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12 Awesome Ideas for Ending the School Year

Teacher Reboot Camp

Each pair can take a chapter or unit and design assessments or activities to make the unit more engaging. Makerspace time – Bring in a cart of materials donated by parents or the community and provide students with different design missions to accomplish, such as a robot, space car, maze, new sport, or new game.

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30 Sites & Apps for Learning to Program or Code

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Learn Coding, Robot Maintenance with Cozmo ] *This list is in alphabetical order. This is done by dragging and dropping code to make your robot dance. This is ideal for assessing students and differentiating instruction. Pixel - A free new mobile app (iOS/Android) to learn how to code by programming robot's emotions and speech.

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30 Sites/Apps for Learning how to Program or Code

Technology Tidbits

This is done by dragging and dropping code to make your robot dance. This is ideal for assessing students and differentiating instruction. Kids'n'Code - A nice iPad app for younger students learning the basics fo coding as they control robots to solve simple puzzles. *This list is in alphabetical order. Awbie, Jam, and Duo).

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15 Tools for Self Paced Learning

Technology Tidbits

. - One of the most popular sites around for self-paced learning where students can watch animated movies w/ the robot Moby then answer questions regarding the subject. Also, Education Galaxy is great for assessing student's needs and to help integrate Self Paced Learning.

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This Tech Tool Can Save Teachers 10 Minutes Per Class

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Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. Because Vivi works with any device or platform, Gunn’s students are free to use their Apple laptops, Chrome tablets or Android smartphones.

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T&L’S ISTE 2018 BEST OF SHOW AWARDS WINNERS

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COM ) Achieve3000 Pro offers a patented instructional model that combines summative and embedded formative assessments to differentiate content and instruction, so students always see lessons at their just-right reading level. The Flat Panel also features an upgradable built-in Android Module and wireless AVer document camera integration.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

How Stuff Works Free How Stuff Works, available on the web, iPads, and Android, is an award-winning source of unbiased, reliable, easy-to-understand explanations of how the world actually works. Many topics include thorough teacher resources such as lesson plans and assessments. They can even create quizzes to assess their learning.

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