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Animoby: Animated Learning for Anybody

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

I did a quick Google search for images, saved them in my camera roll, and added them to the presentation, cropping the images as needed. After the final product is published, I emailed it to rmyself to generate a URL from which I can get the embed code or share to Facebook, Twitter, or Google+.

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Virtual Reality in the Classroom: It’s Easy to Get Started

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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. If your school has a BYOD (bring your own device) policy, you can ask for student volunteers willing to download the apps or videos onto their phones.

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Idioms, Not Idiots, for Promoting Speaking Skills

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Using OMM & BYOD for Recording Student Voices As an introductory activity for John Steinbeck''s novella, Of Mice and Men , students worked in groups to record a quick conversation using idioms (not idiots) from the 1930''s. Equipment Needed One student in the group needed a device (smartphone or ipod) with a voice recorder.

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Quick Customizing of QR Codes

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

The artist in me likes to look at the world in color, and QR codes by themselves are rather bland, but do a Google search for customizing QR codes and there will be a myriad of posts--most of which use technical jargon and various programs--to insert logos and other visual elements. BYOD BYOT digital citizenship edtech'

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60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

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. It also uses Google’s familiar template that many teachers have used for years. by TeachThought Staff.

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It is Not a Project to Get Students Talking: Two Tools

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

The chatroom or backchannel can be accessed on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and puts students'' texting talents to work. Caveat : Expect some shenanigans the first time using the backchannel as students move through Maslow''s Heirarchy of Needs and engage in social learning and digital citizenship. Why do they work?

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May this Gobstopper (Now Called Curriculet) be Ever Lasting!

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

While I''ve written quite a bit about assessing writing (ad nauseum) via digital means, reading instruction and assessment have remained a primarily paper-based enterprise in my class. For annotations, I embedded screencasts I''ve created, links to Librivox recordings,YouTube videos, Google Forms, Google Docs, webpages, Edcanvas.