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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

Securly

These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. Then there was the iPad. Appealing to all ages for all occasions, the iPad topped the market in the following years after its release. Will the cloud continue to reign?

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7 Skills Students Need for Today’s Classwork

Ask a Tech Teacher

You rarely see a lesson that doesn’t ask for online this or digital that. Students are expected to collaborate and share online as young as kindergarten when they read digital books or draw pictures using iPad apps. Digital Citizenship. you have a BYOD school, teach these. Internet use.

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How teachers address cell phones in class

Ask a Tech Teacher

Finally, cell phones have become a small version of a computer be it a laptop, Chromebook, or iPad (especially an iPad). Schools with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programs find a noticeable percentage of students bring mobile phones as their device. Third, cell phones aren’t secure, private, or G-rated.

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Animoby: Animated Learning for Anybody

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

I''m partial to the white lined paper background, as you will see in this example I created: [link] I used the Animoby app on my iPad to create this screencast of the literary device, Personification. Teaching in a BYOD district with most of the students using smartphones, having a screencasting tool for a smartphone would be an asset.

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Not surprisingly, it takes a lot more than a room full of computers, iPads, and apps to turn “tech ed” from marketing to mainstream. Who teaches digital citizenship? . Is student time on digital devices meaningful or babysitting? What digital devices are used for classwork? Can students bring it home?

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It is Time For Schools to Seriously Consider BYOT

A Principal's Reflections

Then there is his younger sister who will regularly ask to use my iPad so she can either care for her virtual horse or dress Barbies in creative ways. BYOD BYOT Change Innovation Opinion educational technology' The gift he wanted the most this past Christmas was an iPod Touch, which Santa was kind enough to bring him.

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MobyMax: Tablet + help differentiating instruction

iLearn Technology

In a 1-1 setting, MobyMax would be a great place for your students to interact and build a digital class community (practicing digital citizenship, communication, and building class culture). They should make apps for the iPad so I can get the best of both worlds. Overall, I think it has saved me the last two weeks!

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