eSchool News

MAY 29, 2020

Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power. But today’s students–the emerging Generation Z–are demonstrating what it really means to be a true digital native.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

I am a dad of two teenage sons, the only ones in their respective grades without smartphones. Today’s teens spend up to nine hours a day on screens or smartphones, while children ages 8 to 12 are on for four to six hours, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2021

Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power. But today’s students–the emerging Generation Z–are demonstrating what it really means to be a true digital native.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Most students use smartphones with unfiltered access to the Internet. Schools and parents need to get smart about how they talk to kids about smartphones. Let’s focus on smartphones and get educated about what we should do to help keep kids safe from the world and from their own childish irresponsibility.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning. Smartphones and the AIDA approach. The post Smartphones in the classroom: friend or foe?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

In it, Adams decries his students’ lack of interest in reading and places the blame squarely on smartphones. my smartphone. Like it or not, smartphones and teens’ social media use aren’t going anywhere any time soon. My kids are still young, but I’m always thinking of how to instill in them a passion for books, so I read on.on

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2018

The post Liz, Aly, & Walt: Ticked Off Teens Talk about Social Media and Smartphones appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher. Stream by clicking here. There’s no transcript for this episode.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 16, 2024

Smartphone Choices A smartphone is almost as essential as a laptop in the modern landscape. When selecting a smartphone, consider its compatibility with other devices like your laptop and tablet. For instance, if your school uses a lot of Apple products, a MacBook might be a more seamless fit.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2020

The smartphone, without question, has exceeded all expectations since its release in 2007. And smartphone apps now solve pretty much any problem assigned to kids during a high-school math class. So taking a lousy in-person learning experience and putting it online wasn’t terribly transformational.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 19, 2022

It was several weeks into school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic when Dave Peterson looked out his office window at Washington’s Sunnyside School District and saw something unusual: A young man was sitting outside his house, trying to connect to Zoom over a smartphone hotspot so he could sign in to class.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The post Smartphones Meet Adult Education appeared first on Digital Promise.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

With Smartphones. With Smartphones. Permanently Disrupting Education. by Terry Heick The concept of disruption is an apt one in our fluid, digital, and almost destructively social world. The post Permanently Disrupting Education. appeared first on TeachThought.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Not only are these students growing up with widespread access to computers and the internet, they are surrounded by smartphones and other mobile devices with impressive computing power. But today’s students–the emerging Generation Z–are demonstrating what it really means to be a true digital native.

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ScienceDaily (EdTech section)

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

An international research team has shown that daily use of a smartphone app can lead to desired personality changes within three months. How quickly can personality traits be modified? And three months after the daily interventions, the changes are still noticeable.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 18, 2015

The accepted dichotomy in this study and the media seems to be 1) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are banned, or 2) doing low-level knowledge work while smartphones are present (and, presumably, distracting). How about a third option, that of doing higher-level learning and USING the smartphones to help with that?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2022

They document their processes using smartphones, tablets and video editing software. At San Andreas High School in San Bernardino, Calif., students use advanced sensors and software to manage and monitor a state-of-the-art hydroponic growing facility and greenhouse.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Smartphones, of course—or more specifically, smartphones in schools. Ontario restricts their use in all but a handful of cases. And in some places, they’re locked up in pouches to keep them out of kids’ hands. The contraband in question?

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ProfHacker

APRIL 27, 2018

As a website, ProfHacker is very much of the smartphone age. But today I wanted to refer folks to Nathan Toups’s excellent post on turning your smartphone into a dumber phone. Do you have strategies for “turning down the volume” on your smartphone’s appeal? Please share in comments!

