THE Journal: 73% of AP, NWP Teachers Say Their Students Use Mobile Phones for Learning

AV, Interactive & Collaborative Technologies for K-12 Education

3/6/2013

Spotlight: Teachers & Technology

73% of AP, NWP Teachers Say Their Students Use Mobile Phones for Learning
New research released today by the Pew Internet Project found that technology has made significant inroads among Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers. But it also revealed significant disparities in technology access between upper and lower income schools.
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Being Mobile

Communicating to Educators about the Benefits of Mobile Technologies: We Must Help Mobile Cross the Chasm!
In "Crossing the Chasm," the high-tech marketing bible, G. Moore advises that If we want to convince mainstream educators to adopt mobile technologies, we need to (1) stop focusing on the technology per se (screen size, chip version, etc.), and (2) paint pictures of what goes on in the classroom when mobile technologies are used and what the kids will be like after using the mobile technologies. Here’s a crack at painting those pictures.
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News & Trends

OLPC Brings 1-to-1 Laptop Program to 7 North Carolina Schools
A collaborative effort between One Laptop per Child and Project LIFT has delivered 2,000 laptops to seven schools in North Carolina's Charlotte-Mecklenburg School District, with support from the Knight Foundation, who brought together and funded the project.
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Entry-Level BenQ Projectors Blast 3,500 Lumens
BenQ is rolling out a new line of entry-level DLP projectors, its M6 series. The lineup includes four models, all of them capable out outputting at least 2,800 lumens.
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School Launches Live Sports Coverage with New Video Control Center
To help produce live coverage of its varsity athletics from its new competition gymnasium, Webster City High School in Webster City, Iowa, has installed a new video control center, as part of an HD overhaul the school has made to its student-run broadcast journalism program.
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Epson To Launch Document Camera Contest
K-12 and post-secondary educators in the United States are invited to enter a contest to win a document camera for their classroom.
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New Social Platform Aims To Help Parents Understand Technology
Quib.ly, a service designed to help parents understand technology and the ways it affects their children is launching in the United States today.
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SETDA Appraises Broadband Speed Testing Tools
A national organization of state education technology directors has published the results of a comparison of tools that schools can use to assess their broadband capabilities in preparation for coming online Common Core assessments and the use of other digital resources.
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ShareStream Integrates Video with Desire2Learn's Learning Environment
ShareStream recently unveiled a new version of its video extension for teaching and learning that integrates with Desire2Learn's learning management system, Learning Environment.
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Epson Teams up with Promethean To Bundle Projectors, Collaboration Software
Promethean and Epson have launched a partnership designed to help educators make classrooms more collaborative and interactive.
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Professional Resources

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