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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. iPads to share stories students write. Save as PDFs and load onto iPads to share with students.

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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With the pride of place iPads and Chromebooks have in curriculum decisions, tech problems will be wide-ranging, everything from a student’s device not having required software to the classroom systems not hooking up to the school’s network or WiFi. It doesn’t stop with the teacher, either. Be a risk-taker. Model solutions.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow. how to read ebooks from an iPad. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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Know what topics seniors would like to learn such as how to use iPads, how to send an email, how to digitally read using Kindle or iBooks, and more. Discuss with students how this supports Common Core’s “Capacities for the Literate Individual”: Demonstrate independence. read ebooks from an iPad or a phone app.

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The Edtech Revolution: 2010 – 2017

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These were the pressing questions of the time – a time 8-months after the release of the first iPad and 6-months before the release of the first Chromebook. Then there was the iPad. Appealing to all ages for all occasions, the iPad topped the market in the following years after its release. ” 1:1 + Common Core = $$$$$.

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Websites for Hour of Code by Grade

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Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). If you use iPads, here are some great options: Cargo-Bot. If you use iPads, try Stick Nodes , Stickman, or Scribble Movie. Scratch Jr.