A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2013

As an early adopter of transformative technologies, I have been watching the mobile app space carefully to see how it can benefit all facets of education. My vision is for every high school around the country to have its own native mobile app. We envision every school benefiting from having their own native mobile application.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

APRIL 23, 2024

They also serve as a creative tool to spread brand awareness among your target audience in an engaging manner. This comprehensive guide will furnish you with valuable insights into digital publishing and ways to leverage digital publishing platforms like KITABOO , which boasts sleek design templates and intuitive editing tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2011

Fortunately for me I have already begun to work with my staff and students to transform the teaching and learning culture at New Milford HS as it pertains to cell phones as mobile learning devices. Image credit: [link] Last year some of my teachers began to utilize student devices as tools for learning, mainly as student response systems.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Using photo to cartoon tools is a great way to create unique artwork that will stand out among other images. Whether it's a family portrait or an outdoor landscape shot, you can use these tools to easily convert your photos into a cartoon-like representation. You can turn your favorite photos into something new and exciting.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 19, 2023

In today’s increasingly globalised world, having access to accurate and reliable translation tools is essential for businesses and individuals alike. In this post, I cover some of the best AI translation tools on the market today. For mobile applications, check out best translation apps for iPhone and Android.

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. Social media can be used as a great communication tool for a district, school, or a classroom. and spend some time with it and give it a good chance!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s post, I share with you this collection of some very good online blur background tools. Adobe Express Source:adobe.com/express Adobe Express offers a handy online blur background tool that enables you to create amazing images and photos. Scroll along the options on the left sidebar and you will find them under Tools.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 20, 2016

Everywhere we go, here and there, people always seem to have a mobile device in their hands, be it a smartphone or a tablet. It’s almost a sin not to own a mobile device. Our mobile devices are online 24/7. Mobile learning of course. The pros The most obvious reason is that almost everyone owns a mobile device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2023

One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors has ideas on photo effects that students will be able to quickly master and enjoy using: 5 Fun Photo Effects and Edits to Try Out With Your Class As a teacher, you might have noticed that your students love taking photos and posting them on popular social media platforms.

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Edsurge

APRIL 7, 2019

While it’s great for instructor workflows, it has always been a course management tool, not a learning tool. The LMS succeeds as a core productivity tool for educators because it allows institutions to extend their academic capacity and transcend the constraints of time and space. It will be built by a student, of course.

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 11, 2018

Social Media is part of life--and a good context for targeting social cognition and narrative language. In general, social media is now one context for us all to be sharing our stories through words and pictures, and also is a way we send messages about ourselves and interact around them.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. The realities of social media, both good and bad, spurred organizations like Project B3 to step in to teach students how to participate online in a healthy, thoughtful and safe way. .

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

With 95 percent of teenagers in possession of mobile devices, students are constantly sharing and searching through social media platforms. . Students must be savvy about what they say and do online, since college admissions officers — and even future employers — are likely to look through their social media accounts.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Also, many families do have mobile phones with online access, so giving learners tools that are mobile-friendly will support equitable access to instruction. Educate Learners need to be educated about copyright; reliable sources; appropriate communication for email, texting or social media; and how to safely shop online.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

You can increase online privacy and safety for your child by implementing specific techniques and tools. Data encrypting tools encrypt your data in different forms. This way, even cybercriminals with advanced tools cannot breach and decode. You can download parental control tools that enable you with screen time limit features.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

As an edtech blogger with years of experience in reviewing apps, I’ve had the opportunity to explore a wide array of tools designed to enhance creativity and productivity in the realm of education. Among these, video editing apps have stood out as vital tools for both educators and students.

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techlearning

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

I constantly see and hear about leaders who tout themselves in a way that makes others develop a perception that they actually know something about the effective integration of a variety of technology tools to improve professional practice. Thus, the use of social media in schools by educators continues to be an uphill battle.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Look for online tools, games, platforms, and apps that allow your students to play — and learn while they’re doing it. In fact, in a matter of months, you can become a certified web and mobile applications developer, equipped with the tools you need to build exactly the online learning tools your student(s) need and want.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 1, 2014

In so many ways, the social web mirrors Illich''s ideas for ''information exchanges'', and ''peer matching'' services, especially where facilitated through mobile, internet enabled personal devices. 10) Social media, especially those that enable users to create and share content, fall into the category of tools that are worked by us.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

As teachers, we all have assumptions -- and likely some opinions -– about teenagers and social media. This week, Common Sense is releasing its latest research report, Social Media, Social Life: Teens Reveal Their Experiences , a deep dive into the social media habits of American teenagers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Almost all of the video editing tools include a feature that lets you add text to videos. However, several of these tools are complex and difficult to use. In the list below I share with you some of the best simple and easy online tools to add text to videos. It also offers a drawing tool that lets you draw over your videos.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 26, 2020

Consider using all assets available such as email, social media, phone calls, and Remind. Don’t assume that parents use the same tools as you. To counteract this, make parents aware of tools like GoNoodle or encourage them to include movement. If it isn’t, then you can consider mailing out messages.

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2016

During the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama and his team pioneered the use of social media as a powerful campaign tool. It’s easy to forget, given how commonplace the use of social media is today, that back in 2008. But Obama’s use of mobile devices and social media changed political campaigns forever.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 4, 2024

So far, discussions have been dominated by UNESCO’s recent counsel calling on schools to ban mobile phones. Those calling for a ban in the classroom risk denying Gen-Z students access to the tools they need to make the most out of their educational experience.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 2, 2023

I have already reviewed several educational Chromebook apps and tools to use with your students in class the last of which was a collection of tools to create music online. In this collection, I am sharing with you some of the best tools for recording audio on Chromebook. The tool is simple and very easy to use.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 14, 2020

ZippSlip is a cloud-based, mobile app that supports all communication sent from the school to parents like student registration , athletic waivers, permission slips , mass notifications , dynamic use of video, and the list goes on and on. While many schools now commonly use social networks to inform the community, these come with drawbacks.

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 28, 2012

Many school leaders and policy makers still express a high level of skepticism regarding social media’s potential as an educational tool. The problem of getting started though, is often seated in a lack of knowledge and understanding of social media and its potential in education. It’s the way kids communicate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

Subscribe to the Show This week's sponsor MAD-Learn - Mobile App Development MAD-Learn is a free, easy tool for students to use to build apps of their own in a private space for just you and your students. When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. Mad Learn Free Trial.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. An LMS is the perfect tool for gamifying learning content.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 31, 2014

You see, prior to 2009 I was adamantly opposed to even the thought of using social media for both personal and professional reasons. I swore that I would never be on any social media site and became disgusted when friends and family brought up the topic. This is how I saw social media and mobile technology back in 2009.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The metaverse itself can be described as a virtual setting that users are able to occupy synchronously, which facilitates meaningful social interactions. ’ The company saw the metaverse as the future of online social interactions and as the evolution of existing social media. Understanding Metaverse Education .

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 14, 2016

Here are some tools that I recommend to help figure out why your website is crashing or just to double check to make sure it is configured properly. I recommend you check yours with these tools. If you are having issues with your website, here are 5 tools to make your website faster and better. Websites crash all the time.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 2, 2015

The technology we use changes rapidly and our students will work with tools and social media many teachers have little knowledge using. For my courses, my students use these curation tools to build their eportfolios. Recently added to the Survival Tips for Teachers.

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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2018

From Instagram to Twitter, social media has a powerful way of connecting users from around the world. But how can you start using social media platforms to tell your school’s story in local and global ways? It included a shout out to one of my favorite branding tools as well as tips for getting started.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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