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APRIL 30, 2021

But one change has revolutionized their use: They can now be projected from your iPad. It’s similar to web-based options like Miro with two dramatic differences: It works through a iPad and can be mirrored to a computer (and from there, the class screen). This untethers teachers from their desk. Free to try. Need more options?

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

You can use Google Forms or the Google calendar. iPads to share stories students write. Write them in Word or Google Docs. Save as PDFs and load onto iPads to share with students. There are many–try Google Translate. Enter dates and embed the widget in the class blog or website.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. Dig hole through the earth with Google Earth. Google Earth Timelapse –what changes to the planet over time. Here are excellent web resources to promote your geography lessons (click headings for more links): 2-minute geology. BatchGeo—map locations. Digipuzzles.

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Digital Citizenship iPad Google Resources 354

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MAY 15, 2023

I won’t take time in this article for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. If you have a Chromebook or an iPad, don’t even worry about this. Check to be sure yours is active. Clean out your documents.

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LMS Digital Citizenship Chromebook Google 337

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. If not, consider switching to a responsive theme that auto-adjusts for a variety of digital devices. 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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Social Media Digital Citizenship Smartphone iPad 386

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MARCH 9, 2020

Projects include T alking Pictures, Shape Stroll, Picture the Details, Brainstorming, Life Cycle Reports, Digital Citizenship, Venn Diagrams, Landforms, Cyberbullying, Tessellations, Twitter in Education, and more. Digital Portfolios. Google Earth. Digital Citizenship. Popular webtools used are: Animoto.

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Digital Citizenship iPad Twitter Resources 275

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Turkey Templates — activities in Google Slides. If you’re an iPad school, try one of these: Berenstein Bears Give Thanks. 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. Thanksgiving Jigsaw.

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Digital Citizenship iPad Video Google 264

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. Dig hole through the earth with Google Earth. Google Earth Timelapse –what changes to the planet over time. Here are excellent web resources to promote your geography lessons (click headings for more links): 2-minute geology. BatchGeo—map locations. Digipuzzles.

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JUNE 13, 2022

The top image above is from Google Drive; the second from Windows Explorer. Know how to use the digital devices available in your class. Your school probably uses a variety of hardware (laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, and more) to access class websites, blogs, online grade books, and/or an LMS (like Otus, Google Classroom, or Edmodo).

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APRIL 21, 2020

Here’s what I currently use to teach from home or can easily arrange: Have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones. Have a digital notetaking program–Evernote, OneNote, Notability, or Google Keep for example. Instead, I loaded the document onto my iPad (or laptop) and interacted with it there. No printing required.

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MAY 22, 2023

Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). Use free online resources like Google Maps and learn skills that will be relevant to class field trips they’ll take next year. It might be a building, an animal, or a person.

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. If not, consider switching to a responsive theme that auto-adjusts for a variety of digital devices. This includes your Amazon Author page, Teachers Pay Teachers , BarnesandNoble.com, Google Play, and any others–prices, descriptions, categories, freebies.

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Social Media Digital Citizenship Smartphone iPad 357

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AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s easy to confuse ‘using technology’ with digital tools. Your school passed iPads out to all classes. Then, see how to fix them: Only use iPads in place of books or game-play? Next time, use them to teach digital tools, how-to lessons (i.e., Take pictures with iPads.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. My students can use their iPhones/iPads or computers to follow along and see the slides. While you could do them in non-Google Tools (I guess) typically they are Google tools. Show Notes 1.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Digital tools for engaging classroom presentations. Here are eight digital tools to look for when creating the best presentations for your classroom: Google Slides. Google Slides allows you to open, edit, and save Microsoft PowerPoint files. Tip : Google Slides promotes collaboration and helps you assign teamwork.

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Tools Classroom Microsoft Digital Citizenship 410

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AUGUST 20, 2021

VPNs can be used on phones, desktops, laptops, iPads, and more. I no longer ‘Google’ something, I ‘Duck’ it. Here’s a two-minute video showing how simple it is: My iPhone has a native hotspot that my iPad can easily connect to or I can allow others to use via a code. Other weeks, it’s Britain.

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iPhone Laptops Digital Citizenship Smartphone 388

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NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Turkey Templates — activities in Google Slides. If you’re an iPad school, try one of these: Berenstein Bears Give Thanks. 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. Thanksgiving Jigsaw II.

