eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Today’s K-12 students are coming to the classrooms toting three or more mobile devices, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and smart watches. Technology continues to shape the future of how we educate our children and operate our schools, from flipped classrooms to the use of augmented and virtual reality.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2018

More children than ever have easy access to mobile devices at home and in school, making it critical to impart strong digital citizenship lessons to students.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

For one, access to education has been significantly broadened, facilitating a wide range of teaching strategies and learning styles. The pandemic accelerated the adoption rates of educational technology solutions. Meeting the demand for educational technology devices. Technology is changing the way we teach and learn.

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eSchool News

JUNE 10, 2015

As an administrator in a one-to-one mobile device district, I’ve seen firsthand how access to devices can disrupt learning for both good and bad. But we forget that this disruption also occurs at home when the students take their device home.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2024

While the much-needed resources and funding represent a significant step towards fortifying cybersecurity in the education sector, it remains a modest advancement for a critical issue. Additionally, the U.S.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

At a time when technology has become so integral to education, equipping students with the tools to navigate the digital landscape safely is paramount. billion mobile devices globally and security threats escalating, mobile devices now constitute more than 60 percent of digital fraud.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2020

As educators are seeking engaging ways to help parents and kids with learning from home, this magically entertaining show for learning letters and letter sounds starts on YouTube. The free Journals alive mobile app is compliments of Alive Studios and works on most tablets and smartphones. Create an online kids’ show!” laughed Kaye.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

If the latter, let’s take a look at how to prepare for emerging trends in education and the future of technology in education. It’s because of this that adopting and preparing for new innovations in education–and for the future of technology in education–isn’t a simple process. This is not possible.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2015

Fifty-eight percent of high school students in a national survey said they use their own mobile devices for learning in school, and 47 percent of teachers in the survey reported that their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 21, 2025

BEAVERTON, Oregon Vernier Science Education recently launched the Go Direct Soil Moisture Sensor to help high school and college-level students easily and accurately collect data during soil science, agricultural science, environmental science, horticulture, botany, and biology investigations.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 20, 2020

Verizon has partnered with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and Gov. Governor Abbott’s Operation Connectivity Task Force, co-chaired by Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr. Michael Hinojosa, is comprised of many players, including business and education leaders from across Texas,” said Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2017

classrooms (accounting for more than half the mobile devices shipped to schools) is signaling a “profound shift in American education;” and they’re calling it the “Googlification of the classroom.” But is Googlifiction spurring a much bigger shift in today’s K-12 classrooms than simply switching devices?

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2015

Educators can wirelessly collect data from more than 40 sensors on tablets and mobile devices in science and STEM classrooms. Educators today are teaching with a variety of devices—iPad, Android tablets, Chromebooks, and computers. Go Wireless Link ($99) is currently available for purchase.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Christina Fleming, Vice President of Blackboard K12, presented the Speak Up 2019-2020 National Findings titled D igital Learning During the Pandemic: Emerging Evidence of an Education Transformation. Related content: Keeping COVID innovations even after the pandemic passes.

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eSchool News

MAY 15, 2017

From mobile devices to gaming and online learning, students are ready to take charge of their learning, often outpacing their schools in their use of these digital tools for learning. More than one-third of middle school students say they have already taken an online class in math, science and English.

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eSchool News

MARCH 2, 2015

Many educators are good communicators by nature, but few are prepared for the huge amount of communication that is expected with students and parents. Communication and Collaboration Featured on eSchool News Mobile and Handheld Technologies Top News Viewpoint communications mobile devices parent-teacher remind 101 texting'

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eSchool News

MAY 30, 2024

Probeware can play a pivotal role in creating opportunities for students to make sense of phenomena in the ways envisioned by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and standards aligned to A Framework for K–12 Science Education. Here are five ways probeware, such as Vernier sensors, supports the 3D learning framework.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 12, 2015

Educators today are facing two major shifts in education–a move to the Common Core Standards and increasing pressure to teach students with the technology they’ll be expected to use in their lives beyond high school. Creating dynamic digital stories with mobile devices. Real-time editing with Google docs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” 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.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 24, 2023

