The Chromebook is quickly gaining popularity in the education sector. While it’s not replacing the iPad as the personal learning device of choice, it has become a real contender for mobile learning in K-12 classrooms.
With the new year upon us it’s time to start planning for 2015. There is no better way to plan than to keep your schedule handy in your smartphone. We give you five apps to help keep your schedule.
With digital learning on the rise, Costal Bend College invested in REVEL, an immersive learning, online-based platform for students to supplement their classroom learning. Professors like Karl Clarkare using REVEL to assign videos and reading assignments to students, and have direct, digital communication with students if they are struggling with a certain topic. Students can use REVEL to complete additional assignments, and to check their understanding of course material with quizzes and simulations. REVEL is purchased on a per-class basis.
The Edison Local Schools have embraced alternative classroom formats to get students college and career ready. Learn about the district’s technology and how school administrators dealt with concerned parents.
For K-12 districts looking to implement mobile learning, there are really two options: BYOD or 1:1. Both approaches to mobile learning provide much needed access to technology, but each comes with its own unique set of challenges, particularly where classroom management and sustainability are concerned.
Shane Vega, Market Manager for Corporate East in the Control Room Group for AVI-SPL, speaks about the return on investment that social media command centers can have.
UMass Lowell recently installed vLabs and zero client devices to enable students to access lab assignments without actually going to the lab. vLabs is an app-based feature that enables students to access lab work through a portal; zero clients are server-based virtual devices that run like a PC, but take up less space than a computer. Combined, this solution has cut back on energy costs in UMass Lowell’s labs, and saves its commuting students time. The university’s IT team says it has also improved students’ academic success and makes the university stand out as one of the only colleges in the Northeast that has this solution.
No more forgotten passwords and multiple logins. Schools can now provide staff and students with access to all digital learning resources via a single portal.
College students are using Skype and Twitter to connect with other students in China and Egypt during key social revolutions.
Some professors struggle to keep students engaged in the classroom. Some professors even feel that technology is such a distraction to students that they ban technology in the classroom altogether. However, banning technology in the classroom may diminish students’ interest in a lecture, especially since today’s students expect to learn via technology. Instead of banning technology, professors should consider accepting technology in their classrooms, and include themselves in students’ relationship with technology. By encouraging a positive relationship with technology, professors will keep students engaged in the classroom and learn how to control technology usage in their classrooms.
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