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Adaptive learning software is starting to be found all over classrooms, but how effective can it really be in classrooms?

This article explains a company's pitch that smartphones can be useful in the classroom. Mostly, it describes the use of cellphones in the classroom, how the sales will skyrocket, and what the company pitching the idea will do to limit the use.

This article details about how 3D printing will soon transform the classroom. It talks about how different museums now have "fossils" that you can download, and print a replica for a class. It goes on to state that in 3-5 years 3D printing will become much more prominent in all classes.

Great ideas on how to use the mobile phone in a classroom

How virtual reality functions in the classroon

This article was published back in 2014, envisioning the future of classrooms in 2016. There are some interesting scenarios written in the article and some of them are already integrated in an individual's everyday life (e.g. notifications from smartwatches)

A few years ago, I decided to incorporate mobile devices into my lesson plans. While the content still remains the focus of my teaching, I think technology can enhance learning at every point in a lesson.

This article discusses schools giving their students iPads to use in the classroom. It explains how they are trying to replace notebooks and textbooks completely using these iPads. The article also mentions the arguments against using devices in the classroom.

Flattening walls is only a first but important step in changing how we learn. Here is a provocative way of thinking outside the traditional classroom.

This webpage describes everything that has to do with tablets being used in classrooms. It explains the uses as well as the downsides to using them including the distractions they bring.

This article is about how students from Goshen are having school on snow day through the use of a virtual classroom.

This article focuses on a teacher who recently integrated 3D printing in her own class. It talked about how much of a learning experience it was for her children, and at some points they learned together to find out how a 3D printer works.

This is about MakerBot Academy, a crowds sourced effort to get 3D printers into schools. Motivated by president Obama who said that "3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything. The next industrial revolution in manufacturing will happen in America. We can get that done." MakerBot is trying to promote the next "industrial revolution" with 3D printers.

Passnownow is a new community app being used by Nigerian teenagers and secondary school students in Lagos. This is beneficial because it is allowing students to type classroom notes and integrating technology to further their mobile education.