EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Students are more exposed to the internet than ever. Young children spend around seven hours every day in front of a screen , and most teenagers have access to a mobile device. There are tools available to serve as internet guardrails until a culture of digital literacy and responsible use sets in.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Renaissance Learning , a provider of K-12 software and assessments, including the widely used STAR tests, has agreed to acquire Nearpod for $650 million. Cloud-based technologies today offer the ability to quickly improve and iterate, and test if your tools really resonate with the market.”

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Mobile Devices Learning Quizzes Science 207

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APRIL 13, 2020

Here are the five most common reasons schools feel the need to assess student and faculty digital literacy: To complete online testing. The growing reliance of schools on web-based testing has forced many schools to confront the lack of digital literacy in their students and staff. To use tech in classes. NorthstarDigLit.

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Knowledge Testing Mobile Devices Internet 190

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

New whiteboarding software offers instant sharing to any student device, classroom management, and advanced interactivity building without an internet connection. Ormiboard Pro 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.

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Mobile Devices Internet Classroom Management Participation 124

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.

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Mobile Devices Quizzes Exams Assignments 140

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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Educational Technologies Technology Teaching Mobile Devices 164

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

With state testing requirements waived, PowerSchool saw greater demand for its mastery learning reporting features, which lets educators align assignments to learning objectives and view student progress toward those objectives, instead of relying on test scores as a measure of progress.

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Assignments Mobile Devices Testing Hybrid Learning 205

Edsurge

DECEMBER 10, 2018

K-12 schools can often be at high risk, because they tend to rely on a broad range of apps and software and are big users of web-based learning and testing. K-12 schools can often be at high risk, because they tend to rely on a broad range of apps and software and are big users of web-based learning and testing.

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Mobile Devices Students Ethics Exams 154

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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! Pricing: Free for teachers and students.

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Math Mobile Devices Quizzes Teaching Assistants 157

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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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Math Student Engagement Teachers Mobile Devices 147

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

If your product or services can easily pivot to English-teaching or improving students’ readiness for standardized tests, then Asia may provide a big potential market Back home, I’m a Chicago teacher, but I spend my summers consulting with edtech companies in Asia. But their story is not a blueprint that will make sense for every company.

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Mobile Devices English Exams Testing 117

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Mobile internet access in homes has mushroomed from 9 percent in 2010 to 92 percent in 2017. Another allows the creation of personalized, adaptive tests to improve and track learning. Others enable teachers to turn mobile devices into science equipment and students into practicing scientists.

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Education Mobile Devices History Evaluation 154

Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2018

But one course at the University of Connecticut is testing the waters. 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.

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Mobile Devices Instructors Internet Testing 129

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. The most recent NAEP scores showed that just 36 percent of U.S.

English 190

English Language Languages Attention 190

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. And why not?

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Teachers Mobile Devices Internet Beliefs 83

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 Before the upgrade, a group of about 100 students gathered in a large space to take an online test.

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Mobile Devices Failure Blended Learning Testing 113

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

All they need is an internet connection and a webcam (for proctored exams). It encourages students to learn the material, relearn weak areas, and removes the fear-of-failure brain freeze that many students experience on test day. Each course has about a hundred videos, each 5-10 minutes in length. Things to know.

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Exams Quizzes Textbooks Mobile Devices 76

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It is a physical device connected to the Internet via WiFi that you can talk to, ask questions of, and get help from on particular topics. Although each is a bit different, basically, plug the device in, activate its app on your mobile device and/or tablet, find the school Wifi, and you’re ready.

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Mobile Devices Intelligence Exams Questions 90

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JULY 22, 2016

It works on the web, with Chromebooks, and on mobile devices, but be aware: Each is a bit different with varied set-ups. Before using Google Hangouts on Air, review its application to your digital device. Record directly from the internet or through downloaded software. Screenchomp .

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