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50 Ways to Teach Using Music in Your Classroom

Waterford

Bringing music into your classroom can not only make lessons more engaging, it may also promote cognitive and social-emotional advantages for your students. Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. 40 Music Activities for the Kids in Your Classroom. The solfeg.io

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Wacom for Education

Kathy Schrock

That is why I have used external pen tablets over the years. During the pandemic, many educators used pen tablets and blank presentation slides or online whiteboards to replace their in-classroom whiteboard when they were presenting from home. The thing about Wacom pen tablets is they continue to work forever!

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Acer Announces Alliance With Wonder Workshop

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The bundles pair Wonder Workshop’s Cue, Dash and Dot robots with Acer Chromebooks, Chrome tablets, Window notebook PCs and Android tablets. The new STEAM bundles are being shown in Acer (2002) and Wonder Workshop’s (5418) booths this week at ISTE 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place West Building. Prices start at $895.

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How to Set Healthy Screen Time Habits: A Guide for Parents

Waterford

Through computers, smartphones, and tablets, we have a wealth of information at our fingertips that can be both entertaining and intellectually stimulating. International Trends in Adolescent Screen-Time Behaviors From 2002 to 2010. Depending on how we use it, technology can be either a priceless tool or endless distraction.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

Edsurge

In 2002, our team at Microsoft Education created an LMS for a world where every teacher and student had a tablet computer. Tablet computers didn’t take off until a decade later. Internet ubiquity in the classroom led teachers to adopt email and experiment with other technologies. The infrastructure just wasn’t ready.

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5 Augmented and Virtual Reality Creation Tools for Students

Shake Up Learning

Luckily, augmented and virtual reality tools (often abbreviated AR and VR respectively) are becoming readily accessible to anyone with a smartphone, tablet or even a Chromebook. The tools listed are in no particular order and are tools that are readily accessible with smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks or even desktop computers.

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Adobe Flash End of Life & the Threat to Education

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The impact of Flash on education and the classroom. If a teacher has ever done any photo editing, stream a video online, or played an internet game in the classroom, they have used Adobe. The National Center for Educational Statistics shows only about 3% of schools in 1994 had internet access in their classroom.

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