Elementary, Mobility, Secondary and Trends

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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

“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.

Chromebook

Chromebook Data Trends Social Media

HE Challenges: Fast changing digital teaching methods

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

They expect the same flexibility, mobility and always-on services they get with everything from travel and entertainment, also from educational providers. There is evidence that universities have a slow-changing culture , when compared to for instance high- or secondary-schools. Are universities adapting quick enough to this demand?

Secondary

Secondary LMS E-rate Dropout

#Supermuch teaching in the classroom and online

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 23, 2018

We discuss what going to the next level in the classroom and in online learning means both at the secondary and college level. In early 2012, my district decided to bring a 1:1 mobile device initiative to the middle school students and I was fortunate enough to get a cart of iPads in my classroom. Donor’s Choose. Dr. Tim Green.

Classroom

Classroom Personal Learning Network Elementary Course

Blurring the lines between education and workforce

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2022

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Subscribe today!

Education

Education Secondary Training Report

Top School & District Innovator Awardees 2019

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Most recently they unveiled a new mobile Innovation Lab. As a result, performance has increased: standardized test scores, AP enrollment and achievement, graduation rates across all demographics, student attendance, and engagement, and post-secondary concurrent enrollment. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX.

Survey

Survey Elementary Software System

In the marketplace: Measuring student progress, new digital solutions, personalized learning, and more

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Tech-savvy educators know they must stay on top of the myriad changes and trends in education to learn how teaching and learning can best benefit from technology’s near-constant change.

Personalized Learning

Personalized Learning Skyward Trends Android

U.S. K-12 Educational Technology Policy: Historical Notes on the Federal Role

Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

For each of the three primary (equity-focused) federal educational technology programs authorized by Congress since the passage of the 1994 revision to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), below I provide details on the programs’: legislative authorization (i.e., ” How would the program operate?

Policies

Policies Technology Program Evaluation Education

CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Even better, you can program it with your mobile devices. Fisher-Price Smart Cycle The stationary bike's combination of activity tracking and STEM-based edutainment (via apps on a mobile device) means that kids can exercise their bodies and their brains. This device turns into a printer for your mobile phone via the mobile app.

Tools

Tools Mobility Google Android

Flipgrid for every classroom

iLearn Technology

APRIL 23, 2018

Students can respond with short video responses using any browser, Chromebook, iPad, tablet, or mobile device. It’s simple (and free) to get started, just create a grid and add a topic to spark some discussion. All the students can view the videos and engage. You can moderate videos, provide custom feedback, and set the privacy rules.

Classroom

Classroom Edmodo Blackboard Video

New data: Even within the same district some wealthy schools get millions more than poor ones

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 31, 2020

O’Neal Elementary School, in Elgin, Illinois, none of the third graders could read and write at grade level according to state tests in 2019. Just nine miles away sits Centennial Elementary School, where 73 percent of third graders met grade-level standards on that same test. At Ronald D. This story also appeared in Daily Herald.

Data

Data Elementary Trends Analysis

10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

” Use mobile devices — not just computers — when having kids analyze information. This is important because when looking for credibility markers, sources, or publishing dates, different steps are required on a mobile device than it does on a laptop or a desktop. Does this have credibility to it?”

Mobility

Mobility Laptops Video Accessibility

Education Technology and Data Insecurity

Hack Education

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Pokémon Go, a free augmented reality game developed by Niantic (a company spun out of Google in 2015), became the most popular mobile game in US history this year. Pokémon Go generated more than $160 million by the end of July, hitting $600 million in revenue within its first 90 days on the market – the fastest mobile game to do so. .”