eSchool News

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

It’s one thing to realize that you need more digital learning in your classroom, but it’s quite another thing to do the research and put in the time to learn how to effectively incorporate digital tools in a way that improves student success. “We’re very collaborative and interactive in nature.”

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 12, 2012

New Milford High School proudly joined 37 states, 15,000 teachers, and over 2 million students on February 1 for the inaugural Digital Learning Day. This day, however, was not really much different than any other day at NMHS as we have made a commitment to integrate digital learning into school culture for some time now.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Like many folks in today’s workforce, I spend a significant amount of time in front of a computer screen with my smartphone close by, responding to a flurry of emails, calls, texts, and calendar invitations. How ideas from the Nonprofit Technology Conference can positively impact adult learning and workforce development initiatives.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Keep reading to learn about six of the most significant benefits of immersive, metaverse learning, or head over to UNIVERSE , by ViewSonic and see the latest in metaverse education. This technology can also cater to a variety of other needs too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Today is Digital Learning Day. This is a day for leaders and learners to level up digital learning. ” Want to hear more about digital learning? If you’re a digital leader, ask yourself: How are we archiving resources? Digital Learning Day – [link]. Listen Now.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 6, 2023

However, many young children have limited access to high-quality educational opportunities because of socioeconomic factors and technological barriers. What role does technology play in your efforts to provide early learning opportunities, and how do you ensure equitable access to technology resources?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MARCH 8, 2021

What are digital learning platforms? Gone are the days when learning was restricted to the classroom, with the instructor being the primary source of knowledge. A digital learning platform can be a learning management system (LMS) or learning content management systems (LCMS).

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 11, 2019

This is the digital age. Although this isn’t really a game, but rather, it’s a digital learning session. The child smiles and moves to the next learning chapter. Hence, this article will discuss how technology can become a companion for pre-k children. Benefits of Digital Technology in Pre-K Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2019

In an unusual move intended to shake up how college teaching is done around the world, Carnegie Mellon University today announced that it will give away dozens of the digital-learning software tools it has built over more than a decade—and make their underlying code available for anyone to see and modify.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. The metaverse is an emerging technological revolution, but the concept itself is nothing new. Many of these students are extremely tech-savvy as they have grown up around digital technology.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 16, 2020

The advent of the internet and the popularization of digital devices brought a new context for teachers and school administrators, since students started to bring technology to the school routine. The school, in turn, cannot turn its back on this new reality, but must incorporate educational technology into pedagogical practices.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 27, 2018

If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone. Had it not been for the smartphone their innovative apps might never have come to fruition or experienced immense scalability as they have. High-quality digital learning content.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2021

Yet, many — including parents — are worried about how schools will address vaccine gaps in this new learning environment. Institutions will address these gaps by implementing a series of safeguards and leveraging technologies to bring teachers back to the workplace safely, even if they’re unvaccinated.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills. Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones. Not all technology use is good , and overuse can hold students back.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 29, 2024

With online and hybrid learning popularizing in recent years, eBooks are the new norm of learning. Interactive digital textbooks offer an innovative and engaging learning environment for modern learners. It opened a new avenue of learning through technology-aided curriculums like interactive modules and AI modules.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2023

Fortunately, the education sector had time to smooth out some of these wrinkles, especially with improved connectivity and advancing technology such as artificial intelligence (AI). Having seen such positive changes firsthand, Elliott Levine , director of business development at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. ,

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enriches the classroom learning experience by overlaying digital content onto real-world content, simply using devices that already exist in most classrooms, like tablets and smartphones. So, I started digging deeper into using technology [itself] as a manipulative.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2016

The need for digital learning content in classrooms is nothing new, but teachers, parents, and students are becoming more vocal in their desire to provide or have access to such materials outside of the school day or school year. Smartphones (28 percent). Interactive whiteboards (45 percent).

