Spotlight on Mobile Devices

Mobile Devices

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Schools Set Boundaries for Use of Students' Digital Devices

Crafting smart policies that outline privileges and restrictions will help keep schools on track for responsible yet dynamic use of student-owned tech tools.

February 6, 2013 – Digital Directions

Google Under Fire for Data-Mining Student Email Messages

The company acknowledges scanning the emails of Apps for Education users and faces allegations in a federal lawsuit that it built "surreptitious user profiles" for advertising purposes.

March 26, 2014 | Updated: February 9, 2017 – Education Week

Districts Forge School-to-Home Digital Connections

But education leaders are wrestling with how to put measures in place to allow students to take school-issued digital devices home at the end of each day.

March 14, 2013 – Education Week

Digital Education

Digital Devices and Assessments Are Top Priorities, District Tech Leaders Say

But school technology leaders don't expect much more funding to flow to technology over the next year, a new survey shows.

March 12, 2013 - Digital Education

Marketplace K-12

iPads the Mobile Technology of Choice in Schools, District Officials Say

A new survey finds that iPads are the most widely used form of mobile technology in schools today and that digital-textbook apps are in demand.

July 22, 2013 - Marketplace K-12

Rural Education

Principal Suggests Seven Steps to Effectively Use Technology in Schools

Rural school principal overcomes barriers to provide technology to students.