The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Check out Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen’s show on iPad apps for elementary classrooms. DJI Phone Camera Gimbal from OSMO Mobile [link] – the price has dropped from $399 to $299 from when I bought it so the price I stated in the podcast is actually lower now – a handheld “tripod” for smartphones.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

The impact of mobile computing on education is indisputable. Full computer lab workstations deliver greater computing power and more screen space than mobile devices. Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. Smaller cubbies for use with individual devices like tablets and laptops.

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Laptops Libraries STEM Chromebook 179

eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Social Institute today announced that it has expanded its pioneering social-emotional learning curriculum to meet the needs of fourth grade students, available beginning in January of 2021. Surveys reveal the average age kids get cell phones is ten years old, and exposure to mobile devices begins at a much younger age.

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Social Media Digital Divide Survey Elementary 63

Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2017

By my calculation, he has experienced seven different daycare, preschool and elementary school classrooms. In the early childhood area, I find that sources like Common Sense Media can help you search and navigate trusted sources to find content to meet your needs.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2023

Mobile apps have made it super easy for kids to learn in fun and engaging ways, anywhere anytime. From interactive reading platforms to math games, there’s something out there that will meet the learning needs of your kids. BrainPOP JR BrainPOP Jr is another great learning app for kids and elementary students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

She also uses this for professional development for teachers when she’s preparing to meet them on-site. So maybe I’m a social studies teacher, I’m teaching middle school, I’m teaching high school, it could even obviously do it down in Elementary School as well. She shares essential tips on how to use Flipgrid.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As Denton Independent School District (ISD) prepares for future ready classrooms with technology and builds new schools, the Texas district is partnering with LocknCharge to create a new mobile device charging cabinet – the Carrier 15 Charging Station™. It includes three large baskets to store and safely distribute technology.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2012

I use it all the time to take notes at meetings and keep myself organized. I used it in a meeting that was fast moving with a lot of information and as I took hand written notes, it was also recording the audio of the meeting. The smartpen is also easier to take notes with then a keyboard, or even a stylus on a tablet.

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Tablets Meeting Assessment Smartphone 182

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Elsewhere, teachers hold daily virtual office hours to check on the academic and emotional well-being of students they can no longer meet face to face. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Many teachers use “synchronous” classes, where they and students meet simultaneously on platforms like Google Hangouts or Microsoft Teams.

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Learning Laptops Smartphone Accessibility 70

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. The district lacked a system for tracking how many students weren’t logging on to classes for lack of a working computer, tablet or internet connection at home. “We Credit: Javeria Salman/ The Hechinger Report.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 112

Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Innovative Interactive Presentation Tools to Bring Your Classroom to Life by Bryan Miller Interactive response systems have evolved from the formal clickers, to now operating on mobile devices. Bryan gives you a head to head comparison of all of the popular interactive response systems that work on your classroom''s mobile devices.

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Resources iPad Mobility eBook 91

The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone. Tablets- The iPad is wicked cool. This is the chance for us to see what will be hot in electronics this year and I expect it to be tablets. Very easy and lots of potential.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? How fast must they be to meet students’ and educators’ needs? ? What devices do students already bring to school?

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Even better, you can program it with your mobile devices. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. Ozobot Evo Meet Evo: the golfball-sized bot that moves around the floor or table, responding to commands programmed using OzoBlockly. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI

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Tools Mobility Google Android 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Meet digital generations on their own turf. The current collaboration and communication tools are finding their way into elementary and middle schools at a rapid pace.

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Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 47

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Meet digital generations on their own turf. The current collaboration and communication tools are finding their way into elementary and middle schools at a rapid pace.

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Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

Educator Innovator

MARCH 7, 2014

A teacher at an elementary school in a Boston suburb leads students through a story creation session using Pixie. Today Northborough and Southborough public schools have a much faster connection via fiber optic lines—35 Mbps up/down speeds at the elementary and middle schools and 150 Mbps at the high schools.

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Broadband E-rate Digital Divide Survey 41

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Serving at least 28 million students in more than 40,000 schools in every state and in more than 70 nations, the new organization represents a meeting of the minds and of complementary areas of skill and experience. Combined, ENA and CatchOn provide a rich portfolio of services to meet the demands of today’s digital schools.

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Tools Robotics Software Microsoft 51

MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn't present. I used to experience so much test anxiety.

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Assessment Poll Everywhere EdTech Khan Academy 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Meet digital generations on their own turf. The current collaboration and communication tools are finding their way into elementary and middle schools at a rapid pace.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Most elementary school-age students don’t remember life without computers, tablets and mobile devices. Meet digital generations on their own turf. The current collaboration and communication tools are finding their way into elementary and middle schools at a rapid pace.

