The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings. There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Microsoft has long had a beef with Google—even if the company won’t always admit it today—dating back to the “Scroogled” advertisement campaign that critiqued the search giant’s Chromebooks and privacy policies. According to Futuresource Consulting, a market research firm, in the third quarter of 2017, Google’s Chromebooks captured 59.8

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Microsoft Chromebook Pearson Comparison 73

TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

They have tutorials and eLearning resources for teachers here and are also Chromebook-compatible. The XP-Pen Star G640 is Chromebook compatible. The Tools Of Mobile Learning. Many schools have proceeded through various stages of student tech, from BYOD (‘Bring Your Own Devices’) to iPads, to Chromebooks.

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Tablets Classroom Khan Academy Chromebook 86

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. The other was a third-grade blended-learning classroom at Lincoln Central Elementary School, in Lincoln, Rhode Island.

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Blended Learning Chromebook Elementary Differentiated Instruction 101

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

In mission statements across the country, references to personalized learning abound, hanging proudly from schoolhouse walls. Our 1:1 initiative, for example, began at the first grade level, proving that these tools could extend and enhance learning and be used successfully even by a 5-year-old.

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STEM Personalized Learning BYOD iPad 113

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Following its March announcement, Apple’s Schoolwork app for iPad is now available for teachers. The company describes it as a “digital, adaptive personalized learning solution.” Osmo , which makes tangram-like puzzles that integrate with an iOS app, releases a new case and base station for iPads.

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Edmodo Google Robotics Software 105

eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2017

As more schools discover the power and benefits of education technology, mobile devices such as Chromebooks, Macs and iPads in the classroom are becoming commonplace. School District of La Crosse: Providing Student Equity for All & Managing a Massive Student iPad Handout. Ridley School District: 1-to-1 iPad Program.

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Mobility Flipped Classroom iPad Chromebook 40

Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 17, 2013

Here are my 8 essential tools: 1) Twitter, because as I recently said in a YouTube video , it is immediate, social and personal. It connects me to my personal learning network (PLN) and is simple to use. It even houses two USB connectors for my iPhone and iPad to charge up. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

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Tools Personal Learning Network iPhone Laptops 66

Neo LMS

JUNE 8, 2017

You can’t just order a bunch of Chromebooks and iPads, throw in some software as well, and assume everything else will turn out to be alright. But making investments in ed-tech and urging teachers to embrace technology is the smallest and easiest thing school leaders can and must do.

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Technology Outcomes Gamification Software 150

MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Our 3rd- through 6th-grade school was already 1:1, and all of our teachers had Chromebooks, so we were mostly prepared as far as devices. We got them all iPads simply because Chromebooks are hard to get right now. I think this all might be the push we’ve needed to harness technology to accelerate learning.

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Education Chromebook Google Digital Citizenship 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2021

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials.

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Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Assessment Common Core 78

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

If a teacher wants their kids to create, IPad is still the device to go with. Overall, I think IPad can be a great Education device, but there are pain points that come with it. If it were me, I would have sets of iPads in my school to let kids create, but I don't know that I would go one to one with them.

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Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Our district uses a wide variety of technology—MAC, PC, iPads, Android tablets, Chromebooks, cell phones—which can be a challenge for IT departments and teachers. There is also more time for students to reflect on learning and for teachers to reflect on lessons. Plus, we’re a BYOD environment.

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BYOD Data Pearson Learning Analytics 161

The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

So we then walk around schools all around the world, and we see trolleys, whether it's iPads or Chromebooks or whatever. [00:02:38] Then what we do is we get really rapid adoption, and we get really poor impact it doesn't become embedded, and we see that slide off.

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EdTech Technology Tools Course 296

edWeb.net

JUNE 18, 2015

dreambox learning. What does the future look like when the promise of personalized learning is realized? Readiness for Personalized, Digital Learning with Metiri Group. Bring your device to explore our digital learning metrics! Sign up for a free account and enter in a raffle to win a new Chromebook.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

As more and more schools and districts set goals to provide one-to-one access to technology to students to meet teaching and learning goals, district and school leaders are faced with the task of planning and implementing technology resources at levels that they might not have experienced in the past. Here’s how we got started.

