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What is Microsoft Sway?

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Lately, when I join technology education forums, one of the most talked-about webtools is Microsoft Sway. Sway works in Windows, on iPads, iPhones, and desktops. Install the Sway app to your iPhone, iPad, Surface Pro, or use it on the web. Sway requires a Microsoft account (but not Office 365). How to get started.

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Best Word Applications for iPad

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

When it comes to writing on the iPad, there’s an abundance of applications out there, each offering unique features and tools to enhance your writing experience. That said, for heavier writing tasks, I personally prefer to connect a keyboard to my iPad. Microsoft Word Microsoft Word is a classic, and for good reason.

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Best iPad Apps for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

As an educator and an edtech enthusiast with years of experience both in the classroom and in reviewing educational technology tools, I’ve always been passionate about finding tools that can transform our teaching and learning experiences. Related: Best iPad Apps for Creating Interactive eBooks Epic !

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Great Websites for Special Needs

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Here are 50 of them: Disabilities—Microsoft. IPad Apps for Special Needs. My #1 Go-go site: Carol Leynse Harpold at OTs with Apps and Technology. How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Autism browser—Zac Browser.

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Best Apps to Remotely Access your PC from iPad or Mobile Device

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Remote Desktop Mobile Microsoft Remote Desktop Mobile enables you to connect remotely to your PC or virtual apps. Other features provided by Mocha Remote Desktop include: printing, barcode scanner, support for bluetooth mouse when using iPad, stylus pen, zoom and scroll as the Safari browser, and many more.

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From Consumption to Creation on the iPad

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Technology integration can be difficult. Often times when schools go one-to-one with iPads, teachers continue to do what they’ve always done. It’s not that using technology iPads as a substitut e for pen and paper is “bad.” What tasks can students now undertake that were previously inconceivable without the technology?

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

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It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. To Re-Capture the Education Market, Microsoft Aims to Offer a Compelling Alternative to Google’s Chromebook.

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