eSchool News

DECEMBER 1, 2022

BLUFFDALE, UTAH – Listen Technologies, the leading provider of advanced wireless listening solutions for 24 years, announced that John Rennie High School , a secondary school in Quebec, Canada, has selected Listen EVERYWHERE for use in its theater to support assistive listening. .

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

A version of this post was originally published in Teach Secondary Magazine , July 2019. Smartphones are sometimes smarter than their owners and the idea of people going to Mars moved away from sci-fi novels and into the realm of things that might happen in the not so distant future.

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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. The physical appearance of primary and secondary school classrooms is changing as many schools trade individual student desks for large tables around which students may sit with their laptops and tablets.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Researchers have pointed to the introduction of smartphones — the iPhone was introduced in 2007 — and the rise of social media as the culprit. Are teens struggling because smartphone time is leading to less sleep ? What happened then? But teasing apart what’s actually happening is difficult.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2024

Holding several new books, I was transported back to my high school years, a time before smartphones and social media, when I would cautiously approach the gay and lesbian section of my local bookstore. Recently, I found myself in Barnes and Noble, captivated by a "Read with Pride" display in the Young Adult section.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones. A lot of what I see is for secondary school. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 29, 2019

Yondr pouch and unlocking device (Source: Yondr) For most adults, the idea of being separated from a smartphone for just one hour can stir anxiety. Without smartphones, students are also “using a little bit more brain power,” quips Shiu. So it’s understandable that some students were unhappy about the new policy (to put it mildly).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2017

For one thing, smartphone communication emphasizes texting slang over the use of proper sentences. Indifference to learning is the primary source of low literacy, all other causes are secondary. The second is a telecommunication technology. The solution to uprooting the cause of low literacy is to find ways of making learning fun.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Whether teachers continue to use these tools or ditch them in favor of new ones, graphing technology will likely always have a place in secondary math education. As mathematics educators, we think the graphing calculator transformed American classrooms for the better. Understanding Math. Read the original article.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

It has become a familiar argument between those who believe children intuitively learn to type (“see them on smartphones and iPads–they don’t need help”) and those of us who believe instruction makes them better, faster. This topic that is close to my tech teacher soul.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 17, 2018

The question of whether or not to allow students to use smartphones, laptops and other technology in the classroom has been long-debated , and at times, heated. And just as a new school year is set to begin, a new study raises fresh concerns about potential downsides of multitasking during class.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2022

For example, many of the children that I have worked with over the years in Chicago and Baltimore have had first and secondary experiences with gun violence. I want to protect their innocence, but too often the harsh realities of life break through. In their violent dramatic play, sticks often become guns.

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Educate AI Magazine

MARCH 1, 2025

In secondary school, Al should serve as a supporting tool and never replace critical thinking. Children who don’t have smartphones still experience Al-driven learning platforms, since most schools provide students with laptops or tablets that come pre-installed with Al-integrated software. The prime suspect?

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2020

MEL Science, a London-based company whose products include chemistry kits for primary and secondary schoolchildren coupled with digital tools, has seen about seven times the number of new subscribers this month compared to April 2019, says CEO Vassili Philippov. This will turn into a long-term interest, I hope,” he says.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Cyberbullying in particular is fueled by a lack of proper policies and wide access to smartphones and other devices. ” At the center of the study was a new, easy-to-implement protocol for secondary school teachers to use to help increase reading fluency of their students. phonemic awareness, phonics) to address this problem.”

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 1, 2020

On any given day students can participate in these mobile friendly classes covering AP topics such as: Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords, Voting Rights and Models of Voting Behavior, and Introduction to Acids and Bases. The live stream of learning is divided into 10 different 45 minutes periods starting at 9 a.m.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Executive functioning skills are the foundation of academic success in college, but similar to ‘soft skills’ in the workplace, are often not explicitly taught in secondary education. Technology and smartphone apps allow students to bring executive functioning tools with them into their classrooms and dorm rooms on campus.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2023