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Digital Citizenship iPad Twitter Video 230

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APRIL 19, 2023

There are lots of options for digital note-taking, including Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs. Digital textbooks Traditional textbooks are heavy, clunky, expensive, and are always at school when you need them at home. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The hottest disruptive technology to come to education since iPads is ChatGPT. Some students will also use tools like Google Translate, yet it’s a different matter and not a case of plagiarism. It uses advanced language processing to understand your prompt and respond with relevant, coherent text.

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MAY 12, 2022

I won’t take time in this article (I’m over 800 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. If you have a Chromebook or an iPad, don’t even worry about this.

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Digital Citizenship Chromebook iPad Google 311

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JANUARY 25, 2024

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. Google the problem. There are eighteen more I’m equally prepared for.

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JULY 8, 2022

the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. allow students to join the class virtually–through Skype or Google Hangouts–if they can’t come to the physical classroom. This means they have to re-enter the lesson plan in a new format for a new LMS.

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Common Core Libraries Digital Citizenship eBook 393

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. You will find yourself most comfortable in the Google Classroom environment if the tools you use are aligned with Google Drive, your browser of choice is Chrome, and your digital device is a Chromebook.

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JUNE 17, 2022

A free site that lets you collect all the pieces of your experience into one nicely-formatted digital place. . This can be created using PowerPoint, Google Glides, Haiku Deck, or another slideshow tool you’re comfortable with. Instead, create a free Google Voice account. Here’s an example. Here are examples.

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Robotics Social Media Chromebook Common Core 384

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JULY 29, 2022

PDFs work on all digital devices, all platforms. No worries about whether they run better in Firefox or Chrome, Macs or PCs (or Chromebooks or iPads), Windows or MacOS (or Linux or iOS). They can also save it in a variety of formats including MS Word and Google Docs. It’s that they aren’t inclusive enough.

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APRIL 7, 2015

She broadcast the class on her iPad with her Google Hangouts (GHO) app, sent me an invite, and that’s it. With Google Hangouts, you meet face-to-face with people around the world, share screens, collaborate on documents, even watch videos. Use Google Hangouts for parent conferences. I saw everything she did.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Cato’s Hike (K+). Codea (Perfect for Intermediate+). Daisy the Dinosaur —intro to programming. Lego Fix the Factory (app). L ightBot Jr. Game Salad.

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Robotics Digital Citizenship iPad Smartphone 205

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Apple Classroom turns student iPads into powerful learning tools, allows teachers to gui. Teachers can view what specific students see on their iPads, lock devices as needed, and even log all devices out at the end of class. When completed, the Flipgrid presentation can be embedded into a blog or Google Sites. Google Apps.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

That might be a Mac, PC, iPad, Chromebook, laptop, or in some cases a dedicated word processor like the Retro Freewrite or Alphasmart. Pick one or more that work for you, doesn’t matter which as long as it’s digital and allows you to type and edit your manuscript. See my reviews here for Chromebooks , iPads.

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Tools Chromebook Digital Citizenship iPad 205

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AUGUST 23, 2017

There are many options (Numbers, Excel, and Open Office to name just a few), but arguably the most popular is Google Sheets. If you’re using Google Classroom or G Suite, you already have it. Most spreadsheet programs have similar options, so what characteristics make Google Sheets stand out? Education applications.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Teaching digital citizenship as a “one-off event” doesn’t lead to changes in behavior, experts say. When we teach digital citizenship as a one-off event like a presentation or an assembly, everybody gets all hyped up—and then it disappears over time,” he said. “But Managing an online identity.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship iPad Groups 412

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

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. digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/slideshow. read ebooks from an iPad or a phone app. digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/slideshow. use the internet.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

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APRIL 13, 2020

These will include tools like YouTube, podcasts, forums, discussion boards, Twitter and Google Hangouts (for those old enough), Google Slides and Google Draw, and a comic creator like Pixton. This severely affects the way the school makes the best use of their investment in Chromebooks, iPads, and technology in general.

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Assessment How To Digital Badges Digital Citizenship 467

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Take attendance –use a game like Flippity’s Randomizer, Google A Day, or Wakelet’s Scavenger Hunt where student answers serve as their attendance notification. Or, put students in breakout rooms (available in virtual meeting webtools like Google Meet and Zoom) and have them discuss the day’s learning with each other.

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Game-Based Learning Learning Common Core Digital Citizenship 343

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MAY 12, 2021

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. If you have a Chromebook or an iPad, don’t even worry about this.

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