Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

With this kind of technology students can explain their own thinking when solving word problems, create a video tutorial demonstrating how to use an app or web tool, label and explain a diagram, or create instructional videos. Screencast-o-matic is a web tool to screencast your computer or Chromebook screen and add narration.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how teachers can use physical classroom arrangements to direct classroom engagement. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how blended learning programs like Microsoft Teams and Google Classroom can benefit K–12 education. Schools everywhere are transforming their classrooms into modern learning environments.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Rachel Gorton, instructional technology coordinator for Minnesota’s Burnsville-Eagan-Savage School District 191 , talks to EdTech about making technology as transparent as possible, so that student learning can shine through. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how modern learning environments offer K–12 educators new teaching opportunities!

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2018

Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools. Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. Connect IT blogger Amy Brown spoke with Burns to discuss how technology can enhance a classroom experience.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

For example, if teachers bring in one-to-one Chromebooks , but use them only for typing class, the technology could quickly become stale, Welcome explains. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how to orchestrate a digital transformation in your school. EDTECH: As an education technology consultant and speaker, what is your main message?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

So let's tell everybody how to get that, because if you go in there, you might go, Oh, well, I can't use this. 00;01;56;29 – 00;01;58;18 Vicki Davis How do you set up that education account? But when they spent some time talking to the folks at Adobe about what they liked, and they kept talking about Figjam. You referenced Figma.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

” The post How to Use Alexa Devices in the Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Dr. Friedlander is the co-author of the following assistive technology reference guides which are available from National Professional Resources, Inc.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 30, 2018

The post Yes, Kinder CAN Use Chromebooks! Yes, Kinder CAN Use Chromebooks! The new book, Google Apps for Littles by the dynamic duo, Christine Pinto , and Alice Keeler , is all about empowering our littlest learners – YES, kinder CAN use Chromebooks and lots of other technology! The post Yes, Kinder CAN Use Chromebooks!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Digital citizenship is about far more than just helping kids be safe online; it’s about empowering them to use technology to solve real-world problems, to know how to balance their time between a variety of online and offline activities, to be curious learners and to use digital tools to deepen their relationships with their family and friends.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Transcript of episode 70 5 Simple Ways to Improve Physical Education w/ #Edtech with Jarrod Robinson the PE Geek. VICKI: Yeah, because you’re teaching a kid how to shoot a basketball shot and they say, “No, I am doing it right, I am doing it right.” Download the transcript PDF. Recording starts 0:00:00].

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks! Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 9, 2017

Learn all about this tool that has educators talking (especially those with Chromebooks.). The post How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. She uses it to organize her students, clubs, and so many things. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah LaCrosse shares six edtech ideas science teachers can start using today to improve learning and excite students about science. 6 Super Science Edtech Ideas. Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Stream by clicking here. Enhanced Transcript.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Edtech Apps that work From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How to Use Owl Eyes. If you’re in a 1-to-1 classroom with iPads, Chromebooks, or any other device, this free tool is a MUST-USE. Literature teachers are sure to be excited! Create a classroom with your students. Collaborate.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Not surprisingly, many of this year’s Top 10 focused on equity, edtech innovation, immersive learning, and the science of reading. I’m wondering if you have any advice for how to make students feel welcome in a new building? — Here’s how to get through your first school year Bad advice abounds, ignore it! newsletters.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 20, 2019

Teachers have many edtech resources in their toolbox now. During the edWebinar, “ Transform Learning: Track Results for Chromebooks, Google Suite, and Every Application,” presenters Kyle Berger, Chief Technology Officer at Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, TX, and Matthew X. More important, are the tools of equal quality? Joseph, Ed.D.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie Swanson-Anaya @InspiredLeslie elementary teacher of the year for Texas region 15 has ideas for awesome technology stations. Learn how she helps students learn and progress using technology. Leslie: We use both Chromebooks and iPads. These apps will work for all ages of students and subjects. Vicki: Oh, fun! Vicki: Cool.

