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Virtual Museum Tours: Ready to Take Kids on a Field Trip?

The CoolCatTeacher

English, Science, Social Studies, and the Arts are Included. eBooks – So, I guess this is a placeholder as I only see one ebook. There is only one ebook right now, so I don't know that I'd spend time there. The virtual museum resources are organized into lessons and objects and ebooks for you.

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5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons

The CoolCatTeacher

In today’s show, he talks about top free tech tools to try in social studies lessons. Richard Byrne the author of Free Technology for Teachers has some fantastic professional development courses including a course for history / social studies teachers. 5 Free Tech Tools to Try in Your Social Studies Lessons. It’s Google Books.

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How to Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Studies vary on how much knowledge students lose during the summer months–some say up to two months of reading and math skills –and results are heavily-dependent upon demographics, but the loss is real. Reading Any age: Read ebooks. Ebook readers like Kindle, iBooks, and Kobe are easy-to-use and free.

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Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard with Donnie Piercey

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Donnie Piercey @mrpiercey , co-author of the Google Cardboard Book , shows how we can add simple augmented reality to our classrooms. Owl Eyes has hundreds of free ebooks — the Canterbury Tales, The Odyssey, and all of Shakespeare’s work. But Owl Eyes isn’t just an ebook reader. I always like to use Google Maps.

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The Future is Now: Preparing Our Youngest Scholars for a Digital World

The CoolCatTeacher

Episode 388 Digital Resources Mentioned: EVERFI and WORD Force , amazing reading games for reading literacy Wixie one of Debbie's favorite tech tools for young learners Book Creator – students can write their own ebooks. I also love eBook Creator. I think eBook Creator is an amazing tool. I use Flip a lot with my kids.

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The best 10 free EdTech tools and websites every teacher should know about

Neo LMS

As such, teachers can add new materials online after a topic has been covered in the classroom for students to study. You can download textbooks, literature texts and audio books on almost every subject on Gutenberg as eBooks. As the name implies, RealWorldMath brings mathematics to real life using Google Maps and SketchUp.

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Could the Bridge Across the Digital Divide Be Paved With TV Signals?

Edsurge

Over the next three years, we worked with educators to design and integrate the system to work with learning management systems like Google Classroom, Schoolology and Canvas. We realized that if we could send emergency communications, we could also send an ebook, a PDF or an educational video for a second grader.