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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

With so many captivating apps and games, it is easy to see how students would have a hard time putting their smartphones and other mobile devices away. If you’re interested in how to better integrate technology into your classroom, visit ViewSonic Education. . Teachers and students alike say this app is highly effective.

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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me. Master strongly believes that since we don't know what jobs are going to be available 10 years from now, we have to teach kids how to create their own. A group of kids came.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts. Really, though: Why not? And then charge.

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern Tools and Techniques for Math Teachers Nothing teaches one how to become a math teacher quite like modern technology. Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet.

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Teaching students how to manage digital distractions

Neo LMS

Is banning smartphones in the classroom a viable solution? Many articles often cite this study as solid proof for banning smartphones. Read more: Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe? The solution: teaching students how to use technology. Group activities in which engaged students motivate less engaged ones.

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Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe?

Neo LMS

But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning. Smartphones and the AIDA approach. Plus, you probably won’t succeed 100%.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Kids will love having a valid reason to use Mom’s smartphone camera. Kids will be amazed at how many they find and will enjoy using the camera phone. Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that).

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