Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

. * For ideas on how to select a specific app, read the introduction to 5 Favorite Classroom Apps. Having said all of that, here are a selection of great apps to consider as you select your group of five: Apple Classroom. Apple Classroom turns student iPads into powerful learning tools, allows teachers to gui. Google Apps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 1, 2019

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. But Robo Wunderkind seems more accessible and a good way to try robotics before switching to Arduino and Raspberry Pi when your kid grows up. Suggestion : I started on my iPhone but quickly switched to my iPad. How to get started.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2016

C-Span provides American’s access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. Also included are direct access to elected and appointed individuals, audience call-ins to officials, audience-created videos, lesson plans for educators, and more. House of Representatives and the U.S. Electing a US President in Plain English.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 9, 2024

Instead of a learning aid, smartphones turned into the most pervasive distraction we’ve ever encountered in classrooms. The simultaneous rise of the iPhone and social media brought unforeseen addictive behaviors, particularly detrimental to our youth. The reality, however, was far from what we anticipated.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2019

My work has focused on always putting the child before the technology, identifying what we have learned while acknowledging what we still need to understand, and balancing the benefits while embracing concerns about children’s health and well-being in the digital age.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I haven''t really used videos all the much for flipping my classes because of accessibility and inequity with technology in the classroom, but now that those issues are close to being resolved, I am very interested in learning how to to add videos to my bag of tricks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

C-Span provides American’s access to the live gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the U.S. Also included are direct access to elected and appointed individuals, audience call-ins to officials, audience-created videos, lesson plans for educators, and more. House of Representatives and the U.S. Electing a US President in Plain English.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When looking for an app to curate classroom reading, consider these requirements: works well with your current LMS. What became apparent as I researched was that GoodReader was one of several considered Best in Class because of its broad-based ability to read, manage, organize, access, and annotate a wide variety of file formats.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2017

The idea behind it is simple: students are allowed and encouraged to use their own phones, tablets, e-readers, or notebooks in the classroom. By allowing kids to bring and use their mobile devices in the classroom, schools can make learning more fun and engaging. BYOD — Bring Your Own Device — has taken the education system by storm.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Saturday, June 7th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show with Toni Plourde: Earning Your Learning , Using the iOS 7 for iPad(iPod,iPhone), we will explore ways to maximize the way students can engage and enhance their own learning. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. But denying all kids the access to technology because a part of them can’t afford appropriate devices is worse. It’s really happening.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Which brings up a bigger issue: It requires access to lots of my personal accounts to make these recipes happen. I wasn’t able to create a recipe on the iPad–though it worked fine on my iPhone and the web. If you run a stock market game in your classroom, IFTTT can notify students when their stocks change.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

When it comes to sharing student work, there are lots of ways to establish a workflow in your classroom. Are you using Google Classroom and/or Google tools with your students? This strategy combines two favorite classroom tools. The second classroom tool is Google Slides. The possibilities are truly endless.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

When it comes to sharing student work, there are lots of ways to establish a workflow in your classroom. Are you using Google Classroom and/or Google tools with your students? This strategy combines two favorite classroom tools. How will your students access the Google Slides presentation?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 28, 2017

There's also a huge upside: Many teachers have used social media to share best practices, provide an authentic audience for student work, cultivate digital citizenship among their students, and build more connected school communities. DON'T: Start using social media in your classroom if there are no guidelines or consent forms.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 4, 2019

And if you have been in the classroom for any length of time, I have a good feeling you understand many of the needs of those you are working with. Think about the number of times teachers are frustrated with administration, district personnel, or policymakers because they are “too far removed from the struggles of the classroom.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2015

Besides iPads and Chromebooks and a plethora of free websites that enable students to collaborate, share and publish, education’s tech explosion has resulted in a wide (and increasing) variety of tools that extend the teachers reach, making it easier to differentiate for the varied needs of students even in a busy classroom.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Over 500 educators from around the world have joined together to explore the potential and possibilities for iPads in the classroom. ” – Seymour Papert He then compares iPhone to a lightbulb. The challenge is to get them to think critically about media rather than block their access. They really do change things.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 5, 2015

iPad/iPHone/Android app would take care of the problem. How to use it in your classroom: Even without the requirement for digital portfolios, this is a useful app for teachers. Simply scan these in, store them in the student digital portfolio, and never again worry about losing them. Kind of a digital refrigerator.

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 22, 2019

Creative Communicator : Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals. ISTE Standard for Students) So this may seem like a hard standard to pull off in a non-techie classroom but bear with me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

Only ebooks and equizzes can be accessed through the app. I love that I can offer unique word lists that are easily accessed, studied, and assessed in a fun gamified way. There are a wide variety of teacher resources available once you create an account including articles, how to adapt the app to a flipped classroom, and printables.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2015

–and worse, non-existent classroom real estate–before they can be used. easy access from digital devices that teachers commonly carry. Which brings up a bigger issue: It requires access to lots of my personal accounts to make these recipes happen. For my short list, I looked for: a net savings of time.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

ClassPad.net helps kids brush up on their math skills all year-round by offering digital scratch paper students can use to help them solve problems. EDGENUITY WORLD LANGUAGE LIVE LESSONS ( www.edgenuity.com ) Edgenuity is implementing live lessons for its virtual World Language courses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The primary goals of this event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, projects, and networks that are available to educators today. This will take you to the event VoiceThread.)

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TeacherCast

MAY 27, 2019

In addition, a growing number of companies supplying and servicing much larger markets such as ad agencies, corporations, healthcare providers, government and educational facilities, as well as video prosumers and consumers, are turning to Telestream to simplify the access, creation, and exchange of digital media. Price / Financials.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. SHEG also offers two other fabulous portals filled with resources to help classroom teachers and teacher librarians inquiry and historical analysis. You can now find out. But wait, there’s more! .

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