EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New Global Survey Offers Snapshot of Technology in the Classroom in 2019. The survey found that use of technology in schools worldwide continues to grow, with 48 percent of students reporting they use a desktop computer in the classroom. leads the way with 75 percent of classrooms using desktop computers. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

Then, Rob gives teachers five ideas he uses in his classroom for brain breaks. In today’s show, we’ll discuss: Backwards classroom race. Smartphone ping pong. Plus, Rob gives a 40-second pitch to teachers about the reasons they need brain breaks in their classroom. Take a brain break today! 60-second pitches.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2019

Then, Rob gives teachers five ideas he uses in his classroom for brain breaks. Urkund: Today’s Sponsor Urkund is great as a plagiarism prevention tool and connects with most common Learning Management Systems like Google Classroom, Moodle, and Canvas or as a stand-alone web tool or by email. Take a brain break today! Have some fun!

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Neo LMS

JUNE 29, 2021

The pandemic has opened the doors to the use of IoT solutions in the classroom as a sign of evolution from the occasional usage of technology in our lessons. 5 Practical applications of IoT in the classroom. Here are a few practical applications of IoT that you can use in the classroom: Interactive whiteboards. VR headsets.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 30, 2018

Now, using 3DBear , I’m able to offer students a classroom where they can create and share. First, 3D bear is a free download for smartphones and tablets. However, the true power is the teacher classroom portal. Students can create and invent using Augmented Reality and share in your 3D Bear Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools?

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many benefits of technology in the classroom, so we’ve picked five of the most significant for this handy list. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. But for those who embrace it, the advantages are virtually limitless.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2024

The movement to keep smartphones out of schools is gaining momentum. Just last week, the nation’s second-largest public school system, Los Angeles Unified School District, voted to ban smartphones starting in January, citing adverse health risks of social media for kids. And the U.S. And they're the same jokes.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

If you're doing collaborative projects and design in your classroom, you'll get practical ideas for how you can modify your projects to encourage collaboration and real-world learning. I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Classroom activities should be handled the same. The traditional classroom vs. paperless is like a cell phone vs. an iPhone.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Not long ago, mobile devices were considered perfect for any past-time activity, and had no place in the classroom. There are plenty of concerns about implementing BYOD in the classroom, which makes many educators unwilling to plunge in this still new pool. Top 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

In my classroom, one battle is around bathroom usage. This year, the Pew Research Center reported that 9 in 10 American adults own a smartphone. This year, the Pew Research Center reported that 9 in 10 American adults own a smartphone. Furthermore, smartphone use among teenagers has been a growing obstacle to learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Using your smartphone, you can now scan a human. In this episode of the 10 Minute Teacher podcast, I speak with AR expert Jaime Donally about practical ways to use augmented reality in the classroom. Links added by author.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2018

Technology Helps Teachers Prevent and Mitigate Bad Behavior in the Classroom. It can be difficult for teachers to react in ways that will guide students back to proper classroom behavior without alienating them — which is a major concern according to a recent study from the Center for Promise. Combat Classroom Distractions with Tech.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

What there is is a teacher not afraid to try new ways, test them out in a classroom environment, toss what doesn’t work and share the rest. Her/his success doesn’t come without lots of failure and mistakes, widgets that sounded good but were too complicated or non-intuitive for a 21st century classroom. Why do this?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Today, I had 15 photos on my interactive display at the front of the classroom. In this post, I’ll be sharing seven pedagogical shifts that make interactive displays a key to a student-centered classroom. In my Computer Science classroom, students are collaborators and co-creators. SMART Technologies sponsored this post.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Blended learning and flipped classrooms. From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. For decades, research has revealed the benefits of using video in the classroom. The Rise of the Digital Classroom. Our lives are changing more rapidly than ever before.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 16, 2024

And that’s true even when instructors force students to put away their smartphones. EdSurge: I was struck by your point in your book that we are never away from our smartphones even when we try to put them away. How has this played out in your classrooms? You’re in what I call ‘competitive presence’ in a classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2022

For each class, I have three things I have to do each day: lesson plans in Chalk , Google classroom assignments updated, and then I have to go back and grade the work for the day. The smartphone provided a new technique to banish these slivers of solitude: the quick glance. The Quick Glance Can Be Powerful.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2022

