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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks). Google Classroom is a favorite with teachers, because it is quick and easy to set up and integrates with various web tools and apps. Families and peers can leave comments.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks). Google Classroom is a favorite with teachers, because it is quick and easy to set up and integrates with various web tools and apps. Families and peers can leave comments.

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New Ways to Gamify Learning

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Augmentation: Technology not only replaces a traditional tool but adds functionality, e.g. using Google Earth to explore the setting of a story rather than a map. e.g. using virtual meeting tools (like Google Hangouts) to include housebound students in a class. All you need is a special app that loads onto a tablet or smartphone.

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With the Internet of Things, Smart Dishwashers Can Give Kids Chores

Edsurge

The app then sends a notification to the person’s smartphone or tablet. S’moresUp’s founders also hope to integrate with digital assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Future features on the product roadmap include digital badges and reports on children’s behavior measured by the app.

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Digital Activities & Icebreakers for Gen Y

Teacher Reboot Camp

Give them learning missions you grade with digital badges. Check out my bookmarks for creating digital badges. Hashtags are one of the most important inventions of our digital learning. Searching a hashtag on Google will often produce better resources than keywords. Give them 30 seconds.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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After a decade and a half of failing to arrive as early as we’d imagined, the pervasive 1:1 classroom snuck up on us in the last couple of years—when Google Chromebooks dropped below $150 and the cloud greatly reduced the need for maintenance expense and expertise. Open digital badges. But the consultant was right.

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. About the Host.