Edsurge

OCTOBER 22, 2024

The district is one of many across the country that have instituted new smartphone bans this year, in the name of increasing student engagement and counteracting the negative effects that social media has on youth mental health. And she says there are fewer fights at the school, too.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2019

With Windows 10, Microsoft provides a range of technologies to help educators find the right experience for their students. . For example, students can interact with their laptops and PCs via voice, pen, touch screen and gesture to find a learning style that fits them best. Expand the Classroom with Mixed Reality Tools.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The platform has thus mitigated many of the engagement hurdles Duran was facing in her poorly laid out room. With her laptop wirelessly connected to the projector, she can carry it with her while mingling with students as she teaches. It’s been life changing for me,” she says. “In You just have to type a code in and, boom!

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2018

Three years ago, an innovative educator in Jersey City Public Schools ’ Division B introduced drones to a class of elementary students with autism. Her goal was to enhance student engagement, and the results from that experiment were encouraging.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

We not only want students engaged, but also want to see evidence of learning aligned to high standards as well as the development and application of essential skill sets. The teachers I was working with only had access to a laptop cart, thus apps that had to be downloaded on a device were not an option.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2025

Many of Johnsons students dont realize that is an option, and fall behind. They also may find playing the game off-putting, she says, or havent had access to technology that can help them, like online tutoring sites, a good laptop or AI programs. This is worse with younger students, Johnson says.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 4, 2018

All of these Internet of Things devices can make schools safer, improve student engagement and save schools and school districts significant money , according to a 2017 survey of K–12 professionals by CDW. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Understand the Security Challenge Facing Schools.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

percent), observers did not see students engaging in this use of technology at all” ( eSchool News ). According to a new study by AdvancED that observed 140,000 classrooms, “in 92,190 classrooms (64.6 In fact, observers noted that only 25 percent of classrooms were using technology for research and problem solving.

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Hapara

MARCH 18, 2025

Improved student engagement Classroom technology allows students to learn how they want to learn, piquing their curiosity, boosting motivation and supporting deeper comprehension. Well also cover solutions to common arguments against classroom technology to help you support your school or district team.

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myViewBoard

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Most teachers and students stay at home and conduct distance learning. Teachers are worried about student engagement and interaction online. Meanwhile, students find themselves hard to adapt to online learning, and learning outcomes drop significantly. We recommend planning lessons on a laptop. Collaboration .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Google classrooms were rarely used, and laptops, while ubiquitous, were primarily used during standardized testing season. Working from home on a subpar laptop, most of my time was spent waiting for things to load. The Hype Has Left the Building The tech landscape at my school was far from unique before the pandemic.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Students should only use computers, laptops, tablets or phones that are protected. Educational institutions will always need to provide all their students a safe learning environment, be it physical or online. Cybersecurity measures become more important as more students engage in online activities for their studies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

Tablets, laptops, educational gaming software, and smartphones allow schools to: Personalize the learning experience. Increase student engagement and collaboration through social media, simulations, and games. Efficiently assess student progress as often as once a week, for more carefully tailored educational experiences.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 23, 2024

It encourages teachers to let students engage deeply with the material, turning classrooms into vibrant hubs of intellectual exploration where students actively construct knowledge together. This approach reinvents traditional education, replacing passive lesson absorption with interactive, hands-on collaboration.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. In this class, I mostly saw students following along closely, and taking notes. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2023

By fostering new ways for teachers to problem solve and be creative in the classroom, these trends can have a positive impact on student engagement, retention, and learning outcomes. To effectively implement interactive content in the classroom, it is important to have a complete hardware and software solution.

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myViewBoard

APRIL 21, 2020

The quest for better student engagement has been aided dramatically through the introduction of digital whiteboarding. In this article, we will explore how digital whiteboarding software and interactive whiteboards can help to improve the learning experience for students. Want to get the most out of your students?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2022

That students are more distracted than ever by their devices—the laptops, smartphones and iPads that just about everyone in this class has out on their desks. As I looked out across the lecture hall, almost everyone had a laptop or iPad in use. They're on their phone or on their laptops doing other things.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Contrary to many people’s fears, using digital touchscreens offers greater flexibility for teachers while driving student engagement. Witnessing a teacher handwrite, mark, and annotate information improves focus and makes it easier for students to follow the class. .

