Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

I was thrilled when Amanda Ronan over at Teach.com suggested that she write a how-to for teachers on getting virtual reality started in their classrooms. To use virtual reality in the classroom, all you need is a smartphone capable of downloading the VR apps or videos (more on those in a second) and a headset. Get Started with VR.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 16, 2016

Technology seems to be involved nowadays in most aspects of education and many schools are adopting it quite well, whether it’s adopting BYOD initiatives, blended learning, flipped classrooms , creating content using authoring tools, or using a learning platform. Why are some educators still reluctant to using technology the classroom?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Not only are there school-mandated devices, but the rise of BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) linked to the school’s network has the potential to cause major strain on a school’s IT system, both from campus and at home. This holds true for IT teams, too.

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The 21st Century Principal

JULY 21, 2012

Recently, I found myself entangled with several people in a Twitter debate about whether BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies actually perpetuate or aggravate the digital divide our students currently experience. Having a BYOD policy would seem to perpetuate the divide between the tech-haves and tech-have-nots.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 26, 2017

Today, Starr Sackstein @mssackstein shares 5 feedback strategies to supercharge your writing instruction and classroom culture. In today’s show, Starr Sackstein discusses 5 peer review strategies for the classroom including: Having a class culture for positive peer feedback. Peer Feedback in the Classroom Book Giveaway.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 22, 2015

Each resource is followed by a link to more information and advice for use in the classroom. is primarily a free group texting service. Group texting saves time, improves communication, provides documentation of texts, and sets the stage for easily using many other cell phone tools. Ideas for the classroom at this link.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2019

Having multiple screens that a teacher or student can wirelessly project to, along with the ability to switch between sources in seconds, means that teachers aren’t tied to the front of the classroom any more. For more than a year, Cooper piloted his vision of multi-screen classrooms by piecing together whatever spare parts we had on hand.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

BYOD — Bring Your Own Device — has gained some momentum in today’s education system. From temp teachers to entire school districts, more and more educational staff debate about or seriously consider the adoption of BYOD in their instruction. Adopting BYOD in schools seems like a win-win situation.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Courses and groups are used to communicate with students, classmates, and teachers. Students work in groups. Each group decides the direction of their project. If they go through the formal process of removing a student from the group, the students has to do the project alone. With PBL and BYOD, everything changes!

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

JUNE 12, 2012

Benjamin Room posted "BYOD in the 21st Century" in the Practical Technologies for the Classroom Facebook group and I just had to share! Schools exploring BYOD will find this video clever and informative! BYOD #smchat educational technology video' Producer Dr. Marc-Andre Lalande, is so creative!

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 22, 2017

The device is usually offered by the school, but with the spread of BYOD programs, this no longer stands true all the time. This isn’t to say that classroom instruction should be completely swapped with online teaching and learning. Organize focus groups or polls and include students in these data collection process.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 12, 2018

A culture that embraces student agency promotes risk-taking while working to remove the fear of failure helps students develop a growth mindset, and has students applying what they have learned in real-world contexts as opposed to just in the classroom. To start the school year, allow students to co-create classroom rules.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2018

So two years ago, the Orange Unified School District Director of Information Technology undertook what he dubs the most important project his IT group has completed to date—implementing single sign-on (SSO). So we got some very passionate phone calls and lost a lot of time in the classroom. Plus, we’re a BYOD environment.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

OCTOBER 24, 2012

I haven''t really used videos all the much for flipping my classes because of accessibility and inequity with technology in the classroom, but now that those issues are close to being resolved, I am very interested in learning how to to add videos to my bag of tricks.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MARCH 27, 2014

Users of Class Dojo and BYOD advocates will appreciate the ease with which they can keep parents connected to the classroom. ClassDojo Messaging users can blast out messages to the whole group of parents or direct message individuals, and with read-receipts there is no question that parents are looking at the messages.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

Edmodo Edmodo is my online classroom space. From posting the daily agenda to taking quizzes to connecting with others, everything is done in Edmodo as you can see from the list below and public folder of classroom examples. I create a main classroom group for each level I teach because I want to promote the online PLN experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Below are a few practical tips to make student agency a reality in your classroom, school, or district: Develop pedagogically sound learning activities with standards-aligned assessments and allow students to select the right tool for the task to demonstrate conceptual mastery Allow students to co-create rules and expectations.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 19, 2012

Take a peek at what I created for our study of Romeo & Juliet and a group work review for Cask of Amontillado. The worksheets I have designed over the years have portability in mind: rather than lug textbooks and overflowing binders around the class, students carried one piece of paper to various locations for group work and stations.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2015

My first experience with technology in the classroom was the good ol' Apple IIe and endless hours playing Oregon Trail and Math Blaster. The classroom is becoming less about the physical space it occupies and more about the cloud. Traditionally the classroom has been a place of comfort for the teacher rather than the student.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

DECEMBER 2, 2012

Photo Credit: Kevin Jarrett High & Low-tech for Optimal Learning Not only teachers able to share ways to integrate technology in the classroom, but I also learned some low-tech techniques as well. I use a mix of devices with some days in the class being BYOD and others using the school''s computers and netbooks (as available).