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Tech Helpful

JULY 13, 2018

As part of this rollout we placed all these Chromebooks under a monitoring and filtering system that follows them wherever they may go. Add to that the needs of an elementary school which isn't quite ready for the robustness of an expensive LMS but teachers want to utilize technology in collective ways. Where is the tipping point?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2016

The foundational technology pieces – Chromebooks, internet, assessment platforms – are stabilized at most Oakland schools. We’re seeing plans for the future in this feedback, but the most important pieces of this work are the lessons we have learned about how to roll out technology initiatives.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Special ed teacher Melissa Mann shares six of her favorite edtech tools for the special education classroom. Listen to: How to Use Google Keep in the Classroom episode #72 with Crystal Koenig. Nobody really wants to carry the Chromebook or a laptop with you. Vicki: It’s so empowering when you teach kids how to voice type.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

VICKI: Happy edtech tool Tuesday. So John, what is our edtech tool today? JOHN: Our edtech tool today is a tool that is totally free. VICKI: So how is Quizizz different? Because fill in the blank is fill in the blank, whether you will use edtech or not. So how is it different?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Goodbye ABCs: How One State Is Moving Beyond Grade Levels and Graded Assessments What happens when you take away grades and grade levels? Three students share how they’re still learning, and how schools can help. Here’s What We Know About Google’s Chromebook Internet Outage.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Christopher Dodge is the Principal and Lead Learner of Orange Elementary Schools in Orange, Massachusetts. All Orange Elementary Schools students receive free breakfast and lunch. Our 3rd- through 6th-grade school was already 1:1, and all of our teachers had Chromebooks, so we were mostly prepared as far as devices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 16, 2019

See: 5 Emoji Activities for Google Docs where Eric describes how to do all of these emoji activities including the emoji math picture shown below. See Eric’s blog post on emojis in Google docs to learn how to do this. Listen to the Show Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. But that’s a fun thing.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

User Logins on Chromebooks. Got 1:1 Chromebooks ? Teach students not to sign out of their device, they can simply close the Chromebook. Assign Shared Chromebooks to a Limited # of Students. Got shared Chromebooks? Seesaw is available via an app on Chromebooks as well as on iPads. All in less than an hour.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 9, 2019

Our school started out as BYOT in middle and high school and we are slowly transitioning to chromebook rollouts over the next few years. Our elementary school started with a rolling cart of iPads and we have slowly added more and more into the mix for use and a chromebook cart as well. For educators, we often do this. "I

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The Electric Educator

AUGUST 8, 2018

Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? These articles will show you how to manage them and tell you which ones to disable. Video: How to organize Google Classroom By John Sowash, ElectricEducator.com ???

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students. That way they can simply drag the words over and not have to worry about how to spell things. So it definitely scales up for upper elementary and for middle school kids as well.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

Taken from their popular ISTE 2018 session , learn about the next evolution of Hyperdocs and how they’re being used in the classroom. Learn how at coolcatteacher.com/vr , and see the virtual reality video I shot using my Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset. Brett Miller.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

How to Orchestrate a Digital Transformation. Today, we have a gigabit wireless network deployed at our elementary, middle and high schools , and starting this fall, we expect to have deployed more than 3,000 Chromebooks to our students, teachers and administrators. If a Chromebook fails, it is inexpensive and easy to replace.

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techlearning

AUGUST 10, 2018

Google Classroom is an essential tool for any teacher using Chromebooks or Google Drive as a teaching tool. How does Google Classroom compare with Schoology? These articles will show you how to manage them and tell you which ones to disable. I have scoured the web to compile this ultimate list of Google Classroom resources!

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/edtech and plan your professional development for 2018. There’s many ways to read it that doesn’t require you to sit at your laptop or sit at your Chromebook and stare at the screen the whole day. It’s not just a “how to use the tool.” Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Your district’s priorities will affect the classroom devices and edtech products that you chose to pilot and the ways in which you measure the success of your initiative. If your district is primarily interested in adding to an already successful edtech initiative, you might be looking to upgrade to the newest make and model of devices.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 2, 2018

Richard Byrne, author of Free Technology for Teachers has several online professional development options to check out: GSuite for Teachers , Teaching History with Technology , and Practical Edtech Coaching. Tried and True Edtech Tools to Try in 2018. Read How to Use Padlet. Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

Rookies want to know how to make flipping work with class procedures, and veterans are always tweaking what they do. Essentially, this is what I do: Organize students into classes on Edmodo with all resources, agendas, links to edtech tools, assignments, and quizzes are completed in Edmodo. recap of objectives and timeline 25 mins.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

They simply plug into a computer or Chromebook with a USB. Students were able to Google directions for how to get them up and running. Teachers are excited to start their elementary students recording their voices. . They also purchased sound boxes to give students specific spaces to record. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 15, 2017

How to update Google Streetview Images. I spent maybe five minutes just showing them how to use the app, and then they took it and ran with it from there. Once you take a couple of minutes to frontload and show students how to use the tool, then you’d be amazed what they can do with it. Donnie: So they said, “Mr. Donnie Piercey.

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