eSchool News

MAY 1, 2024

By combining a social media-style interface with academically rigorous content, TeachTap makes learning more fun, efficient and accessible than ever before. TeachTap does not include access to external websites to ensure integrity in the material presented to students.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2023

From crafting simple classroom presentations to producing intricate storytelling projects, these apps cater to a wide range of creative needs. It’s designed for ease of use, making it accessible to both beginners and experienced editors. The app automatically edits and produces the movie, making it incredibly user-friendly.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom. Tools for the modern classroom have significantly developed and expanded in recent years. These learning priorities are met with increased blended learning methods that combine in-person instruction with online experiences. . by TeachThought Staff.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, a sizable portion of online news stories, especially those circulating on social media sites are fake news, false information, disinformation, misinformation, or downright propaganda. How to spot fake news classroom posters Here are two handy posters to use with students in class. Killer Underwear Invasion!:

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 25, 2015

This ends up resulting in the formation of rules and policies that severely restrict or prohibit student use of mobile technology and social media as tools to support and/or enhance learning. As the presentation began to focus on mobile learning initiatives a hand immediately went up. Here we go!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Photo to cartoon tools can be an excellent tool for teachers.They can can help you make abstract concepts more accessible and engaging for students. In the classroom, teachers can also use these tools to create fun, interactive activities that challenge students to think critically.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2016

Lisa Dabbs, Tanya Avrith, and Erin Klein will be presenting about edtech tools, social media in education, #NTChat, and connected classrooms. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. Click to access that resource!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2023

As someone deeply entrenched in educational technology, it takes something special to make me go, “Wow, this could really make a difference in classrooms,” and Presentory does just that. It’s super accessible. So, not only are you breaking the spatial barriers, but you’re also making education more accessible.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 2, 2017

ubiquitous, mobile learning becomes an impactful way of learning f?r learning opportunities. It is no surprise then that mobile learning ?? However, like most aspects of educational technology, m-Learning is a rapidly changing field. students in classrooms. f learning styles. r Learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 21, 2024

These AI technologies open doors to inventive and engaging learning experiences, especially in the realms of photo creation and editing. They simplify complex concepts, making them more accessible, and infuse a dash of creativity into traditional classroom environments.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 1, 2024

Their insightful exploration delves into the essence of being digitally literate amidst the transformative waves of the social media boom and the proliferation of Web 2.0 The advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing various sectors, including education, and our classrooms are becoming increasingly digitized.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 25, 2011

I was also adamant that social media had no place in an educational setting, but most of you who read this blog know about my radical change of mind in regards to this. technology, including social media. This small change evolved into my present philosophy on how schools can, and should, use social media.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 27, 2021

Now it’s moving, from a singular there, to a plural everywhere –very much a new age of information and information access. The response to this access has been slow–and even when swift, it has rarely been compelling or long-lasting. And it can be accessed not simply from computers, but phones and gaming devices.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Watch this quick video demo to see Jasper in action Jasper's AI Writing templates Jasper provides access to a wide variety of pre-designed templates that you can use to generate content for various purposes from marketing pitches to writing blog posts. You need to buy credits to use the plagiarism checker. Credits start from 10$.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 5, 2013

A few years ago Peter John and I wrote a book entitled 'The Digital Classroom'. Everyone in the world of education it seems, has an interest in how technology is going to influence what we do in the classroom. We even mentioned the Semantic Web (or Web 3.0 ) as a potential horizon technology for learning.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 2, 2017

When I was in the classroom, I felt isolated as a teacher. We live in an age where we have near real time access to just about anything you want to know and to the people who know it best. Social media allows us to connect, to learn, to grow and to reflect not only within ourselves but with each other.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

because teaching is no longer an isolated profession; it’s a dynamic and interconnected field requiring teachers to work collaboratively and build expansive professional and personal learning networks. Networking, both in-person and online through social media, educational blogs, video conferences, and forums, plays a crucial role.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

APRIL 8, 2016

They can share their ideas on social media to make people worldwide more aware and encourage people to make small and big changes to preserve resources and reduce waste. Below discover activities, resources, websites, mobile apps, and more to get your students to play an active role in caring for the Earth.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

It’s rare when anyone considers the other—and perhaps more important—angle: Students want to learn with technology. By empowering student learning with more opportunities for them to communicate with classmates, you’ll soon realize how important technology is in the classroom. They want to learn at a comfortable speed.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. Today, video use in the classroom is more commonplace. Present-day students, who interact with a steady stream of digital media throughout the day, are generally unsurprised by video in the classroom; if anything, they expect it. References Brame, C.

