Graphite Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Good for: Reading, writing, creativity Grades: 1-5 Platforms: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android. Good for: Reading Grades: K-12 Platforms: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android. Good for: Math, literacy, social and emotional learning Grades: Pre-K-2 Platforms: iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire. Libby, by Overdrive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary. How the Stock Market Works. Age group: middle and high school.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

As the program started, I couldn’t help but think how different her experience as a preservice teacher was from my own. Eighteen years ago, when I was a student-teacher, I started out by silently sitting in the back of an elementary-grade classroom, watching, observing and taking notes. I didn’t get much time to interact with students.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 12, 2018

In my previous blog on the subject , we explored some of the better online resources for the elementary school teacher hoping to blend their elementary school classroom. Why is digital PBL so rare in foundational and elementary phases? 1st Grade digital PBL: a case study. Why is that, indeed?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. It is a fast-paced, interactive game that engages students in football strategy while teaching money management skills.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Coral Zayas Coral Zayas is the new elementary instructional support specialist for science in Crowley ISD’s iNetwork of schools. Amanda’s team developed a capstone project for elementary students: AI and Machine Learning for 5th Graders. Not every school has a Mac or iPad for every student.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

How can we craft learning environments that take advantage of technology to help students become independent, engaged, and reflective of their work? Knowing how to use the technology with the curriculum is critical to crafting a digital age learning environment. Having technology is just one important piece. Apps: iTunes U.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2023

A first grade student is trying to read a passage on her iPad. There’s a growing market for the convenience, accurate feedback and interaction that voice-based AI reading tools provide, due to the unprecedented fall in NAEP reading scores across the country coupled with mounting concerns about modern strategies for teaching literacy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

I was first “officially introduced” to computers shortly after learning how to read. The program itself was set up in a simple way that allowed elementary students to use them easily. In that class, my classmates and I were introduced to the common strategies of typing, such as the “home row.” Now for 7 th grade.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Rogers Elementary School in Texas get an unusual introduction to technology. One year they’ll use an iPad. Rogers Elementary is one of 10 “wall-to-wall” personalized learning schools that recently emerged as part of an initiative at Dallas ISD—one of the largest school districts in the country, serving 157,000 students.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Miller asked as she stood in front of her class at Doss Elementary. First grade in particular — “the reading year,” as Miller calls it — is pivotal for elementary students, when their literacy skills “really take off.” Students play outside Doss Elementary in Austin, Texas. This story also appeared in USA Today. “Do

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MIND Research Institute

MARCH 8, 2018

This blog was originally published on Elementary Geek and is reposted here with permission. I’ve talked about using Seesaw in my classroom quite a bit in the past on Elementary Geek. Screenshots would work too if they were playing on an iPad). Using all the devices – playing ST Math on the laptop, recording thinking on the iPad.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah, today, we’re going to talk about how to use technology to make science more exciting and more effective. Leah: Well, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Start with the Google Cardboard headset (it’s only $15), and whether you’re using iOS, Android, Chromebooks, or iPads, we’ve curated an assortment of apps and lesson plans to try out with your students. We’ve collected the best lesson plans, apps, and teaching strategies below.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 10, 2018

Reasor helps teachers adopt solutions, including Language Line , a service that can connect instantaneously to interpreters in over 200 languages via iPads, and an SMS program called Talking Points that translates text messages back and forth, enabling teachers to communicate with families in their home languages.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

From the experiences we provide (iPads, cutting-edge digital library, nationally-ranked Robotics program) to the inter-district professional learning we support (top-ranked VrainWaves podcast), at the core of our program is a belief in technology as a catalyst for learning at all levels. Katy ISD/ Bear Creek Elementary, Katy, TX.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 19, 2020

You don’t have to figure out now how to carry this over to the next school year, but having a record of what you’re seeing to prove the benefits of now versus the traditional ways of doing school may be helpful to you later in creating permanent change. . Here’s how to leverage that. But he’s rocking it at home.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Strategies for not getting overwhelmed. Listen to last week’s tech tools show about iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. How to join a Twitter chat tutorial – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayfu0s3ypX4&feature=youtu.be. Some of their biggest mistakes with Twitter.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

But if your district has yet to successfully implement targeted differentiation, a necessity for 21st century students, you might choose older, tried and true devices like iPads or Chromebooks, and devote your district's time and money to effectively determining and addressing unique student needs. Decide on a classroom model.

