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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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It’s become clear that for most of them, adding technology to their lessons means layering more work on top of their already overburdened lesson plans. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. First: Only use technology when it expands your teaching.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. This should include homework, projects, student presentation, school events–everything that requires preparation.

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9 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

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Alt Codes Grade level: 4-12 Alt codes are symbols created by holding down the Alt key and pushing a series of numbers, like these for copyright and the Spanish question mark: Alt + 0169 = © Alt+0191 = ¿ There are hundreds of them for PCs , Macs , and Chromebooks. Attendees merely scan the QR Code and follow the line that leads to the event.

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10 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

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Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. By fifth grade, students appreciate technology for how it can speed up their class projects and seek out ways to use it to make their educational journey easier. Coding with pixel art.

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 2

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Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. Whether you have iPads, Macs, PCs, or Chromebooks, teach students as young as kindergarten how to access the book curation tool (such as iBooks, RAZKids, Kindle, or another) to find stories to read with each other. Read-aloud books. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy.

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 1st

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Here are some ideas, from a time commitment of a few minutes to a few hours: Activities for your class Read-aloud books Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. This may be a ten-minute event that opens or ends the school day or an hour-long activity that occurs weekly or monthly. Need help organizing a Read-aloud activity?

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#WorldReadAloudDay February 5

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Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. Whether you have iPads, Macs, PCs, or Chromebooks, teach students as young as kindergarten how to access the book curation tool (such as iBooks, RAZKids, Kindle, or another) to find stories to read with each other. Read-aloud books. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy.

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