mobile technology Archives

7 convenient communication tools for educators

July 7, 2016July 7, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

As mobile technology becomes more commonplace in classrooms and nearly ubiquitous for school leaders, the convenience of having access to emails, text messages, social media and other tools…

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How administrators can leverage mobile technologies

November 6, 2013October 16, 2013 by By Mark Strassman

From tablets to computers to mobile phones, our access to information--and each other--is continuous. Young people not only embrace this constant access to information, but they have come…

IT Management

Parents press for mobile tech in education

June 19, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

A new study of how parents perceive mobile learning and devices finds that many want schools to accelerate their use of mobile devices in the classroom, Information Week…

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Think mobile is big now? Here’s proof that it’s just getting started

May 30, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports

So, you think that the Mobile Revolution is complete and the battle between smartphones and PCs is all but won? Think again, ReadWriteWeb reports.

District Management

‘Bring your own device’ catching on in schools

November 5, 2013April 29, 2011 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Mobile devices are now found in the hands of most children, and school leaders are using that fact to their advantage by incorporating devices that students already own…

IT Management

Survey reveals educators’ must-have technologies

November 5, 2013February 2, 2011 by By Laura Devaney, Managing Editor

Interactive whiteboards are the classroom technology that teachers say they most value, and though tablet-style eReader devices such as Apple's iPad haven't been around for long, they're already…

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Survey: Mobile learning at a tipping point

February 2, 2011October 29, 2010 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

According to a recent national survey, access to mobile technology in the classroom has more than tripled among high schools students in the past three years—and even more…

IT Management

Higher education’s best mobile technology programs

November 5, 2013June 7, 2010 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor

With small private campuses and large research universities alike teeming with iPhones, iPod Touches, BlackBerries, and other mobile devices, a college counseling company has highlighted five institutions in…

IT Management

Top U.S. carriers plot faster gadgets, services

May 17, 2010 by Staff and wire services reports

Reuters reports that the next generation of high-speed internet services, tablets, smartphones, and other mobile gadgets could arrive faster than you would expect.

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Panel: Cell phones have much potential in classrooms

August 28, 2010April 22, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Teachers are finding creative ways to include mobile phones in instruction in an effort to bridge the divide between the technologies children use at home and what they…

District Management

Author: ‘iGeneration’ requires a different approach to instruction

April 25, 2011April 12, 2010 by By Maya T. Prabhu, Assistant Editor

Today’s middle and high school students learn much differently from students just a few years older—and that's mainly because they’ve never known a world without the internet or…