eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Cyber Legends intends to change that with engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons, masked as a fun video game. The game teaches kids about passwords, identity theft, scams, phishing, cyber bullying, sexting, social media issues and much more. This provides a simple way to give each child the basics on how to stay safe online.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all. Thus, recreating relevant features for learning can have a positive impact.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

As schools across the country have rapidly shifted to distance learning due to school closures brought about by the coronavirus (COVID-19), students have been sent home with school-issued devices like laptops or tablets so they can continue their learning from home. Put up “Wifi Here” signs so families can easily identify where to go.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Video games? The PCs and laptops used for esports have high-performance processors, graphics cards, RAM, and solid-state drives, among other cutting-edge features, so they transition seamlessly into the classroom for students to pursue their interests in professions and hobbies that require resource-intensive applications.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 2, 2017

Produce and share impressive videos for storytelling, projects, or to share to social media. If you have a class social media channel on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube- Adobe Spark is about to take it to the next level of awesomeness! The example above took under 2min to create and share!

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WJU EdTech

MARCH 17, 2015

I thought most teachers understood social media do’s and don’ts. While many some people feel they can post anything on social media that they want, don’t do it! Don’t use your brain and post your uncensored thoughts or pictures to social media. But I am finding they don’t.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a fairly short time, amazing innovations like iPads, laptops, and smartphones have opened up a new world of information for students of all ages. In addition, PowerPoint lessons with graphs and other visually-oriented materials such as videos are beneficial. This often presents a challenge for them and their teachers.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

Ninety-two percent check social media daily. But they still like print, and they still like to go to the library, according to a survey of Gen Z and Millennial public library use and media consumption released by the American Library Association last fall. Today’s libraries often look nothing like the book temples of the past.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2023

Only a handful of students had their own personal device and the concept of one-to-one models, meaning every student is given a school-issued laptop or tablet, had not yet taken hold. Hallway passing time can also be filled with stressful social interactions or glances at social media.

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 16, 2012

While it’s made its name off funny home videos and clips from TV shows, it also has allowed teachers to visually show something that they previously were confined to teaching from a text book. Individual laptops – A lot of schools are moving over to having individual laptops for each student, which has taken lessons to an entirely new level.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The software gives the instructor the choice of whether they want the tool to record audio and video of the conversation, or just audio. The student developers have visited local high schools and put the word out on social media to get teachers to try their tool. For the most part, it was spot on.”

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 10, 2018

Rather than merely transitioning worksheet-like assignments to laptops, Avrith advises, school districts should adopt curricula that support the following goals: SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! “I A group of sixth-graders created a collaborative book on ways they can be digital leaders.” .

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Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Perhaps you mean video games? In my most recent book “Attack of the Teenage Brain,” I give an example of papers from two separate research groups examining video games and attentional states. Social media, contrary to its reputation, actually seems to improve certain prosocial behaviors—empathy, to name one—in teenage populations.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Since 2020, the social media app has invested millions of dollars and teamed with experts, public figures, and educational institutions to post more learning material under the hashtag #LeanOnTikTok. Sure, they can share it afterwards on social media and spread the word. It’s a daunting issue – but one that we can solve.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2021

There’s a difference in the way students use a device to scroll through YouTube videos versus understanding the information delivered in a lesson, Picou adds. Yes, they can play video games or use social media, he adds, “but they're not necessarily good at things they're not familiar with.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That students are more distracted than ever by their devices—the laptops, smartphones and iPads that just about everyone in this class has out on their desks. But I think you will probably see some social media up on their computers, probably a lot of texting with other people. But it’s more than that.

