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5 Tech Tools for Math Class

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ByteLearn.com – Digital math teaching assistant for teachers. ByteLearn is a platform that helps teachers spend less time preparing materials and still gives each student individualised training. 2 Khan Academy. Khan Academy is a website that provides online math and science education for students of all ages.

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Use the SAMR Model to Energize Class Tech

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Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. teachers didn’t have training in the tools. Even schools that made herculean efforts to train teachers in technology found themselves flailing. But that quickly became cumbersome. Where is the tool?

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Use the SAMR Model to Spearhead Technology in Your Classroom

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Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. teachers didn’t have training in the tools. Even schools that made herculean efforts to train teachers in technology found themselves flailing. But that quickly became cumbersome. Where is the tool?

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How You Can Make Homework Easier for Students

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Because students couldn’t access school-based materials at home (for reasons like no internet or no digital device), I had to assign homework that could be completed without school resources, by themselves. digital communication (such as email, messaging, discussion boards, and/or forums) for real-time feedback on homework.

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How Is Cloud Computing Revolutionizing the Education Industry?

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Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. American entrepreneur Salman Khan (not to be confused with the Bollywood actor of the same name) founded a similar project ten years later, namely the Khan Academy.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. For example, a unit on space is supported by a virtual chat with an astronaut from the space station or his Houston training facility.

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Print or Digital Textbooks? What’s the Low-down?

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This is driven in large part by the affordability and portability of digital devices like Chromebooks, tablets, and laptops. Why lug around half a dozen heavy books in a backpack that too often is left behind on a sports field or at the library? It’s no wonder proponents of digital books are pushing for change.

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