Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 7, 2020

Game Based Learning is a great way to integrate technology into the classroom as well generate excitement for students. 50 Sites/Apps for Educational Games ABCya - A great site for games and mobile apps for elementary students. Educandy - A excellent site where educators can create educational games and activities.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

” Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software. She and her students love Google Apps for Education and can’t imagine life without them. See the contest rules for the SMART Learning Suite and MakerBot Replicator Mini+ in last week’s show. Listen on iTunes. Life (A Poem).

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. The SMART Learning Suite combines lesson delivery, assessment, collaboration, and game-based learning software all into one easy-to-use system. You can create your class from scratch or import your link from Google.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

K5 Learning - An online Reading and Math program for grades K-5 w/ retail results and detailed reports. Khan Academy Kids - A fun free mobile (iOS/Google Play) for ages 2-6 looking for resources in Math, Reading, and Writing. PBS Kids Lab - A great collection of games and activities to build Reading and Math skills ages 3-8.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. Read more by Alfred Thompson at his Computer Science Teacher blog ( [link] ).

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Its mission is to ensure the seamless compatibility of Android devices with Google services and applications. When a device is Android EDLA-certified, it essentially becomes your gateway to effortless integration with the Google ecosystem of mobile services and apps. Now, let’s connect the dots between EDLA and GMS.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Challenge encourages game-based learning to help kids learn to have fun with math. If they build it, they will learn from it. That’s the idea behind the national K-12 Game-a-thon, which invites students to let their imaginations and problem solving run wild as they design, build and share their own math games.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. The SMART Learning Suite combines lesson delivery, assessment, collaboration, and game-based learning software all into one easy-to-use system. You can create your class from scratch or import your link from Google.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. The SMART Learning Suite combines lesson delivery, assessment, collaboration, and game-based learning software all into one easy-to-use system. You can create your class from scratch or import your link from Google.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. The SMART Learning Suite combines lesson delivery, assessment, collaboration, and game-based learning software all into one easy-to-use system. You can create your class from scratch or import your link from Google.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Chromebooks, tablets, phones…they’re all the same to the SMART Learning Suite. The SMART Learning Suite combines lesson delivery, assessment, collaboration, and game-based learning software all into one easy-to-use system. You can create your class from scratch or import your link from Google.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 29, 2018

Kasey Bell teaches us eight great ways to use Google Slides. From stop motion to video controls and cool add-ins for formative assessment and graphics, learn about this Swiss Army Knife of Google tools – Google Slides. Kasey Bell’s Google Certification courses are open for enrollment from May 28 until June 10, 2018.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

This year’s cohort, whose products range from game-based learning to AI-generated flashcards, has a lot to be excited about. raised more than $9 million in a recent Series A round , and handheld wireless sensor company PocketLab is now teaming up with Google to bring the pocket-sized lab equipment to the Google Science Journal.

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Edsurge

APRIL 27, 2020

Also, if you use fast-building tools sometimes the software makes mistakes so most of the process of building is actually cleaning up the software’s mistakes. First you build the base, then you can just copy and paste that lower layer on top of one another. Isn’t that only giving you the base layout?

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Challenge: The Education Trust also found that only 4% of typical classroom assignments teach higher order thinking , a troubling statistic that proves teachers desperately need instructional tools that go beyond worksheets, apps, online games, and quizzes. Consider the ways that technology can streamline these processes for teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

We caught up with Gee to learn about what games he’s currently playing, what he’s learning, why he doesn’t trust people who don’t finish games, and how it feels to be one of the most respected voices in the game-based learning community at the ripe age of 68. How has this community evolved over time?

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Bryan Alexander

MARCH 25, 2016

As one anecdote to consider, Kamenetz mentioned a new product, which provides surveillance software for K-12. The company making this software claimed as an achievement to have prevented three suicides by detecting self-harm signals through pupils’ digital activity. Q: Brett Boessen asked about Quest to Learn ?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Share your experience with game-based learning with an audience of game developers and peer educators! She''s hoping that some of you have favorite web tools and/or software that you could recommend for her brave undertaking.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

It is already happening not just in companies such as Google and Facebook, whose business model is to advertise on the back of free products in a pay-per-click strategy. I pointed out that some major players in the gaming industry are participating. It gives them a competitive edge over their rivals.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Slota has since developed half a dozen class-as-games for subjects as far-flung as education technology, Latin, psychology and biology. Matera also sets one of his games during the Cold War, and the edularps at the Østerskov School involve a wide range of themes and settings.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” Game-Based Learning. Learning through games (from physical to digital). The application of game-like “encouragement” mechanics to non-game entities. Put another way, it is making a game out of something that’s not. Google Apps for Education. Google Classroom.

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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2023

The Lumio team is excited to roll out our integration with Canva for Education,” said Dan McMahon, Lumio Vice President of Software. This collaboration reinforces our commitment to inspiring creativity, saving teachers’ time, and creating an active learning environment that is accessible and collaborative for all.”

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Edsurge

AUGUST 27, 2019

Thanks to a reboot from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which owns the brand, the world’s slipperiest super thief has an animated series on Netflix, a clutch of Google Earth games and even a new series of paperbacks—all of which are finding their way into classrooms two decades after she fell off the map. Admittedly, the tech has improved.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2017

They support single sign-on with Google and Clever. You can only do that if you know how to use technology, especially really fabulous software, which teachers who use technology know how to find. Google Cardboard costs like, what — $12 – and every kid has a smartphone. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here. Kecia: Yeah!

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MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

The emphasis in the higher grades is still on reading and typing — teachers give students fewer opportunities to express their learning in creative ways, so the tools of choice tend to be basic. High school kids use Google Apps because they can easily collaborate. It is Web-based, works on iPads and is free.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Tag your questions #eduquestion or post them on our Facebook page or Google+ community. Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2016

It is taking me a while to convert my most popular speeches like “Differentiating Instruction with Technology” to the new software, but after I do, I’m so much happier with the flow of the presentation. If you use Keynote, learn how to use Magic Move. ClassCraft (for Tracking Game Based Learning Experiences).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The New York Times broke the news this week that New America ousted its Open Markets team after it praised a recent EU fine against Google : “Google Critic Ousted From Think Tank Funded by the Tech Giant.” ” New America has received more than $21 million from Google. Facial recognition software.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 23, 2019

That’s why stories about the golly-gee-whiz prospects of learning to code, game-based learning, social emotional learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain transcripts, and tutoring — by chatbots or by gig workers — still fill the pages of these publications. Something about "learning engineers".

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Some of the best tools to create interactive presentations include Canva , AhaSlides , Pear Deck , Slido, Haiku Deck, Google Slides, and many more. Check out the best presentation making tools for teachers to learn more. Check out best teacher tools to create interactive visuals to learn more.

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Hack Education

MAY 5, 2017

CNN tries to explain “Why Google , Apple and Microsoft are battling for education.” ” Via Edsurge : “ Apple Partners With Tynker to Help K–5 Students Learn to Code.” I wrote about social-emotional learning (algorithms) as a “trend to watch.” Don’t click. Never click.

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Hack Education

JULY 28, 2017

” Via Edsurge : “ Google and Digital Promise Reimagine Teacher Tech Training with New National Program.” ” Via Education Week : “ Google Launches $50 Million Effort on the Future of Work.” ” Speaking of Google and surveillance, " Google Glass 2.0 billion in revenue by 2022.

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