EdTech Magazine

MAY 25, 2018

The program’s goal was to improve student achievement and higher-order thinking skills through more effective use of educational technology. Educators often criticize technology because it doesn’t always enhance traditional approaches. Connect Teacher Learning to Classroom Activities. Focus on Higher-Order Thinking Skills.

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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. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with the LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2019

Part of my evolution has been to explore new pathways to reach my professional goals while attempting to give something back in return to educators. No wonder more and more educators have begun to use this medium to connect with other people. Educators can also harness video to create flipped lessons. million words per minute.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

Below is a sample from some of the portfolios: Math teacher Kanchan Chellani has been using her PGP time to create engaging learning activities with Adobe Captivate to flip her classroom. Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Like Kerpoof , thousands of educators are scrambling to replace a fundamental tool that was to be an integral part of their 2016-17 lesson plans. The education account includes a teacher dashboard (there are some differences between teacher log-in on the app and the website), ability to grade assignments, and more. Drawp for School.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Cathie Norris and ElliotSoloway, university professors studying how much time today’s youth spend with text-based materials vs. image-based materials, “ estimate that 90 percent of K-12 classroom time in the U.S. They are on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat before they even step into our classrooms. “If

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

In constructivist classrooms, students are active and reflective, and effectively leveraging the technology tools to craft this environment is crucial in creating personalized learning. Meagan also creates screencasts of actual math worksheets using Educreations – a great app for creating screencasts. Educreations.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 28, 2014

Photo by familymwr used under a creative commons license Recently I had a wonderful conversation with my district''s high school educational technologist, Kristin Thompson , about apps and online tools that could be used for formative assessment and reteaching of concepts. Texas Education on iTunesU - Kid2Kid videos and other resources.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 21, 2016

You will soon see how these icebreakers and activities will help transform your classroom into a thriving community of excited learners supporting each other. Check out these Educreation monster drawings by elementary students. IPad Education , by team Mobile Learning Implementation Resources. Then both compare the drawings.

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MSEDTechie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

As a 21st century educator, it is quite a difficult task, rather a huge challenge to prepare students for college and work-place experiences that don''t even exist yet. That being said, why not embrace their reality, and allow their classroom learning experiences to mimic what they encounter everyday. Not sure how to get started?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Draw and Dash – Each student will need to use a piece of paper or a drawing app like Tackk, Educreations, Magic Paintbrush, or Sketchbook Express. Then give each pair a stuffed animal, doll, character, or sock puppet. They will have to create 2 or more awesome selfies of this character. Give them 30 seconds. Enjoyed this post?

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 1, 2013

Introduction to close reading Here''s an overview of close reading: What does close reading look like in the classroom? I''ve created the Close Read poster based on the training I received at the Arizona Department of Education, which is largely based on the work of Fisher, Frey, and Lapp. There are text-dependent questions.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

A little group of Hawaii educators held a Hangout on Air about The Flipped Classroom last evening. Anne Torige suggested the flipped classroom, for instance, because she was interested in learning more about it. I had invited Mitch Krulewich, a new teacher at our school, to talk about how he flips his math classroom.

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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. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with whatever LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

JUNE 30, 2013

The search features are easy to use for finding resources on the web, and with connections to Dropbox, Google Drive, Flickr, YouTube, Educreations, Gooru, adding your already created content to a canvas requires no artistic talent. Simple as finger painting! I got more in my gallery, and so will you, too.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

As more than 900 entrepreneurs and educators converge in San Francisco this week, some will talk academic standards, literacy and charter schools. Participants can teach to student avatars in a virtual classroom, check out the Two Bit Circus or attend “Hour of Power,’’ sessions that promise to be “provocative, fun and interactive.”.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 19, 2016

There are some ways to integrate technology in your classroom that adds value to your learning environment and pretty much can be a go to no matter what the lesson plan. Today, we have websites and apps like A Web Whiteboard, Explain Everything, ShowMe, and EduCreations that can be used to give students personal access to content.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. checkology Virtual Classroom. BreakoutEDU.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. checkology Virtual Classroom. BreakoutEDU.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

A "Flipped Classroom" is a classroom that uses class time to do activities/lessons (guided by the teacher) and "homework" time (at home) for guided instruction (usually through video). For an excellent info-graphic on what a "Flipped Classroom" is click here. One of the best sites around for creating a "Flipped Classroom".

