Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

There are lots of options for digital note-taking, including Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs. Enter them to an easily accessible digital calendar like Google Calendar and share with students, parents, and interested stakeholders. Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 11, 2019

If you were to ask me why I really write, my response would be to reflect and learn openly. In my quest to practice what I preach and grow, I have begun to utilize video as a means to articulate ideas, share my learning, and openly reflect. I like using this tool because it syncs with and simultaneously broadcasts across Twitter.

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 28, 2015

Educreations received a slight makeover, and it now has a few new features that allows teachers to push lessons out to student accounts, while also being able to see published student work for those enrolled in her/his classes. What is Educreations? Teachers can use Educreations to send presentations to students as well.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

One of the best parts about job-embedded, on-going work with school districts is facilitating a variety of professional learning opportunities. Recently the district asked me to be a part of their professional development day, which consisted of seven different learning strands specific to the needs and interests of their teachers.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Technology has now facilitated the whole process enabling teachers to cut down classroom prep time and, instead, focus on creating hands-on learning experiences for students. Planboard offers standards progression tool that enables teachers to keep track of curriculum progress for each class and learn about standards that have been covered.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As each teacher downloads their favorites, students spend as much time learning the app as applying it academically. It can access many cloud accounts including Dropbox and Google Drive. Educreations. One of the standouts in this screencasting field is Educreations. Educational Applications.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is a virtual whiteboard for direct teaching or explanations, complete with colored ink choices and the ability to import images. Google Hangouts on Air. Explain Everything .

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 26, 2015

Google Photos (part of Google Drive) can also be used to organize your photos and do basic editing. More: Google Drive Can use Office Editing web app to edit and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint files in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. Find more here: Google Apps and Chromebooks Web App Recommendations - a whole lot!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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Class Tech Integrate

MAY 12, 2015

One of the best things about going 1:1 with technology is the amount of options students have to present their learning experiences. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Educreations is one of the most popular apps for the K-12 classroom, with good reason. Afterwards their creation will be saved to the camera roll.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Google Drive for all devices- I can document all events offline and it automatically updates when I get an Internet connection. EduCreations web/iPad app - Interactive whiteboard and screen recording app. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 26, 2014

Google Drive for all devices- I can document all events offline and it automatically updates when I get an Internet connection. EduCreations web/iPad app - Interactive whiteboard and screen recording app. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics.

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Class Tech Integrate

MAY 12, 2015

One of the best things about going 1:1 with technology is the amount of options students have to present their learning experiences. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Educreations is one of the most popular apps for the K-12 classroom, with good reason. Afterwards their creation will be saved to the camera roll.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

It lets people be creative … productive … learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” Our students’ digital behavior influences our learning, language, rituals, values, routines, customs, and communication. Find out more in this post about learning missions.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 19, 2015

In my digital book, Learning to Go , find editable handouts and rubrics for creating video projects. Find a storyboard your students can edit in Learning to Go. Your students can also create storyboards using the Storyboard Generator tool or find a Google Template to adapt. Keep reading to find many more ideas!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. These include Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs.

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 1, 2013

One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Students learn to annotate their thoughts as part of the process. Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools. Educreations is an iPad app that can also be accessed from your browser. So what makes a text complex ?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair questions considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. It’s quick to install and intuitive to learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

Tech & Learning asked readers. Tech & Learning asked readers. 26% Collaborative tools like Google and Microsoft 365 24% Maker/STEM products 9% AR/VR, coding, robotics, & other emerging tech 9% Computer hardware (new Apple products, Microsoft Surface. What edtech tools are you looking forward to using next year?

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 19, 2016

There are some ways to integrate technology in your classroom that adds value to your learning environment and pretty much can be a go to no matter what the lesson plan. It also allows them to be in charge of the path of their learning no matter how "locked down" the requirements for the lesson are. Mind mapping. Studying aids.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day. New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. For years we have embraced the effective integration of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

From the book " Blended Learning in Action " (Corwin) How to Use These 4 Social Media Tools Here are four picting apps that will give your students ownership of their learning, share your classroom culture, and make your classroom more engaging. Finally, most students are learning a world language in school.

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Anne Torige suggested the flipped classroom, for instance, because she was interested in learning more about it. Mitch follows the flipped learning model closely and he''s very happy with the results. Here''s the embedded Google+ post (another first since Google just added this neat feature) of the Hangout on Air.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2015

Use Educreations to record yourself modeling the process and share it with students and families. Google Docs and the extension Read & Write for Google are great if you are working out of Google Drive. DocHub also works great with Google Docs by locking the text like a PDF file for students to annotate.

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Reading By Example

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Here are three categories of tools the authors suggest teachers consider: Tools for collaborative learning (to learn from and with each other): Google Docs : Students work on the same document and comment on each other’s work. Educreations : Students can draw and narrate on a topic of their choice. image below).

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wwwatanabe

DECEMBER 8, 2013

I like taking the standards and thinking through questions to ask students to promote deeper thinking, and products that would prove they''ve truly learned the content (evidence of learning). DOK questions are easy to assess with whiteboards, worksheets, responders (clickers) , or through Google Forms because there are correct answers.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

” Unfortunately, what may be next is the same as all the other tech industries: an over reliance on the big 5 (Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon) Well, what is Imagine K12, and why do they have to do with education? Imagine K12 is a startup incubator out of California based on education. That’s asking a WHOLE lot.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” Why switch to personalized learning?

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

With a shift toward cross-curricular topics, essential questions, and project-based learning, my second graders are engaged in carefully structured reading themes or units rather than reading a new stand-alone picture book each week. Once I've compiled the resources, I create a Google Drive folder with the unit name.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

With a shift toward cross-curricular topics, essential questions, and project-based learning, my second graders are engaged in carefully structured reading themes or units rather than reading a new stand-alone picture book each week. Once I’ve compiled the resources, I create a Google Drive folder with the unit name.

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MSEDTechie

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

They can be used to transform learning inside and outside of the classroom, and offer limitless opportunities. Are you ready to adjust your teaching for this new learning revolution? Taking notes or writing an essay using Google Drive or Evernote instead of using paper and pencil are other examples of substitution.

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wwwatanabe

JULY 3, 2012

She also shared some of her favorite apps: 1) Photon Flash Player (flash for iPad); 2) Animoto (digital storytelling and video); 3) Educreations (interactive whiteboard and screen recording app). Chris Lehmann ''s " Beyond Google, Building Conditions for Structured Inquiry " was an exceptionally powerful session.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. Number one skill for being successful in learning: the ability to self-assess. Lessons learned from above district: Don''t jump in to quickly.

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

Translation Tools : Google Translate used on iPhone The translation tool I have seen the most success with is Google Translate. Google Search/Website : If you search google translate, a text box will appear at the top of your search results that allows for instant text translation.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2015

Suzy Brooks ( @SimplySuzy ) first introduced me to the concept of using technology to create learning centers through her creative use of her SMARTBoard. Meghan has her students use the free apps from the Math Learning Center , take screenshots, and then share their thinking by using the recording features in Explain Everything.

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