For instance, Socrative was commonly
used with student devices very effectively prior to this year.
Not exact matches
Replacing the electronic components that connect
devices with photonic components could cut energy
use by 20 to 75 percent, Justin Norman, a graduate
student at UC Santa Barbara, said.
A kindergarten
student in Great Britain born
with short limbs, a birth defect from the drug,
uses a pencil - holding
device to learn to write.
Because the majority of
students access Facebook through a mobile
device such as a cellphone or iPad, «the class Facebook Group was almost always
with them... No
student in our class needed assistance
using Facebook,» researchers wrote.
«Most of today's smart
devices including smart TVs, Google Home, Amazon Echo and smartphones come
with built - in microphones and speaker systems — which lets us
use them to play music, record video and audio tracks, have phone conversations or participate in videoconferencing,» said co-lead author Rajalakshmi Nandakumar, a UW doctoral
student in computer science and engineering.
The children who had been at the camp improved significantly over the five days in their ability to read facial emotions and other nonverbal cues to emotion, compared
with the
students who continued to
use their media
devices.
Being able to
use the sensors that are already on the phone
with the Science Journal app will expand
student thinking about what the technology in a phone or other
device is.
Students may well arrive on site
with an array of new Wi - Fi
devices and will want to be able to sign on and
use these straight away.
As more schools allow
students to
use their «internet
devices» (i.e. phones), learning options increase
with access to social media apps and other online tools such as those mentioned above.
We should be telling parents about ways to limit
device usage (see Curbi Parental Controls for iOS), other than just the plain old every day discipline of taking a
device away or sitting beside a
student while they
use technology (by the way, these two things are the best way to be proactive
with our children).
I ask
students to experiment
with at least three sentences in an essay by trying a different syntax pattern, rhetorical
device, or possibly
use punctuation for effect.
Beyond helping our
students develop the inner focus required to know how to best manage their interactions
with their
devices, and the outer focus of what positive
use looks like, we also need to nurture our
students» abilities to recognize the context in which their interactions occur — the other focus.
If we consider the skills of focusing on ourselves, tuning in to others, and understanding the larger world as a framework for our thinking, imagine how the conversation about screen time could shift away from the amount of time spent
with devices and toward how
students might
use them to become more productive citizens in a networked and global society.
I require Dropbox to be installed on all
devices that will be
used in my classroom and linked
with the
student account so that we can get our work done, but other apps and server configurations can also manage this sharing pipeline.
We're seeing a trend towards more mobile
devices being
used by
students to access content, as they become accustomed to consuming media on - the - go and being in constant contact
with their peers.
In the survey results, 72 % of
students used personal mobile
devices for class assignments
with 52 % actually
used their
devices in classrooms.
If your
students don't have or aren't allowed to
use devices in the classroom, they can do these
with pen and paper as well or alternatively, you can assign them to do these tasks at home and bring them to school the next day.
Using whiteboards meant that
students could go to the front of the classroom and control the material on the screen, but more recently, mirror image apps have been created that connect
devices to the display so that children can view and interact
with the material remotely from their desks.
prior to our 1:1 deployment we had multiple
uses of
students with their own
devices.
Access to technology is vital, so perhaps outfitting a class
with an interactive display and tablet
devices, but limiting Wi - Fi access so that
students can't
use their personal
devices is the way to avoid distraction and improve learning.
With Remind, you can add
students and parents to a class by sharing an email link or by simply having them send a text to your Remind username
using their
devices.
Do you
use e-readers or similar
devices with your
students?
Grade Level: 6 - 12, Professional Cyber Bullying is a site
with useful information for parents, teachers,
students, and administrators on the
use of the Internet or other digital communication
devices to be cruel or vicious to others.
This means
students are no longer limited by out - dated or non-functional classroom technology but can
use the
devices they carry
with them every day.
Students familiar
with using their own
devices at home have the potential to relate much better to these rather than to the school's technologies, and that familiarity can extend their skills for comprehension and the creative
use of apps to literacy, numeracy and other school subjects.
