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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Enter them to an easily accessible digital calendar like Google Calendar and share with students, parents, and interested stakeholders. Options include Jing (provides a link to a video), Screencast-o-matic (provides a video that can be embedded or uploaded to YouTube), and Educreations. Classroom activities should be handled the same.

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Learning and Reflecting with Video

A Principal's Reflections

The result has been the creation of a vlog (video blog) in the form of a YouTube Channel, which you can access HERE. I like using this tool because it syncs with and simultaneously broadcasts across Twitter. In addition to those mentioned above, teachers can create their own videos using tools such as Educreations or Adobe Captivate.

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Digital Activities & Icebreakers for Gen Y

Teacher Reboot Camp

You will find hashtags used on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Vine, and many other social networks. Draw and Dash - Each student will need to use a piece of paper or a drawing app like Tackk, Educreations, Magic Paintbrush, or Sketchbook Express. Hashtags also help you find and connect with subject matter experts (SMEs) in any field.

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5 Must-have tools for Ed Conferences

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Now, you might be asked to scan a QR code and visit a website, access meeting documents online, interact digitally, or use a backchannel device to share your real-time thoughts with the presenter. They’ll do most everything you need–access websites, take notes, email friends, text colleagues, scan QR codes, post blog updates.

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Go Paperless for Earth Day

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an LMS like Edmodo, Otus, or MyBigCampus–these often include an interactive gradebook, parent inclusion devices, a student discussion forum, polls, a way to collect and share resources, a class calendar, and access across a variety of digital devices. Classroom activities should be handled the same. quick methods like texting are fine.

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How to go Paperless in Your Classroom

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an LMS like Edmodo, Otus, or MyBigCampus–these often include an interactive gradebook, parent inclusion devices, a student discussion forum, polls, a way to collect and share resources, a class calendar, and access across a variety of digital devices. Classroom activities should be handled the same. quick methods like texting are fine.

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iPad Basic Training for Teachers

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This is why we had been reading everything we could via Twitter and blogs and attending every session we could at professional events about mobile learning and iPads for the past three years. This type of initiative is exactly what my supervisor Kim (AKA @DigitalLearners ) and I had been waiting/hoping for.

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