eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

What is an example of technology as a learning tool? Among technology tools used in the classroom, one strong example is the use of educational robotics kits, such as LEGO Mindstorms. These kits combine physical building elements with programmable components, allowing students to design, build, and program 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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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 4, 2018

What happens when that creativity is applied to the classroom? At a morning session on Sunday, Kentaro Yoshifuji, CEO of Ory Lab , shared how a robot his company has developed is helping people with disabilities connect with friends, family and teachers when it’s difficult or near impossible for them to be physically present with peers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 20, 2023

So, let’s dive into what makes Toy Theater a worthwhile resource for the classroom, shall we? That’s gold for differentiating instruction, especially if you’re dealing with a mixed-ability classroom. Toy Theatre Games Whether you’re teaching math, language arts, art, or music, this platform has got you covered.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics, to online platforms and digital whiteboards. For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Coding, robotics, and experimentation–integral pieces of STEM–give students the best start possible to the rest of their lives. Ward’s Science is known to its customers and the industry as the complete solution for materials supporting classroom science subjects. Botley the Coding Robot. How do you use it.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 22, 2017

These challenges translate into difficulties in the classroom. Managing anxiety and stress for ASD students in the classroom is an entire sub-topic of its own, and there are many great tools that can help, like The Incredible 5-point Scale. Here are a few examples: Kaspar. How AI is changing special education.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: Technology in K-12 classrooms can revolutionize education Choosing the right edtech requires a thoughtful and strategic approach Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Technology transforms K-12 education by enhancing engagement, personalizing learning, and fostering collaboration.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2015

As someone who primarily taught math and science when I was a classroom teacher, I associated robots, robotics curriculum, and robot apps as things that were only used in those subjects. However, this past year my school received a robot grant that provided ten robots for us from the company Sphero.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 13, 2018

The initiative, called Verizon Innovative Learning, gives a tablet with data plan to every student and teacher in under-resourced middle schools. Time, she notes, is one of the biggest factors limiting the cultivation of creativity in the classroom. Along with more time, the technology gives students more scope, Noah says.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 13, 2014

So as you can see it''s a robotic ball that you control via Bluetooth from your smartphone or tablet. As if Sphero didn''t already belong in every classroom, they''ve just released Sphero for Education , an effort to get kids thinking about programming and doing it too. What is a Sphero? But it''s more than that too.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . Explore offerings in the Google App Hub for educators or features in Google Classroom, Calendar and other G Suite apps. There is not a discussion on what is working in the classroom.” .

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

When Ayanna met Cozmo the robot, both she and the robot lit up. “it It’s one of several initiatives that promise to make AI as common in the classroom as it’s becoming in our lives. Artificial intelligence powers Amazon’s recommendations engine, Google Translate and Siri, for example. They just clicked.” But few U.S.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Schools often have to address issues of equality and funding to ensure that all students, regardless of economic status, have access to a mobile device in the classroom so no one is disadvantaged. 6 Robotics —Robots will likely continue trending in the K–12 environment. The possibilities for IoT in K–12 education are endless.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Avantis Education , producer of ClassVR , demonstrated its AR and VR content along with its ClassVR Premium Headset, designed for classrooms and available in sets of 8 or 30. ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. Sandbox AR is available for download here.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2019

They were at a family coding event and had been working together to brainstorm an idea for a story, draw it on paper and try out different ways to recreate it using KIBO , a tangible robotics platform programmed using interlocking wooden blocks. He pressed the green triangle on top of the robot to run the program again.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Four perfect examples of students who have gotten this type of gift were in my classroom today. Two years a go, her parents bought her a graphic tablet. These aren’t the only four, but they are perfect examples of kids who have received that “one” kind of present. So, you ask, what are some examples?

