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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

Co-Teaching Pear Deck (formative and targeted assessment)* Nearpod (formative and targeted assessment)* Padle t (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding) Linoit (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding, annotation) Flipgrid (video creation for closure, checks for understanding, blended learning) Newsela (assign current (..)

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Developing Asynchronous Remote Learning Tasks

A Principal's Reflections

One of my favorite examples I saw during a coaching visit to Wells Elementary School was a Tic-Tac-Toe board that included formative assessment, purposeful use of technology, and differentiation, which you can read about in detail HERE. Concepts can be explained using mini whiteboards, slide decks, or digital tools like Educreations.

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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers. Connect Teacher Learning to Classroom Activities.

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10 Reasons to Screencast in Your Class and 7 Best-in-class Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom. I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is a virtual whiteboard for direct teaching or explanations, complete with colored ink choices and the ability to import images.

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27 Word Work Apps for the Elementary Classroom

Fractus Learning

Whether a teacher uses Daily 5 in the classroom or not, word work is an important piece of student daily learning. Each app is listed by grade level and state, showing how it will best serve your students while they work with words in the classroom. Apps iPad book creator educreations moldiv pic collage popplet skitch'

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An Educator's Challenge! iPads in an Elementary Classroom

MSEDTechie

Each year, I am seeing more and more students entering elementary school with technology knowledge greater than ever before. Our elementary students now, have never had a time in their lives where technology wasn''t present. It is almost impossible to capture the value a device like an iPad has in a kindergarten classroom.

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Pair Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

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. Students do not reveal their drawings. Then both compare the drawings. Try the Popplet app.

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