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7 global learning tools you can use right now

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And luckily, with a mobile device and the internet, it’s fairly simple to help students get on the road to developing a global mindset. These advancements mean students have to be ready to learn and work on a global scale.

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The 9 essential elements of digital citizenship

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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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7 tools for global learning you can use right now

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And luckily, with a mobile device and the internet, it’s fairly simple to help students get on the road to developing a global mindset. These advancements mean students have to be ready to learn and work on a global scale.

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13 apps that promote higher-order thinking standards

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These mobile apps go way beyond games. Mobile devices are becoming increasingly common in schools because they cost so much less than computers—especially since so many students are willing to bring their own devices to school. Here are a handful of high-quality apps that reinforce these skills and promote others.

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Vernier Science Education Launches Go Direct® Soil Moisture Sensor for High School and College-Level Science

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Like all Go Direct sensors, the Go Direct Soil Moisture Sensor connects directly to students mobile devices, Chromebooks , or computers using the Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro app. To learn more about the Go Direct Soil Moisture Sensor, visit [link]. For more information, visit www.vernier.com.

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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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CoSN 2015: Education’s Role in the Ubiquitous Wi-Fi Future

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Frank Smith The world of education IT is on schedule to reach a tipping point, where the availability and affordability of mobile devices could completely reshape the way we learn. Mobile Apps Mobile Device Management Mobility Wi-Fi'