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Mobility Digital Citizenship Chromebook iPad 40

Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

. * mobile app Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014 Been for Education - A innovative site for Social Learning that allows educators to surf and collaborate on the web w/ their students in a safe environment where educators create/manage student accounts. Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e

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Game-Based Learning Common Core iPad Mobility 74

Edsurge

MAY 25, 2018

This was a great enhancement to the district’s 1:1 initiative, which provides Chromebooks for students in grades 3-8 and iPads for students in K-2. The problem: there wasn’t a plan for implementing these new tools.

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Elementary Training Libraries Robotics 106

TeachThought - Learn better.

AUGUST 10, 2015

4 Questions Every Teacher Should Ask About Mobile Learning. Untethered from desks, a tablet represents personalized learning potential for a student in ways we’re just catching up to. I’m not interested in seeing the same classes and materials we had a decade ago (but now with Chromebooks!)

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Mobile Learning Mobility Learning Gamification 40

Marketplace K-12

JULY 7, 2016

Its most recent report, which is for its members only, researchers found that the four most popular Chromebook models are selling at price differentials ranging from about $50 for one model to $119 for another. New Tech Consortium Research Probes iPad Pricing for School Districts.

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Data Analysis Industry iPad 63

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

as with iPad apps) Chromebooks and iPads are making this easier. They include personalized learning approaches and engaging lessons, but here is a list of strategies / considerations that may be applied to a unit, lesson, or activity. I’d suggest that developing a responsible culture is necessary. Imagine that!

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Classroom Digital Citizenship LMS Strategy 115

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Kaswell — now in his tenth year teaching at MS 88 , a large middle school in the South Slope section of Brooklyn — has always been drawn to combining face-to-face instruction with online learning. But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. Every computer and iPad has it.”.

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Technology Assistive Technology Software Learning 40

EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 15, 2015

Here are some of the best practices that my colleagues and I have shared and presented LIVE and through the catalyzation of blended and personalized learning in the Challenge to Change Project. So join us as we plan to bring together all of our learning communities to address the challenge of how to best innovate education.

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STEM Conference Chromebook iPad 60

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

In doing so, Desmos joined a handful of other startups using tech to boost student interaction and class discussion, so that in the rush to personalize learning we don’t lose the benefits of learning together. Launched in 2013, Classkick’s app lets teachers with iPads or Chromebooks create lessons for any subject.

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Blended Learning Robotics Laptops Tablets 40

Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

And then there’s Mark Zuckerberg’s venture philanthropy firm and its commitment to fund “personalized learning.” “New Facebook features intended for developers could, if expanded, turn the social networking site into an online learning platform,” Inside Higher Ed reported in June.

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Technology Pearson LMS Edmodo 62

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

They then met in person to decide which technologies will have the most impact in the classroom and deserved to be named Best of Show. ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 41

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

CLASSCRAFT ENGAGEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND QUESTS MARKETPLACE FOR PERSONALIZED LEARNING ( www.classcraft.com/?utm_source=techlearning.com&utm_medium=referral Learning Paths are sequenced tiles in a board-game style that help educators create lesson plans, deliver assignments, and personalize learning.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 50

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Building Digital Citizens. Certificate.

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Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety Assessment 288

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

Primary and secondary schools are a battleground between iPads and Chromebooks, it seems. Personalized learning is winning a growing amount of attention, but no off-the-shelf tech solutions. Instead it seems to be a learning strategy, sometimes driven by state governments.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This time, it’s not about iPads and Chromebooks; it’s 1:1 computing. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. Education is changing. Click to view slideshow.

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 220

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2020

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 221

Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

" Tagged on: March 19, 2017 Technology switch leaves some upset | Columbia Daily Tribune → Battle High School students and teachers have had iPads since the school opened in 2013. But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer.

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EdTech Chromebook Laptops iPad 170

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Building Digital Citizens. Certificate.

Digital Citizenship 208

Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety Assessment 208

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2019

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Building Digital Citizens. Certificate.

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Groups Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 186

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

Some might not have a Chromebook or internet. Some have banded together to call for providing internet hotspots and Chromebooks to millions of students who cannot get online or access lessons. In the meantime, some school districts have decided that providing virtual learning may not be worth the effort.

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Broadband Chromebook Laptops Meeting 137

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

Classmates will become the core of your ongoing Personal Learning Network. If students use digital devices (iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, or another), they need to become familiar with the rights and responsibilities required to be good digital citizens. Price includes course registration and all necessary materials.

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Resources Digital Citizenship Common Core Internet Safety 151