The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

One of the strongest arguments for classroom technology is the ability it gives teachers to easily adapt curricula for different abilities and learning styles. Neil Fleming’s VARK model groups student learning into four styles: 1. So, which device makes differentiated instruction easiest on teachers and schools?

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge learners to engage in Approaches to Learning. Acknowledge your learners as individuals through differentiated instruction. How do we achieve this within our limited time in the classroom?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 16, 2022

You can also organize students into different groups and differentiate instruction based on students needs. ReadWorks offers several features to enhance reading instruction and learning. Teachers can turn on audio for the entire class, specific groups, or for individual students. Some of these features include: 1.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2017

Google Classroom is popular among teachers all over the country, and it's constantly being updated. The Google for Education sessions at ISTE continue to be packed with teachers eager to learn: Some are already using Classroom, and others are trying to figure out if it's the right fit. Communicate with parents and guardians.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 29, 2019

Seesaw and Google Classroom are both sleek platforms for organizing student work. While Google Classroom is great for streamlining the management of classes, assignments, grades, and parent communication, Seesaw shines as a digital portfolio tool that incorporates teacher, parent, and student feedback. Google Classroom.

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100mentors

OCTOBER 29, 2019

This post is part of a 6-part series highlighting how we, as IB teachers, can bring Approaches to Teaching to our classroom and challenge students to engage in Approaches to Learning. Acknowledge your students as individual learners through differentiated instruction. The answer to this riddle can be the “flipped classroom”.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 5, 2020

Not only does this help teachers easily assess students but differentiate instruction as well. Kahoot - One of the most popular sites around to "gamify" a classroom and create fun educational quizzes for the whole class to take as a group.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 16, 2019

Answer Pad - A fantastic Student Response System that lets educators seamlessly assess students, differentiate instruction, and turn their classroom paperless. flipped classroom, project based learning, digital storytelling, etc.) This makes it easy to differentiate instruction.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 9, 2018

Seesaw and Google Classroom are both sleek platforms for organizing student work. While Google Classroom is great for streamlining the management of classes, assignments, grades, and parent communication, Seesaw shines as a digital portfolio tool that incorporates teacher, parent, and student feedback. Google Classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Brainscape is an excellent free iOS app for studying any topic based on mobile flashcards. This "smart" flashcards get rated by the user and based on those ratings will differentiate instruction to help the student learn. differentiated instruction educational iOS apps flashcards' For more info check out Edshelf.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. The other was a third-grade blended-learning classroom at Lincoln Central Elementary School, in Lincoln, Rhode Island. The differences in these two classrooms were stark.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 26, 2014

Answer Pad is one of the best free (per 1 teacher - 8 groups & 200 students) tools around for mobile devices. This is a easy to use graphical student response system that helps turns a classroom paperless by allowing for all testing/assessing to be done on mobile devices. Below is a brief demo.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Though often classroom lessons focus on the Visual, with a bit of preparation, they can be taught using all four modalities thus accommodating students who learn best in a different way. Differentiated instruction, also called “personalized learning”, addresses the truism that every student learns differently.

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techlearning

AUGUST 13, 2018

Science A-Z provides thousands of resources to teach core science ideas and practices, multilevel books to differentiate reading instruction, and hands-on experiments and projects to apply science concepts. Resources can be used for one-to-one, small-group, and whole-class instruction. About Cambium Learning Group, Inc.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

In a study of 140,000 classrooms in K-12 schools across 39 states, more than half showed no evidence of students using technology to gather, evaluate, or use information for learning. And in nearly two-thirds of the classrooms, students didn’t appear to use technology to solve problems or work collaboratively. Design for collaboration.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 2, 2015

60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom. Google Classroom is quietly becoming the most powerful tool in education technology. As such, it scratches the itch for many teachers in many classrooms right here, right now. So below are (at least) 60 thing you can do with Google Classroom. Flip your classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 24, 2016

The Answer Pad is a great student response system and mobile learning tool I've covered before in the past. This excellent site/app allows educators to turn their classroom paperless and do all their testing, assessing, etc. on a mobile device (i.e. This is great way for classroom discussion w/ the names hidden.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Top 5 Features that make Chronicle Cloud the best notes taking app for teachers: What should a teacher consider when choosing the best mobile application for managing their classroom efficiently? I was looking for an app that helped teachers efficiently manage their classroom activities. Teaching is not easy.

