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Mobile is Changing Everything, and Education is no Exception

EmergingEdTech

Well Developed apps Provide Multi-modal Learning Pathways, Bridge Gaps, and Extend our Reach As the digital world gets more integrated with daily life, mobile apps are used as tools to get things. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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30 Examples Of Disruptions In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

Planned obsolescence of mobile technology. Falling cost of mobile devices, which impacts what’s affordable, who shows up to school with what on their own, school budgets, etc. Adaptive learning platforms and learning algorithms. The ubiquity of Google search and its impact on curriculum knowledge demands.

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Trends to watch in 2015: education and technology

Bryan Alexander

Mobile : as humanity continues to migrate ever-increasing swathes of life into handhelds, educators slowly follow suit. Let’s see if higher ed figures out mobile-first design, as ELI recommends. Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems.

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What’s New: New Tools for Schools

techlearning

Amplify Fractions covers math standards in grades 3–6 and uses adaptive learning, interactive storytelling, and a personalized digital tutor to help students conquer fractions. The system allows any organization to deliver live 360 4K video to viewers on computers and mobile devices.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Steve Jobs wouldn’t let his kids have iPads. The iPad would solve that,” he said. His idea was to hire great textbook writers to create digital versions, and make them a feature of the iPad. But if we can make the textbooks free, and they come with the iPad, then they don’t have to be certified. Alexa at School. “Do

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

CYPHER LEARNING NEO LMS ( www.cypherlearning.com ) CYPHER LEARNING announced the launch of the Windows app for its product NEO LMS. Students will be able to publish, share, and play games with friends on any platform from console to mobile, study games that have been runaway hits, and more.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. This includes video games, mobile games and the like.

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