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6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy

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If you currently use a messaging app (iPhone’s native iMessage app or Facebook’s Messenger), stop doing that. To start, I downloaded the app to my smartphone and to my desktop. If you read spy novels, they often use Signal for their communication. Use Signal instead. Hotspot from your phone.

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PleIQ: the interactive smart toy that fosters multiple intelligences through Augmented Reality

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Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Here’s the link to their Facebook page. PleIQ is designed with every early learner in mind. More on AR . Augmented Reality Resources.

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Tech That Won’t Survive 2018

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Today, smartphones and tablets are cheaper than ever; moreover, their prices are going to decrease which means that desktop computers, as well as computer labs, are about to become extinct in schools. Drop him a line on Facebook ! Let’s see which ones won’t make it in 2018. Desktop Computers. The same thing will happen to laptops.

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Animoby: Animated Learning for Anybody

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After the final product is published, I emailed it to rmyself to generate a URL from which I can get the embed code or share to Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. While Animoby works great on tablets, I wonder if a paired down version could be available for smartphones. The videos are easy to understand and demonstrate use of the app.

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What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for Teachers

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Back then, Snapchat was just a fledgling start-up, and Facebook was a top choice for teens. Most American teenagers have a smartphone. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Facebook is out. Support digital citizenship education in your school.

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Questions Parents Ask

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Raise your hand if you use your smartphone for more than phone calls. So much of life has moved to smartphones–email, social media, home protection, banking–the list is almost endless. Should schools implement a screen time limit that each teacher has to adhere to? Let’s start this question with a poll. konstellaInc.

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Fake News or Fact? How do you tell?

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The value of research is to find the truth but let’s face it, lots of kids start a research project sure they know the truth (for example: “Yes, global warming is a problem” or “No, smartphones aren’t bad for you”) so why spend hours on research to research a conclusion they already know?