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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

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. Assess Learning and Stay Organized. Assess Learning and Stay Organized.

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How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes

Neo LMS

The consensus is that fostering student collaboration through group activities leads to more engaging and efficient learning. . However, collaborative learning is not about dividing students into groups and assigning tasks. How LMS groups enable student collaboration for better learning outcomes . What are LMS groups? .

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Spaces4Learning Names Lightspeed’s Mobile PA A Platinum 2023 New Product Award Winner

eSchool News

PRWEB) — Lightspeed , the provider of instructional audio solutions that create equal access to learning, announces that the company’s Mobile PA solution was named a Platinum 2023 New Product Award winner by Spaces4Learning. Unveiled in September 2022 , Mobile PA ensures students can hear their teachers’ voices.

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Designing, Assessing, and Implementing Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

In early 2019, the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) launched the Certification and Licensure Collective to engage with a wide range of stakeholders who support states to improve all parts of the system, including initial licensure, renewal, and license reciprocity to support teacher mobility. Be selective!

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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

Fortunately for me I have already begun to work with my staff and students to transform the teaching and learning culture at New Milford HS as it pertains to cell phones as mobile learning devices. For the most part they used a program called Poll Everywhere to check for understanding, review prior learning, and informally assess.

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12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. World Cat only includes libraries that have joined the World Cat group. . Gutenberg Project. Open Library.

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The Road to Invisible Assessment

Edsurge

Are great teaching and assessment fundamentally at odds? One might think so because, unfortunately, the words “test” and “assessment” are often used interchangeably. Yet somehow assessment evokes a more positive reaction. They watch and listen for collaboration and communication skills as students work in small groups.