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5 ways to use edtech to engage shy students

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Asynchronous communication tools: Integrate asynchronous communication tools such as discussion forums, blogs, or messaging platforms. Edtech tools like DreamBox , Khan Academy , or personalized learning modules let shy students to progress through content at their own speed.

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End of Year Activities

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Khan Academy. If for example, you’re a math teacher, you may refer students struggling to grasp the Pythagorean Theorem to view Khan Academy videos so that they can catch up with the rest of the class. Here are my favorite year-end Change-up activities: 6 Webtools in 6 weeks. Class Debate. Digital Citizenship review.

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10 Articles on Using Tech to Teach Math

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Math Books for Elementary Grades. How to Use Khan Academy (free lesson plan). She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB.

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How to Prepare for the SAT

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Khan Academy. Khan Academy, in partnership with the College Board, has designed a scaffolded SAT prep program that diagnoses the student’s level and takes them through practice questions in a step by step approach to prepare them for the real thing. Test prep can include questions, tests, and videos. USATest prep.

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Helpful Tools to Ease Learners Back into Math, Reading, and Writing

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Grades 2-12: This site, developed by the University of Texas at Austin, has CCSS-aligned downloadable performance tasks for elementary through high school including rubrics and student work samples. Khan Academy Kids. Read our review of Khan Academy Kids. Khan Academy. Read our review of Khan Academy.

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20 Best Learning Apps for Kids

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

These are all apps that, through my own blogging experience, have found to be reliable and popular among teachers and parents. Reading Eggs Reading Eggs is an award-winning learning program designed by experienced elementary teachers to help children learn to read. Khan Academy Kids is completely free—no ads or subscriptions necessary!

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Draw and Tell: Create Animated Screencasts with Elementary Students – From Tom

EdTechTeacher

Thanks to a recent partnership with Khan Academy , Duck Duck Moose has made its terrific Draw and Tell iOS app completely FREE. The post Draw and Tell: Create Animated Screencasts with Elementary Students – From Tom appeared first on EdTechTeacher. This post first appeared on Free Technology for Teachers.