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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.

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Smartphones in the classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? It’s a smartphone that your students are using. We are all aware of the negative impacts of smartphones.

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Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move?

The CoolCatTeacher

Are Smartphones a good idea? She authored Toys to Tools: Connecting Student Cell Phones to Education (published by ISTE in 2008), Cell Phones in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for the K-12 Educator (published by ISTE in 2011), Help Your Child Learn With Their Cell Phone and Web 2.0 We discuss the pro’s and cons.

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Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career

Ask a Tech Teacher

As students, technology aids in learning, research, and collaboration, while in the professional realm, it becomes a tool for productivity, communication, and innovation. Assess your academic and future job roles and responsibilities to determine the tools that are essential for your daily tasks.

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A Simple Teacher Habit Tracker

The CoolCatTeacher

The smartphone provided a new technique to banish these slivers of solitude: the quick glance. I don't want to get out my smartphone and waste time; I want my quick glances to nudge me toward productive habits instead. Likewise, I realized that If I picked up my smartphone during the day, I would waste time glancing at this or that.

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Option 3: Actually USE the smartphones

Dangerously Irrelevant

Murphy & Beland’s recent study is making the rounds online, particularly among those who are eager to find reasons to ban learning technologies in classrooms. Is that all you care about or do you have a bigger, more complex vision for student learning? if they did, how sad is that?). (if if they did, how sad is that?).

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Top Tips for Fast Formative Assessment that Works

The CoolCatTeacher

That’s because, formative assessment is in my toolkit and I’m empowered to poll the whole class with a click. Formative assessment is here. Different from summative assessment, the goal of formative assessment is to know what they know as knowledge is forming in their minds. Easy Grading with Gradecam.