eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2024

I gave our technology department marching orders to get every student and every teacher on a Chromebook and trained in the Google Suite within two weeks. I believed technology would be powerful for our scholars and I wanted everyone to have access to it, but only one student in the entire school signed up for the program.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nearly 5,800 students attend classes at one of the district’s eight elementary schools, two middle schools, and high school. When the district’s schools were forced to transition to online learning in March 2020, access to devices was paramount. All the schools worked together to pool available laptops and iPads.

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Vizor

JANUARY 15, 2020

Reading Time: 5 minutes Chromebooks are widely popular in the Education Sector. School districts buy thousands of Chromebooks at a time for their students. Google makes it an easy choice with Chromebooks’ durability, long battery life, and low costs. Chromebook Management is often overlooked from an IT perspective.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 18, 2020

Distance and virtual are appropriate where all kids have access to a device and the Internet. The district distributed 1,300 Chromebooks to its middle school students and decided to pay $4,600 to provide wireless access for any student who didn’t have it at home. “We In my mind, there is a clear distinction.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

COAST students will also have access to tools such as 3D printers and a 5-kilowatt solar panel , as well as professional software such as AutoCAD. . Now, every middle school student will have an assigned Chromebook , and every high school student will have an assigned Dell PC that can convert to a tablet. . by Marquita Brown.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard with Donnie Piercey. I always like to use Google Maps. How to update Google Streetview Images.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2018

And with fast Wi-Fi, students can access G Suite for Education and other cloud-based educational apps on their Chromebooks. Chromebooks, Wi-Fi and AV Equipment Enhance Learning . In Neosho, the IT department equipped every seventh- and eighth-grader with Lenovo Chromebooks this school year.

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

Schools that receive E-rate program discounts for broadband access are required to have internet safety policies with “technology protection measures.” Map educators and learners separately If you don’t already, it’s a good idea to keep educators and learners separate in your Google organizational unit (OU) structure.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Specifically, I’ll mention features of Screencastify , the tool I recommend for students to use for Google Chrome or Chromebooks. (If Bandwidth Savings when Uploading to Google Drive. Also, saving screencasts to Google Drive is an advantage because I don’t have to download those large video files.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2020

Working Remotely with My Gifted Elementary Students. Our state and thus my district made an extremely quick decision to close the schools – heard last Thursday night and was told to send home with students Chromebooks along with lessons on Friday, a half day. I asked each of them to share their stories with me via a Google doc.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 14, 2022

With this in mind, we developed WeVideo Classroom to make multimedia creation accessible to all students, while also better serving the everyday needs of schools. Built directly into the Chrome browser for easy use and accessibility, the Quick Recorder makes creating instructional videos a two-click task.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2018

Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. BURNS: The technology gives students access to resources they might not have been able to access in the past. She is a Certified Google Educator as well as a Microsoft Innovative Educator.

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 8, 2018

Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. I have scoured the web to compile this ultimate list of Google Classroom resources! What is Google Classroom? How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? Google Sites? Should I use it?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

You don’t have a computer, you don’t have internet, you can’t even access distance learning,” Silver said. RELATED: Racial segregation is one reason some families have internet access and others don’t, new research finds. We need to change that.”. “We We can’t afford not to.”. The homework gap isn’t new.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

When we went into shelter-in-place on March 17, we were clearing out Chromebook carts [not only] for students but also for our own employees. Langford said the district had discussed a one-to-one Chromebook plan for years and an evening technology help desk for students. Overnight they became tech support for the entire community.

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eSchool News

JUNE 18, 2020

Voge, who teaches at Van Buren Elementary School in California’s Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, returned to the classroom last fall after serving as a digital learning instructional coach for seven-plus years. They were proficient in accessing information and completing assignments right from their Chromebooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

For example, Wabash County issues all students MacBook Airs and iPads (your school could use Chromebooks) that are available to students who can’t get to school: All Wabash County students in grades 3 through 12 have a MacBook Air they take home every day. Google Hangouts. Here are seven options that satisfy these requirements.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Google Masters for Kids of All Ages. What can K-2 students be expected to do in Google Tools?

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 13, 2020

Audio & Google Slides: Now open to all G Suite education domains, educators can use the “insert audio” feature in Google Slides to bring life to their digital assignments, presentations and course content. Upload the audio / mp3 file to Google Drive. In Google Slides: Insert – Audio.

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Tech Helpful

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

For a couple of years I've been trying to figure out a way to have an elementary tech team.I Our elementary school is piloting the idea of elective Friday's for fourth and fifth grade students. At the end of the class the students took a quick three question quiz in Google classroom to earn their "troubleshooter" sticker.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Special Ed Treasure #1: Google Keep. My new favorite right now is Google Keep. Vicki: Yeah.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Your school has finally gone one-to-one with Chromebooks. Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. There will be questions about accessibility and equity. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

Record lessons that students can access anytime, anywhere. Google Hangouts on Air. Google Hangouts on Air (run through Google+) is a virtual meeting room that allows for group get-togethers, screensharing, Q&A sessions, and more to be posted instantly to YouTube. Make a video to help the substitute teacher.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. I was able to get access to many lessons on artificial intelligence and implement those lessons in the mini-unit as well. And we all collaborated via Google Docs or Slides before and during the meetings.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Google Add-Ons and Extensions provide an excellent array of research, writing and feedback tools perfect for laptop, desktop, and Chromebook users. In this first post, we’ll be focusing on WriteWell for Google docs. What is WriteWell for Google Docs? How to Install WriteWell for Google Docs. Click “Get Add-ons.”.

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2016

The elementary English teacher who is using a blended learning approach in her classroom, for example, has come to rely on that cart of fully-charged iPads or Chromebooks that’s rolled into her classroom at 8 a.m., uses Google Calendar to address her district’s cart scheduling challenges. It’s not always easy.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 25, 2017

Accessibility tools. She currently oversees and strategically plans the Google Apps transformations of several school districts in Westchester county. Jennifer presents nationally at instructional technology conferences, and workshops on integrating Google Apps and other emerging technologies into learning.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

2020 has sent more students to our ebooks, it’s made me rethink collection development and those are things that are not going to change moving forward,” Gauthier says, adding that her district is purchasing ebooks in bulk to be shared among its elementary schools. “I

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

What it is: Making & Science is an initiative by Google aimed at showing students that anyone can be a maker or a scientist. Using the featured Science Journal app (Android and Chromebook only), students can measure light, sound, and more. They can also use the app to record observations, organize data, and add observational notes.

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techlearning

AUGUST 10, 2018

Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. I have scoured the web to compile this ultimate list of Google Classroom resources! What is Google Classroom? How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? Google Sites? Should I use it?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Redland Elementary.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Tool #1: Make Bookshelves in Google Books. Richard: So this is one that’s right under everyone’s nose when ever they go to Google, but whenever I share it, people are like, “Oh! It’s Google Books. Now, there’s two versions of Google Books. There’s Google Books where you can go and buy a book. Vicki: Yep!

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Children with smartphones have unfiltered access to the Internet unless their parents make a decision to filter. We may install things on their Chromebooks, but when they are on their phones, they are getting unfiltered access to the internet. Why Do Students Need Protection on their SmartPhones? What is it, Ms. Blog: [link].

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

The purposeful use of technology can innovate assessment, transform time frames around learning, increase collaboration, enable learning about information and research thanks to unprecedented access, and provide a level of student ownership like never before. Just using it to access information is also not a sound use.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Students can log in with their Google ID or set up an account. I think every classical literature teacher should have an Owl Eyes account just to access the annotations and lesson plans. If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. This is a sponsored post.

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