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Securly

APRIL 19, 2016

On average, students spend about 5-10 hours per day on their device(s) (smartphone, iPad, laptop, etc). Students from around the world reported using their devices for the following activities (time allocation in descending order): Social Media, Schoolwork, Entertainment, Gaming. SOCIAL MEDIA. SCHOOLWORK.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

He is passionate about using educational technology to improve outcomes for both students and teachers in all subject areas and in collaborating with other international educators through social media. However, I didn’t fully explore how to maximize the impact of these videos in my class at the time.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

While iMovie is still a great choice for high-quality video production and editing, you may want to try something new. If you want to learn more about using video in the classroom, check out our collection of tips and resources for viewing, creating, and thinking critically about video. Using Android devices?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience. Increase student engagement and collaboration through social media, simulations, and games. Students, in turn, may learn lessons in a more hands-on way, through educational video gaming and simulations.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2019

The total amount of screen media time, not including screen time for school or homework, has remained relatively steady between 2015 and 2019 for tweens and is only slightly up for teens. Average daily time spent on social media is also steady over the four years, at a bit over an hour for teens and about one-sixth that for tweens.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

A birds-eye view captures a bed, a clock and a laptop, surrounded by the bedroom walls which seem to creep closer to the bed as one looks on. I had parents write me and say, ‘I watched your video, that was amazing. The experience was so impactful, Finlaw decided to share it on social media. So much fun.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

These days, fingerprint scanners and cameras are regular parts of school life—on the ceilings watching students walk, and on their laptops analyzing their facial expressions. Here is a little-known-fact, FERPA laws regarding a parent's right to access video footage is unclear.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Laptops are most commonly used (86 percent), while other technologies include educational apps (58 percent), 3D printers (21 percent), and social media (41 percent, up from 32 percent in 2016).

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 27, 2018

Flipgrid and Recap: Video Response and Reflection for Education are both great options for reimagining class discussions and formative assessment. While Flipgrid is focused on being a fun, social video-response platform, Recap is more of a multimedia response tool that allows for differentiation. Winner: Recap. Winner: Recap.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Tablets are the number one choice for classroom learning, as they are somewhere in the middle ground between the reliability of laptops and the mobility of smartphones. It’s easy for students to text with friends, play games, watch funny videos, browse social media channels or even answer calls.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

In 2010, Lower Merion School District in Philadelphia was caught— and successfully sued when it was discovered that school officials were taking photos of a student through a school-issued laptop. Social media continues to be a contentious space with murky boundaries between what’s public and private. “Is

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

BAM Video Delay. The very first thing that you might consider using is utilizing a video delay tool. Are you familiar with video delay tools at all? I’ve never heard them called video delay tools so tell me what it is. Listen to Rob Donatelli talk about 5 easy brain breaks for your classroom. Twitter handle: @mrrobbo.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2017

School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. Videos of you teaching. Have a colleague video you teaching a class. In this section, also include all of your social media contacts. Devices you can use.

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edWeb.net

MAY 4, 2022

In Fayette County Public Schools, there are family engagement coordinators in every school, and those coordinators played a similar role in providing laptops, hot spots, books, and food during the pandemic. There are also discussions about the topic via social media, as well as at family round-tables held in schools.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 8, 2023

All students can access the information anytime and from anywhere with the help of the Internet and a reading device of their choice, be it a laptop, tablet or a smartphone. Multimedia content in the form of video, images, audio and text makes learning fun and entertaining, allowing students to gain new skills and information.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 4, 2012

Why are you so passionate about using social media? Social media has done so much for my own personal and professional learning. It''s one thing to read about the Arab Spring in an article or watch a video on You Tube about it but it''s a whole other, powerful deal to talk to someone who lived it.

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eSchool News

MAY 3, 2017

Even social media channels have become learning tools for the creative classroom. Standardized Testing : By putting down the No. 2 pencils and adopting online testing, schools have faster access to results.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 31, 2019

She says she discovered K-pop while watching a “multi-animator project” — often a music video that’s animated collaboratively by many different people. So an hour spent playing a video game while texting with your friends could be counted on the survey as two hours of media use. What is this from?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 3, 2018

What I am seeing is increasing anxiety about students' own phones in the classroom and the distraction that brings, and skepticism from parents about the value of laptops for homework. Now, it's obvious when we look at extreme examples, but just take the case of social media and imagine a child who spends 15 minutes on Instagram.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Working with a school that is moving towards classroom laptop carts, Monica enjoys sharing Lumio since every student doesn’t need a device to make lessons engaging. Another great way to engage students with technology in the classroom would be Flipgrid videos. . Lumio for Teachers.

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