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Crunch the Numbers—New Data on Student Tech Use; Chromebook Predictions; And the Impact of Pandemic Relief Funds

eSchool News

“Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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Today’s Meet is Closed. What are your Alternatives?

Ask a Tech Teacher

As of June 16, 2018, Today’s Meet closed (read the full details here ). It turns out, there are good options, depending upon whether you primarily use Today’s Meet for: backchannel and student response. Students sign into personal accounts (when age-appropriate) or a class Twitter account. polls, forms, or surveys.

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Technology is Here to Stay: Now What?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Although not a data scientist, I documented how the students interacted with the platform. Additionally, I made of point of consulting with other teachers around the nation via Twitter on their experience with the platform. He can be found on Twitter @T4edtech and on his YouTube Channel Transformative Edtech.

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Kids’ Media Use Is Up. Blame the Pandemic — And TikTok.

Edsurge

Enter the pandemic, which led to canceled club meetings and sporting events, online learning and restricted socialization. Though TikTok is technically classified as “online video” by Common Sense, rather than social media, both categories account for a significant portion of kids’ average daily screen use, along with gaming.

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A Teacher’s Best Evaluator

Ask a Tech Teacher

Hours of research and meeting with other districts took place. Students are evaluating teachers; they do that on social media and Rate your Teacher. Moreover, the teacher can analyze the data like Microsoft or Google Forms. . After all, the students are with you daily. Wait a minute, some might say. And it is ugly.”

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Virginia’s Portsmouth Public Schools Expands Partnership with Discovery Education to Bring Students in Grades 7-12 State-of-the-Art Digital Resources 

eSchool News

Easy-to-follow instructions guide students through data collection, measurement, data analysis, and interpretation, while feedback provided by both open-ended and auto-graded questions reinforces correct ideas.  The district’s strategic plan— Expedition to 2025: Purpose.

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Why your young students love e-learning

Neo LMS

Technology in the classroom may not have reached its full potential yet, but both teachers and students know there’s more to it than meets the eye. Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop.