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3 Keys to Transform Instruction with Chromebooks

EdTech Magazine

Rather than merely transitioning worksheet-like assignments to laptops, Avrith advises, school districts should adopt curricula that support the following goals: SIGN UP: Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! A group of sixth-graders created a collaborative book on ways they can be digital leaders.” .

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5 Different Ways Technology Has Made Learning Easier - guest post

Educational Technology Guy

While it’s made its name off funny home videos and clips from TV shows, it also has allowed teachers to visually show something that they previously were confined to teaching from a text book. Individual laptops – A lot of schools are moving over to having individual laptops for each student, which has taken lessons to an entirely new level.

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Is Technology Bad for the Teenage Brain? (Yes, No and It's Complicated.)

Edsurge

In my most recent book “Attack of the Teenage Brain,” I give an example of papers from two separate research groups examining video games and attentional states. Social media, contrary to its reputation, actually seems to improve certain prosocial behaviors—empathy, to name one—in teenage populations. I ask, “Xbox? Then I pause.

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Are You Ready for a New Twitter? It's HERE!

The Daring Librarian

I recently worked a few nights madly and happily Photoshopping & designing a new Twitter look for our school''s Twitter page! (it''s & best viewed on a big desktop screen) when I heard that they''re soon changing the look and design features of Twitter altogether! and to customize your Twitter background.

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What Students Want Their Professors To Know About Edtech

Edsurge

Meaghan Markey prefers to take notes with her laptop in class, so she was surprised—and a bit frustrated—to find several of her professors at Michigan State University had “no-tech in class” policies, meaning no laptops, no smartphones. The book was entirely student written, created as part of a class project.

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Top Tips for Fast Formative Assessment that Works

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. GradeCam also works with laptops, desktops, tablets and any device that has a camera connected to wifi. GradeCam can also quickly transfer all of the scores into a grade book. You’re teaching your heart out.

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Adobe Spark: Easily create and share videos, images, and newsletters

iLearn Technology

Produce and share impressive videos for storytelling, projects, or to share to social media. Students can use these tools to create book reviews, to document science experiments, for storytelling, to explain their inquiry process, as an eportfolio, to illustrate math concepts, and so much more!

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