Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2022

App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. ScratchJr- -for ages 5-7. Swift Playground –from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code. Build an App.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2018

More children than ever have easy access to mobile devices at home and in school, making it critical to impart strong digital citizenship lessons to students.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

But there’s a big challenge that all education IT leaders face : Managing smartphones, laptops and other connected devices securely and at scale. To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2023

Kids will love having a valid reason to use Mom’s smartphone camera. Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). These aren’t print–these are digital, on an iPad, a desktop, or a mobile device. History Any age: Find something in your town that has a history.

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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. As for smartphones, these can also be verified and added to an internal whitelist. Read more: DOs and DON’Ts of teaching digital citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone? She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. The next time your school decides to investigate paperless classrooms, offer to take charge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Here are all those that don’t easily differentiate by grade. See if some of them work for you: Websites. BrainPop coding games. Learn to code.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Today’s youth are digital natives who are unaware of life without Internet access, instant communication, mobile phones and an abundance of on-demand information sitting in their pockets. As a society, it is our responsibility to ensure youth are fully aware as well as educated about digital citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2020

App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. ScratchJr- -for ages 5-7. Swift Playground –from Apple, includes lessons and challenges designed to teach kids to code. Build an App. Apps Geyser.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Wouldn’t you love to experiment with 5G on your smartphone or play with Samsung’s foldable phone? With the App Inventor program from MIT, students use block-based tools to build apps on a smartphone. These include Hello Codi, TalkToMe I and I I (Text-to-speech app), Ball Bounce Game, and Digital Doodle (a drawing app).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2018

Today, smartphones and tablets are cheaper than ever; moreover, their prices are going to decrease which means that desktop computers, as well as computer labs, are about to become extinct in schools. More so, today’s education prioritizes mobile devices which don’t have the ability to read these mediums. Desktop Computers.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

As more of our lives are consumed with digital technology — social media, texting and smartphones — is it any wonder that our children are growing up with electronic gadgets as companions? And, ownership of smartphones — mobile devices with an internet connection — has tripled in recent years among young people.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 7, 2016

It’s a revamp of their flagship product, with some twists: Today, Turnitin announced a new version of its flagship product with a focus on ease-of-use, accessibility for students, and new mobile features to support instruction in the modern classroom. Responsive design works on PCs, tablets, and smartphones. Click to Tweet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 1, 2019

To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality. The code symbols are a bit small for a smartphone screen and become hidden under the iPhone’s lower coping. . kids who love fiddling with mobile devices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2017

Kids will love having a valid reason to use Mom’s smartphone camera. Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). Optionally, you might take pictures of the historic piece, add it to a mobile app like Sonic Pics and then add voice notes to explain what the viewer is seeing.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Seeing a child with a mobile device is nothing new, and many parents conversations today focus on when, and not if, to give a child a smartphone. No one can dispute the importance of technology in today’s homes and classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. PleIQ is designed with every early learner in mind. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In fact, explicit instruction in digital citizenship , online learning, and online safety may benefit students as they prepare for an increasingly digital future. Content Recent reports indicate that moving learning into the mobile realm could open up pathways to explore new educational content.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2017

By allowing kids to bring and use their mobile devices in the classroom, schools can make learning more fun and engaging. A BYOD Acceptable Use Policy is meant to ensure safety for users and keep the use of mobile devices “in the name of learning”. Do I have to buy the latest model of smartphone?

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

I signed out the mobile lab and a class set of headphones, and assigned an act a day. Gobstopper is MOBILE! edmodocon On @Gobstopper students can read on a tablet, smartphone or laptop. edtech #ELAFlip #flipclass #njed assessment assignments books common core digital citizenship feedback literature' Where''s Jason?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

Bring the latest version of the Google Maps app on your smartphone or iPad, complete with audio directions. Many of these can be used on an iPhone, smartphone, or iPad. Have some method of digitally transferring business cards to new friends and colleagues. a scanner (for paperwork, business cards). Any ideas?).

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Biggest challenge: Like most school districts, EGUSD is part of an increasingly mobile world. Students use smartphones and tablets in and out of the classroom, teachers put lessons and assignments online, staff use VoIP phones, and maintenance and operations need to connect their alarms and HVAC systems.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 9, 2018

The mobile apps are free. The only downside of Grammarly is the lack of smartphone apps. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. The Chrome extension is freemium with a weekly limit on corrections.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Most American teenagers have a smartphone. The number of teens with a smartphone more than doubled since 2012, from 41 percent up to 89 percent. Looking at only 13- to 14-year-olds, 84 percent now have a smartphone, and 93 percent have some type of mobile device such as a tablet. In 2012, that number was 34 percent.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2016

A digital story is a series of images connected with text and/or a narrated soundtrack — captured by a digital device such as an iPad or smartphone — that tell a story. Freemium; mobile app. Free for educators; web and mobile app. Freemium; web and iOS.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The law requires schools to implement mobile panic alarms that go directly to law enforcement in case of immediate emergencies such as an active shooter situation. Vector LiveSafe is an advanced tip reporting and safety communication platform for organizations, including schools.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Managing Smartphones in the Classroom. Smartphones are a monumental challenge for teachers and schools. Or on the other, is it possible to harness the potential of smartphones as learning tools? Or on the other, is it possible to harness the potential of smartphones as learning tools? Perhaps something in-between?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone? She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. The next time your school decides to investigate paperless classrooms, offer to take charge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone? She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. The next time your school decides to investigate paperless classrooms, offer to take charge.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 18, 2016

While parents are rejoicing that kids are back in school, and they survived winter break, teachers and administrators might be noticing more students with smartphones. As children get back into the routine of classes, now’s the ideal time to address all those smartphones that were given as gifts for the holidays.

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