Graphite Blog

JULY 13, 2021

From understanding how technology makes them feel, to learning how to act with kindness and make caring and responsible decisions online, these 15-minute activities are great ways to support the social and emotional well-being of your students as they navigate the digital world. Grade K–2 Saying Goodbye to Technology.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. One spot will house tables where students can connect their tablets to a large video monitor. CDW VV2 Strategy. For its part, St. Content Subtype. CDW Activity ID. CDW Segment.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MARCH 4, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. How Do I Lead Unplugged Activities? Coding a maze: Teach students how to think like a programmer.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities. Mobile students. Measuring the results.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 19, 2020

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. How Do I Lead Unplugged Activities? Coding a maze: Teach students how to think like a programmer.

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Laptops Tablets Exercises Robotics 195

EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We deployed primarily Chromebooks , and went with the newer Chrome Tablets for kindergarten, first and second grade. Our one-to-one implementation isn’t about getting a device into student hands — it’s about changing the learning environments and the instructional strategies. . Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

Read on to discover the impact of technology in education and how to get the most from its unique benefits. Many educators aren’t motivated to use digital resources in class, often because they’re unsure how to use them effectively or are unaware of the benefits.[1] How to Get the Most from Technology in Schools.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

“Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’” Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Johnston Elementary school (P.S. Their teacher has an unlikely strategy to get them to that level of understanding: unplugging the tech. Hour of Code in Brooklyn elementary school, Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu “Ms. But at Emma L. 241) in Brooklyn, students use words like “algorithm” and “loops” year-round—and with remarkable ease.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

Even just one student who is misbehaving can affect how much and how well an entire class is learning. When we arrived at Betty Best Elementary in Houston in the summer of 2014 and dug into the school’s data, we saw there were 627 office referrals during the previous year. Take a positive approach to classroom management.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Students were selected at random from elementary schools of varying demographics and asked to test different electronic devices by performing activities such as: reading online text and responding to prompts. We were more interested in testing tablets than laptops and decided to focus more on the devices’ features than brand names.

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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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Edsurge

OCTOBER 19, 2016

To get you started, I’ve provided you with information about what you’ll need to get started, and a few ideas on how to bring green screen technology into STEM, language arts, history, performance, and physical education spaces. Bonus: These videos can be used later to teach students how to solve word problems! Now, let’s get filming.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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edWeb.net

JULY 2, 2020

Everyone would have their tablet or laptop. Building upon what we are experiencing and what we knew before school closures and taking those reflections to the next level to think about what school looks like in the future and how we will support learning in this new norm. Tips and Strategies for Effective Online Learning.

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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2019

He held in his hand a tablet and I watched as it recorded my brainwaves. As I repeated “up, up, up” in my mind, I watched the tablet map my thoughts, converting my brainwaves into an algorithm. Helping all children develop this broad suite of capabilities is to me the real purpose behind pursuing leapfrog strategies.

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Graphite Blog

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

In collaboration with WithMathICan.org, Common Sense Graphite is hosting a Lesson Plan Challenge to provide teachers with inspiration and ideas on how to cultivate a growth mindset in students with digital tools. A growth mindset is the belief that one can develop abilities through hard work, effective strategies, and guidance from others.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2016

Field Elementary teacher Jessica Rockhold works with Remy Campbell on a smart board in her classroom. Field Elementary, where nearly one out of every five students is classified as having some sort of a disability, has actually managed to do this. April 27, 2016 Photo: By Michael Clevenger, the Courier-Journal. Reframing expectations.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 30, 2018

This semester, Carleton is trying a new strategy to help students reach the National Sleep Foundation’s recommended target of between seven and nine hours each night : sleep coaches. Sleep is something that’s going to benefit them for the rest of their lives,” Muth said, “if they can learn how to do it now.”. DELECE SMITH-BARROW.

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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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Saving Socrates

MARCH 17, 2014

Yet, the word lecture really has a negative connotation among most well respected elementary and high school educators. 2] Assessment data indicate that students have not acquired fundamental skills, strategies, and content. [3] There is a merit to our students learning how to learn from a teacher.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

High-quality learning can happen on laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or cell phones. Some teachers get hung up on the fact that they only have a small number of devices and can’t visualize how to use them for true learning. Sadly, I’ve even had educators argue this point with me in favor of one particular device.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. Have narrowed down to four vendors to try iPads, Android tablets, Windows 8 tablets, Chromebooks. Have you thought about.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Learn how to use the iPad apps “Book Creator” and “Creative Book Builder” to create and share enhanced/multimedia eBooks using DropBox for free cloud storage/distribution. Examine the evolution of the writing process, identifying tools and strategies that may not have been previously conceivable. If You Challenge Them.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

She gives students lots of choices in how they want to do it — on a whiteboard, on a digital tablet, or with paper and pencils. The point is to give them dedicated time to familiarize themselves with how they might express themselves visually. “I She thinks of it as a layering strategy.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 17, 2018

There are specific procedures for everything: how to roll up your rug, how to pour liquid from one pitcher to another, how to draw lines on a paper. They have to practice with the materials; they have to be able to set up the shelves; they have to be able to know how to use the materials in teaching.”.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

They soon realized that their strategy for letting teachers put together their own math instruction was part of the problem. However, there were still 25 elementary schools in the district without access to Hazel’s mental health resources. Johnston County district leaders made it a priority to find out where they were going wrong.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

As the librarian and main technology contact at my elementary school, I often find myself using phrases like “you kind of have to play with the technology to get a feel for what it does” or “I figured that out by playing around with it.” And, I’m often met with “I wish I had time to do that” or “I don’t know how to do that”.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 19, 2015

We’ve discussed before the logistics of how to teach with video games (especially for non-mobile games). It may challenge them, but it should promote a sense of agency and I can in the player to problem-solve, overcome obstacles, and implement strategy to accomplish either game-created or player-created goals. Cognitive Load.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 26, 2018

I want every student to understand how they can share from every single electronic device or a photograph of physical objects on my interactive display. This is why, as part of my first and second day procedures, I teach students how to “throw” their screens (of all kinds) to my large screen at the front of the classroom.

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eSchool News

MARCH 27, 2019

Powerful digital resources become transformative only when the teachers and students using them are engaged and understand how to use tech to its fullest potential. Chula Vista School District is the largest elementary school district in California. Instead, it’s a mix of the right training, tools, and support. Create equitable access.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. " Tagged on: September 18, 2017 Too Much Technology in AR Elementary Schools? I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward. I know you are going through a bit of a funk yourself. I’m sorry.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2022

As CCHS introduced this product to the campus, faculty were able to learn how their teachers wanted to incorporate collaborative experiences using technology and content-driven media that could be delivered in a quick and meaningful manner to hold students’ interest. As a result, Alexander has seen significant growth in her students.

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edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Tech Enablers.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. Glenn Robbins is Superintendent of Brigantine Public Schools in New Jersey.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

And while teachers may embrace using technology, they won’t necessarily understand how to use it effectively. This is really for all learners—adults as well as students—not just for those students with disabilities,” said Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL). Dr. Carol L.

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