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Mobile Schools: The Next Generation in Communication and Engagement

A Principal's Reflections

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. We envision every school benefiting from having their own native mobile application.

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The Post-LMS World: Social, Simple, Modern, Mobile and Student-centric

Edsurge

Having grown up on iPhone, Snapchat and Instagram, this generation expects seamless experiences that are deeply social and collaborative. And of course, in the post-LMS world, learning technology is simple, modern and mobile. Students are on their mobile devices all the time, and the platforms they use most often are there, too.

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6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you currently use a messaging app (iPhone’s native iMessage app or Facebook’s Messenger), stop doing that. Here’s a two-minute video showing how simple it is: My iPhone has a native hotspot that my iPad can easily connect to or I can allow others to use via a code. Use Signal instead. 2-step Authentication.

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10+ QR Code Activities to Inspire Curiosity and Engage Learners

Teacher Reboot Camp

You can quickly and easily scan QR codes with an iPhone camera. Create a basic QR code easily even on your mobile device that leads to a link, a message or any text, your contact details, or your location. Attach the QR code to Twitter, Facebook, a location, websites, wifi passwords, email, bitcoin and more! Scan and Learn!

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Got a New iPhone? Here's 17 Starter Apps

The 21st Century Principal

As a result, we are now using iPhones. Here''s my must-download list of iPhone apps. In an era where QR codes and bar codes are everywhere, it makes little sense to have a mobile device without the ability to scan these. For more information regarding QR Reader for the iPhone, check it out in iTunes. It is easy to use.

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

Educational Technology Guy

It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it. 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. Today, Celly is announcing a new service.

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Podcasting Microphones For Mobile Recording

TeacherCast

The only equipment that I had was my iPhone and a nice little microphone called an iRig. The other nice thing about this microphone is that it fit nicely into my iPhone or iPad and the headphone connection had an extra slot where you could plug your headphones into it for feedback of the recording. ” The answer is always simple.