The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

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Smartphone 56

Smartphone Social Media Trends Report 56

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

At the start of the program, students are given an inexpensive smartphone with internet access, which they get to keep once they complete the program. For example, the focus of last summer’s global virtual camp was leadership and advocacy through the power of storytelling. Students produced mini-documentaries and TED-style talks.

Learning 144

Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

Kevin Corbett

JULY 26, 2014

Everywhere I turn I see babies, toddlers and young children with tablets/ipads and smartphones. Nor, it seems, do a number of advocacy groups that want it pulled off the market because they think iPads and babies are a dangerous combination. But, at what age is it appropriate? Share your thoughts in the comments section at the end.

Mobility 79

Mobility Tablets iPad Gamification 79

Kevin Corbett

JULY 26, 2014

Everywhere I turn I see babies, toddlers and young children with tablets/ipads and smartphones. Nor, it seems, do a number of advocacy groups that want it pulled off the market because they think iPads and babies are a dangerous combination. But, at what age is it appropriate? Share your thoughts in the comments section at the end.

Mobility 40

Mobility Tablets iPad Advocacy 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Krueger identified a series of overlapping challenges, trends, and potential solutions that have emerged from the current situation, which he sees as a pivot point that can lead to positive outcomes because innovation that may have been difficult to accomplish in the past is now required. Hurdles, Accelerators, and Tech Enablers.

Guidelines 89

Guidelines Trends BYOD Data 89

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Online training is useful to get staff up to speed on current legislation and trends, but face-to-face meetings, like working with a technology coach, are imperative to ensuring each student’s needs are met. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

Accessibility 55

Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 55

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This trend is also reflected in Dr. Schuler turning his districts’ problem-solving teams into solution-finding teams, as part of an effort to “catch kids when they start to lean rather than when they fall.”. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

Technology 90

Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 90