Principal: Every school will soon have a mobile application Stenette Byrd, principal of Smithfield High School in Smithfield, Va., predicts that every school will have its own mobile application in the next few years. Byrd's school launched its own app, using SchoolInfoApp, at the start of the 2012-13 school year. The application saved the school $2,000 in printing costs by offering its student handbook digitally, and the program also helps the school raise money through in-app sponsors, Byrd reports. EdTech magazine (4/2013)  | Engaging Students in Real World Conversation Amy Mason, French teacher, reports that using the Virtuoso™ technology has resulted in more spontaneous conversation between paired students. "I'm using a variety of activities. The lab is so easy to use — it's so quick to use the practice-record function and do something on the fly." See how technology can increase student interpersonal communication. | | Tablet computers are taking off in Minneapolis-area classrooms One-to-one technology is taking hold in classrooms in the Minneapolis area, so much so that Jeff Noyes, a teacher on special assignment for technology integration at Minnetonka High School in Minnesota, said he expects school computer labs will be dismantled within the next few years in favor of handheld devices, such as tablet computers. The school is one of many in the region using iPads and other tablets as teaching tools -- a trend that educators say has helped to enhance teaching and learning while cutting costs. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) (4/9) N.H. middle-school students develop health-safety app As part of one New Hampshire school's efforts to boost student interest in science, technology, engineering and math, students were encouraged to compete in a national-level mobile-application contest. A group of eighth-graders met the call by designing an app that can be programmed to alert consumers to the presence of allergens simply by scanning the bar code on the product. The team is one of 10 winners of the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (4/9)
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 | Nationwide pilot program to test digital exams Students in 700 schools in Michigan this month will join about 1 million students who will take a pilot test of the Smarter Balanced Assessment -- an online exam that measures students' academic growth through adaptive questions. The digital exams, which ask harder questions if students perform well and easier questions when they struggle, will be given to students in grades 3 to 11 to test mathematics and English language arts/literacy. The Detroit News (4/10) School security goes high-tech in Ohio district Police officers in Baltimore, Ohio, now can view any school security camera from inside their cruiser. The technology also can record the camera footage, allowing officers to review it if needed. Officers say the technology allows them to quickly find potential threats in schools so they can better respond. WBNS-TV (Columbus, Ohio) (4/9)
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 | Edmodo becomes an increasingly popular resource for teachers Of the 100 largest school districts in the country, about 86 of them are using Edmodo -- sometimes referred to as the Facebook of education -- in some official way. In this article, David F. Carr, editor of InformationWeek Education, writes about how educators are using the social media tool, including to upload lesson plans and to hold online class discussions. "It's probably the best resource a teacher could have," said Renee Setser, instructional technology coordinator for the Manor, Texas, school district. InformationWeek (4/9) | Would students do better without grades? Students learn to love learning when grades are removed as the goal, writes Hadley Ferguson, a middle-school history teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia. She first experimented with the idea two years ago with her seventh-grade history class, in which students received feedback of praise for what they did well in their work and direction on how they could improve and what steps to take next. "Class becomes a safe place, rather than one where they are in danger of being exposed as inadequate," she writes in this blog post. SmartBrief/SmartBlog on Education (4/9)
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