The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Youth drug use is trending down. He wrote about his findings for the organization Child Trends. Subscribe today!

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

While there are still challenges associated with the digital divide and access to technology, this gap is shrinking all the time, especially with smartphones widening access to digital content and software. The idea of ‘edutainment’ is certainly a growing trend and an area that the metaverse can help to cater to.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Here are five key trends to consider as education enters a new decade: 1. Today, 95 percent of teenagers have access to a smartphone, and the average teen is now spending more than 7 hours per day on their screens , including over 1.5 In the workplace, education is the new healthcare. Our schools are facing a mental health crisis.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 3, 2015

It’s December, it’s almost the end of the year and it's time to talk about the 2016 e-learning trends. So, to get you straight to the point - I’m here to point out, what I deem, will be the ed tech trends for the next year. It was the age where almost everyone owned a smartphone - whether it was Android, Apple or Windows Phone.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Smartphones, of course—or more specifically, smartphones in schools. Ontario restricts their use in all but a handful of cases. And in some places, they’re locked up in pouches to keep them out of kids’ hands. The contraband in question?

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2022

To this end, this blog explores the latest trends in EdTech innovation and its benefits for today’s learners. . Top EdTech Innovation Trends. They want to be able to do it anytime, from anywhere, via their smartphones. The post Top 6 EdTech Innovation Trends that are Revolutionizing Learning appeared first on Kitaboo.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

With Smartphones. 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. Modern smartphones have the chance to change all of this. Not every student has a cell phone, much less a smartphone.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Youth drug use is trending down. He wrote about his findings for the organization Child Trends. Subscribe today!

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Kevin Corbett

JULY 25, 2014

Mary Meeker has attained almost legendary status for her annual Internet Trends reports. The continued growth of mobile Internet usage is perhaps the most powerful theme from her INTERNET TRENDS 2014 REPORT. Source: INTERNET TRENDS 2014 – CODE CONFERENCE. MOBILE MOMENTUM GROWING. Mary Meeker May 28, 2014.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 30, 2016

At ISTE this week, I was upset when the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children explained this disturbing trend to me. The time to talk is when they get their smartphone. Why we should talk to kids about what to do after they sext on their smartphones. So, I recorded a show. Educate yourself. Talk to kids. RIGHT THEN.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In a fairly short time, amazing innovations like iPads, laptops, and smartphones have opened up a new world of information for students of all ages. Schools and universities need to keep up to date with trends. It’s no exaggeration to say that technology has transformed the classroom and brought enormous benefits.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Engineering is a critical part of STEM education, and engineers play a role in creating, improving, and maintaining some of today’s most valued and essential things, from smartphones and airplanes to zippers and roller coasters. This motivates students to tackle more difficult challenges.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As coding continues to become a popular trend, you’ve probably considered enrolling your little child in coding classes. Kids are fond of using gadgets such as iPads and smartphones as part of having fun. Benefits of Coding for Kids. One thing you need to know is that it won’t make them instant billionaires.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

Although fewer than half of all pupils have access to a tablet or laptop, and only two in five have access to a desktop computer, it’s estimated 95 percent of teens have access to a smartphone. This call for a blanket ban on phones in the classroom ignores the fact that, for Gen-Z students, tech is a key part of their learning experience.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

13 Brilliant Outcomes Of Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick Project-based learning isn’t a ‘trend’ any more than mobile devices are a trend. Mobile devices–smartphones, for example–simply provide a (physical) framework to host hardware (e.g., iris scanners, cameras, etc.)

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 24, 2019

Video-assisted learning is gaining momentum as the latest education technology (EdTech) trend. However, that is not what the current EdTech video learning trend is about. ” The video learning trend is not about putting on a video for the whole duration of the class. Crowdsource the task.

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EdTech4Beginners

JANUARY 25, 2017

Another example of this is smartphones. Pupils can use a $5 Google Cardboard, put their own smartphone in there and their teacher can take them to the Moon or Mars, or to an art exhibition in Paris. These phones can be used as input devices, and all have cameras and microphones. Collaboration has almost become free!

