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So what’s a parent to do when a child, possibly a very young child, asks for a smartphone? To learn more, let’s look at two families: one where smartphones are allowed for elementary to middle school-aged kids, and one where they are not. MORE
Are Smartphones a good idea? The post Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move? Liz Kolb in episode 387 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. MORE
Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? It’s a smartphone that your students are using. MORE
Free Tools & Resources iPads and Other Tablet Devices iPhones and Smartphones Project Based Learning _ Miscellaneous Tools and Topics 3d hologram phone project students classroom project smartphone hologram fun science math art project phone 3d projectionThis can be a Great Project for Science, Math, Art, Technology Classes and More This is just so much fun. One of my son’s made one of these a while back and I’ve been meaning to share it. MORE
The post Liz, Aly, & Walt: Ticked Off Teens Talk about Social Media and Smartphones appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. MORE
Circling around the interwebs recently has been an article on the Atlantic by Jean Twenge, “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? ” If you have not yet read the piece, then I encourage you to do so. MORE
In it, Adams decries his students’ lack of interest in reading and places the blame squarely on smartphones. my smartphone. Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. This article is part of the guide What Reading Well Looks Like. MORE
The post Using Parental Controls To Manage Smartphone Distractions appeared first on TeachThought. Author information. Terry Heick. Director at TeachThought. Founder & Director of TeachThought, humanist, technologist, futurist, failed philosopher, macro thinker extraordinaire. MORE
News data smartphone studentsnew data from Pew on US technology device ownership. MORE
But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning. Smartphones and the AIDA approach. MORE
Here are two apps that you can use for document scanning on your Smartphone, and they are both free. That way, I only need my smartphone to access materials. I''m one of those people who loves to be paperless and scan in any paper documents I have. MORE
These apps are available on many devices, including smartphones. Here are four reasons why you should download a reading app on your smartphone. Getting a reading app for your smartphone is an incredibly smart decision to make if you love books. MORE
The post Smartphones Meet Adult Education appeared first on Digital Promise. Mobile technologies allow adult learners to study anytime, anywhere, extending their learning far beyond classroom hours. MORE
While schools debate whether or not using smartphones in the classroom is beneficial, students are already using them […]. The post Three Reasons to Use Smartphones in the Classroom appeared first on Where Learning Clicks. Mobile devices are here to stay. MORE
The post 50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom appeared first on TeachThought. Our Most Popular Terry Heick The Future Of Learning General Veteran Teacher MORE
Lab4Physics is an incredibly low-cost way for students to design and conduct physical science investigations MORE
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It's a question most parents will wrestle with at some point — when is the right time to give my child a smartphone? Let's tick through a few other questions first. Image credit: LA Johnson/NPR MORE
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Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power. For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” MORE
April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month Today children of all ages have access smartphones or tablets, and this reality makes mobile apps one of the best avenues for teaching kids and young. MORE
In the first part of this discussion , we reviewed schools’ ongoing classroom bans on students’ cellphones — or more accurately smartphones. Below is an introductory list of some ways these teachers are leveraging their students’ smartphones for good. MORE
Bring physics to life using lab sensors built right into your smartphone. Techlearning Resources App of the Day MORE
You may have seen my friend, Eric Sheninger's recent post, "Finally, an SIS Worth Switching For". Eric and I are both on Alma's Advisory Board and like him, I'm excited about this platform. As an SIS, it's the best-in-class. MORE
Smartphones are everywhere. Teachers are starting to use smartphones for photography, video and art. Meri Walker, the iPhone Art Girl, gives us the essential smartphone photography tips and smartphone photography apps that we need. Essential smartphone photography apps. MORE
Many teachers are left wondering whether personal technologies such as smartphones actually have a place in education and what risks and threats accompany them. They bring their smartphones into the classroom, and will use them whether schools ban them or not. MORE
With Smartphones. Modern smartphones have the chance to change all of this. Through smartphone implantation, power, pace, and patterns are decentralized, from institutions and educators to individual learners. Not every student has a cell phone, much less a smartphone. MORE
The accepted dichotomy in this study and the media seems to be 1) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are banned, or 2) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are present (and, presumably, distracting). MORE
With Smartphones. With Smartphones. Permanently Disrupting Education. by Terry Heick The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. In response to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s not surprising to see that trend continue now that technology has caught up with our inherently rebellious ways. […]. The post Permanently Disrupting Education. appeared first on TeachThought. MORE
