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APRIL 19, 2023

Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Everyone nods their heads, agrees this is a revolutionary idea, and moves on as Earth Day passes. Really, though: Why not?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This includes how-to videos, lesson reviews, homework help, whiteboard explanations of math or science, and anything required for a flipped classroom. 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. Printing is not necessary anymore.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

at the time of this article. Educreations – -also a whiteboard. When done, share with email, an Educreations link, or via social media. Create a screencast of your iPad screen to build lessons, show how to accomplish a skill, or build a diagram in a series of linked slides. Price $39.99 All versions require a fee.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 19, 2016

Teaching students how to curate all the information on the internet is no easy task but placing good research options in their path helps. This article talks about the benefits of mind mapping: [link]. Most school systems have access to online research databases that are grade-based helpful. Mind mapping.

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APRIL 11, 2016

A screencasting program enables teachers to create how-to videos of any activity that takes place on their computer screen. This includes how-to videos, lesson reviews, homework help, whiteboard explanations of math or science, and anything required for a flipped classroom. Screencasting. Tools to communicate student knowledge.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cathie Norris and ElliotSoloway, university professors studying how much time today’s youth spend with text-based materials vs. image-based materials, “ estimate that 90 percent of K-12 classroom time in the U.S. As Kayla Delzer says in a recent EdSurge article , “social media is happening—with or without you.”

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