Graphite Blog

MAY 21, 2021

These (mostly) free tools can help you assess how students are doing -- and feeling -- alongside other resources for building up their skills and confidence. Assess Where Your Students Are These tools will help you get a sense of where students are, and which skills they still need to develop. Read our review of Freckle. Knowledgehook.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

It’s a big deal for a startup that was founded in 2011 on the bet that as internet connectivity and mobile devices became more affordable and accessible in classrooms, teachers and students would need a way to create and share digital content and resources. The company is also currently turning a profit, according to Carrera.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Most mapping tools feature a way to import data, with plenty of examples, search functions, and instructions to help users. We’ve spent hours creating a comprehensive list of the best mapping software products, comparing the best online mapping tools and printable maps for classroom mapping purposes.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Teachers applauded the new tool, which let them highlight and expand lessons with multiple colors. Teachers were empowered with exciting new tools. Today, interactive whiteboards are firmly established as a teaching tool. You’ll find them in elementary classrooms and university lecture halls. Powerful Learning Tools.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 24, 2020

In normal times when students come to my classroom (I provide pull-out services for gifted elementary level kids), I get them doing hands-on activities within minutes of entering into my classroom. They use the text tool to write out their two truths and a fib – one per column/area. Akinator is a computer game and mobile app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

With this add-on, students can create their own works of art by programming Dash from their mobile device to draw on the floor mat?—?with There is also a fun-looking Launcher tool where Dash will launch balls with precision at targets or into containers. with accuracy and control. Prize Option One. Prize Option Two.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

For the most part, many of these apps overlap in their core features: All of these tools let you target communications, translate messages, and allow parents to sign up in multiple ways. We've also called out a handful of other great tools that have some standout features you might find useful. Plus, it works for all grade levels.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

In addition, ABC Mouse has shared releases and updates for ABCmouse Mastering Math, Digital Library Experience, Standards-Aligned Collections, A New Teacher Experience, and the ABCmouse Ambassador Program. The tool is ideal for differentiated learning, literacy, English-language learners (ELL) or Special Needs instruction.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2021

CPS encompasses 12 elementary schools, five upper schools, and three high school programs. The ingest and content processing functions of our previous VOD tool didn’t work consistently, undermining our group’s efforts to get more teachers to host video with us,” said Matt Mena-Landry, Media Arts Program Manager at CPS. “In

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Unfortunately, Math Playground does not offer performance tracking tools and progress reports. Kids can play games using their keyboard or mouse (not the best option for kids with hand mobility issues!). Room Recess also offers free math worksheets ideal for elementary students. The games are ideal for mere math practice.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Of this group, five teams are building education technology tools with support from mentors from Imagine K12, the local edtech accelerator that Y Combinator absorbed last February. And neither is elementary-grade science. with teachers using its materials on a monthly basis in 20 percent of elementary schools. million in profit.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

In “ Closing the Homework Gap: Equity of Access for All Students Outside of School ,” Rhonda Schroeder, EdD, principal, Arthur Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK; Mike Cory, EdD, principal, Gettys Middle School, SC; Barbara J. Leverage Partnerships. Provide Out-of-School Access on Devices. Out-of-School Access Chart. About the Presenters.

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. Look at the most innovative technology we have today: iPhone, ChromeBook, Galaxy Note, iMac, or whatever your favorite tool might be. Here are a few of my favorite digital tools that help teachers do just that.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Now, between the number of online information sites and the proliferation of social media apps, plus near constant mobile phone use, determining a story’s credibility seems to call for advanced detective skills. She is the director of library at Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Join the Community.

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techlearning

APRIL 23, 2018

Herndon, Virginia, April 23, 2018 — Although every elementary school has different student needs its teachers must support, each needs an extensive library of books for its students. Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) in Cary, NC, the 15 largest school district in the United States, has 114 elementary schools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Across the nation, school districts are investing in one-to-one computing programs and supplying digital devices for their students to use as learning tools. While these tools can be very empowering, giving each child a device isn’t enough to close the digital opportunity gap that exists between students of varying economic means.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 12, 2021

You can use the screencast tool to walk them through the work they submitted with your comments and suggestions. Because you have a built-in video library, email library, form library, and the ability to automate, you could set this up one year and continue using it year after year!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 28, 2015

I hope you have enjoyed these tools that I have picked from thousands. Multi-platform, mobile devices. Library of Content (free and inexpensive). Simple interactive tutorials for elementary Math/Science concepts. Resources: Projects, Lessons, Strategies, Library. Create or download interactive presentations.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2020

There is no one-size-fits-all remedy and no must-have suite of digital learning tools. Blaney Elementary School in Elgin, S.C., Miami-Dade County Public Schools has distributed some 100,000 tablets and other mobile devices, and more than 11,000 smartphones that double as Wi-Fi hot spots. on March 18, 2020.

