Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Often when people come to visit our lower school STEM lab they ask "how did you know what to put it in?" The first thing I would suggest to a school system wanting to create a STEM lab is not to try to buy everything in the beginning. Curriculum, software and STEM, discovery-based project kits. Class Set of Chromebooks.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The future has swooped in early: We’re already seeing drones being added to the mix of teaching tools that educators are using to help bring STEM to life in their classrooms. Drone Competition Creates Fun STEM Opportunity. Drones Prepare Students for a STEM Future. Schools Adjust Curriculums to Include Drones.

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Dr. Shannon Doak

JULY 25, 2020

These include, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawing, Sites, Forms, Jamboard, Classroom, and Meet. Screencasting on a Chromebook , Graphic Design, Photo Editing and Art. Photo Editing on a Chromebook , Photo Creation , Poster Creation , Meme creation and educational use , Drawing & Painting on a Chromebook. Office 365.

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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2024

This new report reveals that Black students across the nation possess the aptitudes for in-demand STEM careers, but lack interest in pursuing them. This indicates that a significant career exposure gap exists, likely due to underrepresentation in STEM careers. ” said Cynthia Chapple, Founder and CEO of Black Girls Do STEM.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

GORTON: Vision One91 is our blueprint for redesigning the district, to meet the needs of today’s student and to reimagine what modernized education looks like. We deployed primarily Chromebooks , and went with the newer Chrome Tablets for kindergarten, first and second grade. EDTECH: What is Vision One91and how was it developed?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

Back in of spring of 2016, Futuresource Marketing reported that Chromebooks were the most popular K-12 device out there, with Chrome OS accounting for more than 50% of the market. Around that same time, the Google Education team announced that Android apps would eventually be coming to Chromebooks for Education. But that’s not all.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Yet, iPads and Chromebooks have their limitations. Does your school issue laptops or Chromebooks to all students? Students that use Chromebooks or other mobile devices during class gain digital literacy skills in tandem with class curriculum. The STEM lab is another up-and-coming approach. Workstations Have More to Offer.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Then, they can develop their interest in taking other STEM courses as they continue in middle school and high school. We were piloting and exploring a STEM course for sixth grade students. I set a virtual meeting schedule with my teammates, Matthew Blacker and Rasahn McCombs. We don't have to build a robot.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

This past September I was fortunate enough to attend a professional development program on the Chromebook at the Google offices in New York City. Image credit: [link] On Monday November 14, 2011, I took ten students from our STEM Academy on an amazing adventure to the Google offices in New York City. However, something was missing.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2020

Our state and thus my district made an extremely quick decision to close the schools – heard last Thursday night and was told to send home with students Chromebooks along with lessons on Friday, a half day. I work with gifted students one day a week. Attending Some Virtual Conferences. This is a fantastic conference.

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2019

Students aren’t usually inspired to pursue tech or STEM fields. The only devices I can access are the two Chromebook carts my computer academy pathway—a cohort of students pursuing careers in computer science and technology—shares, and the projectors that some teachers use in their classrooms.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 18, 2020

Congrats, Mr. Principal, on your middle school’s new STEM curriculum. There’s an outsized focus today on science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM (or STEAM if you prefer to include “arts”) and for good reason. The HMS program will continue to feed itself, creating an increasingly vibrant, STEM-focused collective.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Data collection and analysis are cornerstones for many STEM and STEAM programs but they’re not just about math. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. STEM modules. bridge building kits.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Specifically, I’ll mention features of Screencastify , the tool I recommend for students to use for Google Chrome or Chromebooks. (If Screencastify is to Chromebooks what Explain Everything has been to iPads all these years — a formative assessment tool well-suited to any device running Google Chrome. History artifacts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

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. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Skype with an author. by Sandra S.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2019

Each school will receive $100,000* in technology and classroom supplies to meet the needs of their students such as Samsung Flips, Samsung Chromebooks, 3-D printers, tablets, microscopes, lab materials, and more.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2015

One school is using a personalized and blended math curriculum to help students meet learning goals. MobyMax, a provider of personalized and blended learning curriculum for K-8 students, is helping educators at Georgia’s Screven County Elementary School personalize math instruction to meet the learning needs of every child.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

If a parent can’t, have available a group reading event (via a free virtual meeting tool like Google Hangouts or Skype) where you or another teacher will read a story to children on that special evening. This is not necessarily intuitive, especially with the variety of reading apps and devices, often different between home and school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2020

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. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Skype with an author. by Sandra S.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

You just download it on Google Play or iTunes and use it with your touch Chromebook or iPad after listening to Tom Mullaney share how it works. Now Tom, you and I have talked about two technologies that you’re particularly excited about with Chromebooks — Google Jamboard and Google Expeditions. The free app has lots to play with.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

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. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Skype with an author. by Sandra S.