The following document is a list of many different topics parents need to discuss
with their
students about how, where and when to
use laptops and other computing
devices at home.
Students follow a clear and logical learning journey, in which they: - Define the different story genres and understand their key content features; - Understand the key features of different genres through interesting movie clips; - Work collaboratively
using the jigsaw method to ascertain the language features (vocabulary, sentences, descriptive
devices) of different genres; - Engage
with a number of interesting story extracts (Louis Sachar - Holes, JK Rowling - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Darren Shan - The Vampire's Assistant, Jeff Kinney - Diary of a Wimpy Kid.)
The technology being
used - whether a program, website, or
device - should allow
students to explore the curriculum in more depth,
with more...
Students can
use photographs taken
with a mobile
device or graphics saved in the iPhoto library.
«
With a Windows
device we can
use tools like SCCM (System Centre Configuration Manager) to image the computers for the
students that allows us to push out Windows as a platform to a computer,» David said.
Participating
students will
use «discovery kits» equipped
with reliable measuring
devices to gather data of significance to the environment, such as pollution levels in water or radon levels in homes.
With this in mind, it's time to face reality and examine the ways that
students» personal
devices can be
used to enhance the learning experience.
Students believe that
using their mobile
device at night after going to bed is affecting their school work, according to new research conducted by the Headmasters» and Headmistresses» Conference (HMC) in partnership
with Digital Awareness UK (DAUK).
Rather than have our teachers sit through in - service presentations on how to effectively integrate their new
devices, we decided to work together to find the best ways to
use the
devices with their
students and their curriculum.
If you have a
device with a microphone,
students can
use the feature in Google Docs that allows you to turn your voice into text.
«Previously, we had a set of point and click temperature reading
devices, but I thought
with thermal imaging we could give
students a more detailed picture of how the technology is
used in the real world,» he says.
With access to interactive technology, students will learn to use their devices responsibly and in consideration with oth
With access to interactive technology,
students will learn to
use their
devices responsibly and in consideration
with oth
with others.
With numbered slots, teachers can even assign
students a slot, so they know whose
devices are charging or being
used at a glance.
The introduction of the interactive whiteboard in the classroom has since resulted in an era in which the
use of technology was literally moved to the front and centre of the learning environment,
with many teachers and educators grasping the opportunity to enhance teaching by effectively
using it as an interactive, real - time projection
device resulting in higher levels of
student participation and concentration.
Having mixed
devices also gave flexibility for
use, teachers were free to split
students into groups so that the right mix of
devices across the groups was gained, for example, if a science class was conducting an experiment those
students with backward facing cameras were distributed across all teams so that someone was available to record or photograph the experiment.
With this success the focus to have more resources available online became a priority for the ICT Committee and IT team which would ensure the increased
use and functionality of
student - owned BYO
devices over time.
After one semester, I instituted a «no
devices» policy in one class (
with obvious required exceptions for
students with disabilities, and a more general exception for any
student who wanted to make an affirmative case for
using a
device in class).
These
devices are
used with special paper so
students can write notes that correspond
with verbal recordings.
Given
students were
using their own
devices very little instruction was required from teachers
with regard to their
use.
TeacherMate — a Game Boy - like
device — is now being
used by 40,000
students in 15 states
with the aim to improve the reading skills of K - 2
students.
From content consumption to content creation, there are many ways to
use mobile
devices with students.
Dubbed «digital natives» because of their facility
with devices that confound their elders, today's
students typically
use technology more outside school than in.
Introducing academic content meant lots of adaptations — creating visual representations of concepts;
using voice output
devices, picture cards, adaptive equipment, braille materials, and 3D objects for our
students with visual impairments; different types of equipment and technology for our
students with physical limitations; and lots and lots of lesson preparation.
Monster quiz has every
student use a
device and is much like Kahoot but
with one big difference — the questions are randomly shown on each
student's screen.
Owl Ventures» Patel calls them catalytic factors: more powerful broadband infrastructure in schools, widespread
use of low - cost
devices, along
with schools actively seeking ways to personalize learning and those closest to
students such as teachers and principals, having great voice in choosing the tools they want to
use.