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Buncee

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Buncee has been a favorite tool in my classroom for the past couple of years. Over this time, we have seen a lot of great updates and new features continually added to Buncee and have enjoyed creating and coming up with new ideas of ways to use Buncee for learning. Is it accessible on different devices? A classroom sign?

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2015

Social Media isn’t the only area in which New York City is paving the way. Instead of banning devices, schools will have options including: Store mobile devices in backpacks or a designated location during the school day. Allow mobile devices to be used during lunch or in designated areas only. Students like the idea.

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Learning with 'e's

MARCH 12, 2016

Much was discussed during the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week in Paris. The image presented here was ironic, appearing as it did on the door to the main venue of the conference, but as several pointed out, the device in the image is a reference to a bygone age when mobile phones were primitive.

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Learning with 'e's

JANUARY 5, 2013

This is Part 5 in my series of posts on the future of learning and technology. A few years ago Peter John and I wrote a book entitled 'The Digital Classroom'. The idea of a 'classroom' (regardless of how anachronistic that may sound) is appealing when it is 'digitised'. Much more learning will be done outside of the classroom.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 8, 2015

The Information Age is as full of change as it is spectacle, with access an integral component. Access for everyone to everything, a principal the Khan Academy is built on. Of course, with this kind of access comes disruption. In classrooms across the globes, learners are being educated in information-scarce environments.

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Gaggle Speaks

JANUARY 18, 2016

Even though a majority of kids now have unlimited access to social media and the Internet in their hands, it doesn’t mean that they have the necessary tools needed to handle everything responsibly. Is there access to “sext” education or other available resources? Preparing Students For Smartphone Ownership.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 23, 2020

This week on the Learning Revolution we have two new weekly live and interactive shows starting - " Thrive in EDU " with Rachelle Dene Poth and " Exceptional Circumstances for Exceptional Children " with Rebecca Muller. She is the author of eight books, including Liberating Genius , The Habitudes and The Passion Driven Classroom.

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Learning with 'e's

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Smart mobile phones continue to disrupt our society. They are increasingly pervasive and accessible. For everyone of us who own them, mobile phones are changing our lives, influencing our decisions about how we interact with each other, how we access and consume information, how we work, entertain ourselves and purchase our goods.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JULY 25, 2012

Learning 2.0 is a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on rethinking teaching and learning in the age of the Internet. A full strand list is available ? Huge thank to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University, the founding conference sponsor!

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Christine explains how she uses G Suite, including Google Classroom in Kinder. “Google helps us take the activities in the classroom to another level.” This list will give you VIP access to early information about our podcast when the episodes will air, and special resources just for our Google Teacher Tribe!!

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

No matter what grade level you teach, or what devices you have available, every student can participate in the Hour of Code and learn the basic principles that apply to all programming languages (like sequencing and looping). Classroom Tips. Share photos and videos of your Hour of Code event on social media.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 10, 2012

Subject strands include changes in the classroom, in student learning, in teacher personal and professional growth, in schools, and in pedagogy. The conference sessions are being held in Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate), and can be accessed live from any personal computer. PRESENTING: The Learning 2.0

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 1, 2015

While it has been derided by educators for decades as incapable of truly measuring understanding, and while performance on such exams can be noticeably improved simply by learning a few tricks, the multiple choice question may have a larger, less obvious flaw that disrupts the tone of learning itself.

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Learning with 'e's

AUGUST 9, 2011

The biggest surprise for me so far has been social media: it is the biggest thing in the last ten years to hit the world of learning technology. You already mentioned social media as one of the most important technologies that have changed learning. What has been the biggest surprise in the last years?

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Learning with 'e's

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

The illustrious history of teaching students at a distance has embraced each new technology as it appeared, from printed text, through telephone, radio and television, CDs and videos cassettes, to modern day, digital age technologies such as mobile phones, the internet and direct satellite broadcasting.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 6, 2014

A thousand years ago, books were accessible to a select few. Often, you needed to be part of a certain social class, ethnicity, and profession. I feel incredibly blessed to live at a time when technological developments continue to strive to provide access to the entire world. . – Steve Ballmer. Byte-sized Potential.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

AUGUST 27, 2022

From self-learning to flipped classroom approach, we have seen technology make a considerable impact on the learning and teaching methodologies. With numerous benefits to offer, digital learning has become an important part of the education system. Learning Outside the Classroom Environment.

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