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Turn any exisiting PC or Mac into fully functional Chromebook - for free!

Educational Technology Guy

Neverware, a startup that has developed a software product, CloudReady , in partnership with Google, which turns almost any computer from the last 8 years into a full-fledged Chromebook. I'm going to install it on my old laptop and netbook and see how it goes. Follow me on Twitter and Google+. Check it out!

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Investing in Your Students’ Safety

Gaggle Speaks

When Cincinnati Public Schools (CPS) started handing out laptops on a 1:1 basis, the district knew the importance of protecting its students in the digital world. Along with their 1:1 initiative, CPS also uses Google Apps for Education, which houses content that’s filtered through Gaggle.

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S’Cool Tools, Teacher Voice Edition: FreshGrade, ScreenCastify, Quizlet Live

Edsurge

If you’d like to be featured in our S’Cool Tools column, click here to leave your very own Teacher Case Study. At the middle school level, many of my students have wifi enabled personal smartphone devices and laptops. However, I liked the idea of broadcasting myself along with my PowerPoint/Google Slides presentations.

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Bring back joy by teaching outdoors: A how-to guide

The Cornerstone for Teachers

How teachers are benefitting from teaching outdoors: Jain, a high school teacher from Texas, experienced an immediate effect on her physical health and forced her to take advantage of her lunch break while her laptop finishes charging. Case Study #1: Jain, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas. Want to listen instead of read?

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The GAFE vs. MS Question For K-8

There is no box

A few more thoughts for Robert’s particular case study: Go all in with GAFE. Why support Exchange, AD and Office on the Instructional side if you are already paying in the Google playground? Upgrade those old teacher laptops. Go free willy with teacher laptops. Like yesterday. Do EdTech PD like crazy.

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Automation Will Hit Young People Hardest. Can These Nonprofits Prepare Them for It?

Edsurge

We talk about the platforms they’re on such as TikTok, Google. We have lots of case studies and examples that really allow them to explore different concepts, such as one about bias that might be on TikTok. We were able to get girls laptops. I call it “Gen Z curriculum design.” That was absolutely the No.

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Active Learning in the Math Classroom

techlearning

Students might learn through games, projects, debates, talking with peers, case studies, just-in-time teaching, or short demonstrations followed by class discussion. PHS teacher Jeff Rose introduces Google Classroom and Padlet to make students’ thinking more visible. Google Classroom ? Study Island ? GoFormative ?