The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

You can use the camera on your Chromebook or laptop, mobile phone or tablet, or document camera. If you’re using a laptop, for example, it’s easier to hold the items in a stack and remove the front item for quick scanning. Any Camera Works… But Practice First.

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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

This school year, kindergarteners learned how to turn on and off their web cameras and mute buttons alongside spelling and reading fundamentals. Courtney Miller’s son is in kindergarten at Glen Cove Elementary in Vallejo, California. B’ is made with a dive-down letter. So you dive down,” Glick said as she deepened her voice.

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How To Learning Elementary Social Media 44

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 12, 2018

I had spent two exciting hours (about half of it with my mouth open) in a complete flow state exploring a new virtual reality world using the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset on my Acer Aspire 7 laptop with Windows Mixed Reality by Microsoft. Now, you might wonder how to set up the Acer Windows Mixed Reality Headset.

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Laptops Microsoft Video Examples 159

ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. It shines a light on how the tool will bring value to teachers and their students. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard. Enjoy more than a decade of eco-friendly use.

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Technology Classroom EdTech Training 256

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2021

While the pandemic and the sudden shutdown of schools provoked fear, the teachers at this remote refugee camp in northern Iraq weren’t worried about how students would cope: They were confident their students were prepared to take their learning fully online. They had something more important: basic digital literacy. We saw it in our U.S.

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Learning Advocacy Report Google 144

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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Blended Learning Chromebook Elementary Differentiated Instruction 92

MindShift

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

fire up their laptops and gather a bundle of snowball microphones. With the click of a mouse, their laptops become studios, and they’re ready to record. In many classrooms these days, teachers and students have their own laptops, Chromebooks or iPads. “I love how user-friendly it is, and it’s easy to explain.”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., After dealing with the first priority — making sure students were safe and fed — schools had to figure out how to keep the learning alive. At Miami Northwestern Senior High School, Julian Negron, left, and Jerrell Boykin, right, load laptops for distribution to students, on March 30, 2020.

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edWeb.net

JULY 19, 2022

Students naturally understand the display and how to connect their devices. The mobility of the smart board invites more small-group collaboration, which allows a lesson to become organic and develop on its own. This invites them to share their work and collaborate. Smart boards can be used as a reward system for students.

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Student Engagement Flipped Classroom Blended Learning Laptops 84

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Back in April, as schools across the country shifted to online instruction to slow the spread of the coronavirus, Scott Muri saw firsthand just how damaging lack of internet access can be for students and families. The challenge now is how to get internet connectivity to the places in the county without this infrastructure, Muri added.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2019

The mobility helps in my debate class where I have about 37 students,” Brown said. “We Critics of the so-called open classroom argued in the 1970s that schools had attempted an overnight transformation without training teachers on how to adjust to the new space. Related: How high school would be different if students could design it.

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Classroom Elementary Report Laptops 112

edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

Everyone would have their tablet or laptop. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, and Chris O’Neal, a former teacher and current Blackboard Solutions Engineer, shared front-line stories and tips to provide insight into how to ensure continuity of learning for our students during this unprecedented time.

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Online Learning Blackboard Learning Social Media 88

Kitaboo on EdTech

JUNE 6, 2019

But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging. Related: How to Improve Student Learning Outcomes with Digital Learning. WANT TO KNOW HOW KITABOO WORKS?

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STEM Smartphone Mobility Industry 90

MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

.” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. And now you know how to meet me in the morning.” “Some of them have laptops.

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Learning Training Blended Learning Laptops 52

The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 1, 2017

She shares essential tips on how to use Flipgrid. And the teacher pushes out a code to the students or they push out that link to the students that they’re able to access and the students will actually respond via video through either their mobile device or through the video camera on their laptop or their tablet that they have.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The student swiped at his desk and knocked a laptop to the floor, and the school called for an emergency petition. If we know how to handle and deal with behaviors, then we will have less EPs,” said Anthony Mann, who was an instructional aide at Wicomico County High School last year and is a Wicomico public school parent.

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Data Training Assessment Report 127

ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. The most effective professional development (PD) goes beyond simply how to use the tech. It shines a light on how the tool will bring value to teachers and their students. In Praise of The Interactive Whiteboard.

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Technology Classroom Training Software 157

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The mother of two, who lives in Florida and runs a mobile pet grooming business with her husband, considered volunteering to be the best way to play an active role in her kids’ education. “I Hidalgo’s son, meanwhile, struggled to complete virtual class assignments without a cell phone or laptop. “He’ll adjust to anything.”.

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Facebook Groups Data Survey 138

techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. What resources are presently available in schools, and how are they distributed? Or are there mobile laptop/tablet stations?) ? How do they use those devices?

