A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 6, 2015

Mobile learning provides enhanced collaboration among learners, access to information, and a deeper contextualization of learning. Koole (2009) No one will deny the impact that mobile is having on the world. Mobile devices offer a new and exciting avenue to engage students and promote learning while increasing academic achievement.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2022

To address this need, Civic, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and the Coalition for Career Development (CCD) Center have released a new report featuring a state policy roadmap for K-12 education that prepares students to succeed in a rapidly changing world. www.civicllc.com. To learn more, visit [link].

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2016

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. The pros The most obvious reason is that almost everyone owns a mobile device.

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ExcelinEd

MAY 11, 2020

State policymakers can play a valuable role, too, especially in shaping charter school policy to meet new and unprecedented challenges. In 2010, Goodwill of Central & Southern Indiana tapped into Indiana’s charter policy, adult education policy and workforce development policy to create The Excel Center®.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 2, 2017

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Are smartphone confiscation policies out? We’ve gathered some best practices from today’s educators.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

The 2010 request would continue the policy of permitting States to use up to 100 percent of their allocations for competitive grants to local educational agencies. The Effectiveness of Educational Technology: Issues and Recommendations for the National Study (Mathematica Policy Research, 2003). ” How would the program operate?

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 8, 2020

MIND Research Institute is a proud partner of the State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA) and the Education Commission of the States (ECS) – two of the most prominent and important venues for edtech policy discussion. Hundreds of state commissioners and edtech policy leaders joined the ECS Live!

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

“Mobile phones enable anytime, anyplace, anywhere engagement.” The days of complete mobile device bans are numbered, and administrators who want students to engage in authentic learning with those devices, are ending the war, and embracing their place as a learning device. But why should we end this war on mobile devices?

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Doug Levin

JUNE 19, 2018

scholastic.com, as well as related mobile-specific apps. All also make misleading statements about the provision of reasonable security for children’s accounts in their privacy policies. In fact, the games that have both online and mobile app versions point to different privacy policies.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2022

By providing basic security policies and procedures to your employees, they are less likely to fall victim to cyber threats. It’s always better for employees to use their company-provided laptops and mobile devices for work, rather than their personal devices. The attackers then demand payment to in order to stop their attack.

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Connecting 2 the World

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

The Mobile Adjunct Currently, I am involved in #adjunctchat, a community that meets on twitter at Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, New York time. In addition, Rettie''s (2008) research suggests that there are different ways in which devises are used depending on the level of intimacy between people using mobile devises.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2022

But if the point of higher education is to buoy economic mobility, those lists that make headlines every year aren’t showing the whole picture. Don’t Ivy Leagues produce upward mobility for their low-income students? “If Meanwhile, she adds, the top 10 schools based on the economic mobility index enroll nearly 100,000 Pell recipients.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

It is free to use (standard text messaging rates apply though) and anyone with a mobile phone or access to the web can use it. The new service allows users to build instant mobile social networks, called "cells" using text messages, QR Codes, email, web or the new Android App. Today, Celly is announcing a new service.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 26, 2020

As schools across the nation shift to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, some educators are trying out new mobile apps, free trials of software, and other tools that promise to enhance or at least support their efforts. Does the school have a data governance policy? To that end, experts offer some advice: Be cautious.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

These laws also require schools to have bullying prevention policies in place, and in many states this policy is required to explicitly define cyberbullying. Uses the computer or mobile devices late at night or when they are unsupervised. from the Kaspersky Internet Security website. Has a history of bullying.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

This is especially true as the number of users, the number of active mobile devices per user and the amount of data moved by applications all continue to grow rapidly. Check your application mix regularly, and make any changes to use policies or system settings accordingly. . Make the Most of the School's Management Console .

