EdTech Magazine

MAY 15, 2019

K–12 Schools Find Educational Benefits in Cloud-Based Gaming. A majority of educators agree that video games can help K–12 learning. In a recent study from educational nonprofit Project Tomorrow , nearly 62 percent of teachers reported using video games in their classrooms. The same goes for Chromebooks.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2022

To further the mission of closing the Digital Divide for students across the United States, each grant recipient will receive up to $25,000, which they may use for any combination of Kajeet Education Broadband solutions, including WiFi hotspots, school bus WiFi, LTE-embedded Chromebooks and routers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2022

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants. Benefits of a School License.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Integrating presentations in teaching is an accessible way to bring technology to the classroom and make the best digital tools available. You can also customize any lesson from the Nearpod Lesson Library, including hundreds of already made slide-based lessons. Haiku Deck.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2022

This funding opportunity will allow K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom. “At At Kajeet, we believe internet access is a basic human right and are fully committed to efforts aimed at closing the digital divide,” said Daniel J.

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Vizor

JANUARY 15, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes Chromebooks are widely popular in the Education Sector. School districts buy thousands of Chromebooks at a time for their students. Google makes it an easy choice with Chromebooks’ durability, long battery life, and low costs. Chromebook Management is often overlooked from an IT perspective.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 6, 2019

They will also have access to a library full of templates, frames, effects and more to create incredibly imaginative video projects. Powtoon is a web tool to create fun animated videos with a library of music, text, and characters to choose from or upload images. Wideo is a web tool that also works on Chromebooks.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

They will also have access to a library full of templates, frames, effects and more to create incredibly imaginative video projects. Powtoon is a web tool to create fun animated videos with a library of music, text, and characters to choose from or upload images. Wideo is a web tool that also works on Chromebooks.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 24, 2019

When Tulare City School District officials wanted to provide Google Chromebooks to every student, they knew the wireless network wasn’t up to the job. E-rate , which helps schools and libraries obtain affordable high-speed internet access , last underwent big change in 2014. So they shifted focus to a new network. When E-rate 2.0

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 3, 2019

While K–12 schools are working to guarantee their data is secure , educational IT experts are raising concerns over the safety and accessibility of physical IT infrastructure in schools. . As the use of technology in education grows, schools may want to revisit infrastructure strategies to ensure critical technology is securely housed.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 8, 2020

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Have you ever considered creating your own open educational resources (OER)? Because these resources are open to use, when you share an OER, other educators across the globe can access it and use it in their classrooms. Let’s take a look at how to develop K-12 open educational resources. Backward planning.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

Today’s most popular augmented and virtual reality applications are typically available for mobile devices, but many classrooms have moved from tablets to Chromebooks, especially at the secondary level. Chromebooks are often cheaper than other laptops and tablets like iPads, and they’re simpler to manage for district technology departments.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Not long ago, school computer labs were a mainstay of the education environment. The impact of mobile computing on education is indisputable. Accessibility to computing power is no longer constrained by time and place. Yet many educators advocate for their continued use. Yet, iPads and Chromebooks have their limitations.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 4, 2018

As the Chromebook perforates classrooms across the country, students have the ability to express themselves in ways that may not have been possible in a traditional classroom setting. Chromebooks offer so many ways to engage students creatively and go well beyond word processing.

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2019

As students, we expect the content of our classes to be entertaining; If we could use technology more powerfully, we could have access to a whole new world at our fingertips. Barriers to providing all students with access to technology. Even cities known as tech hubs have trouble distributing access to technology equitably.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

But for those without digital skills or access to a computer and an internet connection, it was a very different story. During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms. They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. . “We

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Vizor

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes As schools order Chromebooks to include in their curriculums, it’s important that schools are ready to implement new technology workflows. This is ideal to get right BEFORE getting the Chromebooks. You purchase hundreds, if not thousands, of Chromebooks. Are you using a library system?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

But for those without digital skills or access to a computer and an internet connection, it was a very different story. During the pandemic, the term ‘homework gap’ was used to describe children without reliable or any access to the internet and appropriate digital devices and who were unable to complete their assignments.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

