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Tech Tips to End the School Year

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If you have a Chromebook or an iPad, don’t even worry about this. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Most computers come with a built-in firewall to keep viruses and malware out.

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6 Digital tools that encourage computational thinking

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The platform provides instructional video lessons on all subjects that can be shared on any learning management system (LMS) with students in third to fifth grade. The website offers teachers free software and curriculum to teach computer science, digital citizenship, entrepreneurship, and more, to students of all ages.

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Need an LMS next year? Here are three to consider

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An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. Having said that, I have a similar complaint about most LMS programs I’ve evaluated. Did I miss it?

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The Case for PDFs in Class Revisited

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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). If it’s stored on a website (or an LMS), students download to their drive with no loss of access, tools, or privileges.

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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

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Know how to use the digital devices available in your class. Your school probably uses a variety of hardware (laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, and more) to access class websites, blogs, online grade books, and/or an LMS (like Otus, Google Classroom, or Edmodo). Model good digital citizenship.

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Otus–Exciting Free LMS You Want to Meet

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There are a lot of options out there, but none had enough of the characteristics that most teachers I know look for with an LMS, namely: delivers content to students in a variety of formats. works across all platforms–iPads, web, Chromebooks. tracks student progress on assigned activities. includes reminders of activities.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Give students a method to work together using forums, LMS Discussion Boards, blogs, and even Twitter. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. quick methods like texting are fine.

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