eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

New resources demonstrate libraries’ need for ed-tech partners. Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, is offering three new science products for academic and school libraries. Access through computers, laptops, tablets, interactive whiteboards or a projector.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2021

But first there will be DLAC, the Digital Learning Annual Conference , set for June 14 to 16 in Austin, Texas—with a parallel track running online. It’s what’s known as a “hybrid” conference, blending both live and virtual elements similar to how many schools slowly filtered back to full-time learning last fall.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Expansion of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program to include additional student connectivity and teacher professional development for Title I schools. The platform will feature an evolving library of courses to further develop educators’ digital literacy.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 27, 2020

In 2011, Cat Campos was a senior at Immaculata-La Salle High School , struggling to see how the iPod touch devices they were testing in her AP Literature class could support learning. The school’s one-to-one iPad program gives every student a sixth-generation iPad and every teacher a MacBook Air laptop and iPad Pro device.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 13, 2020

A couple of decades ago, when I was dean of online learning at Stevens Institute of Technology, a small STEM college on the Hudson with a view of mid-Manhattan, we polled our digital students about why they chose to enroll as virtual learners. Did they come to our virtual classrooms for the strength of our faculty?

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2020

More than 99 percent of schools nationwide have access to speedy and reliable internet, making online learning an option for their students. School buildings are closed because of coronavirus, and the bandwidth that powered digital learning for kids is going unused. Only, now it doesn’t matter.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Technology has penetrated every aspect of life, and education is no exception. As more and more teachers, students, and stakeholders experiment with technology, software developers are working day and night to bring them quality solutions. Best Digital Learning Tools for Future-Ready Classrooms. REQUEST DEMO READ MORE.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

In its 2016 National Education Technology Plan, the Department of Education emphasizes model approaches to digital learning. The new plan lays out model ways of using educational technology in the nation’s classrooms, with a focus on equity and active use.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2019

The nonprofit launched in 2012, and when it explored school connectivity data the following year, it found that just 30 percent of school districts had sufficient bandwidth to support digital learning, or 100 kbps per student. There is still a digital divide in classrooms based on what technology is being used and how.

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EdTechSandyK

OCTOBER 4, 2012

Question : Are we taking brand new disruptive technologies and trying to force them into old models? The emerging model in business today is BYO3 - Bring Your Own Laptop/Tablet/Phone We are coming to a price point where schools can provide small tablets and allow students to bring their own devices for learning as well.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

Are any education technologies, for that matter? Computing platforms have different abstraction levels, including a computer architecture, an OS, or runtime libraries. platforms are digital infrastructures that enable two or more groups to interact. One might ask, I suppose, if LMSes are platforms. They’re amazing.

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Educator Innovator

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

When teens enter The Mix at the San Francisco Public Library, 19-year-old Dayra Banales is quick to step up and offer a tour, walking visitors past a row of new computers and through studios filled with video and audio equipment. The Mix is a new 4,770-square-foot digital media center on the second floor of the city’s main library.

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Bryan Alexander

DECEMBER 29, 2015

What can we expect in 2016 from the intersection of technology and education? I’m building on previous posts about trends in technology and educational contexts , plus my FTTE report, naturally. Educational technology trends. Instead it seems to be a learning strategy, sometimes driven by state governments.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

OCTOBER 31, 2019

For this reason, publishers usually opt for a content delivery platform that is compatible with multiple operating systems and on different devices- be it a smartphone, tablet, laptop or a desktop computer. Growing up amidst technology, K-12 students are now quite used to getting things done at the click of a button. You May Also Like.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 29, 2019

Schools and universities understand the power of digital technology that kids find so appealing. There are academics who are of the opinion that digital technology cannot beat traditional learning methods. Students from K to 12 th grade are no strangers to the presence of technology around them.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Screens and digital media are everywhere, from everyday tech like TVs, phones, and gaming consoles to the laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other tech we use in school. Kids of all ages are consuming and producing more digital media than ever before. Of course, not all screen time is created equal.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Almost no district was truly ready to plunge into remote learning full time and with no end in sight. There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Related: Teachers need lots of training to do online learning well. Steve Kossakoski, CEO, Virtual Learning Academy in New Hampshire.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Students at Revere High School in Revere, Massachusetts, worked in groups in the school library in 2015. Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. Meaning people learning from each other. Grace Magley, director of digital learning, Natick (Mass.)

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

They can be placed as attachments in phishing emails or viruses inside digital libraries and other unexpected places. These include laptops, desktops, smartphones, or tablets that students use to enhance digital learning. Installing Malware. Zoombombing.

