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APRIL 11, 2016

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. Here’s traditional note-taking vs. digital note-taking: One feels like a blender on whip.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

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. Here’s traditional note-taking vs. digital note-taking: One feels like a blender on whip. Screencasting.

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JUNE 17, 2015

Using the free app, students can tape a live lecture, a Skype call, an online webinar on their iPhone or iPad (or directly to the software), transfer it to their dashboard where they can transcribe, annotate, highlight, edit, format, add to, delete, or simply play it back for reference. Design: 5/5. Functionality: 5/5. Fun Factor: 5/5.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

iFormulae –simple library consisting of various formulae, equations with their example. Quick Graph –a powerful, high quality, graphic calculator that takes full advantage of the multitouch display and the powerful graphic capabilities of the iPad and iPhone, both in 2D and 3D. Percentage Off –Easy to use and accurate.

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APRIL 6, 2015

Availability: 5/5 (iOS, Android, Web, iPhone, iPod, Chromebooks, Kindle Fire). Starfall Free brings that experience to iPads, iPhone, Androids, and Kindle Fire. Be aware, though, in case that’s your intended digital device. The Talking Library is wonderful. Design: 5/5. Functionality: 5/5. Fun Factor: 5/5.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

AUGUST 31, 2015

The third grade teachers chatted with me about digital leadership and digital citizenship and we thought about what would be the most important thing to explore next. I started with a small piece of my own digital snapshot. It contained my blog as well as a screenshot of my home screen on my iPhone.

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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. All three are outstanding (and free), but perhaps the most immediately useful to readers of this blog is Civic Online Reasoning or COR. You can now find out. Beyond the Bubble History Assessments.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 17, 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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