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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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How to make student-teacher communication work

eSchool News

Dr. Julie Evans, Chief Executive Officer of Project Tomorrow, explained how during an edWebinar sponsored by Blackboard. With the appropriate tools and tech access, instructional assistance from afar can be academically beneficial, and digital student-teacher communication can work. Communications conversion.

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Blackboard Co-Founder Urges ‘Disarmament’ Between Edtech Companies and Academics

Edsurge

He has seen the situation from both sides, having spent years as a leader of Blackboard (he co-founded it 20 years ago), then heading back to school to get a PhD and become a professor, all before returning to business to become CEO of Parchment. Let’s rewind 20 years, to when you co-founded Blackboard. They didn’t know how to program.

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Resources You Need During Covid-19

Ask a Tech Teacher

A short curated list of resources for teaching online: How-to. Blackboard. CourseSites –like Blackboard, but free for some set-up. Know how to get in touch with the teacher (since you can’t walk in and visit their classroom). Many Districts are deploying mobile hotspots to help students with internet access.

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How to Choose the Best Educational Software for Your Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

Gone are the days when a blackboard/whiteboard and textbooks were the only student resources available to learners. How to Select the Best Educational Software for Classrooms? How to Select the Best Educational Software for Classrooms? Prepares educators to identify areas of improvement and tailor instruction accordingly.

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Study.com Makes the College Dream a Reality for Lots of Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

They can be uploaded to Google Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, and a selection of other LMSs. Students join with a free Study.com account that can be accessed with mobile apps (with the exception of proctored exams). How to get started. More on college prep: How to Prepare for the SAT. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay.

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Be Mobile, Don’t Travel: Tips for Surviving without a Classroom by H. E. James

TeacherCast

Instead of worrying about having to travel, think about being mobile, in more than one sense of the word. I didn’t teach in the age of mobile tech, which made it more difficult to be the mobile teacher I wanted to be instead of just “the teacher with the cart.”. Advanced Mobility. According to U.S. The Basics.