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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

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As mobile learning becomes more and more popular, so does the potential for distraction in the classroom. With so many captivating apps and games, it is easy to see how students would have a hard time putting their smartphones and other mobile devices away.

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Best Open Access Journals and Scholarly Articles for Research Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Scientific knowledge is proliferating in an unprecedented rate with an increasing number of journal articles and research papers published every year across various disciplines from humanities to medicine and technology. Elsevier offers overs 600 fully open access journals where researchers can publish or access peer-review articles.

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Teaching Using News Articles: Helpful Tips and Resources for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Teaching using news articles: Ideas and tips for teachers There are various ways to teach with news. The following are some of the resources that can help you effectively integrate news articles in your teaching: I. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

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9 Tips Every Teacher should Know about Google Scholar

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Besides searching for academic literature such as journal articles, peer-reviewed papers, books, reports.etc, Google Scholar also enables you to create your personal library where you can save and organize your materials. And if you are an author, you can use its metrics to learn about who cites your search and where it was cited.

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ReadWorks Review for Teachers and Students

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

ReadWorks offers several features to enhance reading instruction and learning. ReadWorks Article-A-Day ReadWorks Article-A-Day helps students grow their background knowledge and develop their vocabulary skills through a daily reading routine of 10 to 15 minutes. Students read for the joy of reading and learning.

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Some Excellent Social Bookmarking Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Flipboard lets you save web content such as videos, images, articles, etc into magazine style boards. Pocket Pocket is a bookmarking tool that lets you instantly save web content to your personal Pocket library to read at your pace and at the time most convenient to you.

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5 of The Best Homeschool Programs in 2023

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

In this article, I discuss five of the best homeschool programs - Khan Academy, Time4Learning, Stride K12, edX and CK-12 - their features, how much they cost and provide some tips to help you decide which program is best for your child. CK-12 materials are free.