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techlearning

APRIL 3, 2018

The conversations in these presentations centered on impactful instruction and the magnitude of digital options. One attendee commented that “technology tools can support ALL learners in the classroom by assisting students with everything from reading, writing, and math, to time management, organization, focus, and more.” Joseph Ed.D

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Graphite Blog

MAY 21, 2021

Then follow up with differentiated instructional activities. Grades pre-K-2: For the youngest learners, this is an outstanding mobile option that'll encourage curious learning across math and reading with a healthy dose of the arts. Note: The free version only supports one assignment per week. Read our review of Freckle.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Please join the volunteer group and sign up for times that you''re able to help. No problem!

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Kitaboo on EdTech

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Integrating technology into the classroom, changes the classroom dynamic. Whether it’s the lack of resources and support or whether it’s due to other reasons altogether, our guide will help demonstrate how to get started on incorporating technology in the K12 classroom. How to Integrate Technology in Your K12 Classroom?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. ” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Flipped Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 13, 2014

You’ll leave this webinar armed with tools to optimize your BrainPOP subscription in the classroom. Saturday, May 17th at 12pm CR20 LIVE Weekly Show - Aaron Maurer Featured Teacher , Classroom 2.0 Is your library mobile friendly? Classroom 2.0 For more information, click here. More information here. Join the session here.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 28, 2017

It is an ideal tool for engaging students for any grade/subject area, and turning a classroom paperless. This is great way for classroom discussion w/ the names hidden. Students complete the first step and classroom discusses the anonymous responses. As a group decide which answer is best and broadcast response to entire class.

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eSpark

APRIL 13, 2022

A recent study shows that the number of preschool classrooms using tablets doubled from 2013 to 2015, and research conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation indicates that “the adoption of personalized learning approaches has increased significantly in recent years due in part to rapid advances in technology platforms and digital content.”

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 21, 2016

It is an ideal tool for engaging students for any grade/subject area, and turning a classroom paperless. This is great way for classroom discussion w/ the names hidden. Students complete the first step and classroom discusses the anonymous responses. As a group decide which answer is best and broadcast response to entire class.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

“As a Microsoft Education Partner, Merge is focused on providing educators our new hands-on digital teaching aids, which are one of the most significant technological advancements in education since computers were first brought into the classroom over three decades ago,” said Franklin Lyons, Founder and CEO of Merge. “We

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

A recent study shows that the number of preschool classrooms using tablets doubled from 2013 to 2015, and research conducted by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation indicates that “the adoption of personalized learning approaches has increased significantly in recent years due in part to rapid advances in technology platforms and digital content.”

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

Achieve3000 will apply its online differentiated instruction to the content, helping students to digest critical material so they can read, discuss, and debate core U.S. Tech & Learning Rounds Up a Summary of New Tools for Schools Software & Online ACHIEVE3000 & ICIVIC ( www.achieve3000.com civics and government topics.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

This approach to teaching allows educators to transform the way students learn by creating personalized lessons that integrate mobile devices into workflows and maximize the true power of digital devices in today’s classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2015

Those details–that intimate knowledge–helped you understand what motivated them so you could differentiate instruction to reach each of them where they were. You want students to quickly get comfortable with each other, bond as a group, without turning the classroom into a party room.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The Answer Pad the fantastically simple mobile learning tool and student response system has been busy over the summer months. Broadcast : Upgraded teachers can now select as received response from the dashboard and send it back out to the entire group, which is great for working collaboratively through multi step problems.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 9, 2020

Wikipedia says, " Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through online delivery of content and instruction with some element of student control over time, place, path or pace. [1] 5] " That being said, I decided to curate a list of resources that can be used for Blended Learning instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

Here’s what I’m using all the time in my classroom right now. 36 Tools I’m Using Right Now in My Classroom and Life. She also has a Technology Jump Start Course with 8 modules to help get you comfortable with technology in the classroom.) Haiku Learning is the tool I use to blend my classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 22, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Last Week for "Reinventing the Classroom" Presentation Proposals. Submissions are due by April 25th. PD certificates will be available through the Learning Revolution.

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