Digital Promise

JUNE 28, 2018

Teachers gave lectures at the front of the classroom, and wrote information on the board. In 2016, he was one of Lamar’s 55 teachers and 842 students who received tablets with data plans as part of the Verizon Innovative Learning program, administered by the Verizon Foundation and nonprofit Digital Promise.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 29, 2019

Although conventional lessons that take place in a classroom are the norm and are probably here to stay, bringing an LMS into the learning process can definitely improve learners’ engagement. If you decide to add an LMS to traditional classroom lessons, the experience will undoubtedly prove beneficial to all those involved.

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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. So, which device makes differentiated instruction easiest on teachers and schools? Neil Fleming’s VARK model groups student learning into four styles: 1.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones. Use should be appropriate, tied to classroom content areas, and guided. Go to everfi.com/coolcat to sign up for these early literacy lessons perfect for K to 2 classrooms everywhere. And how much is too much?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Nearpod offers an interactive instructional platform that merges real-time formative assessment and dynamic media for live and self-paced learning experiences, both inside and outside of the classroom, giving educators the ability to adjust in real-time, while easily seeing how their students are progressing. About Nearpod.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Districts around the country are enacting similar plans, and many start by deciding on what technology to use in the classroom. We spent nearly two years talking to stakeholders and developing our instructional and academic goals before considering what technology to purchase. At BCPS, we took a curriculum-first approach.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 17, 2018

In my first-grade classroom, a third of my students were learning English as a second language. As a public school teacher, I had to constantly evaluate how my teaching practices and materials could better include and empower the vast diversity in my classroom. Subscribe to our weekly Digital Classroom newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 27, 2020

For much of the previous decade, advocates of education technology imagined a classroom where computer algorithms would differentiate instruction for each student, delivering just the right lessons at the right time, like a personal tutor. Related: Research shows lower test scores for fourth graders who use tablets in schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

Resources You Can Use in the Classroom. Expeditions uses an app on the teacher’s tablet in conjunction with the Cardboard viewer to guide students on virtual reality field trips. 10 Questioning Strategies to Differentiate Instruction | Minds in Bloom. The research on why music is so helpful in the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Louis, a seventh-grade language arts teacher adapted her own classroom check-ins. Supported by federal funds, it coaches parents on topics like constructive study routines, how to monitor student progress, and new vocabulary specific to the digital classroom. Parent involvement is “critical,” says Assistant Superintendent Ebony Lee.

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Learning in Hand

MARCH 12, 2016

Easily providing recordings to your students means you can reteach concepts, differentiate instruction, give directions at centers, communicate with parents, and be heard and/or seen any time and any place. In a classroom, the QR code would likely be printed out, included on a worksheet, put on a task card, placed on a sticker, etc.

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Learning in Hand

MARCH 12, 2016

Easily providing recordings to your students means you can reteach concepts, differentiate instruction, give directions at centers, communicate with parents, and be heard and/or seen any time and any place. In a classroom, the QR code would likely be printed out, included on a worksheet, put on a task card, placed on a sticker, etc.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Create Multimedia eBooks in a 1 iPad Classroom by Wesley Fryer Enhanced eBooks on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches can include audio, video, and interactive animations in addition to digital text, images and links. Learn how to evaluate digital games for effectiveness in the classroom and learn the difference between an App and a Game.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

From turbocharging Google Classroom with AI-assisted features to pushing the boundaries of accessibility and interactivity in Google Meet, these updates aim to reshape the way we teach and learn. Drawing from my own years in the classroom, I’ve dug deep into these updates to offer you an insider’s perspective.

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eSchool News

JULY 1, 2015

New application ensures a safe instructional environment in which teachers control content and personalize learning for each student. tablet, the first EdRedi-enabled device. Tablets are the perfect size device for education,” said Chris Klein, head of Community and Engagement at Educational Resources.

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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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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. ” (3).

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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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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Boy using a tablet. With apps and online lessons, we’re able to differentiate instruction for students by level and interest. I will also be posting challenges on my classroom website that allow students to create, share and reflect on their coding progress. Photo: Jamel Toppin/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire. PLYMOUTH, Mass.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Although even the youngest children are considered tech-savvy today, there exists a difference between a child who knows how to use a tablet to watch videos and a child who knows how to navigate a device for active learning. The thought of giving 30 kindergarten students their own Chromebooks might be daunting.

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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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Learning in Hand

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Richard was kind enough to post his slides online, and he has included some fantastic photos from futuristic classrooms. Janet and Joan are full of ideas that can be used immediately in the classroom, and they’ve gathered them onto a Smore page. She also previewed many of the various photo and video apps available today.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Integrating technology in the classroom not only cultivates digital literacy but also fosters collaborative and personalized learning environments. Video conferencing tools have become essential for remote and hybrid learning, connecting students and educators in virtual classrooms.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Now more than ever, students and teachers are seeing the real value edtech tools can bring to the classroom. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2022

Virtual and hybrid learning continued into the spring, but then classrooms welcomed back students for full-time in-person learning in the fall. Now more than ever, students and teachers are seeing the real value edtech tools can bring to the classroom. Well, it did–but it also didn’t.

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