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Youth? ?Can? ?Change? ?the? ?World:? ?Lessons? ?from? ?the? ?T-Mobile? ?Changemaker? ?Lab?

Edsurge

Against a backdrop of magenta balloons, lights, and t-shirts, the 30 winning teams of the 2019 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge descended on T-Mobile's headquarters in Bellevue, WA. They work with schools, local governments, and other youth development programs to offer a series of five week-long educational workshops.

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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. By the end of last school year many more teachers were incorporating mobile learning devices into their instruction.

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Championing Students to be a Force for Good in Their Communities

Edsurge

Brigitta Witt Vice President of Social Impact and Sustainability at T-Mobile One of the most rewarding educator experiences is witnessing students become agents of change and positively impacting their communities with their own creativity, grit and innovation. EdSurge: How did T-Mobile's Changemaker Challenge get started?

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Infographic: Why mobile technology is hurting some students

eSchool News

” Ninety-four percent of families surveyed by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop , have some kind of internet access and most have at least one device connecting to the internet, but the quality or consistency of their internet access is lower than they would like it to be.

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Reimagine Your Space: 5 Creative Ideas Realized with Projectors

ViewSonic Education

They’re your artistic sidekick, transforming any space into a dynamic workshop for your creative genius. Simply beam your chosen image from your mobile device onto the canvas and trace along the lines. Want to jumpstart your sketching session? Stuck without a model for your sculpture?

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?Scaling Mobile Technology for Community College Students: 5 Tips for Entrepreneurs

Edsurge

It’s why mobile access has been one of the most important means of connecting students to their academic resources. This is not to say that the mobile medium provides a better learning experience ; however, students' work schedules often prohibit them from dedicated time in front of a stationary computer.

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Evaluating authentic mobile apps for learning

Nik Peachey

Back in April 2013 I delivered a workshop at the IATEFL 2013 conference in Liverpool. The topic of the workshop was ' Criteria for Evaluating Web Tools and Apps ' and in the workshop I encouraged participants to share and explore their subconscious criteria for deciding which apps and web based tools they used with their students.

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