A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Image credit: [link] The other day I had the unique challenge and opportunity of working with elementary teachers in the Spotswood School District. The teachers I was working with only had access to a laptop cart, thus apps that had to be downloaded on a device were not an option. Within minutes I was bombarded with so many new tools.

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Edsurge

MARCH 14, 2024

Given the amount of planning time he has each day, along with the assistance of an AI-powered app, Robert can easily turn a hard copy reading passage and questions into an interactive quiz for the students in his elementary classroom. Parsing education data into snack-sized servings.

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Edsurge

MAY 13, 2020

So teachers settled in—or at least tried—to their newly-virtual classrooms and made their home arrangements more manageable for the longer term. Her new classroom—limited to a window on a computer screen—feels very restrictive. Speaking to a Zoom classroom can feel both strangely chaotic and isolating.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

78% of elementary school students, 69% of middle school students, and 49% of high schoolers now use a tablet in their school life. Tablets are the number one choice for classroom learning, as they are somewhere in the middle ground between the reliability of laptops and the mobility of smartphones. Measuring the results.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Limited quantities on desktops, gaming laptops, high quality monitors, thunderbolt docks, wireless mice and more. Jon Bergmann is one of the pioneers of the Flipped Classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 21, 2019

I’ve always loved PBL because of the real-world aspects you can bring into the classroom and the fact that children are proactive in their own learning,” she says. When Kimberly Head-Trotter, a teacher at McKissack Middle School in Nashville, Tenn., Students first read March , a memoir by Rep.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

That’s because earning credit toward a diploma or degree typically requires students to spend a minimum number of hours receiving instruction in the classroom. And the fact that students learn valuable lessons in the many hours they spend outside of the classroom, too, before school, after school , on the weekends and in the summer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Listen and Read.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 27, 2018

When school districts buy laptops for students to use in the classroom, the cost doesn’t stop at the price per device. Mao said focusing only on the cost of an individual laptop is like buying a car without factoring in the cost for insurance and gas. The post Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets? Sign up for our newsletter.

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EdTech4Beginners

MAY 20, 2020

Set up remote classroom environments. How do you set up a remote classroom ? If your school doesn’t have one already, you will first need to select a Learning Management System (LMS) such as Google Classroom, Canvas or Docebo to share your resources online.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 11, 2015

All of our elementary instructors have taught in K-5 classrooms at some point in their careers. For that reason, we’ve put together a great set of workshops specific to elementary classrooms. Technology in the Elementary Classroom: July 20-22 in Boston – with Suzy Brooks.

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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

These are our "go to" robotics for elementary students. 5 Lenovo Laptops. The robotics and coding platforms are used across the curriculum to teach in classroom concepts regardless of the subject matter. I wish we had done this a bit more in the beginning. Their durability is amazing. Wonder Workshop Cue Robots.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. This gives teachers the flexibility to engage all learning styles in the classroom. For example, Ms.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 19, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. This gives teachers the flexibility to engage all learning styles in the classroom. For example, Ms.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Springfield Public Schools is fortunate enough to be a 1:1 district that provides Microsoft student laptops for everyone, giving all students access to Office 365.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 31, 2023

He was particularly interested in one theme of this series, which is how much technology seems to be contributing to student disengagement, when students have their phones and laptops constantly tempting them with the latest text or video. “I He also advises walking around the classroom to use the space and show that you see all the students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Two student at Greenville’s Em Boyd Elementary, work on a science project on an iPad. Districts across Mississippi, like Greenville and Columbus, have adopted technology programs in classrooms. The post Why one Mississippi district ditched textbooks for laptops appeared first on The Hechinger Report. Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Well-used, television has traditionally been important in the classroom. Educational shows can be a great asset to a classroom, no matter what age the children are. Educational Shows For Elementary. Television in the classroom is a great help for younger students. TV isn’t just a great deal in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 15, 2019

The district loaded up on engaging tools to help teachers and students connect and collaborate—TVs in classrooms, whiteboarding devices, and wireless HDMI to name a few. Serendipity struck when Vivi , an Australia-based classroom engagement solution, reached out to Rugg offering a demo. Wait, TVs to Support Collaboration?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

