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Closing the Digital Learning Gap

Digital Promise

In recent years, to support these outcomes, a growing number of forward-thinking states, districts, schools, and teachers have adopted technology in learning and strategies proven to be effective. Access: Not all learners have daily—let alone anytime, anywhere—access to high-speed internet and a mobile device for learning.

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Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

Managing Smartphones in the Classroom. Smartphones are a monumental challenge for teachers and schools. Or on the other, is it possible to harness the potential of smartphones as learning tools? Or on the other, is it possible to harness the potential of smartphones as learning tools? Perhaps something in-between?

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Back to #EDEN

Learning with 'e's

It's a professional community of educators interested in technology supported learning. In that year I was just starting out in the world of educational technology, and I presented some of my research at the EDEN summer conference in Poitiers, France. Where is EDEN, you may ask? It's everywhere.

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Why schools shouldn't ban smartphones

Learning with 'e's

I was asked to write an opinion piece for the Western Morning News earlier this week as a response to the comments from Ofsted and their advisers on the use of technology in schools. Many teachers are left wondering whether personal technologies such as smartphones actually have a place in education and what risks and threats accompany them.

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Nearly 60% of Teens Use Their Own Mobile Devices in School for Learning

The Innovative Educator

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. This year, nearly half of teachers (47 percent) said their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.