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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.

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Mobile Devices Plagiarism Ethics Internet 279

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Eavesdropping / Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) Attacks What they are: It’s likely that you sometimes use a school laptop or mobile device to gain internet access via Wi-Fi networks in public places like coffee shops or airports. So, what are the most common cybersecurity threats, and how can school staff avoid them?

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Mobile Devices Students Ethics Exams 156

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2017

If you’re creating your own podcast, all you need is a digital device, a microphone, an Internet connection, and a topic you’re passionate about. The two most popular sites for creating podcasts are Audacity (for PCs) and Garageband (for Macs and mobile devices). Short and Curly — an ethics podcast.

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Mobile Devices Ethics Learning Styles Culture 92

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

She calls technology the biggest experiment on a developing child’s brain without an ethical review board. It would be helpful for parents to recognize that devices and apps have been designed for children to become addicted to them, and protect them from that at a young age, she says.

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Lecturing Mobile Devices Ethics Instructors 126

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APRIL 4, 2019

If you have students who still hunt-and-peck, who fall behind on homework because they’re searching for the F key (or any of the other 25 letter keys), or try to “thumb” the keyboard as they do a mobile device, you know this often doesn’t work (see this article from the Washington Post on keyboarding in the classroom).

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Activities Schools Ethics Writing 88

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JULY 31, 2024

It takes into account recent changes such as connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization of learning to dramatically shift how schools have been run for over a century. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M.

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Reading Intelligence Mobile Devices Ethics 158

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MAY 28, 2024

It takes into account recent changes such as connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization of learning to dramatically shift how schools have been run for over a century. Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns by Clayton M.

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Reading Mobile Devices Intelligence Ethics 158