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Mark Smithers

APRIL 9, 2024

By understanding the benefits of passkey integration, the enthusiasm among developers, and the growing adoption statistics, we can gain valuable insights into the future trends of passkey use. One of the future trends in passkey use is the integration of biometric authentication.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. They offer over 200 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education. Pick one today to try with your students.

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Bryan Alexander

JUNE 5, 2016

Mary Meeker just shared her latest internet trends report , and, as ever, it’s essential reading. Check out this comparison, where the Chinese version violates all kinds of US design principles, yet succeeds: Smartphone sales are growing more slowly than before, pointing to a plateau down the road. The international big picture.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2023

When VaNessa Thompson wants to truly focus on doing homework for her doctoral classes at Oakland University near Detroit, she gets out her smartphone, props it on her desk, and starts streaming live video of herself on TikTok. People that follow me on TikTok, they’ll get a push notification, ‘VaNessa’s going live,’” she explains.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We have touched on the subject of Augmented Reality quite a few times in this blog, and based on the outpouring of enthusiastic press the technology receives it is undoubtedly a mega-trend. However, as I mentioned the previous week, slavishly following trends is neither logical nor helpful. Learning is Good.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 7, 2018

Let’s take a look at the some of the innovation in E-learning industry in the last 10 years: The Usage of Smartphones. Smartphones have become an essential part of our lives. According to a Google report , almost 80% people don’t exit their homes sans smartphones. However, it has taken the e-learning industry by storm.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2019

Recent Pew Research data shows that 95 percent of teens have access to a smartphone and 45 percent are online “almost constantly.” AI-driven analytics in education can help spot critical trends and delineate key markers to help teachers design the most effective classroom experience and drive digital transformation.

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Doug Levin

APRIL 30, 2016

Zheng and colleagues did not collect original data; rather, they used a statistical technique (meta-analysis) to combine the findings of prior studies meeting specific quality criteria in an effort to identify larger trends in the emerging body of empirical evidence on laptop programs’ impact on learning.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

With tablets, smartphones, and access to computers, students can search for answers to their questions in a way that wouldn’t have seen possible a decade ago. Richard Byrne, blogger, speaker, and former high school social studies teacher.

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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. The Smartphone Take-over. consumers have a smartphone.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2024

Many undergrads come to study or to track down academic resources, but there’s a social pull as well, another trend flagged by the ALA survey. Gen Z students typically carry multiple devices (think laptop or tablet, smartphone, headphones) that need juice. They might be coming in for coffee.

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Neo LMS

MAY 19, 2020

Another 20 percent of respondents delved into more detail to point out that personal electronic devices, such as tablets and smartphones, are changing the way students and instructors alike approach education.”. Emerging trends within the sphere of education include Virtual Reality , Augmented Reality , Big Data , and Machine Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2018

You’ll need a smartphone or tablet with a back facing camera, an augmented reality app (many free), a trigger image (you create yourself, probably for free), and an Internet connection. Augmented Reality In The Classroom – Revolutionary Trend To Transform The Future Education. ISTE-suggested AR resources for the classroom.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

Smartphones are sometimes smarter than their owners and the idea of people going to Mars moved away from sci-fi novels and into the realm of things that might happen in the not so distant future. The trend is toward falling prices and increased adoption, but we’re still years away from smart speakers being everywhere.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Individual and group trends can be analyzed in real-time through automatically generated reports.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Individual and group trends can be analyzed in real-time through automatically generated reports.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow and the founder of the heralded Speak Up Research Project, along with a panel of students, had a conversation about decades of trends and the latest shifts in digital learning today. Today, 95% of high school students access schoolwork on their smartphones whenever and wherever they need it.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 23, 2019

Like many folks in today’s workforce, I spend a significant amount of time in front of a computer screen with my smartphone close by, responding to a flurry of emails, calls, texts, and calendar invitations. I relish the opportunity for an in-person meeting or training to connect with colleagues and partners.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

As noted by the Center for Digital Education in its Q1 2015 report on digital technology trends: By offering lessons that would have traditionally been presented during class time and then making those videos available online, students are able to access lessons anytime, anywhere. Among children age 8 or younger, 21% use smartphones.

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