eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Another example of engaging our stakeholders emerged when deciding which mobile device model to select for purchase for schools. The district held a “technology roadshow” to give students an opportunity to voice their opinions on their preferences for specific models of mobile devices. Mobile device implementation.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2017

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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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

With so many types of mobile devices integrated into a student’s learning process, schools need a WiFi network that can handle a high density of devices with speed and reliability. The national awards were made possible through sponsorship from Ruckus Wireless. As schools like these go truly digital, they need resilient WiFi.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2025

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.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

When combined with a mobile device and Merge EDU apps, the Merge Cube can transform into virtually any 3D object, enabling a powerful new way to learn that is innovative yet familiar. Only, instead of being physical models, they are digital 3D models that use the Merge Cube and augmented reality technology.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

But as technology in schools changed and networks grew and mobile devices came into classrooms, the needs around filtering really evolved—and just blocking bad content wasn’t enough. Web access during testing was another challenge that we helped them solve. What else were schools looking for? We developed a solution for that.

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eSchool News

APRIL 19, 2023

Since more than 90 percent of teens have access to smartphones and mobile devices, ASA’s suite of digital experiences provides an equitable way to ensure all youth can explore career possibilities that match their interests — as early as middle school – and test and try in high school.

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Mobile Devices Quizzes Feedback High School 294

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this may make some educators cringe, the reality is that test-enhanced learning, or testing as an aid to learning, has evidence of effectiveness dating back nearly 100 years ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). The Testing Effect and LMS Technology.

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eSchool News

JUNE 15, 2017

Students can join in on mobile devices and create their own as well. Three examples of these types of tools are the programs Kahoot, Socrative and Zaption. Kahoot allows the teacher to build fun quizzes, flashcards and games. Kahoot can be integrated into a schools’ LMS and allows you to embed videos.

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Quizzes Mobile Devices Essay Assignments 210

eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2016

In all three cases, study participants’ performance on standardized tests of reading preparedness indicated that the tablet use was effective. In the African deployments, students who used the tablets fared much better on the tests than those who didn’t, and in the U.S. The trials examined a range of educational environments.

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Mobile Devices Technology Teaching Testing 165

eSchool News

MAY 3, 2017

Standardized Testing : By putting down the No. 2 pencils and adopting online testing, schools have faster access to results. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) : As mobile device ownership becomes more pervasive, students and teachers want to bring their own devices into classrooms.

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Mobile Devices Textbooks Schools Testing 156

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

For the Tri-Creek School Corporation, getting mobile devices into the hands of students and preparing the school for an upcoming 1:1 environment was paramount.

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Grades Mobile Devices Testing Technology 138

eSchool News

AUGUST 10, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to clear the way for mobile devices to send and receive signals over high-frequency spectrum that has had only limited uses until recent technological advances. Federal regulators recently opened the door to the next generation of wireless services, making the U.S. through 2025.

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Mobile Devices Internet Testing Communication 165

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Never before have educators been challenged and tested as they were, beginning in March 2020 and up until today, and never before has their resilience been more apparent. While one of the district’s elementary schools was nearly 1:1, it was far from being able to provide every student with a mobile device to use at home.

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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 206

eSchool News

MAY 18, 2016

If there’s one thing schools have learned from the multiple one-to-Kone mobile device implementations that have rolled out during the last few years, it’s that they’re hardly “set it and forget it” projects. After the Chromebooks and iPads are distributed, admins and IT teams must keep asking the tough questions.

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Mobile Devices Attention Testing Curriculum 189

Edsurge

JUNE 2, 2023

AR can also create digital overlays on printed textbooks, allowing students to access additional content, such as videos or animations, with their mobile devices. You can just use your phone or any mobile device.” Spierenburg likens AR to a safety net for students. “It You don’t need any special hardware.

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Teachers Mobile Devices Students Language 200

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

For nearly a decade, the founder and CEO of Desmos has been building a free alternative that works on web browsers and mobile devices. Yet some test-makers are taking notice and, more importantly, action. The Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), which administers standardized tests for 15 U.S.

