EmergingEdTech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

School District , educators across multiple disciplines are using this program to build student engagement. . “It At first, there were five or six students in the semester-long elective who helped with the deployment of one-on-one iPad devices at a time when the district didn’t have enough IT staff to handle that workload. .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Today, all of the K–12 teachers in our district have access to iPads and a host of technology tools for learning. Students in grades 6–9 are now 1:1 with iPads as part of our district-wide Project Connect program. Two of the four elementary schools in our district have a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Still, teachers are tirelessly putting in their best effort to make distance learning work for their students. Teachers are changing the nature of the partnerships that schools typically have with students’ families. Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. We sent cheat sheets to parents.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 1, 2017

5 Ideas for Improving Student Writing with Jennifer Serravallo (Episode #10). Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement (Episode #16). Awesome Apps for iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen (Episode #1). Tech Tools to Try in 2017 with Jennifer Gonzalez (Episode #20).

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

As a gamification guru and moonshot thinker, Michael transforms the traditional classroom into a high-energy environment where active student engagement is paramount. Here are instructions for iPhone/iPad or PC/Mac instructions. Get a free 45-day trial of SmartLab for Game Based Learning. Today’s Give Away Contests!

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

iPads are ubiquitous in today's classrooms, but it takes some work to find educational uses beyond games. A donation of iPads to my second- and third-grade combination classroom last year had me searching for new and exciting ways to implement them. But how was I going to implement AR technology in my elementary school classroom?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 31, 2017

Dave Burgess Talks Student Engagement (Show #16). Creating a Student-Centered Library Where Kids Love to Learn with Micki Uppena (Show #23). Awesome Apps for iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. Give Kids What They Deserve with Adam Welcome (Show #36).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306). There’s Magic In That Music: Empowering Students with Digital Music Tools (B308). Computer Programming in the Elementary School (B313). STEAMing Ahead with Student Engagement and Critical Thinking (B315).

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Digital Promise

MAY 23, 2019

Behind strong school-based leadership, the schools built sustainable systems in professional learning and IT logistics and have created innovative ways to leverage their iPads to increase student engagement, communication, problem-solving skills, and critical thinking skills. STEM Culture of Innovation.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Working in conjunction with the Michigan Department of Education and Emmy Award Winning Director, Allyson Rockwell, the Mason-Lake and Oceana ISDs are working on a documentary film chronicling the success in the pilot kindergarten and second grade iPad classrooms in Ludington, Michigan.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2019

With the support of technology levies, we have invested $1 million into new technology for both the high school and elementary levels. Over time, Billings Public Schools accumulated a complex assortment of devices, including 16,000 Chromebooks, 7,000 Apple iPads, 3,000 Macs, and 2,000 Windows devices.

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eSpark

APRIL 12, 2022

Launching technology in the classroom can accomplish many goals; some tools are used to improve test scores and prepare students for postsecondary success, while others help educators to raise literacy rates and decrease the number of students reliant on RTI programs. Talk to other districts to determine best practices.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2021

Further, 1:1 learning environments (where each student has access to a personal electronic device) are tied to positive outcomes like increased student engagement , more personalized learning experiences, and improved communication between students and teachers. One such company is XP-Pen and their series of tablets.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. They donated an iPad to every student, a Mac and iPad to every teacher, and an Apple TV to every classroom.

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ViewSonic Education

MARCH 7, 2019

Yet, iPads and Chromebooks have their limitations. Forty-one percent (41%) of high school students lack access to a non-shared in-school device. In middle schools, 37% of the students lack individual 1:1 device access. Elementary school students have the least access to personal devices, at 71%.

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eSchool News

JUNE 22, 2016

Tim Wease, CCS director of technology, said classrooms are now equipped with standard smartboards, and many teachers have begun using other technology-based, interactive tools such as Apple TV, online applications, Google Classroom, iPads and Chromebooks. Next page: Engagement at the high school and elementary school level.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Here, two educators discuss how they use the engaging powers of the emerging 3D technology, augmented reality (AR), to do just that. Gomez: Using AR to Engage Kindergarteners. Currently half of my students at De Escandon Elementary in Edinburg, Texas, are ELLs.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Help Students Show What They Know With Media by Wesley Fryer View different examples of student multimedia projects created by students, including narrated art/photo projects, narrated slideshow/screencasts, Quick-edit videos, visual notes, and GeoMap projects. However, what does that look like for early elementary grades (K-3)?

