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Paper vs. Screens by Christine McDonnell, CEO at Codelicious

Teacher Reboot Camp

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline. For example, Ms.

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Paper vs. Screens by Christine McDonnell, CEO at Codelicious

Teacher Reboot Camp

Traditional coding activities dictate that students sit in front of laptops or tablets, working to develop a program or a game. Unplugged activities allow educators to teach coding away from laptops and tablets. Unplugged activities introduce students to programming through exercises that can be done offline.

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Pump up the volume! More talking in class, please!

The Hechinger Report

Before the Conversation Toolset, when Kohn wanted students to take a break from individual work for a class discussion, she had to make them close their laptops – far enough that they could no longer see the screen, but not so far as to shut down the program. Now, I just click pause,” she said.

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CES2017 Best of Show Tech Tools

EdTechTeam

At about half the price of Mindstorms Kits , you can build and code interactive, motorized robots, models and creations with distance, color and tilt sensor technologies with this new kit. Samsung Chromebook Plus This Chrome OS device is perhaps the coolest laptop-tablet crossover. Learn more > goo.gl/hneIsI hneIsI Photo Source 3.

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Top 8 Advantages of an Interactive STEM Curriculum

Kitaboo on EdTech

But now with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops being a part of school education, it is much easier to deliver STEM courses on these devices, making the courses more interactive, accessible and engaging. You can create exercises where students are allowed to perform experiments on their device screens.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

The school used the money for a bulk order of Google Chromebooks, allowing every classroom to have a laptop for each student. Two teachers, seated at U-shaped tables on opposite ends of the classroom, were going through a reading exercise with four kids each, helping them sound out letters. Related: Laptops, Chromebooks or tablets?

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Teens and Tech: Distinguishing Addiction from Habit

MindShift

However, Griffin came home to a reality where he still needed a laptop for high school and still used a smartphone to connect with friends. In that moment, the app serves up an intervention like a breathing exercise, or an invitation to get in touch with a friend.