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5 Reasons the iPad is Still Relevant to SLPs

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It seemed like a big iPhone and I wasn't sure it would take off. Raised screens laptop-style promotes faces-in-screens. This is supremely easy to do with an iPad (and hand sanitizer) and not so much with a laptop. laptop) and the iPad at my disposal! When the iPad came out in 2010, I was skeptical. Pass-and-play.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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PASCO Scientific is the global leader in developing technology-based solutions for hands-on science. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. False Target Rejection Technology for clean data.

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What One Startup Founder Learned in Her Quest to Change How Profs Communicate With Students

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The system is now in place at around 2,000 colleges, and her company has raised more than $15 million. She credits her time at Stanford for giving her the confidence to see herself as a potential founder—and the practical skills to start a company. “I She called her startup Piazza. One of those issues was student privacy.

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

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” Recently, the California state teachers’ pension fund weighed in — as a large investor in Apple, the makers of the iPhone. 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.

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Easy, painless ways to help your kids with their homework

Neo LMS

While technology can sometimes be a distraction for children who have homework, in certain instances, it can also be beneficial. Educational technology and e-learning, or the act of using the Internet as a teaching tool, are gaining popularity. Get digital. All in all.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

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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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Why the State of Surveillance in Schools Might Lead to the Next Equifax Disaster

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Bill Fitzgerald While Blaine is a fictional student, the technology that’s tracking him is real, and actually in use in some school systems, part of a growing set of tools that leave data trails about students throughout the day. Other similar technologies include Kickboard and LiveSchool.

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