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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. Smartphones have always been associated with leisure and entertainment more than education and learning, and teachers are inclined toward blanket bans in the classroom.

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How edtech strengthens parental engagement in online learning

Neo LMS

Our Pact is one of many smartphone apps on the market that help parents and children set limits for screen time and dedicated hours for homework, chores, family time and more. Here are a few examples: Khan Academy is a one-stop-shop for parents and children looking to supplement school work with various learning activities.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. Now owning a smartphone is like losing half our lives. Laptops, tablets and smartphones prices have all decreased since their first inception, making them available to anyone.

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Eric Schmidt’s Youth Talent Competition, Part of $1B Effort, Kicks Off With Unusual App

Edsurge

Today his global talent search officially kicked off, with the launch of a smartphone app that lets people begin their application for the competition by posting video essays and commenting on the videos posted by others. By next year, the Rise program plans to pick its inaugural cohort of 100 “Global Winners.”

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Permanently Disrupting Education. With Smartphones.

TeachThought - Learn better.

With Smartphones. Access for everyone to everything, a principal the Khan Academy is built on. Modern smartphones have the chance to change all of this. Through smartphone implantation, power, pace, and patterns are decentralized, from institutions and educators to individual learners. by Terry Heick. They tweet.

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5 Myths About Video Learning

ViewSonic Education

Such video-assisted learning platforms include myViewBoard Clips , TEDEd and the Khan Academy. The majority of students have their own handheld devices, such as smartphones or tablets. Many also allow you to easily customize content into your own lesson plan. Crowdsource the task.

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Top 10 Benefits of Using YouTube in the Classroom

EdTech4Beginners

Even the camera on your smartphone may help generate instructional movies, allowing you to avoid a significant amount of money while fulfilling your role as an instructor. In addition, videos uploaded to YouTube may be viewable on various mobile devices, including computers, smartphones, and tablets.

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