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Celly Launches New Service and Android App for Building Mobile Social Networks

Educational Technology Guy

There is a full web console to control and monitor things and you can either create a Celly login or login with Facebook or Twitter. Ubiquitous Access – On-boarding is instant, simple, and works from any device, addressing the “digital divide” between those with a smartphone or tablet and those who just have an SMS-enabled mobile phone. ?

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PROOF POINTS: 10,000 student study points to kindergarteners who may become heavy screen users

The Hechinger Report

Kindergarteners with diagnosed disabilities were more likely to become frequent online gamers but not texters or users of social media such as Snapchat, Twitter or Facebook. Morgan suspects that parents of hyperactive or aggressive children are unintentionally reinforcing the habit of using a smartphone or a tablet.

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Best Practices with Mobile Tech: #adjunctchat Tuesday, July 15

Connecting 2 the World

Social networking sites such as facebook or linkedin allows faculty to maintain that relationship which can be a reciprocal relationship for graduate school and employment. For example, there are different designs for smartphone use, tablets, and laptops. Smartphones require a different format than computer based content.

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We must not shut low-income students out of computer sciences

The Hechinger Report

The baby holds her smartphone, clicking, and Maria asks what I’m working on as she sees me typing obsessively on my laptop. I have said it before, CSEd is a new human right that should be accessible to all students, regardless of race, gender or socioeconomic status, and universal access inevitably closes the digital divide.

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Getting Beyond “Clicktivism”

Educator Innovator

Clicking “like” on a Facebook post? In it, Goodman sheds light on how tough it is to stay on top of coursework without a computer at home—even though she has a smartphone with internet access. She already knew her experience, but she used it to bring more nuance to a much larger discussion about the digital divide.

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AI in the Classroom: A Complete AI Classroom Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

00;20;48;19 – 00;20;53;03 Dan Fitzpatrick And in the same way, you have to do that with the generated content that comes from how AI, the Internet, and Smartphones Have Many of The Same Ethical Issues 00;20;53;03 – 00;21;11;07 Brad Weinstein you're thinking about all this. So go to everfi.com/coolcat. Thank you for listening.

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 12 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: March 25, 2017 Lower-income Americans still lag in tech adoption | Pew Research Center → Even as many aspects of the digital divide have narrowed over time, the digital lives of lower- and higher-income Americans remain markedly different. This is ALSO true for edtech. Tagged on: March 20, 2017 Education Dept.

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