The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I have picked five of my essential classroom tools. I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. This tool is essential for my classroom. Get to know hyperdocs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Their approach is good but way down the SAMR pyramid to what can be done today, easily, in classrooms. Augmentation: Technology not only replaces a traditional tool but adds functionality, e.g. using Google Earth to explore the setting of a story rather than a map. All you need is a special app that loads onto a tablet or smartphone.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2018

I l ike Felicia Zorn’s summary of how that go-nogo decision really has become ‘get with the program’ Teacher Support in the Digital-Blended Classroom. Growing up, my generation did not use verbs like ‘Google’ or proper nouns such as ‘Siri’. We were the pioneers of the digital era.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Context matters, especially when it comes to classroom learning. " Pressing play on the YouTube video will set third-party cookies controlled by Google if you are logged in to Chrome. " Pressing play on the YouTube video will set third-party cookies controlled by Google if you are logged in to Chrome.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Let’s discuss some of the tools and techniques math teachers can use in the classroom today. Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. public schools provide students with computers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2015

She broadcast the class on her iPad with her Google Hangouts (GHO) app, sent me an invite, and that’s it. With Google Hangouts, you meet face-to-face with people around the world, share screens, collaborate on documents, even watch videos. Use Google Hangouts for parent conferences. I saw everything she did.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 12, 2018

I was thrilled when Amanda Ronan over at Teach.com suggested that she write a how-to for teachers on getting virtual reality started in their classrooms. To use virtual reality in the classroom, all you need is a smartphone capable of downloading the VR apps or videos (more on those in a second) and a headset.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Google Earth. The amazing Google Earth provides a view of our planet that is both detailed and general in nature. Because of its versatility, teachers use Google Earth for too many classroom activities to mention, from history to geography to science, to language arts. Google Cardboard Camera App.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 19, 2018

The poster child for a cutting-edge classroom over the years has included computers (back in your mom’s schooldays), iPads (a surprisingly long time ago), 3D printing, Maker Space, and G Suite. 10 Ways to Use AR in the Classroom. Classroom tour: Make a class picture image trigger a virtual tour of a classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2018

It’s one of the few technologies that inspires students who have never known life without smartphones and the internet. Putting them into immersive environments can complement the learning they’re doing at home or in the classroom and extend their understanding of new concepts and ideas. The learning potential of VR is incredible.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

Let’s look at that term, “digital native” Techopedia defines it as: a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age. Do you use a smartphone and all of its scintillating apps? I agree about the familiarity. Are you a geek?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Wouldn’t you love to experiment with 5G on your smartphone or play with Samsung’s foldable phone? With the App Inventor program from MIT, students use block-based tools to build apps on a smartphone. These include Hello Codi, TalkToMe I and I I (Text-to-speech app), Ball Bounce Game, and Digital Doodle (a drawing app).

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 12, 2020

Anyone -- from accredited journalists, citizen journalists, or even someone on the street with a smartphone -- can shed light on injustices or important events that larger media outlets might struggle to cover, or not cover at all. Recommended for: Grades: 8-12 Subjects: Digital citizenship, journalism, social studies, ELA.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 15, 2019

BTW–if you leave the Free Lesson Plan section, it’s easy to tell free from fee: How to use these in your classroom. If you’re thinking about these as traditional lesson plans, you probably wonder why I have a section on how to use it in your classroom. To organize the lesson! Study.com is platform-neutral.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 7, 2020

Even if teachers have to start the year remotely, they can transfer some of the community building that traditionally takes place in a brick-and-mortar classroom to the virtual one. According to reporting by Education Week , the following strategies are best suited to each learning mode: Activities for the Classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

During this week, teachers and students alike spend time getting to know each other, become comfortable in the classroom where they’ll spend countless hours for the next nine months, and take time to reach a comfort level with leaving summer behind. Or, simply string them around the classroom. Who doesn’t like selfies?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

No matter the technology mix in the classroom, everyone shares the same user experience, with learning focused on the subject matter not the hardware, thus simplifying classroom management for the teacher. can of soda, and smart enough to automatically sync with your desktop, smartphone, or iPad. for bridge building.

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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. It also uses Google’s familiar template that many teachers have used for years. As such, it scratches the itch for many teachers in many classrooms right here, right now.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

We tend to think of museums and art galleries as places of quiet contemplation and reflection, but that's not always the case -- especially now that most visitors have smartphones in their pockets. " However, there's still a question of whether smartphones and social media enhance or distract from the museum experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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AUGUST 1, 2019

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. The code symbols are a bit small for a smartphone screen and become hidden under the iPhone’s lower coping. . One I discovered this summer and have fallen in love with is Sunburst’s Robo Wunderkind.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. Google’s education solutions just keep expanding. Thankfully, there’s Alice Keeler, a Google Certified Teacher and self-described super-nerd. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Original or Curated.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The easy access to information due to their smartphone in their back pocket does not make them truly knowledgable.just able to regurgitate facts.or I've done it, I've been asked questions regarding certain educational topics, I've quickly googled it and was able to sound knowledgable but in honesty, my level of comfortability wasn't there.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 4, 2020

Google Meet – currently free to have up to 250 members on a group call; for how to structure breakout rooms, see this post. Note : Meet is now integrated in Google Classroom. Of course, just as we have classroom management/discipline issues in classrooms, issues are bound to occur. Interactive Applications.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Let’s face it: There are few tools more powerful or with more reach than digital technology. According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey , nearly eight in 10 Americans have at least a desktop computer, and 77 percent of Americans across all demographics own a smartphone.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Teacher Voices: This article is part of a series of from-the-classroom perspectives. Let’s face it: There are few tools more powerful or with more reach than digital technology. Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

The chatroom or backchannel can be accessed on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and puts students'' texting talents to work. Caveat : Expect some shenanigans the first time using the backchannel as students move through Maslow''s Heirarchy of Needs and engage in social learning and digital citizenship. Why do they work?

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 5, 2013

Classrooms Without Walls- Connect Your Classroom With The World! Most of these same tools can be used to connect your classroom with the world. Our students need to connect with other students in the classroom down the hall, down the street, across town, or even across the world! How do you do this? Well how do we do it?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2016

A digital story is a series of images connected with text and/or a narrated soundtrack — captured by a digital device such as an iPad or smartphone — that tell a story. Google Storybuilder. Google Storybuilder tells a story with text and music through the eyes of specific individuals. VoiceThread.

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Smartphones have been around for 10 years now, but in education, the shifts are vastly different within our classrooms. How can we close this digital divide? According to the US Department of Education , there are seven ways to help close the digital divide. He became the classroom expert and started helping others.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

With smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices, students have 24/7 access to news, information, and opinions—not all of which are well-informed or well-intentioned. Monitoring students’ internet access in school won’t help them once they leave the 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. ” (3).

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The post 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom – SULS033 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Did I actually title this 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom? 100+ Ways to Use a Chromebook in the Classroom. I want to introduce you to the Chromebook App Hub from Google. Yes, I did! Click To Tweet.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

But do phones have a place in the classroom? Here are four factors to consider when forming your opinion about phones in the classroom. The Role of Tech for Education The appropriateness of cell phones in the classroom depends largely on how well they fit the lessons they’re helping teach. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In my previous article, Learning for the Always-On Generation, readers were introduced to several learning attributes of the digital generations. The new digital landscape allows the younger generations to connect anytime, anywhere, with anyone using digital tools to communicate. .

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

What is the best way to set up my classroom for device use? Are there benefits to allowing student phones in the classroom? How can digital citizenship lessons help me get the most out of teaching with technology? The classroom is a great place to model media balance. If so, what are they?

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