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

Ask a Tech Teacher

Screencast tools may be web-based, software, or a browser add-on and include some or all of the following: a spotlight for the mouse. I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is best suited for any age group and is designed for iPads.

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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

A few years ago, a group at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte received a grant from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction that paid for notebooks and software for creating a professional development program for elementary school teachers.

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5 Must-have tools for Ed Conferences

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are great app alternatives to Evernote/OneNote: Educreations –turns your iPad into a recordable whiteboard. Note Taker HD –the iPad app for professionals in need of note-taking software. In fact, use the conference to learn how to get good at it–you’ll have lots of opportunities for taking all manner of notes.

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Just Another Typical Day

A Principal's Reflections

He used an app on his iPad called Educreations to create the lesson. As a result, she has started to create her own online learning modules, using the software Adobe Captivate. Students came into class on Digital Learning Day and were given an assignment that needed to be completed.

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Animonths- Explaining + Animation = Explanimation

SpeechTechie

When interactive whiteboards (IWBs) first arrived on the scene with their accompanying software, one of the best aspects was teachers'' easy access to recording features so that they could preserve each lesson as a video file and share it later via their webpages or other means. So, readers, what do you think of Explanimation?

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Presently Perfect! 10 Powerful Presentation Tools for Educators

MSEDTechie

Try Emaze, an online presentation software. 4) Educreations - This FREE app and website, allows you to make cool presentations using an interactive whiteboard format on the app. Use it to teach a unit, and share it to the Educreations community site. Ready to try something different? In no particular order, here they go.