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Tools to Inspire Collaborative Discussions

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! More important than the learning that transpires in our classrooms is the learning we inspire beyond our classroom walls. One way to motivate students to continue using the knowledge acquired in our classes is to set up a virtual learning community. The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others.

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Review: Promethean ActivPanel Titanium Has Many Teacher-Friendly Features

EdTech Magazine

It was no surprise to learn Promethean’s ActivPanel Titanium was designed with teachers like me in mind. It comes equipped with numerous teacher-friendly features such as an ergonomic, angled control console that offers quick access to the new unified menu, volume controls, source selection and more. That’s a welcome change from most interactive displays , which use a flat control console.

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50 ways to make your lessons interactive

Ditch That Textbook

Students benefit when we create lessons where they can interact with the content. What makes a lesson truly interactive? And how can we leverage the tools we have available to make our lessons more interactive. When we provide students with interactive lessons they are immersed in the content and take an active role in their learning. Interactive lessons stick.

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Android Apps to Boost Your Professional Development

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For our Android fans here in EdTech and mLearning, here is a collection of some very good apps to help you with your professional growth. These are apps that provide you access to a treasure trove of.

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Quickly Create Personalized Learning Experiences that Work

How can we actively engage learners 24/7, on their level and according to their interests, while respecting their learning styles? It’s not impossible. In this guide: Explore how to transform traditional, one-way videos into two-way interactive learning experiences Understand different types of artificial intelligence (AI), including - Generative vs.

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Wheel of What

SpeechTechie

Wheel of What is the kind of simple app that any clinician would benefit from having on an iPad. A spinner is useful in many situations, and with a digital one you won't have to dig one out! Plus an engagement factor of offering a digital version is always handy. With Wheel of What, a bonus is that you can create customized spinners in seconds. One activity I like to do in social groups (even up to high school) is to make up our own games or "same but different" versions of other games.

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Educational Music Apps for Young Learners

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Here is a collection of some very good Android music apps for kids and young learners. This collection is featured in Google Play App Store and embeds some highly rated apps in this.

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#TwistedTropes 28. Jonah's necessary whale

Learning with 'e's

Photo by Andrew Bain on unsplash It wasn't long after the prophet Jonah was thrown overboard into stormy seas that he was swallowed by a great fish. Popular belief is that it was a whale, but that would be ridiculous. It's virtually impossible for a whale of any size to swallow a man, and for him to survive inside it's stomach for up to three days. But I bet there are plenty of fish out there in the depths of the oceans that might be large enough to take on the job.

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Make Beliefs Comix Give Me Words

Technology Tidbits

Make Beliefs Comix is a excellent site that educators around the world are using for digital storytelling, project based learning, reinforcing vocabulary, and more. Recently, they launched their "Give Me Words" feature which lets students supply words to their talking heads. This is great for adding dialogue to a character and giving them a "voice" letting students experiment w/ language making it ideal for Vocabulary and ELL.