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No Begging Required: Teachers Share 5 Creative Ways to Fund Classroom Technology

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Pearsall notes that this school year teachers are expanding their definitions of technology projects to include more maker centers and coding curriculum. As the maker movement catches on, we're seeing more requests for things like MakerBots, 3Doodler pens, and robotics kits.” Stay away from the buzzwords,” says Goodman.

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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

To get started, a student will just scan the room using his or her digital device (like an iPad, iPhone, or Droid) before starting. Or you can use Tinkercad or any other 3D modeling software. Students can create and invent using Augmented Reality and share in your 3D Bear Classroom. Learn more by clicking on the link below.

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Making Better Videos and Movies with Students

The CoolCatTeacher

Joe: The quickest, easiest thing to do is shoot and edit on the computer, iPad, whatever your device is going to be. Hardware and software choices? We use iPads and iMovie. So actually shooting on the iPad, and then pulling it right into iMovie, huh? How do you help them get ready to shoot? Are you big on scripting?

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads. So when I first got my iPad, I was asking my fifth graders to create cartoons and create books and do things that were more literacy based. I really got into that.

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Minecraft in the Classroom

The CoolCatTeacher

Previously on the 10-Minute Teacher, guests have mentioned Book Creator as one of their top apps for the iPad. I am a self-proclaimed “tech nerd” and love to have my hands on all the latest and greatest products and software. Join a delightful, fun world of immersive teaching. Book Creator for Chrome.

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Integrating the Arts into Every Subject

The CoolCatTeacher

Steve Jobs said in his final Apple keynote introducing the iPad 2, “It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our heart sing.”. This past week, I had students modeling processors, hardware, and software using play-dough.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Wednesday, March 12th at 9am PDT in Seattle, WA Maker Movement at NCCE 2014 with Sylvia Martinez, Join colleagues for a day of hard fun and problem solving — where computing meets tinkering and design. One Week Calendar All events are listed in US-Eastern Daylight Time. Learn more here. Learn more here.