Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 29, 2015

You can do pretty much anything with a Chromebook so the sky's the limit. Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc. Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Even though Charlottesville City Schools standardized on Chromebooks for its one-to-one program, the devices were not the right solution for students in STEM courses who needed to use computer-aided design software and 3D printers. They work on any project they want, such as robotics.

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eSchool News

JULY 5, 2022

Aperture was on hand to demonstrate its scalable SEL solution for K-12 that grows with students and staff, from teacher-based ratings and strategies at the elementary level, to student- and teacher-facing assessment and strategy software for high school students and staff.

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EdTech Robotics Assessment STEM 131

EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

In the tournament, middle school teams compete in 14 events, including Lego robotics, video production and the 3D Derby, where participants use a 3D printer to design and produce cars, and then race them. Start small with a robotics competition or a club,” he says. We have to plan years ahead to stay up to date.

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Lenovo Robotics Industry Training 177

Kathy Schrock

AUGUST 19, 2020

Since many lessons include both digital and analog assets, like math manipulatives, science lab materials, and textbooks, a document camera can support the times educators need to show the student something -- whether it be a demo of a art lesson, a certain passage in a book, or the process of assembling a robotic component.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Additionally, hardware tools like tablets and Chromebooks enhance personalized learning experiences. Adaptive learning platforms: Personalize instruction with adaptive learning software, tailoring lessons based on individual student progress. Online platforms such as Flipgrid encourage student engagement through video discussions.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

It regularly participates in several different competitions, including ones for robotics and solar cars. Then, four years ago, Marisa Vickery, facilitator of learning and innovation for the district, was approached by a parent who is a software engineer and was interested in working with students on building a drone.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 8, 2020

Devices such as iPads, iPods, Chromebooks, interactive whiteboards, and different software for educators are just the tip of the iceberg–there’s much, much more that connected devices, augmented reality, and robotics can add to teaching methods. Related content: So, you want to evaluate a tech tool?

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Technology Software Robotics Chromebook 52

Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Software Updates Google is reorganizing its Classroom platform to make it easier to sort materials by topic. McGraw-Hill introduces a new English language arts software for grades 2-7 called Redbird Language Arts & Writing. The new company, owned by SDI Innovations, makes a robotic arm and a corresponding STEM curriculum.

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Edmodo Google Robotics Software 99

Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2020

I hear the kids are going to make a robot move to the right, stop, and turn around. Today, K-12 coding education offerings often include edutainment: some brand’s robotic-design, game-design and app-design program, packaged as engaging, entertaining experiences for students. How cool is that? The reality: It’s not that cool.

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STEM Robotics Company Chromebook 149

Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

This is what we currently have in our lab now that we are 3 years into the program: Wonder Workshop Dash and Dot Robots. These are our "go to" robotics for elementary students. Wonder Workshop Cue Robots. These robots even allow students to toggle between block coding a javascript. Sphero Robots. Merge Cubes.

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STEM Elementary Robotics Lenovo 62

A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

More and more schools have gone 1:1 thanks to the cost-effectiveness of the Chromebook and cloud-based tools. Automation and robotics are already disrupting the world of work, as we know it. Society is now in the midst of the Fourth Industrial Revolution , which was in its infancy as I began writing this book. Have you heard of it?

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techlearning

APRIL 17, 2018

Birdbrain technologies is a robotics company that has two main products: the Hummingbird Robotics Kit and the Finch robot. Finch is a simple bird-like robot that's whole purpose is to bridge that coding gap, and where it works wonders is its device flexibility. It also works with open source software Scratch and Snap.

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Robotics Software Chromebook EdTech 40

TeacherCast

JUNE 4, 2015

Vikas from WonderWorkshop first got me thinking about you music could help teach programming last year when I heard him speak about why Dash, one of their robots, plays the xylophone. As I have been learning about programming and teaching kids to code, music is a theme that keeps emerging. Trinket.io

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Chromebook Robotics iPad Industry 68

The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. Now, do you use robots? What about robotics? In my class, we use the Sphero robot quite a bit. See Top Tips for Teaching with Robots Using Sphero. So that’s my Go To robot. Vicki: I love that.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning. CTL CHROMEBOOK NL7TW ( CTL.NET ) The CTL Chromebook NL7TW is CTL’s latest convertible 360 Chromebook incorporating Intel’s next generation of processors.

