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Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe?

Neo LMS

The combination of students and mobile devices in the classroom has long been a debate topic among education professionals. The use of mobile devices during classes is often regarded as an element of distraction for students. But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? Smartphones and the AIDA approach.

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6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

If we humans aren’t giving away our personal information (as we do on FB, Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter and every other social media account), we’re having it stolen without our permission or knowledge and sold to those who mean us harm. we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Use Signal instead.

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Is a Backpack the Key to Closing the Homework Gap?

EdTech Magazine

Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . Fourteen percent of children ages 3 to 18 lack home internet access , according to National Center for Education Statistics data.

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Two Apps for Scanning Documents with your Smartphone

Educational Technology Guy

Here are two apps that you can use for document scanning on your Smartphone, and they are both free. On the mobile app, click on new note, then Camera and select Document, Camera, Post-It or Business Card. That way, I only need my smartphone to access materials. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Students can build apps and collaboration skills at the same time. I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me. Stream by clicking here.

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Solving the curation equation: Efficient methods for collecting teaching resources

Neo LMS

Thinking about our audience also means we need to consider the learning curve it might take for others to access the tool, as well as if it is something available to everyone for free. If you consume lots of information from various sources, such as Twitter, Instagram, blogs, etc., Mobile devices need apps.

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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it. There is a full web console to control and monitor things and you can either create a Celly login or login with Facebook or Twitter. Today, Celly is announcing a new service.

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