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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students.

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Lessons from a Decade of 1:1: a Crowd-Sourced Interview

techlearning

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana offers BYOD as an option to accompany 1:1. Frequently, elementary-school students keep their devices at school while middle- and high-school students are able to take them home. WHERE DOES BYOD FIT INTO YOUR PROGRAM? We allow BYOD to supplement that.”

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? More than $28 million of the total improvement costs will likely be covered by state funding. What devices do students already bring to school?

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3 Easy Ways to Gamify Your Classroom with Kahoot

Fractus Learning

This website makes it easy to create engaging, media-rich “quizzes” for formative assessments, appropriate for students in upper elementary, middle, and high school. And they can respond using a smartphone, a laptop or a tablet, which makes it fantastic for BYOD classrooms.

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3 Products from Logitech to Help Reach Every Student

The CoolCatTeacher

Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. Our school is a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) school and we allow iPads if they have a keyboard case. This gives you the best of all worlds.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative.

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Distraction 2 Reaction: BYOT (BYOD) Success!

EdTechSandyK

By 2014, mobile will be the DOMINANT source for the internet SURPASSING laptops & desktops. AWESOME IDEA : Students at the elementary level had to apply to BYOT, indicating how they would use the device for learning. Eanes had iPods and laptop carts in place for students without devices at school. 80+% have mobile phones.

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