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Screen-free students: How Spokane Public Schools is helping kids engage in real life

January 24, 2025 by Sean Duke, Washington State School Directors' Association
In just two years, the district has seen attendance increase, student engagement and wellness improve, and dependence on smartphones diminish
The adverse effects of this excessive screen time have significantly impacted students’ social- emotional health. Forty-one percent of teens with the highest social media usage struggle with mental health issues.
Education Policy & Funding

How to find the right edtech tools for public schools

November 29, 2023 by Nadav Avni, CMO, Radix Technologies
Discover the ideal edtech tools for public schools, even with limited funding--navigate the landscape of educational technology on a budget.
Do public schools have the means to adopt the latest edtech for modern teaching? After all, the days of chalkboards and lightbulb-powered screen projectors are long gone. And…
Classroom Management

5 ways to manage students’ screen time

March 2, 2023 by Sara Vocovnik, Contributing Writer, eSchool News
Tech tools and learning devices can be a valuable asset for educators, but it's important to be mindful of students' screen time.
Modern technological advancements can make education noticeably more exciting and entertaining, but accompanied by all its benefits, uncontrolled use of technology in schools can divert students’ attention to…
Curriculum

How teachers can make history current this Presidents’ Day

February 4, 2022 by Fred Fransen, CEO, Certell.org
Educators universally agree that the key to success is finding quality digital resources for Presidents' Day instruction
Social Studies teachers seem to have an impossible challenge: take events that happened hundreds or thousands of years ago and make them relevant to today’s teens. That explains…
AR & VR in the Classroom

Taking the classroom into the world with VR and AR

December 7, 2022March 9, 2020 by Lyron Bentovim
For younger students, immersive experiences such as VR and AR aren't simply commonplace--they're expected
Generation Z (people born from mid-1990s to 2010s) and Generation Alpha (those born between 2010s and mid-2020s) grew up surrounded ... Read more
District Management

Digital teaching and learning in the smartphone era

February 13, 2020September 3, 2019 by Rick Selby
Digital teaching and learning is different in the smartphone era--this circle of hands holding smartphones illustrates connectedness.
For much of the past two decades, educators have commonly referred to millennials as “digital natives.” Given that they are the first generation to grow up with access…
District Management

Teachers may not be so hot on students’ use of digital devices for learning

May 28, 2018 by Laura Ascione
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Close to half of teachers (42 percent) in a Gallup poll say they think digital devices have a "mostly helpful" impact on students' education, but they have less…
Curriculum

This is what Gen Z-designed curriculum looks like for the future

April 19, 2017April 17, 2017 by Darren Faust
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The generation in school now is the first generation raised entirely in the Age of Technology. They are digital natives, many of them using computers, smartphones, and other…
IT Management

InFocus displays Mondopad and JTouch now feature ‘capacitive touch’

June 14, 2016June 14, 2016 by Stephen Noonoo
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InFocus is adding premium capabilities, including projected capacitive touch and 4K resolution, to a variety of its interactive touchscreen and video conferencing solutions, the company announced today. InFocus…
District Management

District launches responsive website from Rediker Software

June 13, 2016 by Laura Ascione
school website
Serving more than 5,500 students and 10 schools, Waltham Public Schools unveiled an improved approach to mobile communications recently by launching a district-wide responsive website from Rediker Software.…
Teaching Trends

IT Products, Solutions, & Services to Empower Growth

December 22, 2015October 5, 2015 by Jeff Festa
Founded in 1987, PCMG has been on the front line of the technological revolution before smartphones, local area networks, or ... Read more
IT Management

50 reasons it’s time for smartphones in every classroom

January 27, 2014 by Staff and wire services reports
There are many ways to use a smartphone in the classroom, but it continues to be a touchy subject, TeachThought reports.
IT Management

Louis C.K.’s case against kids having smart phones

September 20, 2013 by Staff and wire services reports
Louis C.K. spent an hour talking to his old boss, Conan O’Brien, Slate reports.
District Management

College-bound students flock to universities’ mobile websites

November 5, 2013February 15, 2012 by By Dennis Carter, Assistant Editor
A surge in the percentage of recent high school graduates who use smart phones to research colleges and universities could turn campus web development on its head.
IT Management

Sony Ericsson eyes Android market with new phones

June 22, 2011 by Staff and wire services reports
Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson unveiled two new Android models Wednesday in a bid to grab more of the burgeoning smartphone market, the Associated Press reports.

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