eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

Add concepts like blended and flipped learning to the equation and you come up with yet another to-do list item: Make sure students can actually use their devices when they aren’t physically on campus and within wi-fi range. In some cases, a lack of internet access at home is financial in nature. The root problem.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Some reasons why you may find these tools beneficial are: Organization: organize lesson plans, assignments, and resources efficiently Communication: between teachers, students, and parents to foster a collaborative relationship, keep everyone informed Student Engagement: to make learning more interesting and interactive Time Management: schedule reminders, (..)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources. Mystery Science had raised just $4.5 million in outside capital.)

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

With just one click, teachers may produce 7th Grade Math worksheets like Combining Like Terms , Grade 7 Math quizzes like Distributive Property , Seventh Grade Math unit tests , and 7 Grade Math Practice Questions on Distributive Property etc. Give ByteLearn a try in your classroom today! 2 Khan Academy.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Mobile learning management apps enable students to do their schoolwork and attend class whenever and wherever they have an internet connection. In my academic coaching work with students whose grades are slipping, it’s not unusual for me to hear a student describe working on their schoolwork while at their jobs.

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APRIL 13, 2020

As a result, when you assess digital literacy required for online tests, you focus on basic word processing skills (keyboarding, toolbars, and that sort) and the rudimentary understanding of internet tools (activating videos, dialogue boxes, and stuff like that). Know how to pick the right tech tool for the specific situation. learningdotcom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

Ormiboard gives teachers and students the freedom to build lessons, activities, and interactive games for use in any classroom that has displays and/or mobile devices. The device-agnostic Ormiboard goes beyond presenting and testing by opening up whole-class creation and participation. At ISTE 2016, EXO U Inc.,

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JULY 25, 2023

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. Through these devices, students access web-based study tools, simulation tools, and apps where they can interact with their teachers and fellow students.

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DECEMBER 11, 2016

Teachers: Model appropriate etiquette with edtech for students When I work with teachers, one obstacle they say is in the way of them letting students use mobile devices every day in their classrooms is the distraction factor. Empower your students/children.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

Problems include administering and grading assessments, taking attendance, finding backchannel tools that enable them to stay in touch with students, and keeping viewers engaged during video presentations. The teachers taking my online classes this summer tell me they’re having difficulty with remote teaching.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

I’ve taught Preschool-8th grade for thirty years. Because it can be accessed 24/7 from anywhere with an internet connection, even the busiest parents can connect with their child’s classrooms. Parents can view upcoming and late assignments, grades, and comments on the child’s work. Insider Tips. Jupiter iO.

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JUNE 26, 2018

For example, is only their child reading below grade-level or are a majority of the students? percent of households don’t have internet subscriptions, according to the 2016 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. percent of homes don’t have internet subscriptions.) Such efforts are critical, as an estimated 22.8

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JULY 18, 2017

This included improving the wireless internet, ensuring access to mobile devices and a high standard of tech and training support. She currently takes a grade eleven social studies class and grade ten science class that are offered at the same time. Learners at Bentley are no longer held back by limited resources.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

School districts can’t just invest in laptops, mobile devices and other hardware, then call it a day. Elementary students don’t take devices home with them because we don’t see the educational need. We have been doing one-to-one in high schools for nine years, and last year we went one-to-one for grades six through 12.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

The children who heard more words were better prepared for learning when they started school, Hart and Risley found—and these same children, when followed into third grade, had larger vocabularies, were stronger readers, and got higher test scores. But “if you can’t read to your children often enough, someone has to,” he said.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

For example, Wabash County issues all students MacBook Airs and iPads (your school could use Chromebooks) that are available to students who can’t get to school: All Wabash County students in grades 3 through 12 have a MacBook Air they take home every day. It works on Chrome and Firefox, iOS, and Android mobile devices.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Protocols for these mobile devices have little in common today with how they were addressed a decade ago. What do you do about personal devices that circumvent the school security to access the Internet? In many schools, Internet access is spotty, undependable, and a challenge to manage. And why not?

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MAY 23, 2018

A stand-out webtool among standards-based grading platforms is a free online program called Kiddom ( click for my review ). While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-12 content library. More about Kiddom.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2016

SyncSpace is a sharable, zoomable, collaborative whiteboard for iPads, mobile devices, laptops, and computers. If you go offline while working in SyncSpace, it will sync your changes with collaborators once you get your Internet back. More on lesson plans: 3 Lesson Plans to Teach Architecture in First Grade. Free to try.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

District leaders and community stakeholders typically express more excitement about highly visible end-user technologies such as mobile devices and interactive whiteboards, Brantley says. “A Very quickly, they saw that the district’s existing wireless network would struggle to handle the influx of devices.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Steiner-Adair points to the Wait Until 8 movement, which calls on parents to refrain from giving their children a smartphone until at least 8th grade, as one response to concerns over technology addiction. The company is also expanding to younger grades, and currently has three K-12 pilots in California. When All Else Fails.

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MAY 1, 2018

All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). Assign work, collect homework, grade submittals, track overdue work, and more from the Teacher Dashboard. If you’re looking for Common Core, a selection of videos and quizzes are specifically designed to supplement Common Core instruction for grades 8-12.

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OCTOBER 29, 2017

But it’s also a fear of letting kids have wide access to the Internet with the possibility of cyberbullying, access to inappropriate material, and exposure to online predators or even excessive advertising. Fears, of course, need to be surfaced and addressed. They prohibit the use of Twitter and YouTube, and they block blogs.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

This is a great opportunity for students to make good use of their mobile devices, which most own, and those devices usually have recording features that allow them to record an interview using just audio or audio and video, or even record right into a learning management system.

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APRIL 20, 2018

Is the content age-appropriate for the grades I teach? It is browser-based but works on most mobile devices, includes thumbnails of participants, allows screensharing, offers the ever-popular whiteboard, and gets started with an email invitation. For more complicated tools, how steep is the learning curve ?

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). The opponent might be a classmate or an anonymous person on the Internet, depending upon the program you select. Dig into cyberbullying. Applied Digital Skills. Digital Passport.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 23, 2024

This is a great opportunity for students to make good use of their mobile devices, which most own, and those devices usually have recording features that allow them to record an interview using just audio or audio and video, or even record right into a learning management system.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Pearson/Harris Poll reveals new findings on mobile device ownership and how wi-fi access impacts learning in school. Just 68 percent of grades 4-12 students in a recent survey said they have wi-fi access at school, though 96 percent of those same students have wi-fi access at home. With increased ownership comes increased use.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 8, 2019

Congress passed the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) in 2000, tying E-rate program discounts to a school’s internet safety policy. Even in the absence of a federal update, K–12 administrators can look carefully at their current internet safety policy. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 04/08/2019 - 10:41.

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MARCH 13, 2019

They went into first grade when Apple was rolling out the first iPad, in 2010. A year later, in their second grade, Google launched the first Chromebooks. This means they know a K-12 where the promise of mobile 1:1 school computing is becoming a reality. Though EducationSuperhighway estimated last October that 40.7

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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. Then, scan the trigger image with a mobile device app and see what happens! — image credit: Mrs. B’s 1st Grade Classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

To ensure fast internet speeds, IT staff ­blanketed the school with about 100 HPE Aruba 802.11ac wireless access points , including one AP per classroom, Harris says. I was just in a fourth-grade classroom. Studies show that modern learning environments improve student performance. Some kids were sitting under a table.

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