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Digital education in the smartphone era

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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. As a history teacher for nearly three decades, I have seen this transformation firsthand.

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15 unique virtual field trips for students

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American Museum of Natural History : Virtual field trips allow students of all ages to observe Museum exhibits up-close and complete an activity in order to gain scientific understandings. The Anne Frank House : Explore the hiding place of Anne Frank and her family in virtual reality using the ‘Anne Frank House VR’ app.

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Digital teaching and learning in the smartphone era

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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. As a history teacher for nearly three decades, I have seen this transformation firsthand.

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Creatively Teach the Common Core with Technology

Catlin Tucker

I’ve written Creatively Teach the Common Core Literacy Standards with Technology to support English, history/social studies, and science teachers as they shift to the new Standards using technology. Creating dynamic digital stories with mobile devices. Real-time editing with Google docs.

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Digital teaching and learning in the smartphone era

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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. As a history teacher for nearly three decades, I have seen this transformation firsthand.

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Chromebook takeover signals major shift in education…but not in the way you may think

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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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Trauma-informed teaching strategies can benefit all students

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For example, some PBIS solutions allow teachers and staff to immediately acknowledge positive student behavior from mobile devices. Other behavioral studies that look at the behavior of children with trauma histories show “enhanced attention to and difficulty in disengaging from emotional stimuli ( Tottenham et al.,

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