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MindShift

APRIL 8, 2020

When her middle school opened for a few minutes the next day, the seventh grade English teacher and creator of the Global Read-Aloud grabbed all the books she could from her classroom library, before the school closed for the foreseeable future. . millions of students out of school, at least until the end of April.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Studios launched an expansion of its StoryBots franchise with StoryBots Classroom, a free resource for educators that includes hundreds of videos, books and activities for use on interactive white boards, tablets and laptops in the classroom. Starring You® and Learning Books – 90+ eBooks that help kids practice reading.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The new computers are one of the most noticeable changes among several technology updates taking place while school’s out for the summer. The influx of technology brings the district’s technology ratio to one device for every two students, which is lower than the previous ratio of roughly one device for every three students. —The

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 19, 2012

Now that the digital revolution is in full swing, I am trying to devise means for moving to a paperless and digital classroom while facing the following challenges: Availability of technology: there is a reason why I''m focused on BYOD with this blog; I do not teach in a 1:1 district. Changing technology: Web 2.0

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2016

“We are very fortunate to have a school district that supports technology in the classroom and provides extended computer lab hours, one-to-one access to laptops and desktops, and online learning resources for teachers to enrich their curriculum and lesson plans.”.

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eSchool News

JULY 26, 2015

But when it comes to more traditional needs, like writing, laptop or desktop computers are still the way to go (or so the conventional wisdom says). Kidspiration’s vast library of more than 3,000 symbols helps children plan and organize their stories using pictures to complement their words.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Laptops/desktops Chromebooks iPads Unsure/any of the above. principal Library media specialist Tech director Consultant Other. Email me at Kasey@ShakeUpLearning.com , or submit this PD request form to bring Shake Up Learning to your 2017 event. It’s NOT About the App, It’s About the LEARNING (presentation).

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 14, 2019

Some things on sailboats haven’t changed much in thousands of years, others are recent, and every new technology gets tested by the same strict rule about purpose. A sextant was revolutionary analog technology. Technology and Learning. Teachers were the primary technology of the classroom.

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Technology Learning Social Media Laptops 100

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

As summer vacation winds down, thousands of devices—including Chromebooks, iPads, and laptops—are in the care of school district IT departments. This computing device return-and-repair ritual looks different from the end-of-year textbook and library book return that was a staple of decades past. But it’s increasingly common.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

This year’s Future of Education Technology Conference landed in New Orleans, and the conference was abuzz with post-pandemic learning recovery tools, solutions to promote equity among students and parents, strategies for digital access, student mental health, social and emotional learning tools, and more.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

In a windowless room in the library, first- and second-graders experiment with a strange teaching device that’s half computer and half wooden play table. Most technology is so isolating. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. Most technology is so isolating,” she said. “I

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

The judges rated their impressions on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use and creative use of technology. They then met in person to decide which technologies will have the most impact in the classroom and deserved to be named Best of Show. Available with either 15.6-inch inch or 13.3-inch

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

Roundtable participants included: Julie Mavrogeorge , Coordinator II – CTE (Esports, Drones, AME and Ag) with Fresno Unified School District Allison Reid , Senior Director of Digital Learning and Libraries in the Wake Forest County Public School System Dr. Cynthia Wise , Principal of J.H.

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EdNews Daily

MAY 14, 2019

I only have to dig out my laptop when I need to write instead of just read. Die-hard believers of print books for education are mostly arguing from a familiarity view, and the fact that textbooks are often constructed without regard to digital formatting. I don’t get it, so I started poking around.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

And depending on their background and experience, not everyone is supportive of tech-infused learning. Next, once the mission is clear, leaders should work with the tech team and teachers to ensure that the technology will meet those goals. In fact, every message about the technology should be focused on the students and their needs.

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Technology BYOD Advocacy Guidelines 53

MindShift

JANUARY 10, 2017

In a windowless room in the library, first- and second-graders experiment with a strange teaching device that’s half computer and half wooden play table. Some tech companies are also trying to mix hands-on play with digital learning. Most technology is so isolating,” she said. “I I didn’t want that.”.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 28

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Library media specialists and IT teams can work toward a common mission. Information technology (IT) departments in the K-12 environment have historically operated as their own separate entities, making decisions about, providing support for, and overseeing the successful implementation of hardware and software on campus.

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Libraries Laptops Microsoft Software 40

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Suffice it to say, college students aren’t always on task or pay attention in college classes, especially those on laptops. She’s used it since 2015 to share presentations in her classes and has also taught aspiring K-12 STEM teachers how they can use Nearpod in their classrooms.

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