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 4, 2020

However, what they fail to mention is that the study’s authors have also found after analyzing the data, which is: these findings do not discount the possibility that mobile phones could be a useful learning tool if their use is properly structured. What do you do when your school’s policy isn’t well defined in terms of device use?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2020

The policies and practices that have governed higher education for decades no longer reflect the needs of the majority of students , nor the realities of combining work and caregiving responsibilities with college attendance. Higher education is no exception.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Over the past year, the school district I work for has made tremendous strides in the realm of mobile learning. Please see specifics on my re-use policy in the right-hand column of my blog before re-posting/re-using any of my blog content. BYOD BYOT Georgetown ISD iPad mobile learning mobile technology' Our Engage!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The rise of the non-profit industrial complex is a necessary response to in-your-face suffering, but our investments in non-profits can’t shield us from the source-problem of bad policy. In addition, many non-profits are funded by foundations and philanthropists who benefit from policies that produce inequality.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2019

While we have a responsibility to be CIPA-compliant, we also are able to set notifications for when students violate our acceptable use policy by going to sites they shouldn’t. Because robust filtering and reporting features come standard with Kajeet, we’re now able to ensure that students are using wi-fi for its intended educational purpose.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 30, 2020

Test the mobile device management (MDM) and internet filter off campus, and test it often. Review the Staff Responsible Use policy in your employee handbook and remember that the policy still applies to working from home. Students without wifi can download videos and activities while connected and access them later when offline.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

And, ownership of smartphones — mobile devices with an internet connection — has tripled in recent years among young people. Policies on the use of technology in the classroom vary by school districts across the nation. In 2011, 22 percent of students starting high school had a smartphone; by 2015, the number rocketed to 68 percent.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 31, 2020

As states, districts, professional organizations, and other entities develop systems and policies that include recognizing micro-credentials for educators, overarching guidance should enhance quality and consistency. One incentive for continuous learning is the recognition teachers receive through methods like credits or pay increases.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Looking back now, at age 40, as assistant professor of higher education administration and policy in the University of California system, Del Real Viramontes can see what his story shares in common with the experiences of so many students who start out at community colleges hoping to eventually earn a bachelor’s degree.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2021

A new definition of college value has been proposed by a research effort supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and managed by the Institute for Higher Education Policy. enough to achieve economic mobility by moving into the fourth income quintile. Using these measures to assess the state of U.S.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 9, 2022

But the policy itself continues to divide opinion among employees and employers alike. Not only is this in keeping with office design trends , it is also a sensible policy to avoid allocating desks to people who are not necessarily going to be in the office every day. Encourages Collaboration. Final Thoughts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. Because mobile devices are faster, it satisfies student curiosity and builds their passion to be lifelong learners. Mobile phones can do pretty much everything a computer can via apps and Internet access. And why not?

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Doug Levin

MAY 27, 2015

It is for all these reasons that I was so struck by an empirical research finding presented by Ellen Wartella about parents’ views on games and learning presented at a May 19 Capitol Hill briefing sponsored by Northwestern University’s Institute for Policy Research on “ Education in the Digital Age.”

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Equity of Access: Gary says Unrulr ensures equity of access by offering a web browser version in addition to a mobile version, accommodating various devices and school policies regarding technology use. This reflective approach is seen as essential for meaningful learning.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 21, 2015

Classroom Collaboration Curriculum Game-based Learning Hardware Leadership Management Mobility Notebooks Online Learning Policies STEM Tablets' Frank Smith A game-based learning event, executive summit and hands-on sessions are highlights of the opening day of the conference.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

For the youngest learners For young learners, even those without diagnosed disabilities, developmentally appropriate interactions with conventional desktop/mobile apps remain a challenge. We must share knowledge and urgently advocate for policies that prioritize and fund the swift deployment of these game-changing tools to all learners.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

In stories detailing inequities, from post-graduation income gaps to programming that places Black students in less upwardly mobile career tracks , the news consistently demonstrates that our higher education system is not equitably serving Black learners. Related: The college degree gap between Black and white Americans was always bad.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

As schools across the nation shift to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, some educators are trying out new mobile apps, free trials of software, and other tools that promise to enhance or at least support their efforts. Does the school have a data governance policy? To that end, experts offer some advice: Be cautious.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2020

As schools across the nation shift to online learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, some educators are trying out new mobile apps, free trials of software, and other tools that promise to enhance or at least support their efforts. Does the school have a data governance policy? To that end, experts offer some advice: Be cautious.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2015

Don’t forget these keys of mobile implementations. Why are some mobile learning implementations successful while others struggle? When it comes to mobile learning success, leaving out just one key ingredient can ruin an otherwise perfect recipe. Others are somewhat more challenging.

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