Most students use smartphones with unfiltered access to the Internet. Schools and parents need to get smart about how they talk to kids about smartphones. The post How Do We Teach Kids to Use Smartphones Safely? MORE
Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. On smartphones. It’s considered by pundits that the shift in access via smartphones has caused a mutation in content consumption away from only books and long-form reading. By LeiLani Cauthen. MORE
Reviews Software apps consumer fatigue smartphonesThe app economy, we’re told, is “bigger than Hollywood.” ” Apple likes to boast of how many jobs its app store has created, and even the president exhorts the young folks to program their phones, not just play with them. MORE
As a website, ProfHacker is very much of the smartphone age. But today I wanted to refer folks to Nathan Toups’s excellent post on turning your smartphone into a dumber phone. Do you have strategies for “turning down the volume” on your smartphone’s appeal? MORE
Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today. Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership. Smartphones give you wings: Pedagogical. MORE
The post Managing Smartphone Distractions in the Classroom appeared first on edWeb. edWeb Blog cell phones classroom control Classroom management smartphones teacher helpTechnology has become an integral element in our students’ educational journey. MORE
Students Adonis Scott (left), and Donavin Haugen (right) use their smartphones to sign up for an online review quiz. I have guidelines for cellphone and smartphone use, but it’s a constant struggle to keep kids engaged in lessons and off their phones. MORE
Rules for responsible smartphone use can vary by age and student. An April Pew Research Center study reported that 88 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds have or have access to some sort of phone; 73 percent have or have access to a smartphone. MORE
Things I still know I can’t do on my smartphone : Run a Google hangout on air, but I can attend one. FYI: This post was written on my smartphone in Google docs, then copied/pasted into the web version of WordPress, and the image was added while I was on a computer. MORE
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JUNE 19, 2019
Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? It’s a smartphone that your students are using.
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 8, 2015
Smartphones are everywhere. Teachers are starting to use smartphones for photography, video and art. Meri Walker, the iPhone Art Girl, gives us the essential smartphone photography tips and smartphone photography apps that we need. Essential smartphone photography apps.
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Are Smartphones a good idea? The post Are Smartphones in the Classroom a Smart Move? Liz Kolb in episode 387 of the 10-Minute Teacher From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter.
Digital Promise
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
The post Smartphones Meet Adult Education appeared first on Digital Promise. Mobile technologies allow adult learners to study anytime, anywhere, extending their learning far beyond classroom hours.
The CoolCatTeacher
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
Most students use smartphones with unfiltered access to the Internet. Schools and parents need to get smart about how they talk to kids about smartphones. The post How Do We Teach Kids to Use Smartphones Safely?
Edsurge
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
In it, Adams decries his students’ lack of interest in reading and places the blame squarely on smartphones. my smartphone. Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. This article is part of the guide What Reading Well Looks Like.
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edWeb.net
MAY 22, 2019
The post Managing Smartphone Distractions in the Classroom appeared first on edWeb. edWeb Blog cell phones classroom control Classroom management smartphones teacher helpTechnology has become an integral element in our students’ educational journey.
The CoolCatTeacher
MAY 15, 2018
The post Liz, Aly, & Walt: Ticked Off Teens Talk about Social Media and Smartphones appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.
EdNews Daily
MAY 14, 2019
Audiobooks, social media and smartphone newsfeeds are what Americans are doing. On smartphones. It’s considered by pundits that the shift in access via smartphones has caused a mutation in content consumption away from only books and long-form reading. By LeiLani Cauthen.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 18, 2015
The accepted dichotomy in this study and the media seems to be 1) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are banned, or 2) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are present (and, presumably, distracting).
IT Bill
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today. Undergraduate Smartphone Ownership. Smartphones give you wings: Pedagogical.
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TeachThought - Learn better.
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
With Smartphones. With Smartphones. Permanently Disrupting Education. by Terry Heick The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. In response to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s, it’s not surprising to see that trend continue now that technology has caught up with our inherently rebellious ways. […]. The post Permanently Disrupting Education. appeared first on TeachThought.
TeachThought - Learn better.
MARCH 8, 2015
With Smartphones. Modern smartphones have the chance to change all of this. Through smartphone implantation, power, pace, and patterns are decentralized, from institutions and educators to individual learners. Not every student has a cell phone, much less a smartphone.
Indiana Jen
AUGUST 9, 2017
Circling around the interwebs recently has been an article on the Atlantic by Jean Twenge, “ Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? ” If you have not yet read the piece, then I encourage you to do so.
