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iPad Magic: 6 Ideas Every iPad Teacher Needs to Know

The CoolCatTeacher

Tony Vincent on episode 247 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Want to show your cursor on the iPad screen? There’s a trick for these things and more on the iPad. Today, Tony Vincent shares six ideas every iPad teacher needs to know.

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How Librarians Continue Their Work Digitally Even as Coronavirus Closes Libraries

Edsurge

Libraries are temporarily closing their doors due to coronavirus—like so many other institutions in the wake of a growing pandemic. But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ? But what does it mean for librarians to serve patrons without a library ?

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9 Mistakes Teachers Make Using Tech in the Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

Your school passed iPads out to all classes. Then, see how to fix them: Only use iPads in place of books or game-play? Share the link to an online newsletter through your class Twitter stream. Sending kids to the computer lab to do work rather than using the class computer or the library computers?

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Great Websites for Special Needs

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ll display it below but click the link for an updated library: Occupational Therapy –a long list of great apps including stress, social skills building, and more. IPad Apps for Special Needs. Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). Vimium – Chrome extension link. Speech-to-Text.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

the digital devices–computer or Chromebooks or iPads–won’t work on the Big Day. Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. Let me break this down for you.

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9 Unusual Hour of Code Projects

Ask a Tech Teacher

In my case, I used Ctrl+Alt+S to invoke the Windows Snipping Tool Save IPads call these hotkeys. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. It uses a simple statement—IF THIS THEN THAT.

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12 Tools to explore during Computer Science Week

Neo LMS

Hopscotch is an app (iPad/IPhone) that enables students (ages 8-14+) to learn about coding by creating a game, changing a drawing into an animation, or exploring the projects that have been shared to the gallery. Training for teachers is available online, and there is also a library full of resources to get started. Scratch Jr.

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