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Learning with 'e's

APRIL 16, 2020

Image from pxfuel I'm pleased to announce the launch of module number 4 in my Digital Learning series on the new ZilLearn platform. I designed the series with teachers in mind, especially those who have been compelled by the recent crisis to migrate all of their teaching to online and technology supported education.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

While it’s hard to know for sure how the schools of the future will look like and function, I think it’s safe to assume education technology will be omnipresent. Education technology already assists teachers create diverse and engaging learning materials and deliver better classes. The answer is Brasilia, FYI).

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2023

After decades of working with educational technology, I’ve come to the realization that technology will have its greatest impact in the classroom when educators allow learners to use digital technology as a self-directed learning tool. In other words, digital technology has automated memorization.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

Today’s educators are looking to Chromebooks , smartphones and maker spaces to enhance their teaching. As digital natives, today’s students have grown up with technology integrated into every aspect of their lives, and education is no exception. And getting students to want to learn — isn’t that what it’s all about?

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2015

South Florida K-12 schools initiated a “Bring Your Own Device” policy in the fall of 2014, allowing students and staff to use their own technology during the school day “to enhance the learning experience.” Next page: How students and smartphones mix.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 7, 2019

Community providers, such as the University AME Zion Church (UAMEZ) in Palo Alto, California, understand that digital literacy development, like any learning, starts with building trust in the community and meeting learners where they are. Stay Up-to-Date with the Latest News in the Adult Learning Field.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Not everyone is sold on the idea that virtual reality technology could or should bring higher education into a future of avatars and holograms. But separate from that hype, virtual reality is already being used at colleges in ways that seem more mainstream, as a tool that has the potential to enhance teaching and learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

“Elinor can understand the child’s response and then make a contingent response to that,” says Mark Warschauer, professor of education at the University of California at Irvine and director of its Digital Learning Lab. That’s what experts at the Digital Learning Lab and PBS hope to find out—with help from an animated bunny.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

smartphone and Wi-Fi adoption, which continues to grow unabated as evidenced in latest internet trends deck from renowned investor Mary Meeker. In education technology, a litany of surveys published this decade have touted the growing adoption of digital learning tools. A different ‘digital divide’ has emerged.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, QR codes have become ubiquitous, offering a quick and efficient way to access information, websites, and other resources. Its user-friendly interface and rapid scanning technology make it a practical tool for quick information access.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 3, 2016

Seymour Papert, an education technology and artificial intelligence research pioneer whose theories augured both today’s digital learning and maker-education movements, died this week at his home in Maine. Resnick holds an MIT professorship in learning research, named for Papert. By Guest Blogger Sarah Sparks.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. FCPS Office of Instructional Technology. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. On smartphones. It’s considered by pundits that the shift in access via smartphones has caused a mutation in content consumption away from only books and long-form reading. The Smartphone Take-over. consumers have a smartphone.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Digital media and technology are increasingly a part of our lives, but it's important that we're conscious of the media choices we're making. Overall, it's essential to think about whether digital media and technology are enhancing students' learning, or potentially even detracting from it.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Today his global talent search officially kicked off, with the launch of a smartphone app that lets people begin their application for the competition by posting video essays and commenting on the videos posted by others. By next year, the Rise program plans to pick its inaugural cohort of 100 “Global Winners.”

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Digital-based learning benefits students. Blended learning and flipped classrooms. When teachers leverage technology, learning outcomes improve. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. The Rise of the Digital Classroom.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2018

We’re faced with the tough call of whether to ban or embrace technology. Because students will need to be digitally literate to be successful in the workplace, I sought a way to keep things relevant, engaging, and valuable through technology. Individualized learning through music. All students identify with music.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

as the leader in digital learning, representing the most adventurous innovations. Phil Hill, a prominent edtech consultant, told me that because Africans are forced to introduce mobile, not as an add-on, but as a priority, “from day one, Africans optimize digital learning for mobile. I’ve always thought of the U.S.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Photomath is free and simple to use and acts as a digital math tutor for students and parents struggling with math homework. By scanning a handwritten or printed math problem from a smartphone, Photomath uses computer vision and machine learning to recognize and instantly solve basic arithmetic to advanced calculus.

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