eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Ranging from interactive software and multimedia platforms to online collaboration tools, these innovations empower educators to create dynamic, engaging lessons. Learning management systems (LMS) streamline course administration, enabling educators to organize content, assess student progress, and facilitate online discussions.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 15, 2019

And at Landrum Middle School in South Carolina, software allowed students to be assessed based on the accuracy of their music performance, encouraging them to improve their score each time they played the piece.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Educational software, interactive whiteboards, and learning management systems facilitate seamless lesson planning and content delivery. Digital resources, including e-books and online platforms, offer versatile learning materials. Educational software like Khan Academy and Duolingo provides personalized learning experiences.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Ask any educator who teaches five classes of 30 students each per day; there’s a lot of homework to assess. Teachers’ options include checking for plagiarism manually or using time-saving software designed for this very purpose. Doing this manually involves selecting pieces of text and using Google search to identify possible matches.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Assess the scalability and compatibility of the technology within your school or district’s existing infrastructure. Educational apps and software designed for tablets and computers provide another avenue for interactive learning. Educational apps and software play a crucial role in diversifying instructional methods.

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Hapara

AUGUST 8, 2022

Formative assessments like this NGSS-aligned weather formative assessment. Pre-assessments like this clouds pre-assessment. Google Workspace. If you want to keep it simple, you can create content using Google Docs, Google Slides or another type of tool in Google Workspace. Screencasting tools.

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EdTech4Beginners

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Over 5 million applications are accessible on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store combined. Based on a Gartner study, nearly one-third of mobile apps fail basic cybersecurity assessments. This option is especially significant if your software can be installed on Android 4.1.1 Prevent access to the content providers.

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Hapara

AUGUST 17, 2022

You can download the textbook and access it on a device, without needing to pay a fee for the book or a subscription. Gone are the days of students having to carry heavy books around or store them at home. Additionally, they can click on review sections for online formative assessments. Education funding is always top-of-mind.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

And he’s written two books on the topic, including his most recent, called “ Why They Can’t Write. In some cases the very technologies that were intended to improve writing, like automatic-essay grading software, have backfired by encouraging a kind of paint-by-numbers approach to writing. Part of the problem, he says, is technology.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

” I think I know what the consultant was trying to convey: having students select books and then read silently without any guidance from the teacher is not an effective practice. Lack of a clear focus – kids grab a book and read (pg. Reading a large number of books and variety of texts through the year. Notability.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

It is used to discuss the implementation of technology in the classroom by organizing tech-in-education tools into four categories or types of usage: Substitution: Technology is a direct replacement for something, e.g. ebooks in place of print books or online math drills in place of worksheets. Google Expeditions. Breakout EDU.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Our regular classrooms are steadily transforming into ‘tech classrooms’, with an integration of learning apps like Kahoot, interactive boards, inexpensive VR devices like Google Cardboard and Class VR , voice operated devices, online flashcards , virtual assistants, etc., into our curriculum. All this while sounding like an actual person.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Digital Storytelling Tools: Platforms like StoryJumper or Book Creator enable students to create and share digital stories, enhancing literacy skills, creativity, and digital communication abilities. Educational apps and interactive software create dynamic lessons, accommodating various learning preferences and enhancing comprehension.

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Edsurge

APRIL 15, 2019

Over the next year, she and her team audited the district’s software and created a standardized approach to generating student login IDs and passwords. I wanted to use educational technology software so students could create, produce, use critical thinking skills and be innovative and engaged. Now students are using Google Classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

Google Apps. If you use books or resources in this digital, portable format, you likely also have this tool. With it, students can take notes in their books, fill in online rubrics and quizzes, and automatically link to additional resources without having to retype URLs. The most popular calendar tool is Google Calendar.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

We also offer online Summer PD on a variety of topics from specific skills (how to use Google Forms, how to use Tellagami–that sort) to overarching concepts (how to differentiate, how to scaffold learning, how to build a curriculum map). How to… use Google Apps in your classroom. Summer Online Classes.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Use Time Tracking Tools: Consider using free time tracking software like traqq.com to monitor how you spend your time. Here are a few suggestions: Learning Management Systems (LMS): LMS platforms like Google Classroom, Moodle, or Canvas are a teacher’s best friend. Online Assessment Platforms: Platforms like Kahoot!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be a fully-involved and eager risk-taker. Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Weekends, discuss issues, concerns, and projects in a virtual group via Google Hangouts or Twitter Chats. Course Objectives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2017

This is a great addition to a formative or summative assessment, providing an option for students who communicate better with music than words. KidPix (software download or app). Photoshop (software download or online subscription). TuxPaint (free software download). Google Earth. Digital art. Any age; free/fee.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

While rough " deepfake " videos have been around for several years, the proliferation of video manipulation that appear real enough to fool viewers really shifted into high gear in 2019 with the launch of multiple AI open-source software and mobile apps. (On A quick Google search resulted in no immediate hits of others writing such an essay.

