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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution.

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EdTech Acronyms Explained

EdTech4Beginners

The amount of new acronyms in the educational technology world is staggering… and often overwhelming for educators. BYOD – Bring Your Own Device. BYOT – Bring Your Own Technology. CREATE – Collaboartion, Resources, Educate, Apps, Technology, Enriching. ICT – Information Communications Technology. Vlog – Video Log.

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6 Pillars to Successfully Integrate Technology In Your 1:1 Classroom

Securly

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. Ask questions that assess how a leader integrates and dictates technology into his/her projects and to those he/she leads. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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New Posted Resources 01/13/2012

The Web20Classroom

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Your midsummer ed-tech check-in

eSchool News

They all help classroom teachers and education leaders leverage education technology in the best ways possible. OER meets iPads in this district. Top BYOD tools for the Common Core classroom. Let’s take a look back at some of the most popular stories from the first half of this summer. What do they have in common?

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The Learning Counsel launches digital curriculum survey

eSchool News

Created to assist executives and curriculum and technology directors in guiding the transition to digital curriculum and content, the survey also offers schools the chance win national awards. OER versus paying for fully complete publisher products. The survey was created for them.”. The impact of digital curriculum use. •

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A letter of support

NeverEndingSearch

School librarians scout and evaluate emerging technologies and introduce them to the entire learning culture, often leading a school’s professional development efforts. We lead in building a school’s reading culture, acknowledging whatever containers stories may take. We curate new forms of digital texts.