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Dozens of Online Resources for Assessment

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While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars Does anyone carry around a calendar book any more? Really, though: Why not? quick methods like texting are fine.

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

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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. Best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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Go Paperless for Earth Day

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Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars. Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events between all of their digital devices. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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How to go Paperless in Your Classroom

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Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Digital calendars. Instead, people use a digital calendar that automatically syncs life events across all of their digital devices. Really, though: Why not? Tools to communicate student knowledge.

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Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Oh My! 4 Tools for Picting in the Classroom

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I recently explained to him what a screencast is and that he can also create them using Screencastify , Educreations , Explain Everything or even Seesaw and then upload to his YouTube channel. I had a 4th grader teach a math lesson on multistep multiplication problems to a group who needed additional help. A student leading a lesson.

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