EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 schools need strong mobile device management services. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools. For Mutter, this means that “ no one vendor has the advantage.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 schools need strong mobile device management services. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools. For Mutter, this means that “ no one vendor has the advantage.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 11, 2019

To help tackle this tech issue, and ensure these devices don’t become distractions, many schools are turning to mobile device management. MORE FROM EDTECH : K–12 schools need strong mobile device management services. Mobile Device Management Basics for Schools. For Mutter, this means that “ no one vendor has the advantage.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2018

While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-12 content library. The library is searchable by topic with preview features for selections. How to use the library. Why the content library is perfect for lesson planning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

I think this will better reflect what’s going on today in our classrooms: It can be difficult to teach math, but with the proper tools, it can often be made easier. Give ByteLearn a try in your classroom today! It has a huge library of videos and questions, covers a wide range of topics, and adapts to each student’s level.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2021

Whiteboards have long been a de rigeur staple in classrooms, occupying pride-of-place at the front of the room. I selected these three because they are intuitive, multi-functional, and work as a classroom tool rather than just another new widget teachers must learn. Free to try. Free to try.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

One reality of the increasingly connected K–12 classroom is even the youngest students are routinely going online, using email and engaging with mobile apps that collect their information. K–12 Schools Use Video to Teach Digital Citizenship. The organization has developed a library of cyber curricula resources for K–12.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2022

This post will focus on three programs that worked well in my 8th-grade history classroom. . For those teachers who use Google Classroom Pear Deck just announced an integration with the platform that will mirror the functions of slide presentations. Pear Deck. I have been on the Pear Deck train for the past five years.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Not long ago, mobile devices were considered perfect for any past-time activity, and had no place in the classroom. There are plenty of concerns about implementing BYOD in the classroom, which makes many educators unwilling to plunge in this still new pool. Top 3 myths about BYOD in the classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2018

The classroom of the future isn’t far from becoming a reality in 2018. From learning analytics tools providing students with instant feedback on their work to virtual reality facilitating field trips to faraway lands to 3D printers filling makerspaces, the classroom looks quite a bit different than it did just five years ago.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It can be plugged into a heavy base for free-standing use or directly into a laptop for greater mobility. It will quickly become an essential device for your classroom inquiry. Applications for the Classroom. You’ll be thrilled with its portability, maneuverability, flexibility, and adaptability to your classroom inquiry.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s been a couple of years since my tech teacher advice column “Dear Otto” got its first question about classroom digital assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. Here’s how educators are using the digital assistant: to request spelling help. Google Home in the School Library.

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Buncee

MARCH 29, 2022

April is School Library Month and it brings an opportunity to highlight the work done and impact made by librarians and media specialists. First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2020

The classroom teacher can’t be replaced by an electronic device.”. The teacher is as critical or more in an online classroom as they are in the physical class. Access the required site through mobile devices. Provide mobile hotspots distributed by school. Online learning is different that the physical classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

The desktop app gives access to all three in one spot while a mobile device requires the download of three different free apps. It works equally well on your desktop, laptop, Chromebook, Mac, iOS device, and mobile device and syncs between all with ease. 8 Ways to use Spark in your classroom. OK, I can do that. Then, publish.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2023

These can be simple or involved and might tie into inquiry taking place in the classroom. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. QR Codes This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. These can be simple or involved and might tie into inquiry taking place in the classroom.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year’s event featured more than 800 sessions on various topics such as leadership, mathematics, STEAM, digital citizenship, literacy, English language arts, and more. New features include an Organization Library, Shared Libraries, Co-Editing, and Learning Management System Integrations. Epson America, Inc.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 16, 2019

Common Sense has a digital citizenship curriculum for K-2 and 3rd-5th with videos, printables, and engaging activities. Classroom Management Tips for Young Learners and Adolescents. Classroom Games for Young Learners. Kids Sharing Stories: Mobile Learning. Digital Storytelling. STEAM Tools and Apps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

They include thorough lesson plans, learning objectives, classroom activities, and discussion questions, as well as companion websites with more resources. The Game is free, suggested for grades 4-12, and delivered via website or mobile app. This app works on desktops as well as mobile devices. Tools for financial literacy .

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Context matters, especially when it comes to classroom learning. Digital media and technology are increasingly a part of our lives, but it's important that we're conscious of the media choices we're making. There's no one formula that's right for every classroom. Using Digital Media in Your Teaching.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 14, 2023

There you have it, a website for your class where you and your students can engage in learning activities that transcend the confines of your physical classroom. Create a library page where you and your students upload educational materials for the whole class to access. Wordpress, Wix, Weebly, etc.). Check them out.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Students do need to set up their mobile device to run the app. Here’s a quick video tutorial on the basic app, Talk To Me : Code HS: Mobile Apps. Code HS: Mobile Apps is an online curriculum for teaching app building in High School. Teachers can access a curriculum and resources for teaching. High School; fee.

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Will more schools embrace student-centric mobile devices? Now, we know that edtech has been proven to improve test scores and overall classroom engagement. “There will be more momentum for mobile devices in classrooms with an eye toward affordable alternatives to traditional 1:1 rollouts.”

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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. 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, 2019

The delivery platform is YouTube making them available from desktops or mobile devices and embeddable into LMSs, websites, or anywhere that takes embeds. C-Span video library. C-Span Classroom is free but requires registration to access materials. It has become the largest STEM video library of its kind. History Channel.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As more classrooms re-open for in-person instruction, student safety and mental health remain top concerns. The law requires schools to implement mobile panic alarms that go directly to law enforcement in case of immediate emergencies such as an active shooter situation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 20, 2017

If you’re creating your own podcast, all you need is a digital device, a microphone, an Internet connection, and a topic you’re passionate about. The two most popular sites for creating podcasts are Audacity (for PCs) and Garageband (for Macs and mobile devices). This can be stored in the Podcast Library (mentioned below).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. These can be simple or involved and might tie into inquiry taking place in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. Long list of websites by grade. 15 Unusual Projects.

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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. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 31, 2016

Parents increasingly find technology a roadblock to tracking student progress in the classrooms. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors summed it up like this: Most parents have some concerns about keeping up with the part of the digital revolution that has extended to their child’s classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2018

This is from Steven Wesley, guest blogger for Ask a Tech Teacher and ESL teacher, with intimate knowledge of tech used in the classroom. More so, today’s education prioritizes mobile devices which don’t have the ability to read these mediums. As mentioned above, mobile devices are going to become essential inside the classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. These can be simple or involved and might tie into inquiry taking place in the classroom.

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