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Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Student Voice Tips

The CoolCatTeacher

Safely Involve Students in Social Media and More Ways to Give Students a Voice. So, we have, obviously — across the United States and the world — we’ve got this push for social media and schools sharing their story. What tools help us let kids have input into the school social media accounts?

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5 tips for creating a makerspace for less than the cost of an iPad

eSchool News

You’ll likely read many blogs and books, follow maker educators through social media, and attend webinars and workshops. By now you have probably heard about makerspaces, and you might even want to create one in your library or classroom (or even in your own home!). At first, just knowing where to start can seem overwhelming.

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Getting Girls into STEM: The Power of Blended (and All-Female) Instruction

Edsurge

During a panel on the importance of STEM education for women, she explained what it’s like to be a female student competing in a male-dominated program: “Not only were we the only all-girls robotics team,” she explained of a recent competition, “we were the only team that actually allowed girls to touch the robots.” Students at St.

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10 Great Virtual Reality Apps

Ask a Tech Teacher

Topics might include languages, literature, social science, STEM, coding, makerspaces, and arts. Now, using an app teachers and students are already familiar with, NearPod VR allows students to join virtual tours regardless of the device used in their schools — iPads, Chromebooks, Mac, or PCs. Expeditions . Timelooper.

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Visualizing Learning with Infographics: 23 Resources

Teacher Reboot Camp

They are creating a meaningful connection with the data, which is a powerful way to learn STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Canva is a free web tool and iPad app for creating social media posters, infographics, digital poster projects and more. Get access to templates and some free images and icons.

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Still time to register and get discount for TechForum NY Oct 19th

Educational Technology Guy

Some of the topics: technology in the classroom, Social Media in Education, New Tools for Educators, meeting the needs of students, assessment, educational use of iPads, Evernote, Google for education, technology and special education, STEM resources and much more.

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The iPad Loophole

The Electric Educator

This year my school gave iPads to all of our high school students. The trouble stems from Apps that, instead of storing their help documentation locally on the device, pull in their help documentation from the web. Apple ios ipad security' We were one of the first in the state. Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

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