Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In this post, we’ll delve into some of the most effective and popular group dioscussion platforms that you can use in educational settings, namely– Google Classroom, Microsoft Teams, Slack, Edmodo, Flip (formerly Flipgrid), Padlet, Schoology, and Zoom. This creates a rich, multi-dimensional understanding of historical events.

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Hubbli

JULY 10, 2023

Schools can provide regular updates about students’ academic progress, attendance, and behavior through progress reports, weekly newsletters, and emails. Schools can use video conferencing tools like Zoom or Google Meet for parent-teacher conferences, virtual open houses, or information sessions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

90% of teachers think students know more about tech devices than they do. If you were in a seminar, it would include the people on both sides of you and in front and back. I’ll wrap up with the current darling of technology-in-education: Google Classroom. You’re not alone. Those are big numbers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2019

And we also checked in with an administrator at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas who assigns the show in a first-year seminar she leads. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Listen to the discussion on this week’s EdSurge podcast.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

IT people at school districts are typically stretched thin and don’t have time to attend workshops and seminars. But it’s really important for them to leave the office and learn about the latest threat vectors , sources of threat intelligence and best practices. A More Secure Environment Doesn't Have to Break the Bank. Buying Cycle.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

First, there are plenty of educational apps available in the App Store or in Google Play; you just need to find the right ones for your class. The first time I tried gamification with my students was during a seminar on green marketing and consumerism. The one-and-a half-hour seminar almost flew away. It was really simple.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

That’s one thing Katie Worth, a former reporter for the PBS show Frontline, found while researching her new book, “ Miseducation ,” about how schools teach climate science. Worth joins us this week on the EdSurge podcast to talk about her findings, as well as what great schools are doing to integrate climate science across the curriculum.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

And he writes that his main drive has been curiosity about an even larger issue as he’s observed and worked with so many schools over the past 20 years: “Why do some schools get better quickly, and others get stuck?” And they said, ‘the principals weren't trying to stop this teacher use of Google Docs.’ And I was like, ‘What?’

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Edthena

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

There are plenty of reasons and ways to use edtech with students in the classroom, but what about edtech for teachers? Our recent chat with Monica Burns reminded us not to forget about teachers using technology for themselves. Edtech for teachers bridges the gaps to more collaboration. Tech tools aren’t just for the kids.

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MindShift

AUGUST 18, 2020

She and her friends were talking about the options, of course, yet school officials had only sought input from adults, including parents and staff. There was just kind of busywork to fill out the rest of the year,” he said during a youth voices panel at the Education Writers Association National Seminar in July.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

In this episode, Kasey chats with Shake Up Learning Team member Susan Vincentz about her favorite takeaways from the FETC conference. Susan even takes it a step further by suggesting that teachers use ScreenPal for creating video instructions inside Google Classroom rather than typing all the directions.

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eSchool News

APRIL 6, 2015

Google conference sessions will focus on leadership, preparing students for the future, and digital empowerment. Google for Education will host a free online conference about leading for the future and shaping the modern classroom. Next page: An outline of conference sessions and focus areas.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2023

What’s unprecedented about ChatGPT and its clones is access, says Brian Stamford, program director for accountability and innovative practices for Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, a regional public education body that provides services like professional development for educators in suburban Allegheny County. .

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

APRIL 2, 2022

As if fate wanted to re-affirm for me the value of KySTE, I learned of a new tool in the very first hour of the very first session of the conference that got me so excited, I knew I'd be doing a blog entry about it! Firstly, you need to create a teacher or student account, either via email or through Google or Microsoft. (I

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 19, 2018

We learned about, planned out, tried out, and reflected on blended learning station rotation that required a collaboration station. All summer I thought about why we failed and how we could succeed. Step 1 Start in Google Classroom: Begin with open-ended discussion questions for the students to process their thoughts.

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The Daring Librarian

MAY 19, 2013

This is a story about Sister Libraries, Twitter, Google+ Hangout, and connecting kids! She had been inspired by a Tweet she had seen about sister classrooms started between @ heisereads and @ brianwyzlic - you know, like sister cities? we finally got our kiddos to meet and chat using Google+ Hangout!

