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Measuring Student Engagement with Digital Tools

ViewSonic Education

Thankfully, digital technology, or EdTech, has helped to change this, offering ways to gain a much more accurate sense of how engaged students are. Fortunately, modern EdTech had helped to not only make measurement much easier but also much more reliable too. Student Engagement Surveys. Asynchronous Learning.

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

Furthermore, while not every student has access to a notebook or tablet computer, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that 95% of American teens own a smartphone. In fact, this poll indicates that nearly half of American teens are online “almost constantly,” even during school hours.

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Educators Want More Mobile Technologies for Classroom Use, Better PD

Marketplace K-12

” The survey by researchers found that a significant number of education professionals—not just special education teachers—had received little or no training on ed-tech use for instruction, though the majority said they wanted it. Teachers Still Strugging to Use Tech to Transform Education, Survey Finds.

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2024 National Education Technology Plan targets the digital divide

eSchool News

Key points: A federal outline for education technology intends to close access gaps How to work for equity of access in classrooms How schools can help students overcome the digital divide For more news on digital access, visit eSN’s Educational Leadership page The latest iteration of the U.S.

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Are You Prepared for the Next Cyber Attack?

edWeb.net

According to EdTech Trends and Funding: A CoSN Member Survey 2022 , cybersecurity is the number-one pain point in districts, and network security is the area in need of the most improvement. Schools rely on so much technology for instruction, from attendance to collecting assignments, and for day-to-day operations (e.g.,

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4 Strategies to Engage Families in Tech Partnerships

edWeb.net

Consider using these strategies to jumpstart district/school and family collaboration: Gathering Data Collecting data on families’ assistive tech needs and wants—and identifying the learning goals they have for their children—frames their engagement.

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eBook Reader Apps – The Next Best Investment for K12 Organizations

Kitaboo on EdTech

A recent survey by Pew Research shows that more people read books – both as a hobby and as part of their school/college courses – on their phones and tablets. To help maintain continuity in education, K12 organizations invested in edtech, such as eBook platforms, eBook readers and online education resources. . The education of over 1.2

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