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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. The post Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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What Is a Digital Whiteboard?

ViewSonic Education

Put simply, it’s a whiteboard you can use on a computer, smartphone, tablet, or any compatible electronic device. With a few clicks and connection to the internet, teachers can view online resources, browse the content library, and find data faster. appeared first on ViewSonic Library. Use a variety of media formats.

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The blossoming partnership between classroom tech and the collaborative learning experience

Neo LMS

Since the days of blackboards and chalk, classrooms have incorporated a range of tech tools to enhance students’ learning. A library of resources at your fingertips. Of course, facilities will be required to house hardware such as tablets, laptops and headsets, but they don’t have to eat into an already stretched budget.

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4 Ways to Apply Interactive Whiteboards to the SAMR Model

ViewSonic Education

For example, using a tablet for class notes instead of pen and paper. For example, allowing students to use a computer to search for scholarly articles to write their reports instead of manual text-based library searches. For example, let’s take the E-Textbooks on Tablets. The function of both tools stays the same.

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Jumpstart Engagement With Interactive Whiteboard Classroom Technology

ViewSonic Education

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. Finally, they offer multiple points of interactivity and are as easy to use as a tablet or smartphone. . A new era of teaching that integrates multiple media and information sources has begun.

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Students ask for more video with their learning

IT Bill

The service integrates with our campus portal and the Lakeland Library to permit faculty the means of integrating educational video into their course materials. Compared with the former system of ordering individual media (VHS, DVD), this has proved to be […].

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Week of July 25, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Join us as we talk about features in the Blackboard Collaborate online classroom. Thanks for your attention, and see you online!