The Thinking Stick

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A few weeks ago a Bill was introduced here in the State of Washington that would make teaching cursive writing mandatory in elementary schools. I have been talking about this since before 2009. The school I was at had iPads that were so locked down that they frustrated all of us (teachers included). Why are we moving backwards?

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 24, 2017

With the Common Core State Standards launching in 2009 and textbook publishers having to recreate their curriculums, many districts were left with their teachers having to come up with their own curriculum that met the new state standards. Ann-Marie Skaggs has been teaching elementary school in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2005.

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The Web20Classroom

JANUARY 3, 2011

I wrote a post on December 28, 2009 where I talked about tools that I thought would have a break out year. Think about it in a lower elementary classroom. Tablets- The iPad is wicked cool. Apps are what make the iPad so great. I want to be hip. So here is my reflections on 2010 and my predictions for 2011. How did I do?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. You do not need iPads to implement and learn from this research. Now, Sean, you’re currently working with iPads and some online formative assessments for STEM classrooms. Opening Graphic.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Back in 2009, the 5th grade classes, teachers, and I worked on an oral history project to try to capture some of the stories of Barrow’s history. When they went to the iPad, they simply typed in the password, and Flipgrid knew who they were. They simply filled out their first and last name.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 1, 2016

The Dual Coding Theory “was the first systematic, scientific attempt to bridge two traditions in philosophy and psychology: the imagery tradition and the verbal tradition.” ( Sadoski, 2009 ). A good notebook and a thin line marker or an iPad app and a drawing drawing stylus are the two basic choices.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2016

Students at Lovett Elementary, the Clinton, Miss. The district has provided iPads or laptops to all students for several years. In fully integrated Clinton, black students’ and white students’ scores on the seventh-grade ELA exams rose from 2009 to 2013, while the black-white gap shrank from 33 to 11 percentage points.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

link] IPAD AND APPS GO TO MIDDLE SCHOOL ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Tue 1 Mar 04:00PM New York / Tue 1 Mar 09:00PM GMT / Wed 2 Mar 08:00AM Sydney Mary Henton. Explore the iPad and some great apps for the middle school classroom. Take a look at iPad’s possibilities for teaching and learning. Which translates into 4.9

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 3, 2012

Steven was voted the Most Influential Tweeter in the Edublog Awards 2009 for his part in helping to create #Edchat which now has over 500 weekly participants. Some say that computers, iPads, tablets, have no place in the classroom. He returned to the #140 Conference in 2010 as a featured speaker, this time in New York City.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The recordings of recent FutureofEducation.com shows are posted: David Loertscher on Library 2.0 , Gina Bianchini on Mightybell , Tim Wilson on Redirect , Peter Cookson on a Children''s Education Bill of Rights , and an iPads in the Classroom report. The bill will be a massive revisions to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

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The Daring Librarian

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Here''s my first in 2009. iPad Air 2 Feeling spendy? The new iPad Air 2 is super thin, light, and amazing! This will replace my iPad 2 which I will trade into Amazon (LOVE this service - it works - FAST! It took about an hour all told to get this new iPad up and running. GREAT customer service! LOVE my Keurig!

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The Electric Educator

JULY 2, 2016

The Chromebook launched in 2009, and it was horrible! Section 1 also helps users transition from Mac, PC, or iPad to the Chrome platform. Specific lessons are given for elementary, middle, and high school age students. Sowash For the past year I have been working on my first book - The Chromebook Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Learning2gether is a participant-driven professional development series that has produced over 420 podcasts since its inception in 2009. The goal of this transdisciplinary unit is to develop a research-based global education curriculum that promotes healthy eating habits among children in elementary schools especially 3rd through 5th grade.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2019

In tiny Foster, Rhode Island, teachers at Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School use high-tech methods to teach a largely rural, off-the-grid population. Down Route 6, not far from the Shady Acres Restaurant and Dairy, is Captain Isaac Paine Elementary School. Tammy Kim, for The Hechinger Report. PROVIDENCE, R.I. The George W.

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