Smartphone Social Media Technology 
Edsurge
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Angela Fleck says this was the typical scene last year in the sixth grade social studies classes she teaches at Glover Middle School in Spokane, Washington: Nearly every student had a smartphone, and many of them would regularly sneak glances at the devices, which they kept tucked behind a book or just under their desks.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
These days, teachers should introduce students to the world of social media so they can begin to develop the skills they need to live a safe digital life. Kids often feel freer to taunt or bully someone online because they feel protected behind the computer or smartphone screen. Create a social media contract.
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The CoolCatTeacher
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
These truisms are valid for the flowers and the fruit trees and also for the fragrant pollination of ideas happening at the digital water coolers satiating the learning thirst of digital scholars tap tap tapping at keys and pressing send on their smartphones. The lessons learned from effective social media PD. Listen Now.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 7, 2023
Technology Use and Wellness: How to Guide Students in a Digital Age The amount of time young Americans spend staring at a screen has reached unprecedented levels. As such, parents and educators must be more proactive in managing technology use to mitigate these health consequences.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 19, 2019
Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? It’s a smartphone that your students are using. We are all aware of the negative impacts of smartphones.
EdTech Magazine
FEBRUARY 18, 2019
How Primary Students Can Use Technology Effectively. Like any classroom tool, the youngest learners need good guidance and examples when it comes to engaging with technology in the classroom. It’s simply naive to think that our littlest learners can’t or shouldn’t have access to classroom technology. eli.zimmerman_9856.
Edsurge
OCTOBER 10, 2024
After all, one of the hottest topics in edtech these days is the growing practice of banning smartphones in schools, after teachers have reported that the devices distract students from classroom activities and socializing in person with others. But they do have a small built-in computer, a camera, a microphone and speakers.
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