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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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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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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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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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2015

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. In my opinion, sheer ignorance is to blame. Herein lies some irony.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Some of the conclusions may not come as a surprise in the Omidyar Network’s report on what works in scaling education technology in different regions worldwide. Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. Take Chile, for instance.

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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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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. The solution: teaching students how to use technology. Using humor , if appropriate.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 9, 2020

To engage high school- and college-level students in hands-on physics and data collection, Vernier Software & Technology recently launched the new Go Direct ® Static Charge sensor. About Vernier Software & Technology. To learn more about Go Direct Static Charge, visit www.vernier.com/gdx-q. .

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 31, 2024

That’s why the development of AI-powered tools that can accommodate all learners must be a priority for policymakers, districts and the education technology industry. These technologies also often impose a rigid information hierarchy that the user must tab through with keys or gestures.

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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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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

uptime through automation technology and premium technical support with SLA. uptime guarantee with automation technology? Rather than deploy the upgrade at all servers at once, KITABOO follows the blue-green policy. Stringent Rollback policy: KITABOO also follows the rollback policy to ensure 99.9% The remaining 0.1%

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 7, 2022

uptime through automation technology and premium technical support with SLA. uptime guarantee with automation technology? Rather than deploy the upgrade at all servers at once, KITABOO follows the blue-green policy. Stringent Rollback policy: KITABOO also follows the rollback policy to ensure 99.9% The remaining 0.1%

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

“Mobile phones enable anytime, anyplace, anywhere engagement.” Scott McLeod & Chris Lehmann, What School Leaders Need to Know About Digital Technologies We’ve all worked with them, educators who have made it their mission to rid the classrooms and schools of this world of those infernal, disruptive devices called “cell phones.”

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Securly

JANUARY 5, 2016

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) conducted a study on the correlation between test performance and technology usage in the classroom. Ask questions that assess how a leader integrates and dictates technology into his/her projects and to those he/she leads. Digitally Mature Leaders .

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Connecting 2 the World

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

In the past, Thanksgiving had a special place in the hearts of Americans, especially as we became a mobile nation. However, for college students, higher education policies over the last decade has slowly been disintegrating the importance of the holiday also. These problems can be resolved with some simple policy changes: 1.

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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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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. She is not as open to new technology, but she does rely on a netbook to access student records, courses resources, and student communication.

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eSchool News

MARCH 5, 2021

Vernier Software & Technology recently launched a new lab book that uses food as a means to help high school and college students explore important chemistry concepts. About Vernier Software & Technology Vernier Software & Technology has led the innovation of educational, scientific data-collection technology for 40 years.

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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. Doesn’t use technology where you can see the screen. Uses the computer or mobile devices late at night or when they are unsupervised.

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Connecting 2 the World

JUNE 21, 2011

I was a member of a panel at a recent CDETG conference on Mobile Technology. CDTEG is a group of people interested in integrating technology at the higher ed level. The organization is set up to create a dialog and share information about issues around educational technology at the university level.

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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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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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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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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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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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As more of our lives are consumed with digital technology — social media, texting and smartphones — is it any wonder that our children are growing up with electronic gadgets as companions? And, ownership of smartphones — mobile devices with an internet connection — has tripled in recent years among young people. Steiner-Adair said.

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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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Neo LMS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Today we launch right in with a topic that is on the minds and hearts of many teachers – the “digital divide”; that silent, pernicious socioeconomic gap between students that have and students that do not have access to technology. Now, however, access to technology is becoming a rights issue. Digital divide: facts and figures.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The organizing of the various marches was primarily done by word of mouth and using the latest technology; the phone. Entering the third year of the pandemic, we see students marching out from schools in frustration with the inconsistent policies and the lack of voice in decisions affecting their education.

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2021

The year before the pandemic saw sky-high growth and adoption in education technology, with global edtech investments reaching €15.87 Many education institutions have their own bring your own device (BYOD) policies, while downloads of educational apps have risen by 130 percent over the past year. billion in 2019.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

Ideal for Advanced Placement ® (AP) Chemistry and college-level general chemistry, the affordable and durable Go Direct Platinum-Cell Conductivity Probe from Vernier Software & Technology helps students determine a solution’s conductivity or the total ion concentration with high accuracy and chemical compatibility.

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Edsurge

MARCH 15, 2023

As a graduate student in Stanford University’s School of Education and Public Policy department, I’ve been examining the intersection between higher education and the working world for the past two years. It was also a top-of-mind issue for me coming into the conference.

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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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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

There are a growing number of ways to help students push their technology interests further by earning industry-recognized certifications or using their digital schools for community service projects. Administrators should learn more about original equipment manufacturers’ certifications and self-maintainer policies.

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