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Testing Math Exams Mobile Devices 87

Edsurge

APRIL 3, 2018

The experimental design was good old pre/post, using the AMES assay (Adolescent Measure of Empathy and Sympathy), a well-regarded empathy test. By “digital” I mean mobile devices, primarily texting. Scores actually improved the more the kids used social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

For the assessment mavens at Educational Testing Service ( ETS ), these evolving capabilities present both a challenge and an opportunity, says the organization’s Markku “Mark” Häkkinen. We also used Amazon Polly to address a unique challenge with our Graduate Record Examination (GRE) for blind test candidates.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2019

In September 2017, five finalists were chosen to field test their tools with thousands of children across villages in Tanzania. Before the finalists’ field test in Tanzania, 74 percent of the participating kids never went to school, 80 percent never received reading instruction at home, over 90 percent could not read Swahili.

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Game-Based Learning Mobile Devices Math Testing 141

eSchool News

AUGUST 1, 2017

Add student profile picture on mobile: Today’s students log a lot of hours on their phones. Soon, students will be able to make changes to their Classroom mobile profiles directly from their mobile devices too, including changing their profile picture from the Google Classroom mobile app. Ready the selfies!

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Quizzes Teachers Mobile Devices Assignments 196

eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2021

S/cm range that ensures optimal precision during various experiments, such as exploring the base hydrolysis of ethyl acetate under various conditions and other common environmental tests of aquatic samples.

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Technology Mobile Devices STEM Science 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

I can even show them how to break the virtual keyboard on their favorite mobile device into two, making it perfect for thumbing, and then remind them that’s an alternative, not the only way. eating around devices –This is a horrible habit. By third grade, they’re taking online tests. Drop-down menus.

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Learning Technologies Technology Learning Mobile Devices 183

Edsurge

JULY 9, 2016

This development, combined with tremendous growth in mobile device usage due to improved technology, naturally led to a shift in mobile learning patterns. Despite this promising beginning, the role of mobile devices in the classroom and in education overall is still rather limited.

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Mobile Devices Learning Quizzes Essay 112

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

As aspects of pre-pandemic life slowly emerge from nearly two years of masking, testing, and social distancing, educators are once again gathering at edtech conferences to experience the latest and greatest solutions, digital tools, and professional learning opportunities. Plus, students can use them to submit work digitally.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Teachers Track Student Behavior Through Mobile App. To test the impact of data analytics on student behavior management, researchers provided participating schools with Kickboard analytics software , designed to track students’ positive and negative behavior.

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Augmented Reality (AR) has exploded in the past few years, mainly due to the easy access provided by our mobile devices. In the past few months, I’ve finally started to see more districts with the right devices for ARKit 1 and 2 apps, but this won’t be true for ARKit 3 as they require an A12 chip or above to function properly.

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Mobile Devices Group work Testing Technology 152

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2023

Many students with disabilities read below grade level and benefit from the text-to-speech tool that is universally available across computer and mobile devices. Similarly, some students benefit from dictation applications through which they say their thoughts aloud, triggering the device to convert those thoughts to text.

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Universal Design Disabilities Mobile Devices Students 211

eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2016

And we’ve tested and rebuilt the platform so that educators can more easily carry out their core tasks and get support from a system that is truly intuitive and doesn’t complicate their work but rather puts the focus on student learning outcomes.”. Increased compatibility with mobile devices. Simplification and Modernization.

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Mobile Devices Communication Learning Outcomes Accessibility 129

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Young children spend around seven hours every day in front of a screen , and most teenagers have access to a mobile device. Large and small schools who use these tests have seen the number of users fooled by common phishing techniques drop from 29 and 26 percent, respectively, to 17 and 20 percent. .

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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 124

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It connects to the wide variety of devices and sources found in today’s edtech-friendly classrooms, including Google Chromebook, the latest generation of notebooks, phones, tablets, document cameras, and microscopes — any device with an HDMI out port. The WDC20E comes complete with a 4K receiver and one HDMI transmitter button.

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Mobile Devices Lecturing Feedback Testing 201

Edsurge

MARCH 24, 2019

Long-term planning and investment in infrastructure for widespread and improved access to the internet and mobile devices is critical. Governments, educators, advocacy groups and companies large and small need to work better together. Whereas the U.S.

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Educational Technologies Technology Teaching Mobile Devices 164

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2016

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. The device-agnostic Ormiboard Pro goes beyond presenting and testing by opening up whole-class creation and participation.

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Mobile Devices Internet Classroom Management Participation 112