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Chromebook E-rate BYOD Online Assessments 40

Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

How to Run an Hour of Code. Chromebooks, laptops, desktops. Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Kodable Curriculum for Elementary. Find a professional learning event near you to learn more about the initiative and how to bring coding into your classroom. 9 – 14.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

In any subject, students need to know how to conduct research and distribute this information to others digitally either through digital posters, digital books, blogs, videos, podcasts, comics, digital games, infographics, etc. This is suitable for elementary to teens. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

On one of these towers, the Albemarle County schools have hung base stations that link to broadband internet beamed up from the roof of a nearby elementary school. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) divides up the spectrum into allowable uses, such as for TV, radio, satellites and mobile data. That’s why, for example, 92.9

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 90

techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

The 1:1 districts involved in the summit discussion have made a wide range of device choices, including Windows laptops (for junior-high students in Auburn, Alabama and for high-school students in Columbus, Indiana) and iPads in grades 1–12 in New Braunfels, Texas. On the other hand, says Sanfrancesco, “Learning doesn’t stop over the summer.

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BYOD Chromebook iPad Software 42

Fractus Learning

JUNE 4, 2022

We considered the latest technology, limited volume control, audio quality, cord length, the comfort level of ear cushions, and how to connect many headphones to one device. Most headphones for elementary school and younger children are over-ear headphones; the design is more comfortable and doesn’t hug the head uncomfortable.

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Sony Elementary Smartphone Classroom 59

The Innovative Educator

MAY 3, 2015

The ultimate learning experience for students is both highly collaborative and extremely personalized, supported by mobile devices and digital content, reports Project Tomorrow in their latest Speak Up report. This year, nearly half of teachers (47 percent) said their students have regular access to mobile devices in their classrooms.

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Mobility Blended Learning STEM Survey 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Jennifer, Darren, and I will talk a bit about big picture issues, like making time for instruction on digital literacy, and how to teach kids to think critically about conspiracy theories when those conspiracy theories are widely believed among the community you teach in. Teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

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Mobility Laptops Video Accessibility 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 20, 2020

1425 Walton Avenue, once home to P.S. 64, now houses the Walton Avenue School and Lucero Elementary School. “My parent community can and will mobilize around things that are important to them,” he said. Russo would have loved to give every student a laptop or to build a state-of-the-art science lab.

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Report Elementary Laptops Outcomes 138

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2021

Going remote but delivering physical materials is one solution to a problem that has plagued after-school providers across the country — how to continue providing their enrichment and child care solutions during a pandemic. She had to provide laptops, tablets and even mobile hotspots to a number of her kids just so they could participate.

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Survey Laptops Accessibility Report 138

Edsurge

JULY 12, 2021

There were small challenges, like getting 2-year-old children to wear masks, or finding electrical outlets to accommodate all the laptops that the school-aged children in her care needed for remote learning. In addition, children who attend the elementary school across the street join for afterschool care.

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MindShift

APRIL 20, 2020

My parent community can and will mobilize around things that are important to them,” he said. Walton Avenue shared the money with the school that was in the process of closing and with Lucero Elementary School, the second new school opening at the P.S. 64 campus. They would receive cold, bagged lunches instead. “My

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EdTechSandyK

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Mobile devices are predicted by 2011 Horizon report to be in mainstream in one year or less. Research shows 60% of low-income students carry a mobile device of some sort. Look for awesome infographic in the Prezi (linked at the top of this post) about how people use their mobile devices based on age range. Equity issues.

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BYOD Poll Everywhere Mobility Laptops 60

There is no box

OCTOBER 3, 2015

I was their first full time “IT Guy” And when I say full time, I’m stretching a bit, as I was actually farmed out to one of the feeder elementary schools for 2 days a week. Student devices are mobile, personal and available where and when students need them. Desktops don’t qualify as student devices.

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EdTech E-rate Google Company 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2020

Since the pandemic, the district has used school buses as traveling mobile hotspots in an effort to provide families with reliable Internet. This past spring, she followed with interest when the district outfitted several homes with laptops and tablets to complete school work. Credit: Rory Doyle for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 21, 2017

— Inside a high-ceilinged library at Northridge High School here, seniors are typing on 16-year-old laptops donated by a local Rotary Club. Norton, as the seniors in the library close their balky laptops and head to class. The students live in homes with multiple laptops, iPads, tablets, iPhones – iEverything.

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Laptops Digital Divide Software Blended Learning 40

The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

He’s the head of the education team of the News Literacy Project , a national education nonprofit offering nonpartisan programs that teach students how to know what to believe in the digital age. Join me as I talk with Peter Adams. We’ll begin by talking about why information (and misinformation) is more prevalent.

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