They told the board in the high-poverty district in Chicago’s south suburbs that the project would “future-proof the classroom” and “catapult Dolton into the next generation of learning technology.” But simultaneously teaching students who are in the classroom and virtually is challenging, especially in the elementary grades Dolton serves.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 7, 2018

Deb Ramm helps us learn the techniques to help powerful improvement happen in classrooms. IT Coaches Leading Change in the Classroom. Now, Deb, you work with implementing lighthouse classrooms, but you’ve also recently moved into instructional technology. Vicki: But how do you keep your classroom focused? Listen Now.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The advent of interactive large format displays further expands the options for achieving the documented benefits delivered by this transformative classroom technology. Classroom display board technology is a powerful thing. Introduced in 1801, the chalkboard was a transformative classroom technology.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Many will also have new laptops or tablets through one-to-one computing programs , upgraded classroom technology for blended learning , and teachers trained to more effectively use technology to personalize instruction. District teachers learned to use Google Classroom and Google’s G Suite apps. . by Marquita Brown.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Peek inside Brittany Horning’s second-grade class at L’Ouverture Elementary School, and you’ll see kids sprawled on large ottomans, perched atop bouncy seats, lying back on gamer-style recliners and using footstools as makeshift desks. This spring, the other 16 classrooms at L’Ouverture will undergo similar transformations.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2019

MIAMI — There are no walls between the seven classrooms on the third floor of the Medical Academy for Science and Technology, a former hospital that houses a magnet high school for would-be doctors, nurses, physical therapists and pharmacists. That couldn’t happen in a traditional classroom.”. In all, Miami is spending $1.2

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2018

She supports much more student collaboration and autonomy, and not because of any revolutionary training session she attended but because of a classroom redesign that has fundamentally altered the way she does her job. So far almost two dozen classrooms have new designs, along with common spaces in each of the district’s seven schools.

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

Now, as has been reported , a number of districts have opted to move back to laptops from iPads. Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. So, what happened?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Yet that could be a problem in the long, narrow classroom, where the carpet and white board were at one end and the projector and computer were wired into a corner 35 feet away. Jean Duran In search of a more reliable long-term solution, Duran’s IT department landed on global classroom engagement solution Vivi. You’re ready to go.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

During 2009, then-Superintendent Darwin Stiffler and Associate Superintendent Duane Sheppard of Yuma Elementary School District One in Arizona had just taken their positions and were trying to figure out how to meet students’ needs. With these laptops, many teachers rose to the challenge of using digital materials—a new concept back in 2009.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Why can’t classroom teachers integrate computer skills into their curriculum? Laptops sit much lower on a work surface. Does your school issue laptops or Chromebooks to all students? Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%. School Computer Labs Supplement Classroom Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2020

I entered my classroom in the Bronx, N.Y., Instead of huddling with my students, smiling and giving fist bumps, I sat in my corner of the room, providing feedback on their Google Docs from behind my laptop. During one social studies class, I was off in my corner with my laptop when a student approached me. My back tensed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Listen and Read.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2018

I started looking for more in-depth ways for us to connect with other classrooms. Many of the students in her classroom at Teresa C. Berrien Elementary had never been outside the city, couldn’t name the state capital and had never met someone who wasn’t from the United States. How does it work? Plus, it’s free!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

We made that mistake when we rolled out our 1:1 laptop program 16 years ago. Getting a laptop for every kid was one thing, but having the teachers know what that meant was another. As the teacher becomes more confident with Minecraft, the ITRT will no longer need to always be in the classroom. Area and Volume with Minecraft Edu.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 17, 2022

As the pandemic dragged on, Bartlett decided to turn the short-term project into a long-term survey and oral history of what was happening in classrooms around the country. The teachers worked in elementary, middle and high schools. And then I have my personal laptop on so the students can see me with Microsoft Teams.”.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2018

Three years ago, an innovative educator in Jersey City Public Schools ’ Division B introduced drones to a class of elementary students with autism. Today, more than 100 teachers are using them in their classrooms, and about 3,000 students have participated in what’s become the Division B Drone Project. meghan.bogardu….

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