Top 4 Classroom Technology Trends in Cleveland (SlideShare)

Top 4 Classroom Technology

Trends in Cleveland

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1. Better IT Support

Across Schools

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The support system lets

IT personnel rank tickets

according to priorityJerry Short, President Business Smarts



and dispatch the right person

to the classroom to quickly

get the classroom equipment

runningJerry Short, President Business Smarts



2. BYOD for Learning




Bring your own device (BYOD)

is the term given to networks

that allow users to connect

tablets and smartphones

that then work with the

network’s equipment




Cleveland professors can get

students involved in learning

activities that help solidify

concepts and materialJerry Short, President Business Smarts



3. Students Supporting

StudentsJerry Short, President Business Smarts



This comes in two flavors:




The first one is hiring students

to support classroom

technologyJerry Short, President Business Smarts



Students support desktops,

mobile devices and

standard classroom

equipment, Jerry Short, President Business Smarts



so they have better IT skills

when they move on to the

corporate worldJerry Short, President Business Smarts



The next classroom

technology is providing

students with an online

communityJerry Short, President Business Smarts



where they can ask

questions, tutor their peers,

and learn from other studentsJerry Short, President Business Smarts



Online communities are

great learning experiences

for everyone, Jerry Short, President Business Smarts



because even the student

answering the question

gets some experience

by lecturing on a topic

that they are also learning




4. Blackboard – Online

Document Management

for Professors and StudentsJerry Short, President Business Smarts



Blackboard is a platform

used by higher education

in Cleveland to support

collaboration with students

and professorsJerry Short, President Business Smarts



The system is slowly

becoming a mainstay

in colleges across the USJerry Short, President Business Smarts



As Cleveland schools

move into a better stage

of technology, Jerry Short, President Business Smarts



they continue to improve

student grades and

professors’ ability to convey

material to studentsJerry Short, President Business Smarts



What type of classroom

technology do you want

in your school?Jerry Short, President Business Smarts



Let us know your thoughts

in the Comments box belowJerry Short, President Business Smarts



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