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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

As mobile learning becomes more and more popular, so does the potential for distraction in the classroom. With so many captivating apps and games, it is easy to see how students would have a hard time putting their smartphones and other mobile devices away. Assess Learning and Stay Organized.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Kids will love having a valid reason to use Mom’s smartphone camera. Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). This doesn’t require a library. These aren’t print–these are digital, on an iPad, a desktop, or a mobile device.

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4 Reasons You Need a Mobile Reading App on Your Smartphone

TeacherCast

Not only are we graced with libraries and bookstores full of all kinds of stories and information, but we also have the vast catalogues of online info and eBooks. These apps are available on many devices, including smartphones. Here are four reasons why you should download a reading app on your smartphone.

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5 Practical applications of IoT in the classroom

Neo LMS

Also, teachers can build an edtech digital ecosystem similar to those on smartphones to design a creative learning experience. Standalone VR headsets don’t require additional mobile devices and offer a fully immersive VR experience. Teachers can screen capture students’ work and give instant feedback. VR headsets.

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Power Up Your Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

If you were to go back in time and pinpoint when disruption began to take off, I would wager that it correlates with the proliferation of the smartphone. Had it not been for the smartphone their innovative apps might never have come to fruition or experienced immense scalability as they have. respectively by 2020.

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Low Tech? No Problem. Here are 3 Alternative Ways to Help Distance Learning Happen.

Edsurge

According to a 2019 Pew Research Center report, 96 percent of adults own a cell phone and 81 percent own a smartphone. The tests will be device-agnostic, meaning students will be able to complete them at home using computers, tablets or mobile phones , or even write their responses by hand and take a photo of them to submit.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. Would you trade your smartphone for a 1983 Nokia mobile phone? When I introduce students to digital note-taking, we start with a discussion of handwritten vs digital notes. And then charge. Don’t ask your children to make that trade either.

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