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 26, 2013

As educators we want to create awesome lessons and projects for our students, but we all struggle with just one problem. Pictures- Snap pictures of specific objects in the classroom Record directions for completing a task, or for showing understanding of a concept. Video the classroom to find angles and shapes.

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MSEDTechie

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

They can be used to transform learning inside and outside of the classroom, and offer limitless opportunities. Many educators are effectively integrating technology in the classroom using iPads to achieve the 4C’s , or “super skills,” that digital learners need to compete in our global society.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 3, 2012

Educational Blogging: Flattening Classroom Walls by Linda Yollis and Kathleen Morris I am always inspired and in awe of these two women. Steven Anderson : I really liked his idea of using Edmodo and Twitter to connect with his new teachers and help them with the tools they needed and used in the classroom.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative. District #3 : Next Generation Digital Classroom - moving away from laptops and desktops. Important for modeling classroom management. Goals based on Project Red and SAMR.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. Look at your classroom layout. Here are suggestions by primary school teacher Chris Andrews (with a picture of a personalized learning classroom ). Presenting: iMovie , Keynote , Educreations.

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Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 24, 2017

This post originally appeared on The FETC: Future of EdTech Insiders Blog At FETC, I was delighted to attend a session by high school foreign language teacher Rachelle Dene Poth titled, Flipping Classrooms: Trading Spaces and Places Digital Tools and Ideas to Empower Students. However, before those digital tools were given, Ms.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I read an interesting article in EdSurge last week about how current educational technologies do little to move learners beyond rote recall of knowledge and it caught me off guard. While educational technology does make learning visible, it is the teacher that makes learning meaningful.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2015

Whether you have a single computer, an interactive whiteboard, a cart of Chromebooks, or a handful of iPads in your classroom, the learning center approach can be used to encourage students to engage with math concepts. First, she created a center where each student used Educreations to create video story that presented a math problem.

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

Over the last 13 years, I have spent my career in education in the Springdale School District in Springdale, AR. The 3rd and 4th grade classrooms I have taught were at about a 75% or higher ELL (or ESL) population. This can now be done with every single student in the classroom. Chrome: I prefer the extension SpeakIt!

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MSEDTechie

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

4) Educreations - This FREE app and website, allows you to make cool presentations using an interactive whiteboard format on the app. This is great for teaching a lesson in the flip classroom format. Use it to teach a unit, and share it to the Educreations community site. the list goes on.

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wwwatanabe

JANUARY 31, 2013

How does a teacher start to use iPads in the classroom? While Part 1 focuses on the hardware basics, Part 2 focuses on iPad integration in the classroom. Examples of other ways to use QR codes in the class: Vicki Davis shares seven ways to use QR codes in the classroom in her fabulous post, " QR Code Classroom Implementation Guide."

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Just as it is a best practice for educators to model with math and reading and writing for students, it is also a best practice for all tech-savvy stakeholders to model for the tech-tentative. Classroom contracts aren’t a new concept, and when used well can help everyone hold one another accountable as a community.

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

Over the last 13 years, I have spent my career in education in the Springdale School District in Springdale, AR. The 3rd and 4th grade classrooms I have taught were at about a 75% or higher ELL (or ESL) population. This can now be done with every single student in the classroom. Chrome: I prefer the extension SpeakIt!

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MindShift

MAY 21, 2015

Educators are looking for ways to help students participate in a digital world, but the choices for digital engagement in the classroom can be overwhelming. ” She put together a list of favorite digital tools for the social studies classroom and shared them during an edWeb webinar.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

It’s all about what can be done by Pad-using educators, whether or not their students have iPads. The next most popular was Educreations with 7%. If you examine the word cloud, the text Educreations appears larger than Explain Everything. There were dozens of different responses. Can I print it?

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