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Try these mobile and web tools to improve parent-teacher communication

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When I was in high school, no one emailed my parents to tell them I had a test. However, the challenge to communicate about upcoming tests, collect field trip permission slips, and ensure that our students have remembered to do their homework is one many teachers are still working to solve. Today, that’s not really the case.

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5 key network steps for supporting educational technology in 2019

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Today’s K-12 students are coming to the classrooms toting three or more mobile devices, from smartphones and laptops to tablets and smart watches. Picture a school district with 160,000 students who each have three mobile devices; that’s almost a half-million devices that need to be supported, regardless of the platform they run on.

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5 ways teaching science with probeware promotes 3D learning

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In another study , researchers examined the impact of using mobile devices to collect data with fourth graders learning about the parts of the flower and the process of pollination and fertilization in the field—a topic that many students traditionally struggle with according to existing literature.

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Cybersecurity to Be Taught to K-8 students across North America for Free

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The company has gathered all the complexities of internet safety and distilled them into engaging, well-tested, curriculum-aligned, and beautifully structured lesson plans (created by teachers) for grades K–8. This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely.

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6 reasons it’s important to create your own online assessments

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Yet, in an age when students are accessing a vast array of resources on computers, tablets, and mobile devices, some school districts are still hesitant to take their assessments online. In contrast, with an online test, the scores are automatically calculated and recorded for each student. It makes student thinking visible.

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

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Students simply insert the sensor into the soil they are testing at the proper angle and observe the real-time volumetric water content of the soil, reported in percent, in the Vernier Graphical Analysis Pro app.

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5 ways kids will learn about careers in 2025

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Well see more and more high-quality digital resources, co-created with and for youth, most of which they can access anytime, for free, on their phones or other mobile devices. More dollars are being invested in it, partly for the equity and access it brings to all students, regardless of their school or circumstances.