MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. Des Moines Public Schools distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students during two weeks in mid-April. She’s still a central figure in my son’s life, and I’m so grateful for her! They know I’m here!”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

Here are five tools that will make you look and act like the Diva of Digital: Google Maps. Bring the latest version of the Google Maps app on your smartphone or iPad, complete with audio directions. If friends are looking for a Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts near the conference, Google Maps will find one. Any ideas?).

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Some APIs for web maps include Google Maps API, OpenLayers, ArcGIS, and Mapbox. Import data from Excel, Google docs, or CSV to create and publish interactive maps. The NatGeo MapMaker Interactive is an excellent map alternative to Google Maps for the classroom. Best Platform Integration: Google Maps API.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Tool #1: Mobile Technology. The first, and arguably the most obvious, tool for instructional coaches is some sort of mobile technology. This can be a laptop computer, a chromebook, an iPad, or even just your cell phone (though something more conducive to complex work is encouraged). A word of caution about coaching mobility.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

The free service also operates on the Web, allowing teachers to alternatively use a laptop, desktop computer, or any smartphone or tablet via Web browser. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. In the process, we’re taking on a frustrating pain point for teachers and turning it into a positive experience that benefits all”. To date, over 3.5

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

For the past several years the Horizon Report has listed mobile learning, in one form or another, as an emerging educational technology (e.g. mobile computing, mobile apps, social media, BYOD, mobile learning). Such media can be submitted to an e-portfolio or blog (e.g. References: Brooks, D.C.

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Bryan Alexander

APRIL 9, 2015

Note that desktops and laptops remain the most relied upon technology, followed by gaming consoles. Race and technology : blacks and Latinos are more likely to use mobile devices and to use the internet in general than are whites. If we’re serious about reaching out to nonwhites, we must emphasize mobile. ”*. .”

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MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

And then I ended up Googling them … and it went downhill from there!” Scholars like Jordan Shapiro and Stacey Steinberg have argued that parents need to model healthy social media use with younger children, and let them participate. And girls also report liking social media much more than boys do.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 28, 2021

Learners don’t have to download the videos; they can view the video directly on YouTube, Google Drive, or a website platform. To avoid crackling, echoing, hissing, and other background noises, use an external microphone and not a built-in laptop or smartphone mic with a headset. What Is The Benefit Of Screencasting?

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Previously via laptop computers, but more recently via mobile devices. Social media has become central to their (and our) everyday lives. Kids who we assume lack access to technology are increasingly getting access through mobile devices and resources in their commmunities. How are their learning lives evolving?

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Walk into a Cleveland County Schools classroom today, and chances are you won’t find a traditional chalk board or an old-school overhead projector, but instead, laptop computers and touch-screen smartboards. It gives teachers the ability to free themselves up to be mobile and not be stuck to the front of the classroom,” he said.

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. Students can use computers, laptops and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones. Students can receive “likes,” and the videos can easily be shared to social media, or by a web link.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Share photos and videos of your Hour of Code event on social media. CS First (Google). Chromebooks, laptops, desktops. Print certificates for your students. Print “I did an Hour of Code!” ” stickers for your students. Order custom t-shirts for your school. Coding Resources & Lessons. 9 – 14.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

It also supports Google Play educational apps, so students can collaborate, discover, engage and learn, and includes a Wacom EMR stylus that lets students use interactive apps, sketch, take notes, and capture ideas. Its portable design enables it to be used comfortably by younger children and in more environments. Available with either 15.6-inch

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

20 years ago we never would have imagined that the position as a Social Media Manager would be an actual job, and just about every company or organization would need to have someone manage their social media accounts. Social Media is a huge way to incorporate technology that students use everyday in the classroom.

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The 21st Century Principal

MAY 6, 2011

For more information on the Evernote iPad app: Evernote iPad App Information Go Docs: This is an easy to use application that gives me access to my Google Docs account. This app allows me to show those presentations without using a laptop. It literally has displaced the legal pad I used to carry to meetings.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

Since the fall of 2016, the communications department at Dominguez Hills has banned smartphones, laptops and other personal technology in every classroom — with grade deductions for violations — except for teacher-guided use and “tech breaks” during longer classes such as Eames’s. One student plotted a Google Maps route to Boston.

