Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2023

Reading Eggs Reading Eggs is an award-winning learning program designed by experienced elementary teachers to help children learn to read. BrainPOP JR BrainPOP Jr is another great learning app for kids and elementary students. Khan Academy Kids is completely free—no ads or subscriptions necessary!

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Credit: Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times The Khan Academy, an educational nonprofit that provides a collection of online learning tools and videos and has long been a go-to for math homework, has created exactly that. A student goes over an article in University of Washington’s computer ethics class, taught by Prof. Dan Grossman.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years. In replacing TenMarks for its second- through eighth-graders, Yakima has identified three alternative online math curriculum providers: Freckle, Zearn and the nonprofit Khan Academy.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 4, 2016

I've heard Anne Jenks share numerous times the importance of teaching coding in school, especially with so many STEM professions available. Below are a few places for getting started: Device Elementary Secondary iPad Daisy the Dinosaur Tickle (older app) Hopscotch Scratch Jr. How do you get started?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 3, 2017

But like many students who stumble upon this discovery, I immediately distinguished between “school math” and, as Khan Academy calls it, “math for fun and glory.” Two particular moments stand out to me that changed the way I thought about mathematics and myself: the paper folding task and our field trip to an elementary school.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Khan Academy Curriculum. Kodable Curriculum for Elementary. Drag and drop editor using the Scratch program language to complete many different projects. Chromebooks, laptops, desktops. 9 – 14. Other Programming Languages.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Again, this years list sees a lot of tools for STEM that focuses on programming/coding. Elementari - A fun site for digital storytelling and project based learning where students can create: digital stories, portfolios, or choose-your-own adventures. It's the time of year again for my favorite annual sites and apps.

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WJU EdTech

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Just Google it.) Khan Academy has become very popular for various tutorials on subject ranging from math and science to art and history! The appeal stems around the desire for competition and play. Don’t be fooled by the picture of the elementary students on the Kahoot web site. Simulations.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

Students at DCPS’ Burrville Elementary School complete an Hour of Code session. Code.org , Khan Academy , Codeacademy , and other educational organizations and companies feature special Hour of Code tutorials on their sites. said Cassandra Davenport, a technology coach at Powell Elementary School.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Is coding relevant to non-STEM subjects? Is coding relevant to non-STEM subjects? Khan Academy and Code Conquest each have some good ideas for this. Our Best Coding Tools lists for elementary , middle , and high school include the most highly rated options and detailed reviews. What is coding? Why teach coding?

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Students at Karly’s school, Sun Terrace Elementary, program all year long and they know how important it is to learn programming. Students in the STEM Lab at Karly’s school use programming every day!

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Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Students at Karly’s school, Sun Terrace Elementary, program all year long and they know how important it is to learn programming. Students in the STEM Lab at Karly’s school use programming every day!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 24, 2011

The Senate Education Committee began work this week sifting through the 800-some-odd-page reauthorization for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Khan Academy announced this week that it has added the first new faculty members beyond just Sal Khan himself. The last revision to the law gave us No Child Left Behind.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Tools like Turnitin that check for plagiarism, intelligent tutoring softwares like Khan Academy or iReady that automate or personalize instruction, and chatbots like Alexa that answer student questions are all vulnerable to algorithmic biases in development and inequitable outcomes in implementation.

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User Generated Education

JULY 24, 2017

I work part-time with elementary learners – with gifted learners during the school year and teaching maker education camps during the summer. So it is no wonder that when learners are given hands-on tasks such as those common to maker education, STEM, and STEAM, they sometimes struggle with their completion. Struggles are good.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Two examples are McGraw Hill’s ALEKS and Khan Academy. Sal Khan, the founder of Khan Academy, defines personalization by pace. In theory, it’s possible to follow Khan’s roadmap step-by-step , node by node, from simple counting all the way through AP calculus. “I love school!”

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Rummikub reinforces STEM skills, improves math abilities, develops strategic thinking skills, and teaches players to play within time constraints. Known initially as Dice Mania, the math fact game is played in elementary math classrooms across the US and was given the GEI Institute seal of approval. Best Math Apps & Games For Kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

If you’re struggling with a concept, Khan Academy has some excellent math tutorials. It even has a collaborative space, EquatIO mathspace , where you can work on math problems with others and show your thinking through freehand sketches and notes. What’s more, it integrates with Read&Write so you can have math read back to you.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Khan Academy’s Sal Khan likes to tell this story too, as does the CEO of edX, Anant Agarwal. (He Laurene Powell Jobs, the widow of a famous Steve, has funded a massive initiative to “rethink school” that also rests on this narrative that school hasn’t changed.

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