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Enriching Rocks with Blendspace, Tinkercad, Research, Thinglink, and Painting

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Third grade studies rocks as a part of their science curriculum. Hicks, 3rd grade spectrum teacher, finds so many ways to enrich the study with her students. Blendspace. Early in the project, students come to the library to learn about a tool called Blendspace. Each year Ms.

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13 Digital Tools to Empower Active Use

Tom Murray

These types of practices have lead to a number of studies that have indicated that purchasing more technology does not increase student learning. Today’s digital world is littered with drill and kill technology, much of it no different than a digital version of the worksheets of years past. An app is available for Chrome as well.

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7 Authentic Assessment Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Tools: Use an app like Blendspace, Socrative , Frolyc , Schoology , or ExitTicket. Team students up and give them study materials and prep time as a group. This is well-suited to informing you what the class as a whole understands from your teaching, but also creates an excellent study guide for students. Time: five-ten minutes.

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Using Makerspace to Extend Curriculum: A Geology Project

Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

Third grade studies rocks and minerals as a part of their science standards. Hicks class, they have been extending their research of rocks and minerals to create their own Blendspace lessons to teach others facts about rocks and minerals. They are even including pre-tests and post-tests in their lessons.

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Travel the World Without Leaving the Classroom

Fractus Learning

Explore the natural habitats of animals that your students are studying. Not sure where to start, check out this blendspace which has additional virtual field trips that I’ve used with my classes. Start small by using Google Earth to explore the world. Travel to the far-away places that your students are reading about.

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We Might Be at the End of the Free Ed Tech Era

techlearning

Their success rate of companies is incredibly high as they helped start Class Dojo, Plickers, Remind, Padlet, Blendspace, Educreations, and a WHOLE host of others. cross posted at www.bigguyinabowtie.com David Lockhart is an edtech presenter, speaker, advocate, and coach with over ten years' experience teaching high school social studies.

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Part 2… STEM Resource Series… Over 70 Stemtastic Sites

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

HHMI BioInteractive – It really is through innovative science education programs that HHMI seeks to strengthen education in biology,and related sciences from elementary school to graduate studies and beyond. Blendspace – This amazing tool is one of the easiest ways to blend the classroom with digital content.

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