Remove Chromebook Remove EdTech Remove Mobility Remove Social Media
article thumbnail

Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

article thumbnail

Why Edtech Executives Need to Go Back to School — as Teachers

Edsurge

When I was a middle school teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District, I looked longingly at the work of sales reps and trainers at edtech companies. If edtech employees were to spend a day teaching, they’d see just how many programs teachers are expected to implement, and just how little instructional time they really have.

EdTech 134
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Stop Celebrating Low-Level Learning

Tom Murray

On one hand, these devices were really the beginning to mobility in the classroom. They were the gold standard of edtech in the classroom. Chromebooks, iPads, PCs, millions of them in fact, are found in classrooms. Today on social media, “being paperless” will be celebrated. They were shiny.

Learning 279
article thumbnail

How to block websites in K-12 schools

Hapara

Across schools, students use devices like Chromebooks for learning because it has many advantages. Gaming sites, the latest social media sites and online forums can be distracting for kids. It works on Chromebooks, Mac OS, Windows, tablets and mobile devices anytime students are learning. . That’s why H?para

article thumbnail

Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children?

Digital Promise

For instance, Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization that equips parents to support learning at home, worked with partner organizations to update The Learning Hero Roadmap , a free K-8 interactive guide with videos and tools to help parents support grade-level math and reading as well as social-emotional development.

article thumbnail

Savvy #ISTE17 Interviews: BYOD ISTE Sessions for Tuesday

Teacher Reboot Camp

Social Media for the Library (B311). Chrome App Smashing to Create Chromebook Generated Videos (B332). Experience a “Breakout” Exclusively on a Mobile Device (B334). GeoGebra Online and Mobile Math Apps for Your Classroom (B336). 11:45 am–12:45 pm. Podcasting in the Classroom: Why & How?

BYOD 176
article thumbnail

Wakelet

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

For several years, Storify was one of my favorite free "go to" edtech tools. You could use it to collect digital artifacts -- URLs, pictures, YouTube videos, social media posts -- and you could sequence these items to create a narrative in order to share with others. When one edtech door closes, another one often opens.