eSchool News

JANUARY 13, 2016

A lack of reliable internet access at home can make flipping a challenge, but by no means an impossibility. note: Jess Peterson will co-present a related session, “ Flipping the Classroom in Low-Socioeconomic Schools ,” at this year’s FETC conference in Orlando, on Friday Jan. The Barriers of Flipping the Classroom.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 9, 2021

What are the best-flipped learning apps for K-12 grades in flipped classrooms? The best-flipped classroom tools can transform and remodel classroom teaching, allowing in-depth learning and personalized attention that can help learners improve their grades. Khan Academy. Open Culture for K-12 Grades. Screencast-O-Matic.

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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. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with the LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 27, 2021

Now it’s moving, from a singular there, to a plural everywhere –very much a new age of information and information access. The response to this access has been slow–and even when swift, it has rarely been compelling or long-lasting. And it can be accessed not simply from computers, but phones and gaming devices.

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Graphite Blog

APRIL 24, 2020

To help you choose the best one for your classroom, we explored in-depth some of the best typing tools on the market and selected the best of the best below. Teachers can also turn on accessibility options like voice-over, font sizes, screen readers, and more. Go to Epistory - Typing Chronicles' website. Go to search.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

From crafting simple classroom presentations to producing intricate storytelling projects, these apps cater to a wide range of creative needs. It’s designed for ease of use, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced editors. Users can add music, sound effects, and voiceovers with ease.

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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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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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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

You can turn that on in the Settings,in the Accessibility Settings. So you can go into settings on your iPad or your iPhone with iOS 11 and tap iTunes and App Store. I think I have fifteen, which is the total number of homescreens you can have while on your iPad or you iPhone. It worked OK. I have so many home screens.

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Edsurge

JULY 2, 2018

With high poverty rates, overcrowded classrooms and fears over Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, she says many parents are just trying to survive. But that hasn’t stopped Diaz from advocating for parents like her to have better access to and understanding of school data. Data] is sometimes bringing us down, unfortunately.”

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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. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with whatever LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

Coding gives us another way to solve our problems,” Diane Nodell, the library media specialist, reminded them. And yet, even in a place like Mineola where classrooms were already steeped in technology, educators are well aware that computers can’t do everything. Are you ready to learn the basics?”. The children were.

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The Electric Educator

APRIL 11, 2012

The title of the course is " Google in the Classroom " and is designed to introduce new users to the collaborative tools that Google has developed which have great application for the classroom: The use of technology in education provides powerful opportunities to engage students in authentic learning.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

The alternatives below are all free and great for use in the classroom. Looking for a focus on collaboration or accessibility? If you want to learn more about using video in the classroom, check out our collection of tips and resources for viewing, creating, and thinking critically about video. Accessible, iOS-Specific Clips.

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SpeechTechie

JULY 29, 2014

This is one way our public libraries can come in handy. Overdrive Media Console (free for iPhone, iPad and Android) has been around for some time, but has improved with its own updates for usability, in addition to the increased availability of e-materials through public libraries. is returned).

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

The developers of the very popular Shadow PuppetEdu recently released Seesaw , a free iPad/iPhone app that facilitates portfolio building. Students join your classroom by scanning a QR code granting them access the class account. I think it’s here. curation portfolios student work'

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 17, 2016

Chock full of quality children’s programs, the newly updated PBS KIDS Video App is an absolute no-brainer download for families, and for preschool and primary classrooms and libraries. The app is free, easy to navigate and available for both iOS (iPads & iPhones) and Android. Sesame Street. The Electric Company.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 20, 2010

In a nutshell, you need a device that has a camera so you can scan or take a picture of the code, a program to do the decoding and web access to see where the code takes you. For the iPhone NeoReader seems to be the most popular. One idea for use in the classroom (I will have more below) that comes to mind is books.

