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Are Students Off-Task in Class on Phones? There's an App for That!

A Principal's Reflections

I am a huge proponent of harnessing and leveraging mobile technology in the classroom. Building pedagogical capacity both with and without technology must be prioritized. Mobile technology is more accessible than it has ever been. Students can download the Pocket Points app for free from the app store.

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Verizon Surcharge Will Affect Other Education Companies—Not Just Remind

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A new fee Verizon plans to impose on its business customers has galvanized educators this week to rally around the school messaging service Remind—so much so that the telecoms company agreed to make an exception and waive the impending fee for Remind’s K-12 users. But the surcharge, set to go into effect on Feb.

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3 Emerging Technologies that will Reshape Education in 2019

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Education and cutting-edge technologies are core to the many programs at NYC Media Lab , where we lead university-corporate partnerships, communications and events. Of the many emerging technologies NYC Media Lab explores, a few in particular stand out as keys to building the classroom of the future.

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Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

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Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?

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Teaching Online During COVID-19–More from my Inbox

Ask a Tech Teacher

Definitely this means teachers, administrators, parents and students, but I also include the companies and resource providers in the education ecosystem. Using buses as mobile hotspots- -park the bus by a park for 30-60 minutes so students can download what they need for the day. An Open Letter to Teachers About Online Classes.

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Startup Class Technologies Bets Big on the Future of Online Learning (and Zoom)

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It may not seem too surprising that one of the best-funded edtech startups in the past year of pandemic has been a company that piggybacks on the success of Zoom to add tools for running online classes. The plan when the company started was to start with higher education and K-12 and later expand into the corporate learning market.

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Duolingo IPO Shows Investors Think Edtech Is Still Growing.

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billion—which is a good moment to reflect on how mobile learning has entered classrooms and how the company has expanded from just an app. But the real change came when Rosetta Stone’s computer-assisted language software became available for download as one of the first edtech products to become a household name within the U.S.

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