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2015

Have students use Popplet (either on iPad or computer) to create a mind map. Next, ask students come up with as many examples as possible for each letter sound (e.g. If students cannot yet write words, they could find or draw pictures. With iPads, they could even speak the word into the Popple using Siri.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2016

What a great way to utilize and develop student knowledge and skills, right? Busch's student tech teams have four sub-committees: the “Newcast Directors," the “iPad Consultants," the “Makerspace Mentors," and the “Cyber Squad." TEACHERS KNOW BEST, 2015 Not Just the Student Leader Usual Suspects. I couldn’t agree more.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Her job is to help teachers to use technology to meet the needs of their students. . Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! Engage Students AND Meet Standards with Student Podcasting! They also purchased sound boxes to give students specific spaces to record. .

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

Now, teachers teach to a variety of learning styles, differentiate learning for our students with twice-weekly Response to Intervention time and give opportunities for student collaboration—such as STEM projects and our Spark literary and visual arts magazine. We’re also a 1:1 district where every student has an iPad.

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eSpark

APRIL 18, 2016

The administrators, teachers, and students in these communities inspire us every day to keep pushing the boundaries of what it means to differentiate instruction and create lifelong learners. Read on for a look at the many ways a few of our Digital Promise district partners are boosting student engagement and academic growth.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

One area where I have focused over the past few months is integrating technology and math in the primary classroom with my colleague, Meagan Cinfel ( @mcinfel ), a first grade #iPadAcademy teacher at Central Elementary in Bellevue Public Schools. She controls the content from her iPad, and students learn and discuss the concept together.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

OVER TWO MILLION WORDS IN FOUR WEEKS First-grade students at Milton Public Schools use SeeSaw to narrate a story and record. At Milton (MA) Public Schools last February, 758 fourth- and fifth-grade students engaged in a four-week collaborative story writing experience. Coeur d’Alene students engage in learning.

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Fractus Learning

APRIL 20, 2015

Purposeful gamification can allow for personalized learning , increased student engagement , and greater creativity. ( What if your students don’t all have iPads? Students can compete with each other to earn the highest score. Get students to create their own Kahoots for their classmates to take.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

If this small district, despite all the challenges, can find a way to keep students engaged outside the four walls of a classroom, it may shine a light on how other districts can make virtual schools work as well. Overall, 190 students are now enrolled in Fairfield’s Virtual Academy, taught by 40 teachers.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Available in English and Spanish and on Android, iPad, and iPhone devices, your kid may have found their new favorite bedtime routine. Students will not get bored with multiple games, themes, and over 350 math skills to be learned. Best Math Apps For Kids in Elementary School and Middle School. The free app requires iOS 11.0

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2019

She got her start teaching elementary school, and recalls a time she turned to her students for help, and how they guided the way. Lindsey Blass: I started teaching in elementary school, fourth grade. I had access to these iPads and It had to go to my students and say, “how do we use these?”

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eSpark

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Launching classroom technology in schools can accomplish many goals; some tools are used to improve test scores and prepare students for postsecondary success, while others help educators to raise literacy rates and decrease the number of students reliant on RTI programs. Talk to other districts to determine best practices.

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Each time we watch, students have a different purpose for viewing. In specific subject areas, we choose short videos to watch 3 times in a row to have students Engage, Examine and Extend their thinking and learning. With continuous improvement towards better and better practices, our students will only benefit.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

As more and more schools and districts set goals to provide one-to-one access to technology to students to meet teaching and learning goals, district and school leaders are faced with the task of planning and implementing technology resources at levels that they might not have experienced in the past. Here’s how we got started.

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techlearning

AUGUST 30, 2018

The designation comes with 500 iPads, five gigabytes of data per month for each student and teacher in the sixth through eighth grades, and professional development support for teachers. Polk County Schools is one of the few rural systems in the US to be named a Verizon Innovative Learning School.

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Fractus Learning

JANUARY 12, 2017

One learning center was at her interactive whiteboard where a group of students played a game working on letter sound recognition and identification. A third center used three iPads that the teacher has gotten through Donors Choose. The focus is taken off of the teacher delivering content and placed on the students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

Dictation can offer you—and your students—much more, such as these five items. The average typing speed of an elementary school student is 10-20 wpm (Bullock, 2011), while the average person dictates about 100-120 wpm (Wong, 2011). Boosts Writing Speed: Want kids to write more with less time? TEACHERS KNOW BEST, 2015.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

“All of a sudden we went from, ‘Hey it would be nice to have [devices for each student], to hey, this is essential to access education,’” says Lambert, the assistant superintendent. Having students be able to create and not just consume is huge,” says LaCroix. Our world is digital literacy now.

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