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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts. The traditional classroom vs. paperless is like a cell phone vs. an iPhone. 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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7 Apps That Inspire Students

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Plus, every student has experienced losing their notes or leaving them at school when they need to study for a test. There are a vast number of digital notetaking apps that are available wherever an Internet connection is active. 3 Apps to Build Solid Study Skills. Hard to believe this works? More on apps.

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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

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To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality. Suggestion : I started on my iPhone but quickly switched to my iPad. I approach the task of building my own with a small degree of trepidation. That’s it!

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What is Google Keep and Why Use it in Your Classroom?

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It is similar to iPhone Notes , but with more options, more visual, syncs across all devices, and allows collaboration. These might be academic or domain-specific words relevant to your classes, or words in a second language being studied. Until I found Google Keep. Record hard-to-pronounce words.

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Capturing Classroom Videos

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Screencasting Using the FREE and super easy Screencast O Matic web tool and a $25 headset, I''ve started to create videos that will supplement my explanation of concepts studied in class. For our study of Steinbeck''s Of Mice and Men , I opened the book using the Kindle Cloud Reader and recorded myself discussing elements of Chapter 1.

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3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools

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Mixed in with the scores of digital tools I see every week, I’ve found three that stand above the rest and will quickly become staples in your teaching toolkit: Sonocent–for note-taking and study skills. There are a lot of digital note-takers that can tape a lecture or a class or even a conversation. Conclusion.

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Go Paperless for Earth Day

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Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts. The traditional classroom vs. paperless is like a cell phone vs. an iPhone. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.