and what do you get? Mobile learning of course. Mobile learning is now a movement and it’s not just about picking up a tablet and off you go.

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Learning with 'e's

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Mobile technology is a game changer. I have previously written on this blog about how mobile technology can give the edge and also about some of the social implications of learning on the move. We see this happening on a global scale through increasing mobile phone subscriptions. The Mobile World Congress predicts that as early as 2014, mobile phone subscriptions will outstrip the global population (~7.9 For many that is already a reality.

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EmergingEdTech

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Mobile Apps Can be a Highly Effective Way to Discover and Learn New Vocabulary Think about how lucky students are these days. They can use different technologies to access knowledge at any time. Free Tools & Resources iPads and Other Tablet Devices iPhones and Smartphones Mobile Learning Resources Social Media & Social Learning learn new vocabulary mobile apps study vocabulary mobile apps vocabulary study apps

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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. Check them out and if you have other suggestions to add to the list, make sure to share with us on our social media channels.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Photo to cartoon tools can be an excellent tool for teachers.They can can help you make abstract concepts more accessible and engaging for students. You can even convert the image into different file types before sharing it on social media.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2013

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. I had them come down and meet with several student leaders and me this past spring where I shared my vision of having a mobile app for New Milford HS , which could also be shared with other schools. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2023

As teachers and educators, we can draw on the computing and lightweight computing capabilities of Chromebooks to boost our teaching and enhance our students learning. You can share your recordings via email or directly to social media websites.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 19, 2022

There are also mobile apps that let you create custom countdown widgets displaying the number of days left to the new year. In this post, I share with you some of the best new year’s countdown tools and apps to use on your computer as well as mobile devices.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Some of the amazing features you will access using these AI photo editors include background remover, bulk editing tools, object erasing, and many more. A Smart Resize tool to reformat images for multiple social sizes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 9, 2023

After I covered the best web-based AI art generators , in this post I share with you a collection of AI art generator apps that you can use on your mobile device to generate stunning artwork. Once your painting is ready, you can share it with your friends on social media.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2022

For practical reasons, I organized these debate topics into 3 broad categories: Internet and Technology debate topics, Education and Learning debate topics, S ocial and Cultural debate topics, and Political debate topics. Should mobile phones be banned in schools?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 19, 2023

In today’s increasingly globalised world, having access to accurate and reliable translation tools is essential for businesses and individuals alike. For mobile applications, check out best translation apps for iPhone and Android.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 27, 2022

One of the strategies to get students engaged and motivated to learn is to incorporate materials that they love and use in their daily life. Social media is one of them. The good news is that we can leverage the potential of this social media website to enhance students learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

They work on pretty much on any browser and some of them are also available as mobile apps for iOS and Android. Check them out and share with us on our social media platforms if you have other suggestions to add to the list.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Some of them also have mobile apps that work on Android and iOS devices. I invite you to check them out and share with us on our social media profiles if you have other suggestions to add to the list.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 24, 2022

The purpose is to help you use the theme of the season, Halloween, to create meaningful learning experiences for students in and outside class. These include posters, social media graphics, cards, and presentations.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

It uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to analyze user input and generate text in response. Practice with sample texts: The best way to learn how to use the Jasper AI Writing Generator is by trying it out with sample texts.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

For us in education, Christmas is also a time for creating engaging and fun learning experiences for our kids and students. Christmas presentation templates, Slidesgo Slidesgo offers access to a wide variety of professionally designed Christmas PowerPoint templates and Google Slides themes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. Our students live in a world saturated with all kinds of news.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 27, 2016

“The hashtag, that ubiquitous pound sign followed by a keyword, are part of the language of social media.”- This summer learn more about teaching trends by exploring hashtags. Hashtags (text with a # sign front) are found all over social media on sites like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Vine, and GooglePlus. To discover the resources and bloggers connected to a specific hashtag, search for the hashtag on Google or a social network.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 26, 2022

You have access to different sharing options including sharing your surveys as web links, as QR codes, and many more. Online Questionnaire Zoho Survey offers access to a handy online questionnaire tool to create various types of questionnaires.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 1, 2022

The apps are simple and easy to use and offer various features from access to pre-designed comic templates to the ability to convert images to cartoon illustrations. To learn more about this comic maker app I invite you to check canva full review.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

