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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Digital calendars Does anyone carry around a calendar book any more? Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Classroom activities should be handled the same. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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10 Great PowerPoint Changes You Probably Don’t Know About

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The first time I ran into these was with a link checker called AbleBits.com to find dead links in my tech ed books. Note: This does require access to the MS server so you can only use it where WiFi is available. This is great for teachers who use PowerPoint for flipped classrooms, snow days, subs, or other lesson planning.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

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Student Engagement I’m in social media groups where frustrated teachers recently commented that their grade books looked like “Swiss Cheese” and that many students were just missing during online learning sessions. With video instruction on the rise, flipped classroom techniques can help any teacher. Check out the course 17.

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15 Take-aways from Online Grad School Classes

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Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. Lots (and lots) of schools are not 1:1, making do with shared carts of digital devices. Lots (and lots) of students don’t have internet access at home.

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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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This is especially useful in flipped classrooms where students review videos to prepare for class. The ability to shout out to classmates, to be answered whenever they access their Twitter stream, is huge. The youngest likely will do this as a group, accessed anywhere with an Internet connection. Formative assessment.

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3 Organizational Apps to Start the School Year

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When looking for an app to curate classroom reading, consider these requirements: works well with your current LMS. displays books quickly, allowing you to open multiple books, add annotations, and take notes. It can access many cloud accounts including Dropbox and Google Drive. full access to Google Drive.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. But blended learning is more than simply replacing lectures and books with web-based technology. videos, links, and audio) are available online, students can access them according to their schedules and location.