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

The prepared environments and the role of the teacher in the classroom distinguish Montessori from other educational approaches. The independent activity in a Montessori classroom counts for about 80% of the work, while teacher-directed activity accounts for the remaining 20%. On the Montessori education.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JULY 17, 2012

Reflection & QR Codes Usually I''m the trailblazer at my high school: there are a number of programs that I''ve help to start-- the Varsity Swim Team, the PAWS program, letter writing campaign to Southern alumni serving in the military, crafting the 9th grade curriculum, going paperless, and now BYOD. BYOD is first on the list.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Schools with BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) programs find a noticeable percentage of students bring mobile phones as their device. Many schools that tried to ban them are now lifting that ban (like New York City did in 2015) opting instead to allow schools to establish policies that work for their unique student group. And why not?

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. One of the assignments we were tasked with during the cohort was getting our students involved in redesigning a portion of our classroom.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 2, 2015

60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom. Google Classroom is quietly becoming the most powerful tool in education technology. It may lack the visual appeal of iPads, or the student credibility of a BYOD program. As such, it scratches the itch for many teachers in many classrooms right here, right now.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Teachers do not have to be experts in the technology to use the technology in their classroom Alan November and Howie DiBlasi are some of the speakers who came to Region 10 as part of the training. Group web page created in Project Share. Each campus (there are 20) has their own wiki within the group.

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Educational Technology Guy

OCTOBER 18, 2012

Join this preeminent group of education leaders as they tackle some of the most pressing, and promising, issues for today''s schools. Flipping the Classroom (roundtable discussion) - 1:30-2:20 pm Join Marianthe Williams and Lorraine Brooks, and a team of innovative educators for a discussion on flipping the classroom.

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

Certified Google Educator, the Massachusetts Google Educator Group Leader, and Technology Integration Specialist/Mobile Learning Coach for Burlington Public Schools. As witnessed by news article after news article, too many districts are purchasing edtech, putting it in hallways and classrooms, and then saying "now what do we do?"

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

I''ve been thinking about how to use gamification with my students to restructure the learning activities to mimic aspects of a video game that encourage student involvement in the classroom. Deploying a combination of 1:1, BYOD, and paper-based activities, I am able to give my students an opportunity to pace themselves through the levels.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 5, 2017

After three years of utilizing a BYOD (bring your own device) policy with my classes at Nassau Community College, I have seen how tools like tablets and laptops can lead to better academic engagement. Access to connectivity is vital to a successful classroom BYOD policy, so these issues are largely taken care of by an institution.

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techieMusings

APRIL 23, 2018

Finally, student groups wrote a 30 second commercial script to market their soap. With the help of WeVideo, student groups used their creativity to create exciting commercials that marketed their own unique soap bars. Before piloting WeVideo, most students were working in iMovie, which meant that group work was limited to one machine.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 3, 2012

The students should be stakeholders in their education and have accountability, responsibility, and be actively engaged in and out of the classroom. In groups-- the Socrative space race is great for this! Socrative is my choice for BYOD-esque assessments in class. To be a progressive teacher, you find and do what works.

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Gaggle Speaks

AUGUST 24, 2015

By empowering student learning with more opportunities for them to communicate with classmates, you’ll soon realize how important technology is in the classroom. Technology in the classroom makes it easier than ever for students to communicate with their classmates in a familiar format. They want to learn at a comfortable speed.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

Bartholomew Consolidated School Corporation in Indiana offers BYOD as an option to accompany 1:1. WHERE DOES BYOD FIT INTO YOUR PROGRAM? In Hartselle City Schools in Alabama, where there isn’t a complete 1:1 ratio at this point, district technology coordinator Tim Southerland explains, “We are a blended system with BYOD and 1:1.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The final project can be completed on paper, using word processing skills and completed using a student''s BYOD device. A student''s smartphone or tablet does not have to just be used for a special occasion in the classroom. I encourage my students to use their device daily for note taking, recording ideas, reflecting, and researching.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 15, 2013

It''s a great, safe place for teachers and students to connect; students can post questions, submit assignments, create projects, access notes, join discussion groups, and much more. Flipping the classroom/BYOD by Kate Baker and Liz Calderwood was another gem. Students need access codes to join a class so it''s secure and safe.

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District Administration

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Using a central management platform is crucial to ensuring that devices enhance learning District Administration Custom Publishing Group Computers and mobile devices aren’t just changing the way that content is delivered, they have changed the way that students engage with their learning and the role of the teacher.

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