Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Some people even lobby for a right to technology for every student, in the hope of making the presence of laptops and tablets in classrooms as spread as that of blackboards and notebooks. E-learning is mobile. Kids live in the same world as we do, and they keep up pretty well in terms of mobile devices ownership.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

You can use the camera on your Chromebook or laptop, mobile phone or tablet, or document camera. If you’re using a laptop, for example, it’s easier to hold the items in a stack and remove the front item for quick scanning. Any Camera Works… But Practice First.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 24, 2020

Laptops, mobile hotspots and software applications have all become necessary tools in this new normal, but some students — and even teachers — still don’t have access to them. billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund , $3 billion Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund and $307.5

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 23, 2020

Laptops, mobile hotspots and software applications have all become necessary tools in this new normal, but some students — and even teachers — still don’t have access to them. billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund , $3 billion Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund and $307.5

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 30, 2018

As a result, Artesia can better support classroom IT initiatives , including nearly 3,000 Lenovo laptops for the district’s 3,800 students. District leaders and community stakeholders typically express more excitement about highly visible end-user technologies such as mobile devices and interactive whiteboards, Brantley says. “A

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. Elementary and middle school children can read the books or have them read aloud to them. Gutenberg Project.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 28, 2020

Laptops, mobile hotspots and software applications have all become necessary tools in this new normal, but some students — and even teachers — still don’t have access to them. billion Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund , $3 billion Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund and $307.5

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

And the teacher pushes out a code to the students or they push out that link to the students that they’re able to access and the students will actually respond via video through either their mobile device or through the video camera on their laptop or their tablet that they have. Flipgrid Idea #1: Conversation about a Topic in Class.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 13, 2020

Elementary grade teachers can narrate short readings, high school history teachers can add audio hot spots on top of primary source excerpts and maps, and science teachers can provide insight into complex graphics and equations. Upload the audio / mp3 file to Google Drive. In Google Slides: Insert – Audio.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

I had spent two exciting hours (about half of it with my mouth open) in a complete flow state exploring a new virtual reality world using the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset on my Acer Aspire 7 laptop with Windows Mixed Reality by Microsoft. Participants are also encouraged to include photos or videos to prove their case.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 15, 2020

There is nothing black-and-white about how to best support our students and families,” said Dr. Barbara Adams, principal at Findley Elementary School in Des Moines, IA. DMPS distributed nearly 21,000 laptop computers to students throughout Des Moines during two weeks in mid-April. And she’s the norm, not the exception.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in primary, elementary or intermediate schools. This has become more critical as students use laptops, mobile devices, and home computers routinely. Cyber Legends intends to change that with engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons, masked as a fun video game.

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techlearning

JUNE 25, 2018

CHICAGO – June 25, 2018 – According to a national study by , schools with one-to-one laptop environments show higher levels of academic achievement. Now with today’s launch of the world’s first augmented reality (AR)/virtual reality (VR) laptop from Silicon Valley company, zSpace Inc.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

the deployment of mobile devices. Additionally, mobile devices were provided to additional subject areas, including laptops to all elementary schools. For the 2018-19 school year, the district has recently ordered an additional 18,000 mobile devices and will be installing roughly 500 new interactive boards.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2018

She needed a multi-functional classroom and wanted a layout that was completely mobile. More technology in the classroom — including laptops, Kindles, a touch-screen TV and a smart board — has led to more individualized instruction for students. The room has no “front,” and everything is on wheels.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Surveys reveal the average age kids get cell phones is ten years old, and exposure to mobile devices begins at a much younger age. When asked to select topics that would be helpful for addressing technology with elementary students, nearly 75% identified “managing time on devices” as the skill most needed.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

On a morning this fall at Washington Elementary, a young boy, sitting at a table with five of his peers, held a tablet while he built a digital snowman — a cool proposition given the 85-degree heat just outside his air-conditioned classroom. Today, students are even able to access assignments on their mobile devices. LINDSAY, Calif. —