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Bryan Alexander

MAY 11, 2015

I’ve had a blue screen of death manifest 6 minutes before one talk, an internet connection fail, a projector decide to rotate everything 90 degrees, three laptops in a row fail , and a shade-less window bathe my screen in all-obliterating light, among other last-minute crises. So make sure this stuff is working. Greet them warmly.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 19, 2016

Why waste it with standard Google Start Page? In Google Chrome, Momentum and Limitless have some cool features to help you focus. It indexes all of the Google news for your selected country and shows with a quick glance what works. Paste the QR code and link into Evernote or a Google Doc organized by page numbers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Project templates include social memes, mini websites, narrated tutorials, presentations, reports, posters, how-to videos, and more. You can access files in Dropbox, Google Photos, YouTube, Vimeo, or upload them from your local computer. Older students can log in via Facebook, Google, or with Gmail credentials.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Even Social Media and YouTube play a part. Google Classroom integration makes it even easier to educate tomorrow’s citizens. ViewSonic ViewBoard IFPs are designed to support education with best-in-class Google Classroom integration features and more. There are many influences. The internet. Interactive displays.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Thank you to Joey Jackson on Twitter ( @iAMJoeyJackson) for sharing your excitement about Blended Learning with Google and Google from A to Z ! Don’t you love interactive Google Slides? Google Suite of Tools. This post could have been a list of how I use Google tools, but that gets shared daily. The latter (.org)

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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. ” Or, “Why are they showing me this?”

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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Whether you want to proofread a document on your laptop, send a quick email to a client, teacher, or boss, or write a social media post, Grammarly is there to help you find spelling mistakes, punctuation errors and enhance your vocabulary. Yes, Grammarly is one of the few proofreading apps that integrate with Google Docs.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

In one minute there are over 2 million search queries on Google, 6 million Facebook views, over 200 million e-mails sent and 100,000 tweets. We can expect to see exponential rises in all of these and the emergence of new and more dynamic social media and communication systems.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 12, 2015

With one click of the phone, kids solve complex problems, Google their research, collaborate with others, and share out their results to the world. They’re on social media during meetings and conventions. Today, many parts of the world and certain demographics are skipping right to mobile phones. What time is it, Miss?”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Crescerance and MAD-Learn (for Mobile App Development). Crescerance and MAD-Learn are my tools for mobile app development. The kids are programming apps and using the MAD (mobile app development) Learn platform. MAD stands for “Mobile App Development.” Google Drive (Collaborative Writing). No problem.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Now there’s a bipartisan interest in cracking down on social media ( thank you Trump and Clinton ), plus a drive to weaken encryption so the NSA can have better eyes with which to see you. Mobile ecosystems We continue our migration into the mobile world, with ever-growing use of smartphones and changes in web design.

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Learning in Hand

JANUARY 6, 2015

But you can certainly create infopics on a Chromebook, laptop, or desktop computer. Thinking of apps you are already familiar with, slideshow software like PowerPoint , Keynote , and Google Slides can certainly be used to make infopics. Pixlr is a mobile app (iOS, Android, Fire) and web app. So go out and be artextic !

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 31, 2011

I''m posting this same discussion on Google+ , and feel free to answer here or there (at Google+, there''s more opportunity for back-and-forth with others). and Social media in the classroom (Blogs, Wikis, Social Networking, Podcasting, etc.) What would you add? What would you take away? What would you alter?

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Via The Independent : “13-year-old girl arrested after contacting clown on social media and asking him to kill her teacher.” million laptops to all public primary schools. Google had a big press event this week too, unveiling shiny stuff to a cheering crowd of stenographers. ” The Other US Clown Crisis.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 25, 2017

” Via Maine Public Radio : “ Do Laptops Help Learning? A Look At The Only Statewide School Laptop Program.” ” That’s the statewide laptop program in Maine – thanks Seymour! Via The West Australian : “ Mobile devices drive student suspensions.”

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Doug Levin

MARCH 12, 2017

Ever wonder how stories promoted by ‘thought leaders’ on social media get selected? But.truth is, the US government isn't the early adopter here; Amazon, Google and Facebook are really the front-line developers of the surveillance state." Filter bubbles are bad, including in educational technology.

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Learning with 'e's

DECEMBER 29, 2011

He wanted to clarify a few points, including a response to the critique of the One Laptop Per Child projects. OLPC is premised on the basis of one child interacting with one free laptop, in many ways a counter to social forms of learning witnessed in communal contexts such as Mitra's Hole in the Wall project. Conrad Wolfram.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Politics and Policies Missouri governor Jay Nixon signed into law the revisions to the infamous Senate Bill 54 , a law that would have effectively banned any private teacher-student interaction on social media sites. Updates, Upgrades, and Pivots Google announced that 15 million people now use Google Apps for Education.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2018

” Via Edsurge : “ Britannica CEO Talks Google, Wikipedia and What Lil Pump Can Teach Us About Credibility.” Pi-top , the maker of a Raspberry Pi-compatible laptop, has raised $16 million from Hambro Perks and Committed Capital. ” The Pew Research Center on “ Activism in the Social Media Age.”

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Education Khan Academy Blackboard Report 43

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. WTF is Unizin ?! Collared Dove. And on and on and on.

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