And with fast Wi-Fi, students can access G Suite for Education and other cloud-based educational apps on their Chromebooks. These new learning spaces, paired with technology, allow educators to more effectively adopt different pedagogies to improve education, such as blended, personalized and project-based learning.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. 4c6x4p5qplh7 Google For Education Resources [link] Google Classroom - new resource for teachers to manage classes, assignments, student work, and to communicate with students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Did you know reading aloud: Puts children almost a year ahead of those who do not receive daily read-alouds regardless of parental income, education level or cultural. Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. How do I create a classroom library checkout system? background. Read-aloud books. Owl Eyes (classics).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 25, 2017

[Editor’s Note: At Bett , one of the largest education technology conferences in the world, Google is announcing a new line of Chromebooks for education. At Bett this week we’re introducing a new generation of Chromebooks designed to adapt to the diverse ways students learn. More versatile Chromebooks.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

It has been 12-hour days or more,” said Lorrie Owens, chief technology officer for the San Mateo County Office of Education in Redwood City, Calif. When we went into shelter-in-place on March 17, we were clearing out Chromebook carts [not only] for students but also for our own employees. I'm not sure we can or even should.”

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 11, 2023

The post AI-Powered Google for Education Updates (Part 2) – SULS0194 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s continue to discuss all the Google for Education updates coming your way! AI-Powered Google for Education Updates (Part 2) Click To Tweet Listen to article. Did you miss Part 1? You can read or listen here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Education now is 24/7. We’ve done surveys, and 3 percent of our students — about 300 kids — don’t have internet access at home. We’ve experimented with Microsoft Translator, which provides translation on the students’ Chromebooks when the teacher is talking. Parents are a critical partner in this.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

As Director of Academic Technology for Mount Greylock Regional School District , which serves 1,250 students in western Massachusetts, she has all along been advocating for teacher buy-in to the use of tech and the need for every student to have devices and access to the internet. I’m in the library.

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Hapara

MARCH 22, 2023

Your school district may issue one type of device to learners, such as Chromebooks. So whether your learners use Chromebooks, iPads or their phone for class activities, Hāpara Filter protects them online. But today’s learners access their school accounts and educational content outside of school, too.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Learn about her transformation into a global educator because her students got excited and led the way. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. All Children Should Have Equal Access To Education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 17, 2018

Alex was an enthusiastic 9th grader in my World History course and had just been issued a Chromebook as part of our district’s 1:1 implementation. After three months, Alex finally told me that he did not have internet access at home. In addition, the district provided transportation for students who depend on bussing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

Even if you don’t like Google, Jeremy Lupoli told a crowded room surrounded by products from the tech giant, you’ll still have to work with it to get ahead in the education technology industry. The panel came the same day Google announced a Chromebook App Hub for developers to showcase educator-focused apps and classroom activities.

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Edsurge

JULY 19, 2022

Wi-Fi is out, and I’m writing this at the library. We say things like “low-SES” to make it sound less jarring, but like most things in education, this lingo needlessly complicates a basic concept: a certain segment of our community lives in poverty; they’re poor. “Man’s gotta do…” and so on. Tell the other teachers.”

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Vizor

APRIL 13, 2018

How do you distribute hundreds or even thousands of Chromebooks? Manage the processes surrounding your Chromebooks by using an IT asset management solution, like VIZOR. In addition, library systems may seem to track the devices but this reactive tool does not track the full lifecycle of the Chromebooks. One-on-one.

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Vizor

APRIL 13, 2018

How do you distribute hundreds or even thousands of Chromebooks? Manage the processes surrounding your Chromebooks by using an IT asset management solution, like VIZOR. In addition, library systems may seem to track the devices but this reactive tool does not track the full lifecycle of the Chromebooks. One-on-one.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

There’s a simmering sense of anticipation about how far educators have come with technology, and its potential to enhance student learning. “I Prepping for the new school year, Narumi Wigandt, an educational technician, unpacks chargers and cords for the new Macbooks that line the shelves next to her, on Aug.

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