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Need an LMS next year? Here are three to consider

Ask a Tech Teacher

An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. Otus is a free all-in-one mobile learning management system available on iPads and desktops. Did I miss it?

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Snow Day? 7 Ways to Keep Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

For example, Wabash County issues all students MacBook Airs and iPads (your school could use Chromebooks) that are available to students who can’t get to school: All Wabash County students in grades 3 through 12 have a MacBook Air they take home every day. For snow days, K2 students can bring home the iPads they use at school. .

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The Best Flipped Classroom Software Tools For Flipped Learning In 2021

Fractus Learning

Doceri For iPad. ShowMe iPad App. ShowMe is an Edtech tool that turns a teacher’s iPad into an interactive whiteboard. Classroom Learning Management Systems (LMS). It’s possible that your school already has a preferred LMS that fits your needs; if not, here are four open source solutions.

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Battle of the Classrooms: Apple, Google, Microsoft Vie for K-12 Market

Edsurge

Google Classroom, which is a core app within G Suite for Education, is reminiscent of learning management systems like Schoology or Blackboard or Canvas—but is free for any educator and works on Chromebooks, iPads and other mobile devices. Device compatibility: iOS, specifically iPads only. Roberts is a bit more skeptical.

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Gadget of the Day: my Ipad 4 Ed App List

My Paperless Classroom

Since I act like I know what I am doing and I carry an Ipad, a number of parents, teachers and friends have asked me which apps I recommend. This list is really just an inventory of what is currently on my Ipad, for each app I will discuss why I have decided to keep it. Communication: Schoology is the LMS used by our school.

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Flip Grid: 6 Fun Ideas to Engage Learners in Conversation with Teryl Magee

The CoolCatTeacher

So what happens is a teacher would put out what they call a grid, they can either do that via website or an app and they will create a grid that they can push out to their students via whatever LMS that the teacher is using. It could be Google Classroom, it could be Schoology, it could be Blackboard, it could also be Microsoft OneNote.

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Why my students are real world-ready with nothing but a device

eSchool News

My school is fortunate enough to have gone 1:1 with iPads, and I challenge my students to use their devices in every lesson, every project, and every experience we share as a class. Even our Discovery Science TechBooks are on their iPads. Mostly, though, there’s not a whole lot to remember to bring, except the iPad of course.