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Top 10 Digital Tools for the Classroom

Kitaboo on EdTech

Students can access the tests on laptops, desktops, and tablets. The best part of Socrative is that you can use it on almost all digital devices, including smartphones, laptops, computers, and tablets. The platform facilitates instant assessments and feedback so teachers can stay connected to their pupils in real-time.

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Novel Ideas for Writing Instruction

techlearning

“All of our teachers have had ample professional development in writing process and pedagogy, which helps to provide a strong knowledge base around the most effective practices,” says Gale. The district is seeing great results from its investment in technology-based tools and in training teachers to use them.

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Bringing Literature to Life in Open Sim

The CoolCatTeacher

Simple Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Google Streetview and Google Cardboard. Then of course, the curriculum is gamified, so they have different levels of challenges that they have to engage in — which are knowledge based — in order to learn the curriculum, but also succeed in the virtual world.

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What does it mean to be a teacher in higher education for the next decade

Linways Technologies

Everyone are already using smartphones and laptops in their everyday lives, both adults and children alike. So as a teacher, you at least need to have a working knowledge about technology, internet, social networking etc. So what does it mean to be a teacher in higher education for the next decade? The world is highly digitized.

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SMART, Samsung offer a boost for collaboration

eSchool News

The SMART Samsung Chromebook 3 Bundle features SMART amp and is fully integrated with Google Classroom and Apps for Education. This new bundle, which is fully integrated with Google Classroom and Apps for Education, provides the hardware, software, and training necessary to achieve a pedagogical shift toward student-led learning.

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How to pass the WSET Diploma D3 exam on the Wines of the World

Brainscape

Pro Tip: Search for your chosen winemaking region in Google Maps and activate the “terrain” filter (top left-hand drop-down menu). Google Maps image (with terrain filter applied) of the southwestern Cape of South Africa, showing some of the region’s best-known wine routes, including Stellenbosch, Paarl, and Franschhoek.

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10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

This is important because when looking for credibility markers, sources, or publishing dates, different steps are required on a mobile device than it does on a laptop or a desktop. As Darren alluded to, the vast majority of people in the world get news now and infer all information through a mobile device, not from a laptop or a desktop.