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Online Tutoring Companies Take Small Steps to Protect Student Safety

Edsurge

Some online tutoring companies have recently made changes to their platforms to better protect and promote students’ safety, especially as it pertains to online privacy, behavioral issues and parental discipline. Dozens of companies have since formed to offer a similar arrangement, fueled by well over a billion dollars in investment.

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Laptops And Phones In The Classroom: Yea, Nay Or A Third Way?

MindShift

In an open letter, along with another activist shareholder, they called on the company to study digital distraction among youth and to make it easier to limit young people’s use. What you’re really talking about when you talk about laptop bans, says Jesse Stommel, is student freedom. ” Distraction has an upside.

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Promethean Works With Merlyn Mind To Increase Classroom Productivity and Support Innovative Teaching

eSchool News

SEATTLE /PRNewswire/ — Promethean ® , a leading global education technology company, today announced it has entered into a US-based exclusive distribution agreement with Merlyn Mind, Inc. Promethean is a leading education technology company working to transform the way the world learns and collaborates. About Promethean.

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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. They have everything from computers, gaming, laptops, or even a slick wireless mouse. If you wish to see more content by Vicki Davis, you can find her on Facebook and Twitter under @coolcatteacher.

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Building an Impactful Education Ecosystem: The 4 Key Components

ViewSonic Education

For example, those interested in EdTech and technology in the classroom share their insights, impressions, or tips and tricks on the different platforms offered to them by ViewSonic, like the dedicated Instagram, Facebook pages, or online forum.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Facebook helps makerspaces expand in the classroom

eSchool News

Now with the help of Facebook and the Ravenswood Education Foundation, he’s come close to reaching that goal. By the end of this week, five out of seven of the district’s public schools will have spaces filled with 3D printers, Legos, laptops, robots and more for hands-on learning.