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5 Ways Teachers Can Stay on Top of Technology

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Technology can facilitate communication and collaboration between students and between students and their teacher. Cultivating friendships with people who love technology will help you feel more comfortable with tech through regular exposure to their ideas and beliefs about it — and who knows, maybe some of their enthusiasm will rub off!

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How teachers address cell phones in class

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Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. Because mobile devices are faster, it satisfies student curiosity and builds their passion to be lifelong learners. I teach online grad school classes in how to integrate tech into education.

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Could Giving Parents Homework Help Students? Schools Try ‘Family Playlists’

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Sure, it reflects the age-old communications gulf between adults and kids. Yet too frequently, those communications channels become largely one-way megaphones for teachers, who then nudge parents into prodding students to finish upcoming assignments or study for the next test. All the work happens via mobile devices.