BEAVERTON, Oregon — Adding to its robust data-collection offerings, Vernier Science Education has launched two new sensors for high school and college-level environmental science. These sensors give educators new ways to study solar energy and photosynthesis with their students,” said John Wheeler, CEO of Vernier Science Education.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

More often than not, students pick up a mobile device or use a computer to access videos and digital media online. With a dearth of resources online, educators can find content that meets students where they’re comfortable learning, with interactive and engaging presentation. Next page: 10 TED-Ed lessons for students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The world is changing at a very rapid pace; the skills students will need to be successful required us to rethink how education should be delivered and what tools would be used to prepare them. the deployment of mobile devices. The initiative involved three projects: wireless networks at schools. Lessons learned: Persistence.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2020

With remote and hybrid learning turning mainstream, today’s teachers and students are increasingly reliant on mobile devices and digital tools. Efforts to close the homework gap are more urgent than ever, and cyberthreats — particularly ransomware attacks — are only intensifying.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

According to a recent Common Sense Media’s study , the percentage of children ages eight and under who’ve used a mobile device nearly doubled from 2011 to 2013, from 38 percent to 72 percent. And about two in five children under the age of two have used a mobile device. Dennis can be reached at denniswpierce@gmail.com.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Apps are often a great way for educators to leverage classroom mobile devices and engage students in different concepts. But educators don’t necessarily have time to sift through lists of apps and vet their functionality and content to ensure the apps will actually benefit students.

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eSchool News

JULY 10, 2017

Given students’ easy access to videos and digital resources via mobile devices and computers, it makes sense that educators would incorporate such TOOLS/MEDIA into their instruction. Educators can build lessons around any TED-Ed Original , TED Talk or YouTube video through Ted-Ed.

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eSchool News

JULY 29, 2015

How are students using mobile devices for educational purposes? An increasing number of educators in both college and grade school have built cellphones and social media into their curriculums. Googling, tweeting and texting are an integral part of Professor Andres Caiaffa’s classroom’s culture. “As

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eSchool News

APRIL 27, 2022

ASA, which aims to change the way middle and high schoolers learn about careers and navigate education-to-career opportunities, used its free immersive digital Futurescape platform to survey more than 2,000 students as they explored real-world careers beyond the classroom. “We

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Many teachers love their mobile devices as much as their students — maybe more. Some apps, naturally, are must-have for busy educators. APPitic.com , an app resource site with more than 6,000 apps in more than 300 subcategories, offers lots of apps for educators, from planners to helpful classroom tools and media creation.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

And what better tool to use to help encourage community fitness or reduce environmental impact than the possibility-rich mobile device? Editor’s note : eSchool News has selected these apps, which were originally curated by Apple Distinguished Educators, that may help you meet your instructional needs.].

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2016

These mobile apps go way beyond games. Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much less than computers—especially since so many students are willing to bring their own devices to school. Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Education is increasingly mobile, and if you have access to mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones, chances are you’re using apps for learning, classroom management, personal organization, and more. But not all apps are created equal.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2015

These days, logic games aren’t all crosswords and pairs matching, especially not on mobile devices. Editor’s note : eSchool News has selected these apps—originally curated by Apple Distinguished Educators via APPitic—that may help you meet your instructional needs.]. NumberOne Brain.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2017

A huge body of research shows that parental involvement in a child’s education results in higher student achievement, both academically and behaviorally. Bloomz took the most important parts of those platforms, made them accessible on any mobile device, and refined them in ways to target parents specifically.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 28, 2022

There are many administrative processes that we have just taken for granted in K-12 education,” says Chitra Mittha, director of marketing to educational institutions for Adobe, speaking during a webinar series from eSchool News and Adobe. When can you use digital workflows? The short answer: Whenever you need to.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Our forte is supposed to be education, not talent acquisition. Hinson said Yeshivah of Flatbush has worked through the challenge and currently uses Google Apps for Education for email, documents, spreadsheets, and collaboration software in the cloud. The institution’s infrastructure management software (i.e.,

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Seeing a child with a mobile device is nothing new, and many parents conversations today focus on when, and not if, to give a child a smartphone. Despite parents’ and educators’ best efforts, children don’t always have great judgment. Vigilance and education are key.

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