Khan Academy 40

Khan Academy Exercises Edmodo Gamification 40

Educator Innovator

JANUARY 30, 2014

(With one exception: Hispanic-Latino parents were more likely to spend time engaged with their children in mobile media use than other parents.) While a majority of children have access to a tablet or e-reader, only about half of those children have read e-books. Teachers are helping to meet that need.

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E-rate Survey Education Mobility 29

The Hechinger Report

JULY 8, 2016

The red beam precisely followed a squiggly building design that Jack had just finger-drawn on a tablet computer. Meanwhile, the museum’s school programs must support the science standards taught by busy elementary school teachers. Jack’s goal was to make a building that could stand up to the wind of a nearby table fan.

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STEM Adobe Software Mobility 73

Edsurge

JANUARY 26, 2021

Top reported teachers’ apps have adapted to meet pandemic purposes. There was Zoom, of course, but also Flipgrid, Bitmoji, Google Meet, Screencastify and Nearpod. MDR reports a “surge,” with 1:1 schools most likely to be high schools (41 percent), then middle schools (37 percent) and finally elementary (22 percent).

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EdTech LMS Survey Classroom 168

Waterford

DECEMBER 3, 2019

8] Your Gen Xers are most likely the parents of older elementary or middle and high school students. 6] Millennials are no longer elementary or secondary students themselves, though they may still be students in college or graduate school. If you teach elementary school, many of your students’ parents will belong to Generation Y.

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Social Media Smartphone Elementary Facebook 228

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” His district also ensured that apartment complexes and mobile home parks could access WiFi with overnight placements of minibuses with hotspots.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 82

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Dr. Carol L.

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Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 56

My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

mIWlIpieWY BullisCharterSchool @BullisCharter · Sat, Nov 02 2013 10:56:16 Reply Retweet Favorite sleekgeekapps @sleekgeekapps Meet sleek-geek, at #svsummit13 , were a teacher led startup building mobile solutions for all stakeholders.

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EdTech Android Company Tablets 40

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

According to Futuresource , a UK market research firm, devices running the Chrome operating system accounted for close to 60 percent of all sales of mobile devices in the U.S. And not to mention, Google announced yesterday its first “education tablet made for Chrome OS” that comes with a built-in stylus. K-12 education market in 2017.

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iPad Chromebook Education Company 134

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

” Walton Avenue is what’s known as a “community school,” where educators believe that meeting students’ basic needs is as much of a necessity as teaching them to read – that, in fact, the former is a prerequisite for the latter. This, they hope, will let kids focus and excel in the classroom.

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Report Elementary Laptops Outcomes 140

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The staff now uses the interactive display to create and present lesson plans and share content with students utilizing their own tablets. Whether it was participating in device-day pickup or hosting and coordinating meet-the-teacher drive-throughs, the entire district staff stepped up to provide for nearly 61,000 students.

Education 107

Education Learning EdTech Data 107

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

She launched Girlstart At Home in April 2020, beginning with weekly Zoom meetings aimed at maintaining relationships with girls already in their program. She had to provide laptops, tablets and even mobile hotspots to a number of her kids just so they could participate. My son has some special behavioral needs.

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Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 139

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2017, the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class. Today, Ann is based in Los Angeles working as a public speaker, writer, and education consultant focused on leadership and planning to meet the needs of today’s students.

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BYOD System Data Advocacy 97

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2016

New wireless, tablet-ready robot-based learning system for elementary science curriculum teaches science and coding in a hands-on way. a hands-on science solution designed for elementary classrooms using a robot-based learning system. With WeDo 2.0,

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Robotics Elementary Tablets Software 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

During an edWebinar for the Empowered Superintendent series, “Leadership for Mobile Learning: Creating a Shared Vision,” the presenters said school leaders, though, often miss key parts of the planning process and end up with useless “hunks of plastic.” She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences.

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PowerMyLearning Mobile Learning BYOD iPad 40

MindShift

APRIL 20, 2020

Walton Avenue is what’s known as a “community school,” where educators believe that meeting students’ basic needs is as much of a necessity as teaching them to read — that, in fact, the former is a prerequisite for the latter. My parent community can and will mobilize around things that are important to them,” he said.

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Report Laptops Elementary Outcomes 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Since the pandemic, the district has used school buses as traveling mobile hotspots in an effort to provide families with reliable Internet. This past spring, she followed with interest when the district outfitted several homes with laptops and tablets to complete school work. Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report.

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