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APRIL 5, 2019

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants. Benefits of a School License.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

Now, children are digital natives. Children as young as two are utilizing tablets, exploring the apps on smartphones, and accessing knowledge via the internet. Digital resources can save teachers innumerable hours of planning, grading, assigning, and assessing in the classroom.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Many lesson plans include a video overview and a quiz to assess understanding of the material (though you can’t grade it without an account). A favorite of mine is the sixty-minute lesson on digital citizenship. Students and you can watch the videos and access the lessons from a desktop, a tablet, or a smartphone. **.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Type Dojo also has a link to KidzType where students can access a wide variety of keyboarding games to mix in with the tests. Though all typing is timed, students can use the lists to drill keyboarding skills, paying attention to the timer only for assessment purposes. With Type Dojo, students have easy access to all of these.

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MAY 31, 2017

Registered students can access questions at the pace they’d like, take full timed tests to build test-taking stamina, pause during testing, flag questions they want more work on, save generated tests to finish or retake later, and more. UWorld College Prep can be used on iPads, smartphones, or desktop computers.

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MAY 16, 2015

Today’s students have access to far more knowledge than their parents once found in encyclopedias and on maps. With the click of a mouse and without leaving the classroom, they can access the collective knowledge of all mankind via the Internet. But that’s not the only way technology is making it easier for students to learn.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Your smartphone or tablet is your gateway to the world of music. The app allows the use of either an electric or acoustic guitar, and it employs the tablet or phone’s microphone to hear what the student plays to assess progress. Do you want to learn how to play an instrument or sing? Awards are given to induce practice and development.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Guest author, Emily Clearly over at mysimpleshow has ten more reasons why videos are a great educational tool for your teaching: Videos are in line with the technological times and can be accessed on the Internet at any point, from wherever you are in the world. Dear Otto: How do I assess a project like Movie Maker?

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2019

Her writing is accessible and her recommendations offer parents actionable ideas for managing family media use. In this thought-provoking read, Jordan Shapiro draws from research across a range of disciplines to help parents embrace raising kids in the digital world. Not too much. Mostly with others.” The New Childhood.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 26, 2016

At a time where the idea of a “phone” being used for teaching and learning still makes many uneasy, Nearpod created yet another avenue to show the value of using smartphones in the classroom as a means to enhance the learning experience for both teachers and students. App Overview. Explore – find lessons by grade level and subject area.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Digital Citizenship. Karen Mossberger, Associate Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, defines digital citizenship simply as “the ability to participate in society online.”

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FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Philosophically, these are all good definitions, but after fifteen years teaching K-8 technology and grad school, I know ‘digital literacy’ is much more complicated than a couple of sentences, especially when we’re talking about students baptized in iPads and smartphones. Digital databases are the new library.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

And they look at that data, every single moment of the day, and they analyze it, and they decide what needs to be done to redirect construction, to regroup, to reteach, to enrich, to enhance – all on the spur of the moment, because they have ready access to the data. Learn more about formative assessment. Kecia: Oh yeah, absolutely.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The App Hub is dedicated to bringing transparency to developers’ data and accessibility policies, and to help decision-makers find information about apps to meet the unique learning goals and policies of their school districts.”. Developers Resource Page – a resource page for app developers to access best practices and policies.

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DECEMBER 15, 2015

Simply click the link to access the website, wait until it loads, board the train, and get started. Students can only access one new game a day. That’s fine–I need these opportunities to teach digital citizenship. It’s only available on the web–no iPad or smartphone versions yet.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

CLASSLINK ONECLICK ClassLink OneClick technology enables access to Web-based, Windows, and Google applications, and instant access to files at school and in the cloud. Accessible from any computer, tablet, or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1:1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. There’s nothing to install.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Digital tools are powering a new era of K-12 learning Still, challenges remain–among them, equity and access Stay up to date on the latest trends about learning in the digital age In today’s digital age, learning has gone through a profound transformation, reshaping traditional educational models.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Further, it was beyond the scope of our study to identify how computer and tablet access lowered test scores." public high schools (42.5

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

New data analyses by NCES offer an updated assessment of the adoption of online learning by high schools: More than 4 in 10 U.S. Further, it was beyond the scope of our study to identify how computer and tablet access lowered test scores." public high schools (42.5

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