Smartphone and tablet ownership has steadily increased over the past decade. As an educator you have a choice, you can either fight the technology, banning students from using their devices in the classroom or you can embrace it, leveraging the technology to enhance learning in new ways. At SceneDoc, our goal is to redefine the role of mobile technology in public safety. Today, SceneDoc is being used at all levels of Federal, State & Local government organizations. There are also over 2,000 students currently using SceneDoc as part of their required course material in Public Safety programs across North America. Please view our infographic to better understand the impact mobile technology is having on learning and why educators should be adopting this technology in their classrooms.

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content better, and were more motivated to do well, when
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the students were also better prepared for class.
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note of this, and look for
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integrate mobile
learning devices into
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*http://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/10/exploring-students-m bile-learning-practices-in-higher-education
**http://er.educause.edu/articles/2013/10/exploring-students-mobile-learning-practices-in-higher-education
***http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERS1302/Eig1302.pdf
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