When VaNessa Thompson wants to truly focus on doing homework for her doctoral classes at Oakland University near Detroit, she gets out her smartphone, props it on her desk, and starts streaming live video of herself on TikTok. People that follow me on TikTok, they’ll get a push notification, ‘VaNessa’s going live,’” she explains.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Secondary schools can only take in 36 percent of students who finish primary school. Their capabilities are often described as a halfway between basic and smartphones.) Humanity’s future may well be in Africa, where 60 percent of the population are under the age of 25. Yet their prospects are perilous.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Personal access for personal reasons is secondary. 21st century leadership Bring Your Own Device Policies BYOD BYOT Technology Policies Using Smartphones in Schools' They are to put the devices away when asked to do so. Make clear to students that their use of a device must not disrupt the learning of others.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

higher ed responded swiftly by opening online in a few weeks , a feat made possible only because privileged American secondary intuitions long ago introduced digital access in nearly every college in the nation. Poor Internet Access Cripples Online Higher Ed When the pandemic careened across the globe in spring 2020, U.S.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Google Cardboard and Google Expeditions are the two most popular, but here are some more great VR apps for education: (these are links to the Google Play store, but they all have iOS versions also) Cardboard (free) Cardboard puts virtual reality on your smartphone. Tour Guide: Visit Versailles with a local guide. •

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

These are very same literary concepts that we ask our students to learn in primary and secondary English classes. They’re texting on their smartphones—more than they actually talk on them. We’ve been analyzing song lyrics for years and know it to be true that the lines of music are rich with allusion, literary device, and technique.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

Santos filmed many of the videos from a comfy chair in her apartment, and the university also created a free smartphone app to go with the class, called ReWi , to help students track their habits to better notice patterns in their own behavior. Some 100,000 signed up for the MOOC version.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 14, 2013

I was able to learn the app very quickly this weekend in preparation for introducing it to secondary fine arts teachers from my school district this morning. I created the Gami above on my Galaxy Note II Android smartphone. The video below is only the third Gami (the app maker''s term for a finished product) which I have created.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. had 62 percent of the embedded market share.

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EdNews Daily

JANUARY 14, 2017

87% of teenagers between 14-17 years-old own a cell phone, and 31% of these older teens have smartphones. Smartphones are dopamine devices. According to The National Coalition to Prevent Child Sexual Abuse, 77% of all kids between the ages of 8-18 have cell phones.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Researchers have pointed to the introduction of smartphones — the iPhone was introduced in 2007 — and the rise of social media as the culprit. Are teens struggling because smartphone time is leading to less sleep ? What happened then? But teasing apart what’s actually happening is difficult.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Smartphones were a frequent topic, especially from the secondary school leaders. From the beginning of my secondary tenure until my shift to an elementary principal role four years later, smartphones grew in frequency and in use in school. Many of them were more advanced than my district-issued smartphone.

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Reading By Example

MAY 1, 2017

This is before the advent of smartphones, television-on-demand, and ubiquitous wireless. He taught English and wasn’t shy about bucking the current thinking that reading aloud to secondary students was a waste of time. Bill Wallace and Roald Dahl were favorite authors, along with comics such as Calvin & Hobbes and Garfield.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2021

share of the total global interactive flat panel display for primary and secondary education market over the last twelve months as of 31 March 2021. market share for primary and secondary education markets. com, and China’s most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 13, 2019

Smartphones, tablets, and laptops had become a permanent requirement along with using technology in the classrooms by this time. But these are secondary causes. Now post-secondary tuition fee provides more revenue than public appropriations. Some might say that inflation is the cause of rising prices.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He has served as Principal at the secondary level as well as Assistant Superintendent. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. He received his M.Ed. from The University of Mississippi in educational leadership.

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eSchool News

APRIL 12, 2015

In fact, from 2011 to 2015, government business intelligence company Onvia awarded $1,809,298 in 3D printer and supply contracts to 44 primary, secondary and higher education institutions and school districts across the United States.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2018

Those entrepreneurs have created a platform, and company, called Siembra — a Spanish word for sowing seeds — that reaches out to low-income, first-generation and racial and ethnic minority high school students on their ever-present smartphones, nagging them to stay on track the same way college-educated parents of wealthier kids do.

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Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2017

They require a smartphone or iPod Touch that is inserted into the gear. When a kid is engaged, discipline becomes a secondary problem.” Virtual reality in education “is definitely not a fad, but there’s definitely a lot of hype,” Kovalsky acknowledges.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Embracing digital learning in primary and secondary education offers several compelling advantages as we examine the importance of education in the digital age. Several key impacts highlight the transformative nature of technology in primary and secondary education and its impact on digital age learners.

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