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

Students chat about the data analysis they’ve performed on their cellphone usage over a week, while Perizzolo walks around the room fielding their questions. The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

A single mom in middle America could learn to code from Google instructor. These tend to be small seminar-style workshop classes hosted online—or customized certificate options built into larger online courses. I’ve encountered a great deal of skepticism from the philanthropic community about online courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

This time, it’s not about iPads and Chromebooks; it’s 1:1 computing. Because they aren’t long tedious seminars, expensive college classes, or comprehensive certificate courses, they were ignored by administrators in the past. Education is changing. Not anymore. One of the leaders in this field is Digital Promise.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

In structured Socratic Seminars , students in the outer circle communicate via TodaysMeet, while those in the inner circle speak aloud. Here is a transcript of a Socratic Seminar on Steinbeck''s Of Mice and Men. Google Hangouts One of my go-to Google guys, Troy Cockrum , told me to not be afraid to Hangout by myself, and he was right.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

When I went to school, it was all about the 3Rs, desks in rows, and a teacher lecturing from the front of the room. Classrooms now are more likely to store student files in the cloud (OneDrive or Google Drive for example) than on school servers allowing students to access their work from school and home. Dedicated teacher training.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Twenty-four districts have said they will be sharing data about students’ learning to families. Communicating About Reopening Measures with Families (The Parabola Project). To do that, though, school communication toolkits must go beyond the regular email blasts, robocalls, or emergency updates schools are used to sending.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 22, 2022

Working together, De Anza’s online education center stepped up, providing instructor training, while the college IT group added videoconferencing to the course management system and the library staff answered questions about Canvas and Zoom. Related: COLUMN: Changes to come should be ‘music to your ears,’ higher education innovators say.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A few years ago, we wrote an article for EdSurge about our school, Taos Academy, and its personalized learning model, focused on flexible weekly scheduling. Wellness and Leadership in grade 5-9; high school students move on to Career Pathways, an internship course, seminars in the humanities and economics and dual credit opportunities.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 20, 2016

I always felt a renewed sense of passion about teaching after attending a workshop or seminar. Once technology started to become more prevalent in education, like many other teachers, I started to attend workshops about utilizing technology in the classroom to augment student learning. Take Good Notes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 18, 2024

Participants are encouraged to use #library2024 and #aiandlibraries on their social media posts about the event. Craddock has conducted seminars at the White House, the Bay Area MakerFaire, and South Carolina Association of School Libraries. McNeil has established partnerships with Apple, Spotify, Google, and Microsoft to name a few.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Build an app - sell it in the Apple or Google Play app store. We should all have our personal mission and belief system, I know what I want to do and I’m not going to be sheepish about that. With over 20 years classroom experience, Tricia is all about “putting the STEAM back in STEM.” Create 3D printables - sell on Shapeways.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2010

Topics ranged from health and drug awareness seminars to technology. Set up a separate phone number for parents using Google Voice (idea via Scott Elias ). Start a blog, let parents know about it, and encourage them to comment on your posts. Hold training workshops for parents. Call home on both positive and negative issues.

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EdTechTeam

JULY 24, 2018

In fact, I’m very envious of those that can read a book, finish it in a decent amount of time, and chat about it with friends. So, I decided that I would make it my personal goal to find ways to get kids to actually get excited about reading. I talk about it for days ahead of time, making it sound like a big secret.

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techieMusings

JUNE 10, 2016

Using TodaysMeet to Enhance Socratic Seminars in English Assessment. These are just a few general recommendations: Google specific — Google for Education: Training Center. free, online training courses designed by Google for Education. Google Apps Learning Center. 9th Grade Human Geography Megacity Project.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Eyler certainly spends a lot of time thinking about teaching, since his day job is now the director of the Center for Teaching Excellence at Rice University. By offering a guided tour through a variety of theories about human learning, he may just cause you to rethink what teaching even is. I think it’s both.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2020

Trustees at Wesleyan University, where I am president, have for years been singing the siren’s song to professors about the benefits of online teaching, and usually the answer they get is: “It just doesn’t work.” Usually I hear this tune from folks in the business world. Well, things in academia are changing now!

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. But they’re deciding what we’re going to talk about.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

They find dozens of free seminars and keynote talks, several hundred exhibitors, and many special events outside of the official program, including seminars run by Microsoft and Google and debates hosted by Smart. I explore VR headsets, such as Microsoft’s Hololens, in an article about robots and artificial intelligence.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Most people have been hearing and learning about this since they were kids. You can use the internet to donate to charity, stay informed about current events and keep in touch with old friends. You can follow the podcast on the Apple Podcast app , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Google Ngram. Google has created a database of all published works dating back to 1500, though the default search is from 1800 (they seem to have added formal speeches as well.) History teachers will talk about slope! If you have the ability to project a computer screen, you can test hypotheses about these “trends” in real time.

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TeacherCast

DECEMBER 3, 2019

I usually write these down in a Google Doc or Google Keep note and then break them down from there. Then have a discussion with your admin team about what they want to see or hope to gain from these focus points. It isn’t about the tech. Send out a Google Form for ideas. This gives them a good starting point.

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