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Waterford

DECEMBER 2, 2020

As you create routines, keep the following in mind: Some students may have access to the latest technology and a supportive and stress-free home environment. Other students may not have ideal access to the Internet. Some families may have multiple children sharing one laptop. Setting Expectations for Remote Learning Students.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

School administrators should be continually on the lookout for emerging technologies that can increase student engagement, retain knowledge, and make learning more accessible. Today, teachers and students have complete access to smartphones, tablets, or laptops in all classes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

It’s really for student engagement and other ideas that you can use in the classroom where students are able to answer questions and engage in class conversations via video. [link] Teryl, what is Flipgrid? TERYL: Vicki, Flipgrid is a newer tool. VICKI: How is this working?

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Testpress

APRIL 24, 2019

Response and Display: Students key in responses using small remote transmitters / smart phone apps. These transmitters / smartphone apps send responses to a receiver connected to instructor’s laptop or smartphone. Students responses can be tracked over the course of the semester and simplifies the assessment process.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2024

They may disengage by being physically in the classroom, but on their phones or their laptops feigning attention , feigning participation in class, but they're really in their Amazon cart or they're in their email or they're someplace else. Terri Hasseler So this kind of absenteeism may not be just not being physically there.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Ultimately, from my experience with remote teaching in the spring, there are two things I will be sure to focus on going into the new school year – using helpful technology tools to drive student engagement and keeping as much of a routine as possible during remote learning. Tools for teaching science remotely.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2021

However, moving a traditional classroom that’s built for face-to-face delivery to a hybrid-remote environment where instructors are teaching to both students in the classroom and online, often simultaneously, will take more than simply a laptop and a video conferencing application. Enter the multiscreen classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 11, 2015

Student engagement that leads to actual learning is the goal of any pedagogically sound lesson. What do the students think while in class? What are students interested in now？ How do I know if they are actually learning? The following is a sponsored blog post by imakiku.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

Has there been an impact on student engagement? The teachers who have access to Vivi-enabled classrooms have been using more interactive tools to engage their students, so it's made them feel more confident in being able to quickly connect, share, show something, get feedback from students.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2022

Game-based learning is transforming how students learn Integrating game-based solutions into the learning experience through the use of tablets, laptops and virtual reality (VR) can increase engagement and result in positive learning outcomes.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 31, 2015

I’ve recently discovered an exciting new company called Alma , which has built a groundbreaking new Holistic Student Engagement Platform (an SIS/LMS hybrid) that I believe in so much that I’ve joined their Advisory Board. We are increasingly accustomed to using extremely intuitive software on our smart phones, tablets, and laptops.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Fred Singer: The question that struck me was, ‘how could it be that kids—born to a generation in which smart phones and laptops are a part of their everyday existence—have to sit in a classroom where someone just talks to them?’ Why have a laptop policy if there is not software to go with it? But the phones aren’t the problem.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Thanks to district-provided HP Laptops and digital hotspots , learning never stopped at Lone Star throughout the pandemic. Ariel Schoenhuth, a 6th grade science teacher, reveals, “What I learned this year is that students need a reason, and that reason has to come from them and not from me.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. School officials in the seaside town scrambled to purchase enough devices for all their students to learn online last year after the pandemic hurtled kids out of buildings.

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Education Superhighway

JULY 23, 2018

Recently, we interviewed three 5th grade teachers who shared more about the transformational role technology plays in student engagement at PWCS. ESH: How has the upgrade impacted student engagement with the material? What got them [to this level of engagement] was being able to do that research piece on their own.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

How Classroom Design Affects Student Performance. Without a doubt, classroom design has a big effect on student engagement and academic performance. Content sharing capabilities lets students easily display material from their smartphones, tablets and laptops. Research reveals the importance of classroom design.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In some cases, demand far outstripped supply, leading to backlogs of requests for laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other school-issued devices. Schools are always looking for ways to keep their students engaged and learning–and implementing technology can do that.

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eSchool News

MAY 29, 2018

A small percentage of classrooms will have the funding and resources to bring mobile devices and viewers to every student, but the majority of our schools don’t have class sets. Most schools do, however, have access to tablets or laptops, or they have a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) arrangement.

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