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EdTechTeam

DECEMBER 11, 2019

This can be a laptop computer, a chromebook, an iPad, or even just your cell phone (though something more conducive to complex work is encouraged). Depending on how many teachers you are coaching, your days may be full of meetings and classroom visits which typically take place in a coachee’s classroom. Tool #1: Mobile Technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2019

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. Owl Eyes (classics). Unite for Literacy. Ziggity Zoom (stories). Teach students to read with their digital devices. by Sandra S.

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Adam Welcome

JANUARY 18, 2016

Send home the Sphero's - Send home the Drones - Send home the tablets - The Chromebooks. Who gets invited to meet with them, Lynn of course! We started sending our Sphero's home with kids last August. Parents couldn't believe it, kids were astounded! When you send these tools home with kids, you're also sending home a mindset.

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ViewSonic Education

MAY 31, 2019

Active learning is paramount to maximizing STEM learning. Interactive touch screen displays bring STEM subjects to life. Be it an iPad, Chromebook or touch screen display. Use it to conduct your morning meetings. Experimentation. Forget telling students about the results of scientific study. Lecturing is old school.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Here are some of the most recent winners: School District 51 (CO) students scored 9,000 new Chromebooks for the next school year. The Chromebooks and charging carts were purchased with $3.18 The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. So you’ve got the writing standard, but they may actually meet the standard without written expression? Do you see where i’m going with that? Vicki: Yeah.

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My Paperless Classroom

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

It is with great pleasure that we are announcing GoPiGo from Dexter Industries as the recipient of the brand new TeacherCast “Best in Class” Award that will be given out to only the best educational products that meet and exceed our new 15 point educational checklist. Let us begin share with you why GoPiGo has earned this distinction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Finally, we get the feedback that we need on apps for young children and meet content standards. I was blown away when I took a recent tour and saw that you can customize a playlist of games for each student based on standards and the personal needs of each student.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Acer’s C871 Chromebook tackles complex classes like coding with up to 10th-Gen Intel Core i3 processors and extra vertical viewing space on the 3:2 aspect ratio display. Acer featured the ConceptD 7, Acer’s premium notebook for creative uses including graphic design, film/photo editing, and shoutcasting esports tournaments.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

ACER CHROMEBOOK TAB 10 ( WWW.ACER.COM/AC/EN/US/CONTENT/HOME ) The Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be used in classrooms to expand and enhance student learning. CTL CHROMEBOOK NL7TW ( CTL.NET ) The CTL Chromebook NL7TW is CTL’s latest convertible 360 Chromebook incorporating Intel’s next generation of processors.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 14, 2018

Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. Once I was speaking in Virginia and some teachers told me I had to meet Pam, that she was a “teacher’s and student’s superintendent.” Date: January 15, 2018.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

It can be a challenge to meet those expectations. It’s not unusual, for example, for a large state to have districts with a range of computers in the classrooms—from Macs to Chromebooks. Beyond the students’ expectations for lifelike speech, there’s the need for consistency of pronunciation.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

But this year the STEM projects, maker space designs and story hours that usually take place within the library’s walls have moved online, and the library itself has found itself innovating quickly to meet the needs of their community. Families can pick up a Chromebook and hot spot from the library.

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Adam Welcome

MAY 22, 2016

Students use an Internet connected device (preferably a laptop/Chromebook/desktop computer) to figure out the combinations to a series of locks but they are all online! Team STEM design challenges are fun for kids AND adults! Makerspaces & STEM Labs are popping up everywhere and they SHOULD be!

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. An art teacher I am working with has students bring laptops from a STEM lab with them to art class. These sixth-grade students had experience working with a 3D printer from their STEM lab, so she built on that background knowledge.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

A recent National Science Board report indicates 78 percent of educators say they have on-demand access to digital cameras; 5 1 percent use interactive whiteboards ; and 68 percent report that their school meets or exceeds the Federal Communications Commission’s minimum internet bandwidth recommendations for K–12 institutions.

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