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4 apps for students’ personal growth and mental health

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Apps can be a valuable resource for educators who have access to mobile devices and who want to engage students with digital resources. Think about adding the app in as part of an activity for health, social studies, civics, home economics, or career readiness classes.

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Students Know What They’re Looking for Online. Are Colleges Delivering What They Want?

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Most of us know what to expect in a face-to-face classroom: Students sitting in rows, facing instructors and listening to lectures, watching videos displayed on screens up front, or, in smaller classes, participating in lively discussion. But are colleges paying attention to what online students want most?

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Is Technology Bad for the Teenage Brain? (Yes, No and It's Complicated.)

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It’s a question as frustrating as a hangnail, asked virtually every time I give a public lecture on teen brain development. Researchers in one study followed a group of 10-14-year-olds for a year, tracking their use of use social media, primarily Twitter and Facebook. By “digital” I mean mobile devices, primarily texting.

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How peer video coaching is completely changing how our teachers teach

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For many districts, the days of after-school PowerPoint-driven lectures not differentiated by content, expertise, grade-level or delivery, not to mention daylong workshops on an obsolete topic, have recently given way to face-to-face coaching programs and professional learning communities. A picture IS worth 1,000 words. It’s powerful.

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Put Down the Pen & Paper: Benefits of Note Taking Using Technology

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Why are some students not as quick to move from a handy notebook to an app on an iPad or some other mobile device when taking notes? Additionally, when using technology, students can also record sound bites from the lectures, which can be a great tool to bridge the gap for ESL and other students. Simplified sharing.

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This Former Learner Is Now a Leader Driving Tech Integration at Her Alma Mater

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Case Study) Immaculata-La Salle High School: Tech team leverages iPads at this School with MDM. How device management tools help 21st century teachers. We also adopted the Mosyle mobile device management solution. We’re seeing more projects coming out of our classrooms as opposed to just pure lecture.

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iPads Did Not Revolutionize Campus Teaching (But a Few Colleges Give Every Student One)

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“We’re very interested in having the mobile technology used outside the classroom where so much learning takes place,” says Hiram president Lori Varlotta. Students will be able to capture video and write about their experiences when they’re studying abroad or working on research projects.”