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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

Fortunately for me I have already begun to work with my staff and students to transform the teaching and learning culture at New Milford HS as it pertains to cell phones as mobile learning devices. For the most part they used a program called Poll Everywhere to check for understanding, review prior learning, and informally assess.

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What is the Most Effective Classroom Technology?

A Principal's Reflections

Like most educators in the blogging world I see the inherit value in educational technology. Combined with sound pedagogical practices, the effective integration of technology has the ability to engage learners in a variety of ways. So what is the most effective classroom technology? application like Poll Everywhere.

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10 Good Tools to Create Free Surveys and Polls

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When your quiz (Mentimeter calls it presentation) is ready, share generated the code with your participants who can join using any mobile device with Internet connection. Jotform Jotform is a web tool that lets you create various types of forms including surveys, polls, and questionnaires. Clickers can be used for a various purposes.

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The Future is Here: Take Advantage of It

A Principal's Reflections

At New Milford High School we have begun to leverage technology that many students possess. This has led to a Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT) initiative, where students are encouraged to bring in their mobile learning devices, which include cell phones or personal computing devices (laptops, tablets, iPod Touches, eReaders, etc).

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Climate is Everything

A Principal's Reflections

Manzo asked the students to take out their mobile devices and submit their questionnaire answers using Poll Everywhere. This was an extremely significant event as this represented the first time that a teacher and students used mobile devices in NMHS as a learning tool.

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A Commitment to Digital Learning

A Principal's Reflections

After students decided as a group, they voted individually as a class about their opinion on the source with “ Poll Everywhere ,” using their cell phones. In math, Mrs. Chellani began the lesson with mobile learning devices and Poll Everywhere to review prior learning.

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Streamlining BYOD With ClassLink

A Principal's Reflections

Mobile learning devices (i.e. tools such as Poll Everywhere and Celly. Even though our school has more than enough available technology in four computer labs and two mobile carts, some students are more comfortable working on their own devices. lunch) or in class at the discretion of the teacher.

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