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Pair Activities with Mobile Devices

Teacher Reboot Camp

Our learners love their mobile devices. However, many of our learners rarely use their mobile devices to communicate with others face-to-face or develop relationships with their peers. We can guide our learners to communicate and collaborate effectively with their mobile devices by pairing or grouping them to problem-solve and create.

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Pump Students Up with Digital Icebreakers

Teacher Reboot Camp

Learning to Go also contains editable handouts and rubrics that are mobile-friendly. Here are a few of the ideas I talked about during my presentation: Mobile Show and Tell - Divide students into small groups (3 to 5 students). Recreate a Photo - Students choose one of the Mobile Show and Tell images to recreate as a group.

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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Encourage students to meet in study groups via virtual rooms like Google Hangouts. Really, though: Why not? And then charge.

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Best Lesson Planner Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

There are also mobile apps that allow teachers to create, edit and share their lessons on the go. A sample of these mobile apps are included below. Nearpod Nearpod is a web tool and mobile app that offers a wide variety of interactive tools that enable you to create engaging lessons for your students.

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10 Reasons to Screencast in Your Class and 7 Best-in-class Tools

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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. Best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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Digital Activities & Icebreakers for Gen Y

Teacher Reboot Camp

GET YOUR COPY OF THE 30 GOALS FOR TEACHERS OR LEARNING TO GO , WHICH HAS DIGITAL AND MOBILE ACTIVITIES AND HANDOUTS. Pair or group students for projects. Other great selfie apps include TouchCast (make a video selfie), Aviary , Pixlr , PicsArt , BeFunky , Pic-Collage , Image Chef , Looksery , Selfit , and Group Shot.

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Digital Notetaking to Stimulate Their Minds

Teacher Reboot Camp

Diigo web/iOS/Android - bookmark, categorize, join groups, bookmark on other social networks using hashtags, annotate websites, add sticky notes and highlight text. EduCreations web/iPad app - Interactive whiteboard and screen recording app. With Postach.io PenUltimate iPad app - Draw & write on notebook paper on your iPad.

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