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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. The underlying theme can’t be ignored by teachers any longer: A 21 st Century learner requires technologic proficiency.

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Voice Typing in Google Documents

Catlin Tucker

Click on the microphone icon and allow Google to access the microphone on your device. Just like your SmartPhone talk to text feature, it will recognize words like “comma” and “period” and insert the punctuation if you say these words as you dictate. Available NOW ! .

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PleIQ: the interactive smart toy that fosters multiple intelligences through Augmented Reality

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Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Teachers and parents both have access to progress monitoring data that shows exactly where your children are growing.

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PleIQ: the early-years interactive smart toy that fosters multiple intelligences through an Augmented Reality experience

Educational Technology Guy

Eight beautifully tangible cubes displaying each letter, number, and a handful of special symbols come to life before your eyes through the accompanying mobile app for smartphones and tablets. Teachers and parents both have access to progress monitoring data that shows exactly where your children are growing.

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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

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When these “digital natives” show up in my classroom, they have played with iPads and their parents’ smartphones enough to know how to swipe, tap, squeeze, and shake, but they know none of the nuances required to morph the device from a toy to a productivity tool. Do you use a smartphone and all of its scintillating apps?

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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

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But Robo Wunderkind seems more accessible and a good way to try robotics before switching to Arduino and Raspberry Pi when your kid grows up. The code symbols are a bit small for a smartphone screen and become hidden under the iPhone’s lower coping. . How to get started. What I really like about Robo Wunderkind.

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Storyboard That–Digital Storyteller, Graphic Oranizer, and more

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Lesson plans include how-to steps, Common Core alignment, sample storyboard layouts, synopsis, and Essential Questions. . Students can join with an access key supplied by the teacher–no email required–or be bulk-added by the administrator.