eSchool News

MAY 29, 2018

Early adopters of #ARVRinEDU (Augmented reality and virtual reality in education) have sought out resources to meet the demands and needs of our students and managed to keep their spending in line with the school budget. Most schools do, however, have access to tablets or laptops, or they have a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) arrangement.

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BYOD Classroom Tablets Laptops 107

Neo LMS

APRIL 21, 2016

First time employees make a lot of communication blunders, from typos in their resumes or sending emails without the necessary attachments (although they are not alone in this), to speaking other others during meetings or worse, not knowing how to ask the right questions when they need help at something. Digital literacy skills.

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Learning Knowledge Base BYOD Company 161

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

While students can create projects, take quizzes, write responses digitally via BYOD and 1:1 using Google forms and docs, I''ve been missing a digital method for close reading of texts in my bag of instructional tricks. edmodocon On @Gobstopper students can read on a tablet, smartphone or laptop. A highlight of my experience!

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis Assessment 162

Securly

JANUARY 11, 2024

1: Your School Web Filter Doesn’t Support All Student Devices Chromebooks, iPads, laptops, and other devices are often used simultaneously within a single school or district. Students may also use their own devices – “BYOD” – that need to be filtered. How well is your current web filter meeting your needs?

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BYOD iPad EdTech Policies 130

The 21st Century Principal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Too often administrators like to brag about the number of iPads or laptops they''ve added, but they failed to hire the support needed to keep those things operating. Sometimes while attending a leadership conference or in a leadership meeting a school leader will see a demonstration of a new product like a smartboard or class response device.

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Technology Software BYOD iPad 111

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Kinesthetic learners are busy exercising their fingers when using TodaysMeet, and, as an active participant in a Google Hangout, the learner is a movie star whether it be on a desktop computer, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. BYOD BYOT connecting with students edtech education Socratic speaking teaching' References.

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Tools Smartphone Camtasia BYOD 122

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

This might include a desktop/laptop computer, Wifi, and an ereader, as well as software, apps, extensions, and bookmarked websites used to complete schoolwork. One more: If you can’t make a parent-teacher conference, find out if the school offers virtual meeting options such as Skype or Google Hangouts in off-school hours.

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Technology Digital Citizenship Common Core iPad 150

The 21st Century Principal

AUGUST 11, 2012

Looking at the list of reforms in vogue today, one can only wonder whether reform is really the goal, or as Prensky points out, “Reform efforts are more about bringing back the education system that was,” instead of creating an education system that truly meets the needs of 21st century students.

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Education BYOD System Laptops 93

MiddleWeb

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Matt Renwick's checklist looks at whether devices meet all students' needs, how they are involved in choosing devices, and whether they're able to collaborate in class and beyond. How can we judge the effectiveness of students bringing their own electronic devices to class?

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BYOD Classroom Meeting Laptops 40

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative. They brought in a panel of students to ask about their experience with BYOD. District #3 : Next Generation Digital Classroom - moving away from laptops and desktops. Org charts need to change.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

EdTechTeam

JULY 24, 2017

Therefore, a school should be acutely aware of the demographics they serve and either purposely choose apps that are affordable for the families, or come up with a solution to meet those family needs. Cloud-based- Maybe you don’t have mobile devices, but you have laptops. Every one of them is a precious gem that schools should value.

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Android E-rate iPad Chromebook 59

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Yet, 1:1 classrooms, BYOD, and tech-supported education are today’s reality. Next, once the mission is clear, leaders should work with the tech team and teachers to ensure that the technology will meet those goals. Everyone has been to school and has their own image of what a classroom should look like.

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Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 55

Lightspeed Systems

AUGUST 16, 2023

With over 17,000 students and a diverse range of devices, including iPads and Windows laptops, the district struggled to provide students with a safe and productive online environment due to reliability issues, poor reporting capabilities, and inadequate support from their existing filter provider.

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Case Study BYOD Report iPad 52

Education Superhighway

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Each district is unique and no one bandwidth number will meet everyone’s learning requirements across the board. In a school environment, the two main drivers of how much network bandwidth you need are (1) the number of devices like tablets, laptops, and smartphones your network is supporting and (2) how often these devices will be used.

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BYOD Smartphone Online Assessments Tablets 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 19, 2021

Over the last ten years, Dr. Van Heukelum has secured over $15 million in grants for innovative ideas that meet the emerging needs of our future society. Today, Ann works as a public speaker, writer, and education consultant focused on leadership to meet the needs of today’s students.

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Learning Blended Learning BYOD Professional Learning 57

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? How fast must they be to meet students’ and educators’ needs? ? BYOD and student wireless access: Some states and districts leverage the devices that students already own, carefully considering privacy, security, and logistical issues. How do they use those devices? ?

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 41

TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

It’s a central location for teachers to upload important class documents and serves as a main meeting point for students to get what they need, whenever they need it. Students are taking advantage of Edsby’s accessibility on multiple devices and constantly login from their phones, iPods, tablets and laptops as districts embrace BYOD policies.

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System LMS Moodle Edmodo 40

techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ACER SPIN 5 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Spin 5 is a convertible Windows notebook PC line with a variety of options to meet administrator, teacher, and student needs. inch Full HD touch displays, all Spin 5 models have a 360-degree hinge that allows four usage modes (laptop, tablet, display, and tent). inch or 13.3-inch

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 51

Nik Peachey

AUGUST 23, 2013

This opens up a really wide range of potential for communication and speaking practice that used to be such a struggle to organise on older laptops and desktop computers. This kind of cross platform compatibility is really important if you are working in a BYOD environment where students could be coming to class with a wide range of devices.

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Mobility Mobile Learning Video Learning 45

techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Start Up Bus is a hackathon where people meet for the first time on a bus that is headed to a pitchfest. For example, I have 24 laptops that are capable of running, say, Overwatch. For instance, A few months ago I listened to a great gimlet podcast about Start Up Bus. My favorite company to come out of Start Up Bus was Course Align.

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Gamification BYOD Google Flipped Classroom 58

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Under his leadership, Bristol Tennessee City Schools has embraced personalized learning through an effort that includes providing laptops for students to use at school and at home. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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PowerMyLearning Data BYOD Training 40

Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

The forthcoming Horizon Report thinks BYOD is one of the two major tech trends for 2016. One crucial impact of mobile technologies in education is the way they tear down our old boundary walls, the ones around in-session classes, or conferences, or meetings. I expect to see numerous stories along these lines in 2016.

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Trends Technology MOOC Education 40

ViewSonic Education

MARCH 26, 2025

Whether you’re in a classroom, a meeting room, or a shared workspace, one challenge shows up time and again: screen sharing shouldn’t be this hard.Too many educators and professionals still rely on messy cables, missing dongles, or clunky software just to share a screen. This is great for guest presenters or BYOD setups.

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Android Comparison Meeting BYOD 195