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The challenges of mobile learning in the classroom

Neo LMS

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Dealing with connectivity and battery life.

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Mobile learning: The good and the bad

Neo LMS

Put that in the context of learning and what do you get? Mobile learning of course. Mobile learning is now a movement and it’s not just about picking up a tablet and off you go. Mobile learning is about transforming how everyone can access shared knowledge and resources. But that’s just the start.

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It's Not a Technology Issue

A Principal's Reflections

Technology still gets a bad rap in many education circles. This ends up resulting in the formation of rules and policies that severely restrict or prohibit student use of mobile technology and social media as tools to support and/or enhance learning. Today’s students text or communicate via social media.

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3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students

Brilliant or Insane

3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students by Brittni Brown The battle between teachers and social media accounts for student attention has been one in which teachers seem quite likely to lose. The post 3 Ways Teachers Are Using Social Media to Engage Students appeared first on Brilliant or Insane.

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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. The metaverse is an emerging technological revolution, but the concept itself is nothing new. Many of these students are extremely tech-savvy as they have grown up around digital technology.

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4 Ways to Integrate Today’s Education Technology

Brilliant or Insane

4 Ways to Integrate Today’s Education Technology by Roy Rasmussen Over the past few years, the U.S. Secretary of Education has been pushing for American schools to emulate the model of South Korea, ramp up education technology and abandon printed textbooks for mobile devices in classrooms, states eSchool News.

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A Wake Up Call For School Leaders

A Principal's Reflections

Many people in education talk a great game when it comes to the effective use of technology, but the results (lack there of) speak for themselves. This is not to say that they are unwilling to learn or embrace significant change in this area. Thus, the use of social media in schools by educators continues to be an uphill battle.

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