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eSpark

APRIL 13, 2022

Students need hands-on experience to learn how to type with speed and accuracy, conduct and synthesize online research, and collaborate with people on the other side of the world. We visited a total of 6 schools, and helped students and teachers learn to use their new iPads. I recently attended an eSpark launch in Cleveland, MS.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 24, 2017

From upper elementary to 12th grade, students are unable to resist standing up, moving around the room, and even cheering at the results. Kerry Gallagher ( @KerryHawk02 ) is a Digital Learning Specialist at a 1:1 iPad school serving 1500 students grades 6-12. Here are a few tools to consider using in the process.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Create Multimedia eBooks in a 1 iPad Classroom by Wesley Fryer Enhanced eBooks on iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches can include audio, video, and interactive animations in addition to digital text, images and links. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)? If You Challenge Them.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The book is broken down into four general parts: Classroom Procedures, Classroom Rules and Expectations, Teaching Tips & Strategies, and Partnering with Parents - and it tends to lend itself as a reference. as with iPad apps) Chromebooks and iPads are making this easier. Imagine that!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, he points to the product’s assessment strategies focused on student outcomes, employing a combination of automated evaluations and teacher-led assessments to ensure comprehensive learning assessment. 00:01:02 Speaker 1 On their phone, on their computer, on their iPad. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

How does that work? I’ve kind of modeled off of Stephanie Harvey’s Strategies That Work , so there are different sections. You know, there are so many different things on the computer and iPads. Hyperdocs How to Tips and Tricks for Teachers. Are you discussing them later? It’s fantastic! It’s really quite inspiring.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

At Dayton Hall Elementary School in Charleston, South Carolina, kindergarten teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator, Kristi Meeuwse, chose to pilot Tangible Play by Osmo because it is hands on and manipulative in nature. In the words of Zachary, a 13 year old student in her class, “Sphero made learning how to measure distance fun.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Elementary. ” Desmos just released some more elementary activities! Alice Keeler’s Templates for Elementary Math. In math, students can explain their thinking and how they have solved a problem on video–even holding up their paper in front of the camera. Click here to view. Pear Deck (freemium).

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

A perfect example of the device-before-pedagogy practice is the now-infamous 2011 Los Angeles Unified School District edtech initiative, which involved the purchase of more than 100,000 iPads for its classrooms to the tune of $500 million without any return on investment in terms of student outcomes. Individuals have belief systems.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2015

Have students use Popplet (either on iPad or computer) to create a mind map. With iPads, they could even speak the word into the Popple using Siri. To further scaffold the experience, students could listen to their words read back out loud to them using either Speak Selection (iPad) or a Chrome extension such as SpeakIt!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Meghan Groves, a teacher at Washington-Lee Elementary School, in Bristol, Virginia, leads her first graders in “closing circle,” where they talk about how their day went. Then the newly hired principal, Faith Mabe, heard about a new strategy for helping students. Caroline Preston/The Hechinger Report. BRISTOL, Va. —

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. What are some other strategies? Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

For the past six years, district Superintendent Dr. Michael Nagler has championed and thoughtfully questioned our strategy for meeting the needs of every learner. Matt Akin was a visionary early adopter of classroom technology when he deployed iPads throughout his district in 2003, long before edtech was the norm. Piedmont, Alabama.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 1, 2018

Many teachers, myself included, incorporate digital learning strategies on a regular basis. My students have school-issued iPads they bring to class each week. To clarify – I teach elementary band and orchestra. Digital Learning Day celebrates the use of technology and innovative practices in student learning.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 3, 2021

You’ll learn some of the common misconceptions about creating choice boards, but most importantly, you’ll learn how to get started with utilizing the choice board for your classroom. For more details on how to design choice boards and grab some free templates, jump back to episode 8. Find ideas and examples in this episode.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Understanding more about how other schools are empowering their students through choice and agency can make the idea less intimidating and the challenge of implementation less complex. These types of strategies are foundational to the work of The Learning Accelerator (TLA), the nonprofit where I work. Student Choice.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Understanding more about how other schools are empowering their students through choice and agency can make the idea less intimidating and the challenge of implementation less complex. These types of strategies are foundational to the work of The Learning Accelerator (TLA), the nonprofit where I work. Student Choice.

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Blended Learning Assessment Outcomes Strategy 40

MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

We share their obstacles, successes, and strategies in order to build a community better prepared to mathematically equip all students. Christopher Dodge is the Principal and Lead Learner of Orange Elementary Schools in Orange, Massachusetts. All Orange Elementary Schools students receive free breakfast and lunch.

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