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Learning in Hand

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

These include additions to the Notes app, predictive typing, dictation enhancements, sharing options, zoom improvements, speak screen, time limits, and updates to the photo library. Even better is that you can insert images from your Photo Library into your notes. Another new feature in the Accessibility settings is Speak Screen.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Available in English and Spanish and on Android, iPad, and iPhone devices, your kid may have found their new favorite bedtime routine. Defeat strange and funny monsters using basic math and problem-solving skills; it is a fun way to do math homework and practice the math learned in the classroom. The free app requires iOS 11.0

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Shake Up Learning

JULY 9, 2018

Luckily, augmented and virtual reality tools (often abbreviated AR and VR respectively) are becoming readily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or even a Chromebook. The tools listed are in no particular order and are tools that are readily accessible with smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks or even desktop computers.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 17, 2019

In terms of young people, immersive realities have the potential to address the characteristics of i nteractivity, connectivity, access identified in Eliza Dresang’s Radical Change Theory as critical in enhancing agency among digital youth. Things to consider: provide a safe environment for your “play area” in the library.

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The Daring Librarian

OCTOBER 22, 2017

This fun FREE app has been around for a few years and now can be easily used to transform and animate your professional life and classroom. You can use Bitmoji stickers as your Twitter avatar, on Snapchat stories, within Seesaw and Google Apps for Education, rubrics, within Gmail, on your blog, or for classroom or library signage.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Many school settings have incorporated Apple TV as an option for visual displays in classrooms , and the same possibilities can be applied in clinical settings. Apple TV is not a TV set, per se, but a internet-enabled "set-top" box that can be connected to an HDTV or a classroom projector/interactive whiteboard.

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The Daring Librarian

SEPTEMBER 18, 2011

A friend & fellow teacher librarian in my district Barb Randolph mentioned that the teachers who posted QR codes in their classrooms had parents lining up to scan them on BTSN! We really like the FREE iNigma QR code reader available in both Droid, iPhone, or iPad versions. I wanna "get ''em while the gettin is good!"

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2013

As a pre-conference event for the Library 2.013 annual conference starting October 18th, we''re hosting a short series of free online sessions this coming Monday. If you need to see them in your own time zone, go to the schedule page at Library 2.013 and find your link by that time zone. The times show are US-Eastern Daylight Time.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 21, 2015

They sometimes have iPads in the classroom and sometimes have Chromebooks. My desktop is an iMac and I use and iPad and iPhone, so I decided to see if I could still keep up-to-date and work on my items in the Apple ecosystem using the HP EliteBook Folio 1020 Ultrabook. Many educators have to use both Windows and Mac platforms.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

In this episode, Matt and I discuss the new version of Google Sites, what we like, what we don’t, and ways to use it in the classroom. In the coming weeks, Chromebook administrators will be able to create a library of approved Android apps and install them on select managed Chromebooks. Ways to Use Google Sites in the Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 27, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. After the unconference is our now-annual evening social/party, which will feature Kevin Honeycutt and the iPhone band.

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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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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Students engage in content creation , with the mantra "Earning your learning", by a variety of iPad apps and accessibility features.

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Notes from a TCEA 2011 Concurrent Session Kelly Cordray Elizabeth Powell 5th Grade Classroom Teachers Texarkana ISD PowerPoint presentation is available online at the TCEA website. Kelly used iPod touches in her 5th grade classroom. Teacher runs main app off of iPhone or iPod/iPad. Kids LOVE technology! Costs about $.99

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows, introductory keynote speaker Top Must-Have for Our Students: Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers , the mobile app for 24/7 access by our students. Enlightenment (Sort Of) : What does the future hold for school libraries, in light of the coming of ebooks and ereaders?

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Look at the most innovative technology we have today: iPhone, ChromeBook, Galaxy Note, iMac, or whatever your favorite tool might be. As educators, we need to embrace this reality, and allow our classroom learning experiences to mimic what our students encounter everyday. It’s also a perfect tool for flipping your classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Sam Gordon, a trained pre-K classroom observer, rates the teacher-student interactions at St. All toddler and pre-K classrooms in the state that receive any public money are observed at least twice a year to determine their educational quality. He set his iPhone timer for 20 minutes and started writing furiously.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. We are living in a very unique and digital world, which is much different from the way our teachers accessed and shared information. Social Media is a huge way to incorporate technology that students use everyday in the classroom.

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