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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

As mobile learning becomes more and more popular, so does the potential for distraction in the classroom. With so many captivating apps and games, it is easy to see how students would have a hard time putting their smartphones and other mobile devices away. Using Learning Apps in the Classroom. Your Integrated Learning Platform.

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Must-have Resources for Blended Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

She makes some great points about first, why blended learning is becoming so popular, and second, how to make that happen in your life: Blended learning is becoming increasingly popular as institutions transition from classroom style learning to mixed media and online learning.

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

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Many classroom doors have closed. Software will reshape learning both in the classroom and out well beyond the pandemic.” Though the company operates mostly in the entertainment space, it has an education team of instructional designers that teach kids how to program. But investors’ checkbooks remain open.

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This Observation Tool Is Helping Teachers Improve Their Interactions with Children

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McChester in the classroom; Credit: Sharon Lurye At first glance, it is just a cute interaction between an engaged teacher and an energetic toddler. It's been striking to see how much they've been able to change the culture over a relatively short amount of time.” But in Louisiana, that interaction holds a lot of meaning.

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10 Commandments of Innovative Teaching

The Principal of Change

As a new teacher, I remember getting into my classroom for the first time. After teaching in a nice classroom of my own at the middle school I jumped up to the high school ranks and became a “floating” teacher. We had recently joined the “Classrooms of the Future” movement and every teacher in our district received a Macbook.

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Ed Tech News, a New Podcast, and the Hack Education Roundup!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

ANNOUNCEMENTS The Library 2.011 worldwide virtual conference is almost here! Huge thanks to the San Jose State University School of Library and Information Science , the founding sponsor of the conference. The Classroom 2.0 E-book provider Overdrive reports that e-book checkouts from libraries are up over 200% from last year.

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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All agree, however, that media literacy is an important component of learning -- whether as its own focus or a cross-curricular literacy woven deeply into every classroom. Udemy : This video-based learning site has high-quality courses for just about anything students will need to know.