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2023

I say potential because this depends on the devices you buy, how you deploy them, how dense your network is and whether end users have upgraded their laptops, tablets and smartphones to…

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 17, 2015

Here are two apps that you can use for document scanning on your Smartphone, and they are both free. That way, I only need my smartphone to access materials. I have an Evernote scanner in my office, but what about when I''m out-and-about? I scan documents, posters, memos, receipts, business cards and more.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The smartphone provided a new technique to banish these slivers of solitude: the quick glance. I don't want to get out my smartphone and waste time; I want my quick glances to nudge me toward productive habits instead. Likewise, I realized that If I picked up my smartphone during the day, I would waste time glancing at this or that.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

This app turns your smartphone into a scanner and document processor. You can add tags to the files too, and search text in the scanned picture. You can then share the file to cloud services like Dropbox, Google Docs , Evernote , and more. Give it a try. Google Play Store Apple App Store.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 24, 2017

The post 50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom appeared first on TeachThought.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Forty-two percent use smartphones, 33 percent use interactive whiteboards and 20 percent use tablets. Smartphones Are Not Universal in K–12. One particular area of technology the survey highlighted as growing is smartphones. Smartphones, laptops and desktops will clearly be part of that mix — alongside pen and paper.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 1, 2022

Today’s students are more connected than ever, relying on multiple platforms across smartphones, computers, tablets and classroom… Thanks to the remote learning changes that impacted education over this time, altering everything from lesson planning to tutoring, a flood of new devices re-entered schools along with returning students.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 13, 2024

Smartphones have carved out a niche for themselves in the gaming world, fusing portability with powerful hardware to offer gaming experiences once only possible on game consoles and PCs. Connecting a keyboard and mouse to your smartphone boosts gaming precision and enables customization for unparalleled accuracy and comfort.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

So what’s a parent to do when a child, possibly a very young child, asks for a smartphone? We hear that smartphones can be addictive, that screen time can hurt learning , but can’t these minicomputers also teach kids about responsibility and put educational apps at their tiny fingertips?

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IT Bill

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Mobile technologies have changed over the years: from the early PDAs, Blackberrys and feature phones with texting capability and cameras, to tablets and eReaders to the ubiquitous smartphones of today. According to the ECAR 2016 Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology , 96% of undergraduate students now own a smartphone.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Then see some common modern additions to the classroom ranging from computers to smartphones. Smartphones. Smartphones are often overlooked as EdTech because they are so often the cause of distractions, but they are a valuable learning tool. . Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 15, 2022

This includes various digital devices like touchscreen computer monitors , smartphones, or tablets. Therefore, you’ll see passive pens being used mainly with interactive flat panel displays and smartphones for more basic needs. They’re then not ideal for advanced tasks such as vector illustrations, photo editing and alike.

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ProfHacker

APRIL 19, 2017

Things I still know I can’t do on my smartphone : Run a Google hangout on air, but I can attend one. FYI: This post was written on my smartphone in Google docs, then copied/pasted into the web version of WordPress, and the image was added while I was on a computer. What are some key things you do on your smartphone?

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edWeb.net

MAY 22, 2019

The post Managing Smartphone Distractions in the Classroom appeared first on edWeb. Join the Community. Teacher HELP! is a free professional learning community on edWeb.net that helps teachers get advice, support, and share experiences about teaching.

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TeacherCast

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

These apps are available on many devices, including smartphones. Here are four reasons why you should download a reading app on your smartphone. If you are reading a book on your tablet through an app and have the same app on your smartphone, you can stop reading on your tablet and pick up where you left off through your smartphone.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

If the Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov were alive today, what would he say about smartphones? That’s exactly what’s happening with smartphones, says David Greenfield , a psychologist and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut. Hearing the buzzer had become pleasurable.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 17, 2017

April is Financial Literacy Awareness Month Today children of all ages have access smartphones or tablets, and this reality makes mobile apps one of the best avenues for teaching kids and young. Please click on the post title to continue reading the full post. Thanks (and thanks for subscribing)!].

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eSchool News

AUGUST 16, 2015

Rules for responsible smartphone use can vary by age and student. An April Pew Research Center study reported that 88 percent of 13- to 17-year-olds have or have access to some sort of phone; 73 percent have or have access to a smartphone. Next page: Resources to provide parents.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Today, my teacher colleagues tell me kids arrive at school already comfortable in the use of iPads and smartphones, doing movements like swipe, squeeze, and flick better than most adults. You’ve seen it yourself when your own kids want to play a digital game, an app on a smartphone, or Xbox. Kindergartners learn technology fast.

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