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APRIL 30, 2021

SyncSpace is a sharable, zoomable, collaborative whiteboard for iPads, mobile devices, laptops, and computers. Students work together on a drawing (using a finger or stylus), math problem, how-to, or a mindmap by adding illustrations, text, and/or pictures. Free to try. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Buncee

MARCH 29, 2022

April is School Library Month and it brings an opportunity to highlight the work done and impact made by librarians and media specialists. First sponsored in 1958 by the American Library Association (ALA), it originally got its start after the creation of the National Book Committee, a non-profit organization in 1954.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start Right click on the desired program Select ‘properties’ (you may have to select “shortcut location” first) Click in ‘shortcut’ Push the key combination you want to use. Click here for more detail and a how-to video.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. Here are exactly 10 BYOD concerns, and some corresponding suggestions on how to overcome them. BYOD deepens the digital divide.

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MARCH 27, 2020

We educators understand online learning, probably have taken classes this way, but we haven’t yet wrapped our brains around how to make it work in OUR classes. In fact, the biggest question I get from teachers in my online classes and on my blog is: “How do I do it?” Access the required site through mobile devices.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. For more detail, see Dr. Technicko’s popular How to Train Your Robot. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year’s event featured more than 800 sessions on various topics such as leadership, mathematics, STEAM, digital citizenship, literacy, English language arts, and more. New features include an Organization Library, Shared Libraries, Co-Editing, and Learning Management System Integrations.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. The Game is free, suggested for grades 4-12, and delivered via website or mobile app. Some are narrative; others games.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Glide (how to create apps from spreadsheets). Students do need to set up their mobile device to run the app. Here’s a quick video tutorial on the basic app, Talk To Me : Code HS: Mobile Apps. Code HS: Mobile Apps is an online curriculum for teaching app building in High School. Code HS (an app building curriculum).

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It can be plugged into a heavy base for free-standing use or directly into a laptop for greater mobility. How to get started. 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. HUE Animation.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

One evening a man from another culture asked me how to spell a specific word. We began taking our mobile lab to schools, churches, libraries, and other non-profit sites. When I offered to bring my mobile lab to the class for monthly sessions, my offer was accepted. A translator was in the room for those who spoke Spanish.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Once this framework is in place, here are the digital tools that will replace the tasks required for daily learning: Digital Note-taking. Here’s traditional note-taking vs. digital note-taking: One feels like a blender on whip. The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. Screencasting.

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JANUARY 20, 2017

If you’re creating your own podcast, all you need is a digital device, a microphone, an Internet connection, and a topic you’re passionate about. The two most popular sites for creating podcasts are Audacity (for PCs) and Garageband (for Macs and mobile devices). This can be stored in the Podcast Library (mentioned below).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. For more detail, see Dr. Technicko’s popular How to Train Your Robot. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

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Robotics iPad Digital Citizenship Mobility 294

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: 4-12.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. For more detail, see Dr. Technicko’s popular How to Train Your Robot. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

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MARCH 20, 2018

More so, today’s education prioritizes mobile devices which don’t have the ability to read these mediums. Also, having portable devices on them at all times, students are able to access the entire library of information which fits in their pockets. As mentioned above, mobile devices are going to become essential inside the classrooms.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Click here for more detail and a how-to video. Here’s how to create one on PCs: Click Start. Click here for more detail and a how-to video. For more detail, see Dr. Technicko’s popular How to Train Your Robot. For example, if the student forgets how to solve a math problem, the QR code will take them to help.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Use yourself as a model of how to perform that activity and ask students for specific directions on how you would complete this task. 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).

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JULY 15, 2019

Wonder Workshop is a STEM-based interactive early learning experience that introduces coding to K-5 learners and provides everything teachers require to teach coding and robotics (see below under How to Use Dash in Your Classroom ). Plus, it includes a one-year subscription to Wonder’s Digital Activities Library for more project ideas.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

One of the hardest challenges for teachers is how to engage students in core subjects such as geography. But watch how quickly the fourteen resources below morph geography from dusty to dynamic: 2-minute Geology. Your score depends upon how close your answer is to correct. It can be played on a desktop or as a mobile app.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 10, 2017

An EdTech Playground is a mobile space that can be set up in small or large areas. The resources that are featured in our EdTech Playgrounds come directly from our classrooms and libraries. The resources range from coding, drawing, dancing, virtual trips, and digital citizenship. What is it? Who manages it?

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Critical to a successful LMS is that it’s easy to learn, intuitive to use, dependable, contributes to the learning experience (rather than just another digital tool that must be juggled before learning happens), and it saves time. Otus is a free all-in-one mobile learning management system available on iPads and desktops.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Since our organization often plays the role of thought partner or coach for educators around blended learning, we include various safeguards and content around digital citizenship. These tools give teachers and parents a critical "how to" guide for raising children in today's digital age.

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APRIL 5, 2017

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Part of this is a large library of online interactive tools including videos and game-like activities. Here are eight I like.

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OCTOBER 27, 2013

The SotF mobile app, via Guidebook, was incredibly useful. I thoroughly enjoyed the opening keynote speech: "Two Education Paradigms: What Defines and How to Create a World Class Education". I attended the "Digital Citizenship and Digital Natives" session about Kamehameha Middle Schools'' Digital Curriculum.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Get ideas on how to participate! The great majority of these events are free to attend. More information.

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OCTOBER 30, 2015

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Part of this is a large library of online interactive tools including videos and game-like activities. Here are eight I like.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 17, 2014

The LearningRevolution.com project has over 200 partner organizations and bridges schools, libraries, museums, and the work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. As the Internet shifts the boundaries of when, where, and how we learn, we believe our learning worlds will increasingly overlap. The schedule is below.

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APRIL 11, 2016

Once in place, here are the digital tools that will replace tasks that precipitate daily learning: Digital Note-taking. Here’s traditional note-taking vs. digital note-taking: One feels like a blender on whip. The other feels like the catalog room of the Library of Congress. Screencasting. And then charge.

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Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

See how students can use Buncees to represent their Project Based Learning in a more authentic and meaningful way. By adding in a variety of content and multimedia, Buncees can be used to foster creativity, develop critical thinking and digital citizenship skills, and engage students. Mobile MegaShare- Showing What I Know.My

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

Below you will find information about the event, how to attend, the current schedule of presentations, and a call for volunteers to help moderate sessions (we need you!). Thursday, March 28th, is our inaugural, online, and free School Leadership Summit. Please distribute this information wherever you can. Williamson, Ed.D.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 20, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 19th, 2014 Perhaps the greatest joy is learning how to motivate yourself. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

During three decades of figuring out how to make the most of my summertimes, I’ve developed a list of my favorite PD opportunities for June through August. If you’re looking for educators to follow, go no further than Educational Technology and Mobile Learning’s blog. Digital Citizenship. Classroom Device Management.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Learn how to collect and share data that connects your library to student learning. Is your library mobile friendly?

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