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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. Mobile students.

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Why your young students love e-learning

Neo LMS

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. E-learning is mobile. Kids live in the same world as we do, and they keep up pretty well in terms of mobile devices ownership.

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Mobile use rises, but school wi-fi stagnates

eSchool News

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. The survey, released by Pearson and conducted on its behalf by Harris Poll, finds that while student ownership of mobile devices continues to increase, wi-fi connectivity at school lags behind home access.

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Students' Tablet, Smartphone Usage Climbs, With Strong Appetite for Apps

Marketplace K-12

Seventy-eight percent of elementary school students say they regularly use a tablet, up from 66 percent a year ago, according a survey released by Pearson and conducted by the Harris Poll.

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Pearson launches DRA2+ app for iPad

eSchool News

Pearson has launched the Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition PLUS (DRA2+) iPad App for literacy assessment. “When a teacher delivers the DRA2+ using a tablet, data is captured real-time, eliminating the need to manually upload scores later,” said Alistair Van Moere, Ph.D.,

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Will a Netflix Model Work for Textbooks?

Edsurge

So far the company has won participation by major textbook publishers, including Palgrave, Wiley and Pearson. One partner, Pearson, took a pre-tax loss of approximately $3.2 And a month later, Pearson announced that it would lay off 3,000 more employees. And it’s currently in the process of closing an agreement with McGraw Hill.

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SEC launches informal inquiry into LAUSD’s use of bonds for iPads

eSchool News

Unified officials demanded a refund from computer giant Apple over curriculum supplied on the devices by Pearson, which sells education services and materials worldwide. Pearson was a subcontractor to Apple under a contract approved by the Board of Education in June 2013. Unified bought 43,261 iPads with the Pearson curriculum.

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