Learning during the pandemic benefited from what many schools had already started to build: Wi-Fi-enabled environments with top-notch connectivity that could support all users, from students working in the classroom to physical education teachers out on the field.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 24, 2025

While tech has brought a lot of exciting changes to education, there are some real disadvantages of technology in the classroom. So read on for some of the key disadvantages of technology in the classroom and a few teacher-tested strategies that can help. Do Smartphone Bans Work? Progress is greatbut its not always perfect.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Most students use smartphones with unfiltered access to the Internet. Schools and parents need to get smart about how they talk to kids about smartphones. Let’s focus on smartphones and get educated about what we should do to help keep kids safe from the world and from their own childish irresponsibility.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2017

Students can use whatever computing device they have — including a smartphone — to record notes that can then be filed, shared, multimedia’d, and collaborated on. million teachers, is kind of a Google Classroom (very) lite with options that make it easy to submit homework, comment on classwork, and track student progress.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

Teachers and students in today’s classrooms expect reliable internet connections, wide coverage and speedy access. I say potential because this depends on the devices you buy, how you deploy them, how dense your network is and whether end users have upgraded their laptops, tablets and smartphones to…

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smartphone Choices A smartphone is almost as essential as a laptop in the modern landscape. When selecting a smartphone, consider its compatibility with other devices like your laptop and tablet. For instance, if your school uses a lot of Apple products, a MacBook might be a more seamless fit.

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Ditch That Textbook

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Adults and children are using smartphones, tablets, e-readers and more to interact with each other and the web every day. Mobile devices are everywhere. More people interact with digital media through mobile now than through desktop computers, and that number continues to grow.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Classroom Design Then and Now. This classroom model worked well for centuries. Old-school classroom design supported the idea that teachers impart knowledge to students. One important adaptation is the shakeup of classroom design. Schools are creating classroom layouts that support successful 21 st century learning.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 14, 2019

Considering the rise of smartphones, tablets, and cloud-integrated technology, the chalkboard, overhead projector, and other analog tools of yore are no longer yielding the same educational results. What are interactive classroom displays? They emphasize flexibility, collaboration, and creativity in the classroom. Portability.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 17, 2025

Part of that involved the question of whether schools should ban smartphones one of the biggest policy debates of the year in K-12 education. A key theme in most of these is how educators are struggling to make students feel connected to the material in todays classrooms. What If Banning Smartphones in Schools Is Just the Beginning?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

With all the talk of the downsides of smartphones for teenagers, parents have looked to smartwatches as a way to stay in contact with their young children while avoiding the full internet and social media access of a phone. At least that was the narrative a couple of years ago.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 8, 2020

I’ve uploaded these resources to the Adobe Education Exchange, a fantastic resource for educators looking to use Adobe products in the classroom. I’ve been teaching with the Adobe Suite for over fifteen years and it has helped inspire creativity in my classroom. See also, the Adobe Premiere Rush movie project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

I l ike Felicia Zorn’s summary of how that go-nogo decision really has become ‘get with the program’ Teacher Support in the Digital-Blended Classroom. Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. We were the pioneers of the digital era.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 26, 2023

But how does it work and what does this mean for classrooms? Read on to learn all about Android EDLA-certified devices and their impact on classrooms. Background on Android To really understand the advantages of Android EDLA-certified classroom solutions, we need to first delve into the nitty-gritty of the Android ecosystem.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2025

Lunch hours are spent hunched over smartphones, and after-school time means less sports and more Snapchat. With more than 300 clubs and sports to choose from, SPS students are happier, healthier, and less likely to reach for their smartphones. said Ryan Lancaster, executive director of communications for SPS.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 21, 2018

Digital signage also offers mobile integration , so schools can push information to devices like smartphones. That’s a major boost in a school’s ability to communicate effectively with both parents and digital natives when you consider the large-scale adoption of mobile devices both inside and outside the classroom.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 7, 2019

Bring Classroom Interactive Display into the Mix. The use of interactive display and collaborative technology in the classroom has become a baseline requirement for increasing student’s participation and education success in the 21st century. Interactive Display in the Classroom. Different types with their pros and cons.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

I was thrilled when Amanda Ronan over at Teach.com suggested that she write a how-to for teachers on getting virtual reality started in their classrooms. To use virtual reality in the classroom, all you need is a smartphone capable of downloading the VR apps or videos (more on those in a second) and a headset.

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