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iPads to Differentiate Instruction in Early Elementary Education

The CoolCatTeacher

Emily Lynch talks about how to use iPads in the classroom to differentiate instruction. So many good ways exist to use iPads but how can we personalize it and make it unique? Now, that’s good stuff for every K-2nd grade iPad or Google Play enabled tablet! Listen Now. Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher.

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Robotics and Computer Science for Elementary Level Learners

User Generated Education

I absolutely love all of the new robotics toys that have been coming out for elementary age learners. Sphero is robotic ball that connects to your smartphone or tablets over Bluetooth. Using free apps and a compatible tablet or smartphone, kids learn to code while they make these robots sing, dance and navigate all around the house.

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How to Build a Summer Reading List for Your Incoming Students

Waterford

We’ve put together a few tips on how to create a summer reading list that will prepare students to enter your classroom ready to learn. The platform includes curriculum and resources (which we call curriculets) around popular titles for older elementary students.

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7 Ways to Make Worksheets Engaging and Effective: The Ultimate Guide

The CoolCatTeacher

So there's all kinds of opportunities then to teach students how to coach someone in the answer. Help the coach know how to coach at the same time you're helping, helping both. You take your questions that you wanna review or practice, you put them into the game and students can use a tablet or phone or any type of device to answer it.

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Why we should teach coding in elementary school

eSchool News

According to Steve Jobs, “Everybody in this country should learn to program a computer, because it teaches you how to think.”. Every student should have access to technology, whether it be computers, smartphones, or tablets because almost everything we do requires some form of programming. First, learning programming empowers kids.

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Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools

EdTech Magazine

Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools. Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. Or is it big picture, such as learning how to collaborate more effectively with others?

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Blending in Technology Boosts K–12 Instruction

EdTech Magazine

In California, students at Chula Vista Elementary School District’s Salt Creek Elementary improved their scores by 137 percent over the state average on California’s performance exams in the first year of introducing a blended learning program. . MORE FROM EDTECH: How to keep accessibility in mind for the modern K–12 classroom.