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JULY 31, 2018

As technology becomes more ubiquitous in classrooms, many schools are choosing Chromebooks because it’s one of the least expensive devices, a big win for schools balancing spending priorities. A 2017 report of the education market found Chromebooks dominate with 58 percent of the market for school mobile device purchases. BOOK CREATOR.

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JUNE 15, 2018

PDFs work on all digital devices, all platforms. No worries about whether they run better in Firefox or Chrome, Macs or PCs (or Chromebooks or iPads), Windows or MacOS (or Linux or iOS). With a free PDF reader (like Adobe or hundreds of others), students can open and get started right away. PDFs can be annotated.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Here’s a list of online sites with digital books that can be quickly accessed, mostly free, for this activity: Aesop Fables. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Most digital book readers include a read-aloud function that enables students to have a favorite book read to them. Owl Eyes (classics).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Most digital book readers include a read-aloud function that enables students to have a favorite book read to them. Sometimes it’s native to the app (like Adobe Acrobat/Reader) and other times it’s through the computers operating system (like Kindle’s iOS VoiceOver accessibility feature).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Here are two activities from sources you know: Richard Byrne at Free Tech for Teachers suggests using the popular Adobe Spark to write multimedia stories that include text, images, glitzy layout, and more. While this project suggests drawing selfies, my classes use pictures taken with their digital device (or a smartphone).

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MARCH 19, 2019

Mission US gameplay is web-based, on PCs, Macs, and Chromebooks, and even some iPads. Adobe Spark — All-purpose Desktop Publishing Tool for the Classroom. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

Here’s a list of online sites with digital books that can be quickly accessed, mostly free, for this activity: Aesop Fables. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Most digital book readers include a read-aloud function that enables students to have a favorite book read to them. Owl Eyes (classics).

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JULY 12, 2018

Spark Video is a powerful, easy-to-use video creation tool from Adobe. I shared this announcement from Adobe Spark earlier this year which describes how to access the free features at your school. Spark Video works on the Chrome web-browser (and iOS devices too) making it perfect for Chromebook classrooms.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Adobe Spark is a free graphic design app that allows students and teachers with no design experience to create impactful graphics, web stories, and animated videos. Spark, Adobe’s replacement for Adobe Slate and Adobe Voice, is actually three apps in one — Spark Page, Post, and Video — providing three ways to tell a story.

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JUNE 12, 2019

He specializes in everything Google and Chromebook for teachers and administrators but has been known to cover other topics as well. Topics include Adobe, PowerPoint, Office Sway, multimedia, MS Office, Excel, Teacher Tools, Technology Hacks, Tech Gadgets, Google, Website design, Formative Assessment, Canvas LMS, and more.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Read out Loud is Adobe’s text-to-speech tool built into all of their PDF programs (Reader, Acrobat, and Pro). Simply open the PDF in Adobe and go to View>Read Out Loud. It works on iPads, Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, and the web as well as an add-on for Google Docs and Google Drive. Read Out Loud. SAS requires a login.

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