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techlearning

JUNE 18, 2018

I modified the most recent lesson I used with a group of Pre-K students from their library of pre-made content. If you haven’t downloaded a lesson from Nearpod before, you can add either a free or paid lesson to your library. With Pre-K students, I recommend using Nearpod on a tablet within the native mobile app.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 11, 2021

You can use the screencast tool to walk them through the work they submitted with your comments and suggestions. Because you have a built-in video library, email library, form library, and the ability to automate, you could set this up one year and continue using it year after year!

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MindShift

MAY 17, 2021

Courtney Miller’s son is in kindergarten at Glen Cove Elementary in Vallejo, California. He could provide grip tools for pencils or guide students’ hands with his own. Glen Cove Elementary teachers offer daily office hours and Vallejo City Unified School District offers a weekly parent hour for tech-related advice and questions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. The great majority of these events are free to attend. To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2016

I believe we can narrow the reading gap by extending literacy programs outside the four walls of the classroom and moving away from standard teaching tools. One of JEP’s programs is known as USC ReadersPlus, which mobilizes work-study students to provide one-on-one reading and math instruction to K-6 students in nearby Title 1 schools.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 21, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. This virtual conference will be hosted in Adobe Connect and registration is free for librarians and leaders of libraries.

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MindShift

MARCH 26, 2020

” Sadie’s teacher reminds her that they’ll be using the educational software that she is already familiar with from her face-to-face classes at Ortega Elementary School: “It’s iReady, so we’ve got that. Just three days to mobilize a community of partners and volunteers to assist our schools.”

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mauilibrarian2 in Olinda

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows, introductory keynote speaker Top Must-Have for Our Students: Teen Health and Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers , the mobile app for 24/7 access by our students. Also, parents, students, and administrators can use it as a communication tool. Anytime, anywhere information on their cell phone.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Other than libraries and news outlets, students were dependent on the educator to provide them with information. Use technologies and mobile apps based on drill and grill where learners are given direction instruction via these technologies and asked to provide the correct answers via quiz questions. (I Education 1.0 Education 2.0

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Elementary schoolers in rural New Mexico harvested and dehydrated herbs from their school’s garden to make soap and tea as part of a summer STEAM program. At Eastern Heights Elementary School in St. Paul, Minnesota, educators transformed the old school library into an active, dynamic Learning Studio filled with mobile furniture.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters) are local communities of practice that bring together educators, entrepreneurs, funders, researchers, and other community stakeholders to design, implement, iterate on, and disseminate breakthrough learning practices and tools. Let’s innovative to improve public education together.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 16, 2016

A year and a half later, I've been inspired, encountered struggles, and collected some tips and suggestions to help you develop a makerspace at your elementary school. Our makerspace is housed in the library, but when attendance spiked beyond our expectations, we had to send overflow to a neighboring classroom. How We Make.

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Graphite Blog

MAY 16, 2016

A year and a half later, I've been inspired, encountered struggles, and collected some tips and suggestions to help you develop a makerspace at your elementary school. Our makerspace is housed in the library, but when attendance spiked beyond our expectations, we had to send overflow to a neighboring classroom. How We Make.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

Eric Bredder (second from left), a teacher at Monticello High School, confers with students using the CNC milling machine, one of several computer-guided fabrication tools used by his classes. But Bredder can’t give students the tool he considers most indispensable to 21st-century learning — broadband internet beyond school walls.

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

I remember being that shy little girl in my elementary class who would sometimes know the answer, or had a question, but didn’t feel comfortable speaking out. I wish my teachers had access to the digital tools and resources available in our classrooms today. Here are a few of my favorite digital tools that help teachers do just that.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. As w/ any of my previous annual top lists, all tools listed in previous posts will not be eligible for this years'. Scratch). .

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Educational Technology Guy

JANUARY 12, 2015

10 Free Learning Websites for Kids 51 Great Tools for educators and students to use [link] Richland School District Two 1TWO1 Digital Starter Kit [link] Excellent collection of web apps, sorted by category, with lots of information and ideas for using the web apps in class.

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