Spotlight on Mobile Devices

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Mobile Devices


The Education Week Spotlight on Mobile Devices is a collection of articles hand-picked by our editors for their insights on:

  • Integrating mobile technology into instruction
  • Managing and regulating digital devices in schools
  • Implementing “school-to-home” policies for mobile devices
  • Considering student data privacy and security concerns

You get the seven articles below in a downloadable PDF.

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.
February 28, 2014 - Rural Education

Education Futures
Why Mobile Technology Enhances Instruction
America's first public school to convert to a charter is still running strong--see how.
October 4, 2013 - Education Futures: Emerging Trends and Technologies in K-12

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