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Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today’s tip: Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Category: iPads. Here’s a poster with the ten most popular iPad shortkeys found in classrooms: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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iPads in Kindergarten

The CoolCatTeacher

Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen on episode 512 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Karen Lirenman ( @ KLirenman ) and Kristen Wideen ( @ mrswideen ) have written the definitive book on using iPads in the elementary classroom, Innovate with iPad: Lessons to Transform Learning in the Classroom.

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Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. Even a decade ago, technology was an extra class in student schedules where now, it is a life skill. Kindergartners love technology. I’m reposting this article for my readers. They arrive with bad habits.

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

Ask a Tech Teacher

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Until the day of, the technology that is its foundation fails. All that matters is an effort to use technology to add rigor and excitement to a tired lesson plan fails, leaving the teacher more technophobic than ever.

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Technology to Support and Empower Users With Disabilities

From MacBooks to iPads to iPhones and all things in-between, schools around the globe have found that Apple devices’ ease of use, robust design, and thoughtful creative and educational features are absolutely essential in the classroom. There is an increasing global focus on accessibility for students in school.

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Tech Tip #76–13 Tips for using an iPad

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Today’s tip: 13 Tips for Using an iPad. Category: iPads. Here’s a poster with thirteen basics tips to share with students new to iPads: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Tech Tip #106–11 Great Typing Timesavers on iPads

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Today’s tip: 11 Great Typing Timesavers on iPads. Category: iPads. Q: Typing on the iPad keyboard is slow. A: Here are eleven time-savers students will appreciate (as will colleagues) when using iPads. Place two fingers in the middle of the iPad keyboard and flick them to the side.

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Transform Your Classroom with Apple

Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

Whether using Macs, iPads, or Apple TV, Apple devices encourage creativity and can simplify teaching with apps to make the classroom more flexible, collaborative and personalized for each student. You'll learn: Apple technologies for the classroom, from devices to setup and workflows. Apple empowers educators and students by design.

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Keeping Students Safe and Productive on Devices

Speaker: Aaron Webb, Jamf

With the ever-evolving classroom, technology has become omnipresent in students’ learning. It’s vital to understand the risks and know how to keep students safe while maximizing technology learning potential.

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Flattening the Distance-Learning Curve with a 1-to-1 iPad Program

Schools that offered a 1-to-1 technology program were at a distinct advantage over those who couldn’t. This eBook provides guidance on how your school can economically offer a 1-to-1 iPad program. In the wake of the pandemic, many schools shifted to distance learning to keep students and teachers safe.