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Report: Teens feel ‘addicted’ to mobile devices

eSchool News

A new report reveals that half of teenagers said mobile device addiction impacts their daily lives. Half of teenagers surveyed in a new poll said they “feel addicted” to their mobile devices, and 59 percent of parents participating in the survey said they agree their children are addicted.

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How Technology Is Harming Your Child’s Development … Or Is It?

Securly

There are a wide variety of factors and silver linings accompanying this issue; thus, we have compiled the pros and cons of the top online activities (across various age groups) in the table below: Taken from Securly’s Managing Screen Time: The Student’s Perspective white paper. Essentially, moderation is the crux of the matter!

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

Edsurge

Mercier, who’s starting his second year studying business management at City, University of London’s Cass Business School in a couple of weeks, found three of them on a new service called Perlego , a UK-based company which wants to be the Netflix of academic content. And what’s more, students can collaborate on the platform.

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Using Video and Audio to Share Our Scholarship

ProfHacker

[ This is a guest post by George Veletsianos, Canada Research Chair in Innovative Learning and Technology and an associate professor at Royal Roads University , where he teaches in the MA in Learning and Technology program , and researches networked scholarship and digital learning. Others might be in the same predicament.

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100+ Great Google Classroom Resources for Educators

The CoolCatTeacher

This handy tool has opened up the doors of blended learning and collaborative classrooms like never before. Teachers wanting to implement Google Classroom can use these resources to get started, level up their learning, or become a pro at all things Google. Use and email these out as you have specific tasks for teachers to learn.

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What Educators Need to Know About Technology Addiction

Graphite Blog

Here's what we know now: Below are some highlights from the poll: Half of teens and over one-quarter of parents feel they're addicted to their mobile devices. Despite conflicts, most parents feel their teens' use of mobile devices has made no difference or has even helped their relationship.

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What Educators Need to Know About Technology Addiction

Graphite Blog

Here's what we know now: Below are some highlights from the poll: Half of teens and over one-quarter of parents feel they're addicted to their mobile devices. Despite conflicts, most parents feel their teens' use of mobile devices has made no difference or has even helped their relationship.