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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. It’s almost a sin not to own a mobile device. Our mobile devices are online 24/7. Mobile learning of course. We panic when our devices reach 10% battery power.

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6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments

eSchool News

Homegrown online assessments prove invaluable to one district. Assessments are critical to our efforts to improve instruction in K-12 education. At Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD), we began the transition to online assessment more than three years ago. Online assessment saves teachers’ time.

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Teaching AP Students Remotely: What Does It Look Like?

EdTechTeacher

On any given day students can participate in these mobile friendly classes covering AP topics such as: Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords, Voting Rights and Models of Voting Behavior, and Introduction to Acids and Bases. This will assist teachers as they adjust to the online assessment changes.

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Surge in Chromebook Adoption Leads to Increasing Need to Keep Students Safe    

Gaggle Speaks

Earlier this year, we worked in partnership with Project Tomorrow to ask students and K-12 administrators interesting questions about their online life and what happens using their schools’ collaboration tools. Not surprisingly, schools or districts are providing their students with a range of different mobile learning devices.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy. What resources are presently available in schools, and how are they distributed? For example, are there two computers in every classroom or a dedicated physical computer lab?

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

techlearning

inch Full HD touch displays, all Spin 5 models have a 360-degree hinge that allows four usage modes (laptop, tablet, display, and tent). Judges liked the Bluetooth streaming functionality, its mobility, and its audio capabilities, allowing up to 6 users at a time to use it with headphones. Available with either 15.6-inch inch or 13.3-inch

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Kno was headed by Osman Rashid, the co-founder of the textbook rental company Chegg, and the tablet was aimed at the college market. According to Arrington, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen called the Kno tablet “the most powerful tablet anyone has ever made.” And here it is again, still flopping in this one.

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