To identify a plant, install one of the apps below, take a picture of the plant or flower you are interested in using the camera of your mobile device and let the app do the work for you. Additionally, PantSnap provides access a large community of plants lovers from over 200 countries.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. They are increasingly pervasive and accessible. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods. Most significantly for those who are immersed in schools, colleges and universities - mobile technology is disrupting education.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

For those of you using iPhone 8 Plus and up, there is an integrated blur background function accessible through the Portrait mode in the Camera app. The collection below features 6 helpful blur background apps to use on your iPhone and Android.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Much was discussed during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris. The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive. Many more people now own mobile phones, but a large proportion of these are non-smart (i.e. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

These are photo editors that you can access from any browser. Once done, click to save and download your image or share it directly on social media websites. You can then save your edited image to your computer, Google Drive or share it on social media platforms. Here is how to access them: First upload your image (or use one from Canva's library), tap on the image then click on Edit Image. Check out How to Blur Background on Zoom to learn more.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Language teachers can also use this text feature to enhance their students' language learning. WeVideo offers access to a large collection of fonts to choose from. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 8, 2016

They can share their ideas on social media to make people worldwide more aware and encourage people to make small and big changes to preserve resources and reduce waste. Below discover activities, resources, websites, mobile apps, and more to get your students to play an active role in caring for the Earth. Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers and Learning to Go. Primary Games has several online games for students to learn about Earth Day.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Embrace failure when it happens and know that failure is actually a new learning experience. You can easily bookmark sections you like and access them individually on your device or computer.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 6, 2014

It lets people learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential. A thousand years ago, books were accessible to a select few. Often, you needed to be part of a certain social class, ethnicity, and profession. I feel incredibly blessed to live at a time when technological developments continue to strive to provide access to the entire world. What are learners currently doing with their access? .

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

All sessions are recorded so you can access later. He has worked as a technology entrepreneur in a variety of different fields related to children’s media. They felt like they had a front-row audience with experts that they would not normally have access to, So it’s going to give you… It’s free, first of all. It’s online, so you don’t have to go anywhere, and you can attend in your pajamas if you want to, and it’s all recorded so that you can access it at any time afterward.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 25, 2015

First, decide on a goal for your students or peers to achieve, such as more movement, play, hands-on learning, developing a Personal/Passionate Learning Network (PLN ), and so forth. Share this message visually on social media. In chapter 20, Goal: Spread Your Message, of The 30 Goals Challenge for Teachers , I encourage teachers to write down the messages they wish to share with others, then spread these messages on social media.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The post Gearing Up for the Hour of Code – SULS040 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. The philosophy is simple but significant: every student deserves the opportunity to learn computer science. Anyone can learn the basics of computer science in a fun and easy way!

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

It’s rare when anyone considers the other—and perhaps more important—angle: Students want to learn with technology. By empowering student learning with more opportunities for them to communicate with classmates, you’ll soon realize how important technology is in the classroom. These five reasons why students want to learn with technology can help you and your teacher-friends determine the right technology to implement. They want to learn at a comfortable speed.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. The Information Age is as full of change as it is spectacle, with access an integral component. Access for everyone to everything, a principal the Khan Academy is built on. Of course, with this kind of access comes disruption. If this is true, is the proper response to stop trying—to limit the amount of information, and to shackle the relative access to information?

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eSchool News

MARCH 16, 2017

Cyberbullying takes many forms and uses many platforms and media, but it continues to increase, and it continues to cause devastating psychological damage among young people. There are solutions that educators and staff to monitor and control social media traffic while students are on the network, scanning for keywords so that you teachers can be alerted and intervene before things get out of hand. Just a few short years ago, Apple was the undisputed king of tech in schools.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 27, 2013

This week, ahead of my speech at the Learning Technologies Conference I recorded a 10 minute podcast interview for the Training Zone. I'm talking about disruptive technologies, things that will change probably forever - irrevocably - what we do in the workplace and in learning in particular. I think ultimately, the biggest game changer which has been going on for some time now, is mobile learning. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 13, 2018

I decided to call the book 'Digital Learning in Organisations' from the outset because my expertise lies in learning technologies. I have worked with many learning and development professionals over the last decade and have come to know many personally, but L and D is a less familiar terrain to me than school and university education. David goes on to consider a number of scenarios around the use of mobile learning in large organisations, and concludes that: “.mobile

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today.

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