eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2016

For the past four years, researchers at MIT, Tufts University, and Georgia State University have been conducting a study to determine whether tablet computers loaded with literacy applications could improve the reading preparedness of young children living in economically disadvantaged communities. Next page: What the study reveals.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 16, 2016

workforce, but new forecasts indicate the demand for online language learning tools could increase thanks to the prevalence of mobile devices. The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the online language learning market in the U.S. A recent report notes that a decline in U.S. for 2017-2021.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2019

Millions of students lack the ability to access the internet from home — a problem compounded by increasing expectations from educators that students do so to complete homework and research. . teachers also assigned internet-based homework last year, according to the Pew Research Center. eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 08/15/2019 - 13:15.

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Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. Chile has more mobile cellular subscriptions (127 per 100 people) than the U.S. 122) and China (105), plus a higher percent of internet users (82 percent) compared to the U.S. (75)

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Learners achieve higher achievement scores in math One 2016 randomized study by Roschelle et al found that students attained higher achievement scores when teachers combined one-on-one attention and web-based homework tools. Older learners can get into plane geometry and the study of predetermined shapes.

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Gaggle Speaks

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Technology presents some unique challenges for young children especially with the Internet offering individuals who prey on youth even more outlets to attack. Now, of course, the Internet shouldn’t be made off limits for children out of fear of what could happen. Want proof? 35% of the teens polled admitted to being a cyberbully.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Once content is created, it can be deployed to mobile devices, computers, consoles, AR/VR headsets and a host of other platforms to reach its audience. RT3D also represents the fundamental building blocks of the metaverse: the next generation of the internet that’s always real-time and mostly 3D, interactive and social.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Laura Oppenheimer, the senior director of marketing at Quizlet, which provides student study tools directly to teachers and students, explained that her organization was trying to take a long view by asking: “How much is COVID-19 a moment in time, versus a new normal?”

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Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

Based on their assessments and my own study of messages, I distilled the following five insights for how best to communicate through a crisis like COVID-19. In an effort to find positive examples of crisis leadership, I asked my followers on Twitter if they had been particularly impressed by how their leaders had responded.

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Edsurge

MAY 21, 2021

Ositelu, a senior policy analyst for New America who has studied short-term credentials , expressed “caution and concern” about the promises made by the platform. But not everyone is optimistic that the platform’s short courses are a sure way to improve people’s employment prospects.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Mobile internet access in homes has mushroomed from 9 percent in 2010 to 92 percent in 2017. Study Tree. Others enable teachers to turn mobile devices into science equipment and students into practicing scientists. Today’s technology allows us to do things we could only dream of in 2010. Edcelerant. Social Cipher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

How to I provide equity for those without computers or internet access at home is challenging? Repurpose cart devices or class laptops to go home. Access the required site through mobile devices. Provide mobile hotspots distributed by school. Google’s Be Internet Awesome –abbreviated course. Keyboarding.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

QR codes are placed on the sensors, so students can scan each sensor with a mobile device or tablet and see an augmented reality dashboard with the most recent data. Last spring, I asked an adjunct faculty to do a workshop on Internet of Things. It was one of the most popular ones of the semester, the room was packed.”

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2017

Afternoons, however, were available for flexible tutorial time, during which students could work independently, study with peers, or meet with teachers—focusing on whatever they might need that day. This included improving the wireless internet, ensuring access to mobile devices and a high standard of tech and training support.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2018

More so, today’s education prioritizes mobile devices which don’t have the ability to read these mediums. Thus, students will have access to all the studying materials in the shape of PDF files, presentations, apps, and streaming videos. As mentioned above, mobile devices are going to become essential inside the classrooms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

Tales2Go streams audio books to children’s computers or mobile devices wherever they are, as long as they have an internet connection. But “if you can’t read to your children often enough, someone has to,” he said. That’s where Weil’s company comes in. More than just literacy skills.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

And because you can access them with your mobile devices—your phone, your tablet, your laptop—there’s a pervasiveness in the way you get to your courses. It might seem more expensive up front, but there are studies out there showing how districts spend five to ten times more money on professional learning than they actually report.

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eSchool News

JUNE 24, 2021

technology, students without access to the internet could use such an application to participate in home learning, do homework, take quizzes and access additional learning resources — all through their Next Gen TV screens, thanks to data broadcasting. By utilizing ATSC 3.0 About Howard University.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

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. For those who prefer not to wait, here are some other ways parents and educators can monitor and manage children’s screen time on mobile devices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2018

Unlike traditional textbooks and library resources, Kiddom content providers are internet-based making them accessible from anywhere, on desktops and mobile devices, and easily blended into classroom lesson plans. That means you can focus on student progress and commit less time to scouring the internet for something useful.”

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 13, 2018

A recent study by Symantec, the 2016 Shadow Data Report , found that most of the cloud-based shadow IT apps organizations rely upon lacked enterprise-class security features. It’s also possible to restrict local apps on devices issued by the school district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). The two-hour proctored final exam (required for college credit) must be completed on a computer rather than a mobile device or tablet. Each course has about a hundred videos, each 5-10 minutes in length. Things to know.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

As founding director of CASTLE (the Center for the Advanced Study of Tech­nology Leadership in Education), the nation’s only university center dedicated to the technology needs of school leaders, I have had the good fortune to work with administrators all over the world on digital leadership issues.

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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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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. The survey, released by Pearson and conducted on its behalf by Harris Poll, finds that while student ownership of mobile devices continues to increase, wi-fi connectivity at school lags behind home access.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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. It is filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and insights into how managed innovation can unleash education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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. It is filled with fascinating case studies, scientific findings, and insights into how managed innovation can unleash education.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

Studies show that modern learning environments improve student performance. About 125 students and a faculty team that teaches core classes, such as English, math, science and social ­studies, are assigned exclusively to each neighborhood. “It It becomes a school within a school,” Cryer says.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2019

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. by Clayton M. Christensen. by Salman Khan.

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Gaggle Speaks

JULY 3, 2019

A 10-year study conducted by the Cyberbullying Research Center found about 28% of student participants reported being the victim of cyberbullying or sextortion attacks. The surge in cases and overall risk may relate to the vast increase in use and access to the internet by teens across the United States.

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