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The Wild and Amazing World of Augmented Reality

Ask a Tech Teacher

Using an Android or iOS AR app, students aim it at an image (called a “trigger”) and reveal deeper content layered on top of the physical world be it a student’s discussion of a book they read or the inspiration behind their artwork. Afterward, anyone can scan the cover of the book and instantly access the review.

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‘Ghostwriter’ trailer and interactive reading challenge

eSchool News

Read the ‘Ghostwriter’ Books for Free HERE. Like the series, the challenge is meant to develop a child’s passion for storytelling and see the worlds that can be brought to life when they open a book. MacHale’s Trinity , are available for free in the Apple Book Store (Link HERE ) now through Thursday, May 7.

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IPEVO's cool new DO-CAM

Kathy Schrock

Since many lessons include both digital and analog assets, like math manipulatives, science lab materials, and textbooks, a document camera can support the times educators need to show the student something -- whether it be a demo of a art lesson, a certain passage in a book, or the process of assembling a robotic component.

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IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB Dual Mode 8MP Document Camera

Kathy Schrock

Zoom Microsoft Teams Google Hangouts/Meet GoToMeeting Webex Skype IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB plugged directly into a projector The IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB document camera can also easily be used to showcase items, live drawings, and book pages to the entire class, even without a computer! 3.07” x 1.57” x 11.42” (7.8 x 18.9” (270 x 480mm) [16:9] 13.5”

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A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. Check out my Booking Page. The Global Read Aloud – The project was created in 2010 and had a simple goal in mind; one book to connect the world. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. My calendar is filling.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

Considered a high poverty district, we provide our students with everything—uniforms, books, book bags, free breakfast, free lunch, and an after-school program with snack and dinner, served family style, with constructive conversation about their day in the classroom.

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Impatient with universities’ slow pace of change, employers go around them

The Hechinger Report

Faculty could react more nimbly to industry demands if their universities hired more of them and gave them the resources they need to update courses or offer them online, said Jonathan Rees, a professor of history at Colorado State University-Pueblo and coauthor of the book “Education is Not an App.”. “A Soni is more blunt.

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