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Top K–12 Tech Tools for Teaching STEM

EdTech Magazine

Robotics kits: Products like the Sony KOOV and HamiltonBuhl’s HB Invent! Coding tools: Free resources such as MIT’s Scratch programming language, Code.org’s online tutorials and Tynker’s learning activities for beginning to advanced coders help students learn coding quickly. by Dan Tynan.

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The Wild and Amazing World of Augmented Reality

Ask a Tech Teacher

Requests : Trigger to a Google Form to request time with the teacher, librarian, or another professional. If you ask any group of people about AR, most will conflate it with Virtual Reality (VR). While VR is a wonderful education tool in its own right, there are important distinctions between the two.

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V4K PRO Ultra HD USB Document Camera

Kathy Schrock

It is also plug-and-play compatible with many online video-conferencing tools such as Zoom, Google Meet, Skype, Microsoft Teams, and with software such as Seesaw and Camtasia. This document camera is compatible with PC, Mac, and Chromebook.

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IPEVO's cool new DO-CAM

Kathy Schrock

In addition, when meeting with students for content support, a doc cam can allow you to show the doc cam video in a Zoom or Google Meet window for the students. DO-CAM FEATURES Image quality: DO-CAM comes with an 8MP Sony CMOS image sensor for exceptional performance in noise reduction and color reproduction.

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IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB Dual Mode 8MP Document Camera

Kathy Schrock

Zoom Microsoft Teams Google Hangouts/Meet GoToMeeting Webex Skype IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB plugged directly into a projector The IPEVO VZ-R HDMI/USB document camera can also easily be used to showcase items, live drawings, and book pages to the entire class, even without a computer! 3.07” x 1.57” x 11.42” (7.8 x 18.9” (270 x 480mm) [16:9] 13.5”

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?Blockchain, Bitcoin and the Tokenization of Learning

Edsurge

Google gave a similar live lesson service a shot—minus the cryptocurrency—where viewers and experts could connect via Google Hangout to learn skills such as photography, cooking or education. Sony says it is working towards a 2018 rollout. Not to mention platforms like YouTube have no shortage of free how-to videos).

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This Workforce Partnership Trains Tech Talent. Can It Boost Civic Engagement Too?

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Roughly 200 local employers, including Kaiser Permanente, OSISoft, Sony and Typeform, have also participated. Shuffling along the stations are adult professionals—among them city officials, including the mayor of San Leandro, and representatives from Google, Sony and Wells Fargo—who offer guidance and poke holes in the projects.

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