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Robotics Chromebook Edmentum Mobility 42

EdTechTeam

APRIL 18, 2018

The sensor remotely sends data, such as acceleration, angular velocity, and altitude to a spreadsheet on the student Chromebook in real time. Many of the USB microscopes available now are “plug and play,” which means that they do not require any software to be installed on your device in order to use the camera.

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Technology Classroom Chromebook Data 69

techlearning

MAY 7, 2018

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are quality pieces of software, but the lack of them on anything other than Mac means adoption will be low. The collaborative nature of tools and the access to the Drive App Store gives Chromebooks a level of collaborative creation that is good enough for most.

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Microsoft Comparison Google LMS 41

Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

When it comes to devices, many kids today have access to iPads or Chromebooks. Many students have tablets connected to services that provide a huge selection of reading materials with cloud software to guide them to titles targeted to interests and skill levels. The role of the teacher, however, is still critical.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We have rolling carts of iPads, Chromebooks and robots throughout our lower school and grades 5-12 are now in a 1:1 environment. Every year software is developed that creates an "aha" moment of "YES, this is what we need to support or learning initiatives!" I work in a technology blessed school.

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Edsurge

APRIL 1, 2018

We will use some arcane technology called “blockchain” and distributed ledgers to validate that education software works. Students are virtually beamed onboard a cruise via a robot, which has a screen and camera to give students at home a sense that they are roaming around the ship. Just don’t ask how this works.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Software & Online 3DBEAR AR INNOVATOR PROGRAM ( 3dbear.io/product/ The software takes advantage of Casio’s Natural Display technology for input and output of mathematical expressions. IMPERO SOFTWARE EDUCATION PRO V7 ( www.imperosoftware.com ) Impero Software announced the latest version of Impero Education Pro V7.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

Between software licences and acquiring the proper hardware, teaching computer science can be very expensive. We’ve been able to bridge this digital divide by seeking an accessible platform: Construct 3 can be downloaded for use offline and can run on inexpensive Chromebooks. Finally, affordability is a major barrier.

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Digital Divide Education Course Accessibility 110

eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2023

Between software licences and acquiring the proper hardware, teaching computer science can be very expensive. We’ve been able to bridge this digital divide by seeking an accessible platform: Construct 3 can be downloaded for use offline and can run on inexpensive Chromebooks. Finally, affordability is a major barrier.

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Digital Divide Education Course Accessibility 106

The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. What’s different about the trend today is that educational technology companies are eagerly marketing software under the “personalized learning” label. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report.

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Personalized Learning Software Data Report 97

Adam Welcome

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Yes - I really love enhancing the curriculum in classes with laptops, tablets, coding and robots. John Deere the tractor company is currently hiring a Senior Software Engineer right now. Yes - I use to set up Google Apps domains for Principals when I was still a teacher. Spoiler alert - it's not just me.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Teaching will be one of the last jobs taken away by the robots, because software will never be the same as a human who is thinking about what you’re thinking and can use that understanding to say, `here, let me unlock this for you.’ ”. Andrew Rowland, co-founder and CEO of Classkick. Photo: Chris Berdik.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

They settle in at the computers where Caine teaches coding and software, such as Illustrator and Photoshop, or they head to the back room for the 3-D printer, vinyl cutter and robotics kits. Caine oversees the school’s Chromebooks. Some kids come to log extra time on class projects. Others show up just for the internet.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed. Instead, they’ve re-branded as job training sites.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

At about half the price of Mindstorms Kits , you can build and code interactive, motorized robots, models and creations with distance, color and tilt sensor technologies with this new kit. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. This tiny drive can pack in two terabytes of data.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 18, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 17, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150

EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2019

While there’s no single “right” way to approach the project-based learning model, common technologies that now underpin core success include: Laptops: Mancos schools have gone one-to-one with Chromebooks, Whritner notes.

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How To Classroom Outcomes Chromebook 150