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20 Best Learning Apps for Kids

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The app also enable parents to stay informed on their child’s progress by receiving notifications about game completion and more. Compatibility: Android/ iOS (iPhone, iPad); Price: Free 2. Compatibility: Android/ iOS (iPhone, iPad); Price: Free, offers in-app purchases 3. BrainPOP Jr.

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Sudden Shift to Online Learning Revealed Gaps in Digital Literacy, Study Finds

Edsurge

And what other information do you want to give us that we should know? We’re great at reading on our Kindles and our iPhones and all that jazz, but do children know how to type, can they actually create something with their own ideas?” What are your challenges? How are you solving those challenges? Who do you rely on?

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Class Tech Tips: Adobe Spark Activities for Elementary Students

techlearning

This post includes a handful of Adobe Spark activities for elementary students! Each of these open-ended creation tools are available on the web through Adobe Spark’s website, or as individual mobile apps for iOS (iPads and iPhones). This free and easy-to-use creation tool is now available for students of all ages.

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5 Ways to Use Augmented Reality in the Elementary School Classroom

Graphite Blog

While QR codes act as two-dimensional bar codes that hyperlink to various types of printed information, augmented reality uses technology in which an image (marker) is linked to a 3-D video that appears directly on the image. The image appears to come to life once you hover the iPad (or iPhone) over it like a magic wand. I was hooked.

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Building Teamwork and Perseverance in Early Elementary Students with Breakouts

MindShift

The iPhone app Chatterpix lets teachers turn any image into a talking clue. At one elementary school she supports, Duffy collaborated with the speech pathologist to design a Breakout that required general education students to use the communication tools that their non-verbal peers use daily.

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18 Distance Learning Tools with Sound Privacy Practices

Graphite Blog

Teachers can quickly see whether the tool earned a "Pass," "Warning," or "Fail" rating and can read at-a-glance information about how the tool addresses data safety, data rights, ads, and tracking. Magically easy way to create and publish digital books and multimedia Price: $4.99 BrainPop and BrainPop Jr.

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STUDENT VOICES: We need more women in STEM fields, and we have ideas for making that happen

The Hechinger Report

As high school students, we were born at the same time as the iPhone and after the launch of social media and YouTube. The way we access information and interact with each other is new. We are growing up in a world completely different from that of our parents, teachers and leaders.

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