NPR Learning and Tech
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
It's a question most parents will wrestle with at some point — when is the right time to give my child a smartphone? Let's tick through a few other questions first. Image credit: LA Johnson/NPR
Leadership Lounge
JANUARY 2, 2017
In the first part of this discussion , we reviewed schools’ ongoing classroom bans on students’ cellphones — or more accurately smartphones. Below is an introductory list of some ways these teachers are leveraging their students’ smartphones for good.
techlearning
APRIL 29, 2019
Lab4Physics is an incredibly low-cost way for students to design and conduct physical science investigations
Where Learning Clicks
MAY 6, 2015
While schools debate whether or not using smartphones in the classroom is beneficial, students are already using them […]. The post Three Reasons to Use Smartphones in the Classroom appeared first on Where Learning Clicks. Mobile devices are here to stay.
eSchool News
AUGUST 16, 2015
Rules for responsible smartphone use can vary by age and student. An April Pew Research Center study reported that 88 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds have or have access to some sort of phone; 73 percent have or have access to a smartphone.
Learning with 'e's
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Many teachers are left wondering whether personal technologies such as smartphones actually have a place in education and what risks and threats accompany them. They bring their smartphones into the classroom, and will use them whether schools ban them or not.
Educational Technology Guy
MARCH 17, 2015
Here are two apps that you can use for document scanning on your Smartphone, and they are both free. That way, I only need my smartphone to access materials. I''m one of those people who loves to be paperless and scan in any paper documents I have.
ProfHacker
APRIL 27, 2018
As a website, ProfHacker is very much of the smartphone age. But today I wanted to refer folks to Nathan Toups’s excellent post on turning your smartphone into a dumber phone. Do you have strategies for “turning down the volume” on your smartphone’s appeal?
TeachThought - Learn better.
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
The post Using Parental Controls To Manage Smartphone Distractions appeared first on TeachThought. Author information. Terry Heick. Director at TeachThought. Founder & Director of TeachThought, humanist, technologist, futurist, failed philosopher, macro thinker extraordinaire.
eSchool News
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019
Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power. For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.”
TeachThought - Learn better.
APRIL 24, 2017
The post 50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom appeared first on TeachThought. Our Most Popular Terry Heick The Future Of Learning General Veteran Teacher
ProfHacker
MARCH 3, 2016
Reviews Software apps consumer fatigue smartphonesThe app economy, we’re told, is “bigger than Hollywood.” ” Apple likes to boast of how many jobs its app store has created, and even the president exhorts the young folks to program their phones, not just play with them.
EmergingEdTech
OCTOBER 29, 2015
Free Tools & Resources iPads and Other Tablet Devices iPhones and Smartphones Project Based Learning _ Miscellaneous Tools and Topics 3d hologram phone project students classroom project smartphone hologram fun science math art project phone 3d projectionThis can be a Great Project for Science, Math, Art, Technology Classes and More This is just so much fun. One of my son’s made one of these a while back and I’ve been meaning to share it.
techlearning
MARCH 6, 2017
Bring physics to life using lab sensors built right into your smartphone. Techlearning Resources App of the Day
MindShift
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
So what’s a parent to do when a child, possibly a very young child, asks for a smartphone? To learn more, let’s look at two families: one where smartphones are allowed for elementary to middle school-aged kids, and one where they are not.
Tom Murray
JUNE 8, 2015
You may have seen my friend, Eric Sheninger's recent post, "Finally, an SIS Worth Switching For". Eric and I are both on Alma's Advisory Board and like him, I'm excited about this platform. As an SIS, it's the best-in-class.
EmergingEdTech
APRIL 17, 2017
April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month Today children of all ages have access smartphones or tablets, and this reality makes mobile apps one of the best avenues for teaching kids and young.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 26, 2016
Students Adonis Scott (left), and Donavin Haugen (right) use their smartphones to sign up for an online review quiz. I have guidelines for cellphone and smartphone use, but it’s a constant struggle to keep kids engaged in lessons and off their phones.
NspireD2
OCTOBER 30, 2015
News data smartphone studentsnew data from Pew on US technology device ownership.
ProfHacker
APRIL 19, 2017
Things I still know I can’t do on my smartphone : Run a Google hangout on air, but I can attend one. FYI: This post was written on my smartphone in Google docs, then copied/pasted into the web version of WordPress, and the image was added while I was on a computer.
TeacherCast
NOVEMBER 27, 2015
These apps are available on many devices, including smartphones. Here are four reasons why you should download a reading app on your smartphone. Getting a reading app for your smartphone is an incredibly smart decision to make if you love books.
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