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

A team of fifth grade teachers at an elementary school invited Muri, the superintendent of Ector County Independent School District in West Texas, to participate in an online scavenger hunt they had designed for students.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 23, 2016

Special education teachers are more likely to use mobile apps with their students than general education teachers, but are not receiving enough formal training on the use of mobile technology for instructional purposes, according to a report released today as part of a new initiative examining the role of mobile technology in special ed.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Mobile devices are predicted by 2011 Horizon report to be in mainstream in one year or less. Research shows 60% of low-income students carry a mobile device of some sort. Look for awesome infographic in the Prezi (linked at the top of this post) about how people use their mobile devices based on age range. have a mobile phone.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

According to Futuresource , a UK market research firm, devices running the Chrome operating system accounted for close to 60 percent of all sales of mobile devices in the U.S. Such features, he claimed, made the device more powerful than any laptop or Chromebook. K-12 education market in 2017. That didn’t happen.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

They didn’t have a high-tech classroom with fancy equipment — in fact most students didn’t even have laptops or access to the internet. The program operates in what she calls a “mobile-first environment,” meaning 90 percent of the program is taught on a phone, even though classes are in-person.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2019

The mobility helps in my debate class where I have about 37 students,” Brown said. “We Second-graders Sarai Sepulveda (left), Jaxson Murchison (middle), and Parker Dubey balance on stability balls as they complete an art project at Thomas Hooker Elementary School in Meriden, Connecticut. All the furniture is fitted with wheels.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. This year, nearly half of teachers (47 percent) said their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 20, 2019

In elementary schools, students in multiple classrooms can simultaneously view virtual field trips, author talks or other content. It’s now the standard for many laptops and smartphones. It’s becoming the standard for higher-end laptops and PCs. Some projectors include Mobile High-Definition Link-enabled HDMI ports.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging. Related: Do Millennials Learn Better on Mobile Devices. Conclusion: STEM career is a prospering field of opportunities.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

Everyone would have their tablet or laptop. However, transitioning to remote online learning was a significant hurdle for teachers and students who may have had familiarity with using these mobile devices for different types of digital content, but not necessarily from the standpoint of using them from an instructional component at home.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. They are moving more and more into the mobile market and now you can do video calls on the iPhone. Once the price is right I think these will replace netbooks and laptops in 1:1 programs in schools. The best part is that others can do the same. Very easy and lots of potential.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2020

I personally understand the impact of what mobility can do socially and emotionally to children,” Bedell said. Mikaela tried to keep up with online classes in the spring, using a laptop and mobile hotspot loaned from the district, but it was tough in their small room, Johnson said. I would say that the No.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Walk into a Cleveland County Schools classroom today, and chances are you won’t find a traditional chalk board or an old-school overhead projector, but instead, laptop computers and touch-screen smartboards. It gives teachers the ability to free themselves up to be mobile and not be stuck to the front of the classroom,” he said.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

When Hudgins started the virtual summer camp, she found that many students who had been provided laptops by their school districts had to turn them in when the spring semester ended. She had to provide laptops, tablets and even mobile hotspots to a number of her kids just so they could participate.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

The mobility of the smart board invites more small-group collaboration, which allows a lesson to become organic and develop on its own. He says it takes about 10-15 minutes of playing with the interface to get a feel for it and then it is just a matter of connecting a laptop or another device of choice to it.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As Denton Independent School District (ISD) prepares for future ready classrooms with technology and builds new schools, the Texas district is partnering with LocknCharge to create a new mobile device charging cabinet – the Carrier 15 Charging Station™. It includes three large baskets to store and safely distribute technology.

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SpeechTechie

APRIL 21, 2022

Tiny Tap was previously described here as a good mobile app resource for both making interactive activities and finding visual content for lessons. I recently noticed TinyTap has ported content online, so this would be playable on your laptop or in a classroom with projector or interactive whiteboard.

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