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7 Apps That Inspire Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

I have a better strategy: Limit new apps to five. For ideas on how to select a specific app, read the introduction to 5 Favorite Classroom Apps. Having said all of that, here are a selection of great apps to consider as you select your group of five: Apple Classroom. This is available not only for iOS but Macs.

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Laying the Foundation for Distance Learning Success

Digital Promise

In addition, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools educators participate in workshops about blended learning and digital collaboration throughout the school year, strategies that became even more valuable when school buildings closed and instruction moved online.

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Smart Technologies Could Benefit Education – or Could Make Our Problems Worse

EdNews Daily

Not long ago, states and school districts were implementing one-to-one initiatives designed to make a computer or iPad available to every child. Then, flipped classrooms and blended learning introduced compelling ways of leveraging digital tools to maximize instructional time and student-teacher interactions.

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What Separates a Good Blended Learning Program From a Bad One?

Edsurge

The most famous of blended learning fiascos is probably the failure of the Los Angeles Unified School District’s iPad program. Also, because the school system bought the iPads in order to use a new curriculum by Pearson, the large investment ($6.4

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#FETC 2015 Recap

The Electric Educator

The future of technology links the digital and the physical I sat in a great session from Brad Waid and Drew Minock ( Two Guys and Some iPads ) that showcased the latest in Augmented Reality (AR). Swivl has great application for the flipped classroom and for anyone who creates a lot of training videos and podcasts.

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Top 100 Sites/Apps of 2014

Technology Tidbits

Otus - A fantastic and easy to use 1:1 learning solution for mobile classrooms (i.e iPads/Chromebooks). Stick Around - A great iPad app that can be used for Project Based Learning or Flipping a Lesson by creating puzzles/diagrams and having students label them. This is ideal for creating a flipped classroom.

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Educator Perspectives: Leading in a Pandemic

MIND Research Institute

We share their obstacles, successes, and strategies in order to build a community better prepared to mathematically equip all students. We got them all iPads simply because Chromebooks are hard to get right now. Google Classroom has been pretty important. We received federal grant money to get devices for our younger students.