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N2Y

JANUARY 31, 2020

Differentiation is one of the keys to success in the special education classroom. All Unique Learning System and News‑2‑You lessons and activities are interactive, whether accessed on a computer or tablet or projected on an interactive board. Differentiated Lessons. Data Collection.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

They demonstrated how the RIASEC assessment and Beable’s life-ready literacy system boost student involvement in academic subjects and get high levels of engagement as students connect real-world learning to the classroom. There are also examples by some major hospitals that show how burnout can be reduced by more job sharing of tasks.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When you think of tech in the classroom, everyone thinks of iPads and SMART boards,” he says. But with younger ages, they’re often too exposed to screens, so I had to figure out how tech would look different in a Pre-K classroom.” It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. The verdict: a Roomba.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Laurence’s College in Brisbane had just 50 minutes to write up a formative assessment on the representation of robots and artificial intelligence in the movies. Here are six ways the technology can maximize classroom time and boost student and teacher productivity: 1. Her high school literature students at St.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. It’s clear: you need the right games in your classroom.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

And this means that more classroom solutions are entering the market than ever before. For example, say robots and drones will be the hot-ticket item of the year (according to a recent study – they will be ). Or they might be fresh out of college and using all kinds of tech in the classroom.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Below are a few framing ideas, planning tools, and media-literacy-infused project examples that can help you leverage this momentum, expand media-literacy education in your classrooms, and coordinate a media-literacy program schoolwide. See example to the right.). Work backward from the objective you have in mind.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Computer programs, also called "apps," can generally be run on a wide range of machines and devices, including computers, laptops, tablets, gaming consoles, and more. Here's a simple example of code (using Python): print 'Welcome to my program!' Here's one fun example using Mozilla's X-Ray Goggles.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2019

You can search for activities by grade level, subject area, comfort level with computers, and the type of classroom technology that’s available to your students, among other criteria. Related content: Key parts of a coding or robotics program. SAM Labs takes a kinesthetic approach to teaching coding for students in grades K-8.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 19, 2020

Harlandale administrators tried to smooth the transition to remote learning, lending students tablets, parking WiFi-enabled buses throughout the district and partnering with food banks to give out groceries and school supplies. There are plans for camps, possibly for fine arts, robotics or coding. “We

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 24, 2014

Swivl is an innovative robotic device (accompanied w/ mobile app) that holds a mobile device (i.e tablet, iPad, iPhone etc.) For example, if a teacher is giving a lecture or wants to record themselves or students then would use the Swivl to record the event w/out the limits of having to stand in one spot in front of a camera.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging. Take your smartphone, for example, every month there’s a new update. Provides an Opportunity to Experiment on a Virtual Platform.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

A giant computer screen looms over the table, and a touch-screen tablet is built into the table’s surface. A boy named Damon taps the picture of the smaller tower on the right side of the tablet screen. A company called Sphero, for example, has successfully marketed a ball to teach coding, geometry and genetics.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 28, 2021

Which cartoon character is an excellent example to follow and why? Write a story about spending a day with a robot, a dog, and a cow. Write a letter to the principal explaining why all kids at school must move from classroom to classroom on skateboards or rollerblades. How does history help our future?

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Math teacher Heather Kohn prompts a discussion of algebraic functions using the new “Classroom Conversation Toolset.” Last year, an ed tech startup called Desmos faced a curious conundrum –classrooms using its math app grew quiet, too quiet. Photo: Chris Berdik. .” Photo: Chris Berdik. Kohn asked.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 13, 2016

Robotics, programming … far from being the geek-fest they once were, tech is becoming cooler, popularised by the looming figures of techpreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. As bewildering as much of this may be, it seems that technology will continue to light the way in many aspects of life.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

The goal was to connect with busy families in a more meaningful way: showing parents what’s happening in the classroom and, critically, how they can support learning at home. And surveys on tablets are distributed immediately after every program to collect data from families on how to improve the events.

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MindShift

AUGUST 19, 2020

Harlandale administrators tried to smooth the transition to remote learning, lending students tablets, parking WiFi-enabled buses throughout the district and partnering with food banks to give out groceries and school supplies. There are plans for camps, possibly for fine arts, robotics or coding. “We

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 5, 2018

As part of that mission, every student and every teacher in the program receives a tablet from Verizon. They also receive up to four years of connectivity , as well as ongoing support to make sure teachers are ready and trained to effectively use the technology in the classroom. by Eli Zimmerman.

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