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Kathy Schrock

JULY 10, 2020

I attached the Beamo to the WiFi network in my home (you can also use Ethernet if you wish), downloaded the design software to my Mac, and updated the firmware in the Beamo via a USB drive. wood and loaded a sample item, found in the Beam Studio software, to print. The LCD panel was bright and easy to navigate.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The integration offers educators’ free access to export and upload Canva lessons, presentations, and other materials into Lumio to create interactive lessons with game-based activities, formative assessments, and more. This feature is now live as a public beta. It’s 100% free for K-12 districts, schools, teachers, and their students.

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

Google Apps and Chromebooks App Recommendations and Substitutions Here is a list of Google Apps and Web Apps to use. 4c6x4p5qplh7 Google For Education Resources [link] Google Classroom - new resource for teachers to manage classes, assignments, student work, and to communicate with students. The process is so simple!

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

We are focusing primarily on communication—both delivering it and managing it—rather than learning or assessment techniques. If you don’t have enough of it, teaching and assessment won’t even be possible, let alone optimized. Google Hangouts/Meet. Google Hangouts/Meet. Google Classroom. BlueJeans Events.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

As the software being used for the virtual online whiteboard can often be new within a school, there is often a requirement to produce additional resources for use within lessons. Virtual and online whiteboard software has a number of inbuilt tools, which can be used to engage pupils on the task in hand. External resource creation.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

This doesn’t include Google Chrome independent extensions like Quillbot , described in its overview as a “Grammar Checker, Paraphrasing Tool & Summarizer.” Google Translated material, for example, flags as AI-generated content. These are just the top apps in the Apple App Store. ChatGPT) well.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Triple E Framework – [link] TARA – today's sponsor Book: Toys to Tools TPACK Seesaw Bernie Dodge about the misuse of webquests (on Women of Web 2 show) TripleE PLN Book Learning First , Technology Second . I actually read in a book recently that the answer to the teacher shortage was VR. Subscribe to the Show.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

There are three great options for audio writing in your classroom: Audacity –software download; free. Here are three popular tools that accomplish this task and more: PowerPoint–software from Microsoft. Slides–online free slideshow tool from Google. Google Sheets–from Google. Spreadsheet.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

The modern library can also transcend the physical space, existing in a virtual realm without walls – one where students have the option to check out books anytime, anywhere. This was more than the number of print books borrowed. Some digital resources for school libraries are a virtual reality field trip. Holzweiss asked.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

I polled my PLN to find specific tech areas students needed help with in preparing for the Assessments. Pay attention to these and your students will be much more prepared for this Spring’s Common Core assessments: Keyboarding. The Assessments expect students have that sort of stamina. It boils down to five tech areas.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 14, 2019

Once the school started getting classroom computers, tablets, and Chromebooks, Paul began placing notes, resources and worksheets on his website and having students download the documents and complete notes and summary activities in a Word document or Google Docs. Augmentation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2017

After making a few rounds in the behemoth expo hall, we’ve rounded up the ones that made our ears perk up and what edtechies should look out for: Big news from the blue chips OGLING GOOGLE UPDATES: With over 70 million G Suite for Education users, Google’s education tools dominate U.S. The book costs $4.99 classrooms.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Since the beginning, the tool has focused on mobile delivery on a smartphone, and the company claims it is the leading mobile learning platform globally , with more than 500 million downloads between the Apple App Store and Google Play, and 40 million monthly active users. Duolingo has a few things going for itself.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 28, 2022

Jamboard: Kitaboo can integrate with a third-party app such as Google Jamboard, a digital interactive whiteboard with a touchscreen that can be used for online collaboration among instructors and learners. The software creates these flashcards automatically, based on the subject under study, to support teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Who picks the digital apps, software, extensions, and programs used in the classes? Do teachers pull out the iPads only to practice rote math drills (which is a good idea) or do students become inspired by the creativity of apps like GeoGebra and take notes using a digital tool like Google Keep? Or a stand-alone app like Remind ?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? Check out my Booking Page . What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

The last time I heard Pink talk, it was in regards to his book “ A Whole New Mind “ At the time, it opened my my thought process to the importance of thinking and the right brain. In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom.

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