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How to Create Apps in the Classroom and Inspire Design Thinking

The CoolCatTeacher

If you're doing collaborative projects and design in your classroom, you'll get practical ideas for how you can modify your projects to encourage collaboration and real-world learning. 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.

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Teaching students how to manage digital distractions

Neo LMS

However, what they fail to mention is that the study’s authors have also found after analyzing the data, which is: these findings do not discount the possibility that mobile phones could be a useful learning tool if their use is properly structured. The solution: teaching students how to use technology. Managing devices.

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How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning

Digital Promise

Test the mobile device management (MDM) and internet filter off campus, and test it often. Review the Staff Responsible Use policy in your employee handbook and remember that the policy still applies to working from home. The post How to Manage Student Devices for Remote Learning appeared first on Digital Promise.

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Customize Google Classroom Notifications on Mobile

Shake Up Learning

The post Customize Google Classroom Notifications on Mobile appeared first on Shake Up Learning. If you use Google Classroom, you should also install the mobile app on you phone (iOS and Android). Watch the video below to learn how. Customize Google Classroom Notifications on Mobile. See: Copyright Policy.

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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

I cannot begin to explain all of the battles with students and parents that my administrative team and I had to deal with because of the established policy. The knowledge that I have acquired from my Personal Learning Network (PLN) provided me with the ideas and strategies to utilize student cell phones as mobile learning devices.

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How to block websites in K-12 schools

Hapara

But how do we protect learners while they are working online? Let’s take a look at how to safeguard students and block websites in K-12 schools. The federal Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) was enacted in 2000 and requires schools to have an internet safety policy in place to receive E-rate program discounts.

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Implementing Mobile Devices With a Focus on Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Mobile learning provides enhanced collaboration among learners, access to information, and a deeper contextualization of learning. Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Mobile devices offer a new and exciting avenue to engage students and promote learning while increasing academic achievement.

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