Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

Worried about attention spans? In my most recent book “Attack of the Teenage Brain,” I give an example of papers from two separate research groups examining video games and attentional states. And … “(Videogames) have now become tools in research facilities because of their ability to enhance attention.” Then I pause.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 16, 2020

In an ongoing quest to maintain students’ attention, new visualization and interaction tools are a natural fit,” says Eric Abbruzzese, principal analyst at ABI Research, in a press release for their “Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education” report.

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Mobile Devices Learning Attention Study 60

EdTech Magazine

MAY 14, 2020

In an ongoing quest to maintain students’ attention, new visualization and interaction tools are a natural fit,” says Eric Abbruzzese, principal analyst at ABI Research, in a press release for their “Augmented and Virtual Reality in Education” report.

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Mobile Devices Learning Attention Study 60

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

A math teacher has a better chance of holding students’ attention during class time if they make technology part of the lesson. According to the study, learners who only received teacher training and did not engage with the online learning tools had poorer achievement scores. And it’s a great way to get more done.

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Math Student Engagement Teachers Mobile Devices 147

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2021

IXL serves 30 percent of students in Florida and has a long track record of helping learners in the state succeed: A study of public schools in the state found that those using IXL Math outperformed schools without IXL by as much as 15 percentile points in math. ” How Florida schools excel with IXL Learning.

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Math Mobile Devices Schools English 154

Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

A growing number of entertainers, including Chapelle and musicians Jack White and John Mayer, prohibit the use of mobile devices during their performances. In a similar vein, educators say they want students to pay attention in class, something they can’t do if they’re fixated on Instagram, Fortnite or the app du jour.

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Mobile Devices Interdisciplinary Schools Students 166

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Tales2Go streams audio books to children’s computers or mobile devices wherever they are, as long as they have an internet connection. This is “driving vocabulary acquisition and attention,” Weil said. “It But “if you can’t read to your children often enough, someone has to,” he said. That’s where Weil’s company comes in.

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English Language Languages Attention 190

Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2019

Today only 9 percent of low income students get a college degree by age 24, compared with 73 percent of higher income students, according to a study by the Pell Institute.

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Counselling Secondary Education Mobile Devices Students 167

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

As a researcher of higher education finance and leadership, I have paid close attention to college leaders’ messages. Based on their assessments and my own study of messages, I distilled the following five insights for how best to communicate through a crisis like COVID-19.

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Communication Mobile Devices Motivation Attention 179

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

Within the Purdue Globals Math Department within the School of Multidisciplinary and Professional Studies, many innovative and inspiring ideas are combined with active learning tactics to promote high-presence teaching in the online classroom. They are easily integrated as a Chrome extension and with mobile and desktop Gmail.

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Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 93

Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

Case Study) Immaculata-La Salle High School: Tech team leverages iPads at this School with MDM. How device management tools help 21st century teachers. We also adopted the Mosyle mobile device management solution. But with Mosyle, teachers can refocus students’ attention. Recommended resources from Mosyle.

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Lecturing Mobile Devices STEM Attention 156

Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

According to both Apple and App Annie , a website that tracks the popularity of mobile apps by number of new downloads, Remind , a school communications platform, took the #1 spot on the chart of free iOS apps. It’s a rare feat for an educational tool to best the social and entertainment apps that absorb so much of our attention.

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Mobile Devices Education Communication Attention 133

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Lessons are delivered via headset including points of interest that dynamically attract student attention. All you need (for VR) is the Expeditions app, a mobile device or Chrome OS, and a Cardboard or Daydream viewer. Use is simple: Teachers plan the VR lesson by searching over 500 resources by subject, topic, or keyword.

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Laboratory Mobile Devices English Textbooks 149

Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Moore couldn’t control the weather, but he could turn his attention to challenges where he would have impact. Afternoons, however, were available for flexible tutorial time, during which students could work independently, study with peers, or meet with teachers—focusing on whatever they might need that day.

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Schools Coaching Mobile Devices Social Studies 141

Faculty Focus

APRIL 20, 2025

Within the Purdue Globals Math Department within the School of Multidisciplinary and Professional Studies, many innovative and inspiring ideas are combined with active learning tactics to promote high-presence teaching in the online classroom. They are easily integrated as a Chrome extension and with mobile and desktop Gmail.

Online Learning 78

Online Learning Activities Multidisciplinary Teaching 78

Edsurge

MAY 4, 2018

Kevin Wong, an adjunct instructor from NYU Children under eight-years-old view content on mobile devices for an average of 48 minutes per day, according to a recent survey by Common Sense Media. Overall, 66 percent of media that was labeled as educational taught students new vocabulary words, an increase from other studies in the past.

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Mobile Devices Language Languages Instructors 90

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Topics include languages, music, technology, social studies, science, engineering, maths, journalism, and more. Bright Science is a free YouTube channel of over 1300 study videos for high schoolers (or precocious middle schoolers). They are sortable by grade level and/or subject and can be adapted to four different UK languages.

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Mobile Devices History Education Textbooks 84

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Kevin Hogan Now you mentioned devices as part of that initiative and what I read at mobile devices are a. As I mentioned before, we started recording we’re finding in our coverage over the past several months that there’s a little bit of a blowback when it comes to the use of mobile devices.

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Technology Schools English Mobile Devices 164

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

PrepFlash takes some of the tediousness out of studying by writing flashcards for learners. What originally began as an online tool for history students to build free virtual timelines soon caught the attention of teachers and big media organization like BBC. based automated grading software company, is trying to ease that pain.

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Education Mobile Devices History Game-Based Learning 152

Edsurge

AUGUST 6, 2017

Studies warn of the potential for negative impacts of too much screen time; a few years ago researchers asked, “ In our digital world, are young people losing the ability to read emotions? This focus on dominating the attention economy must stay out of edtech’s learning economy. They can be a means to a teacher-led end.

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Mobile Devices Attention Textbooks Blended Learning 134

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

Lecture capture became mature and campus video management and hosting services began to attract attention. In conjunction with the studies of how to make classroom environments inviting and usable for students, makerspaces of all types have been put in classrooms, libraries and common areas in schools.

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