article thumbnail

Unlock the Secrets: Expert Homework Hacks for Busy Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

Brian is the creator of the Homework Hacks Course , designed to equip students aged 13 to 20 with research-backed homework hacks and independent learning strategies. I love how my students can edit together but can also view live changes on their smartphones using a QR code demo that is still private just to them and me.

Strategy 364
article thumbnail

How to Make Your Smartphone a Little Less So

ProfHacker

As a website, ProfHacker is very much of the smartphone age. And, to be fair, we’ve paid attention to phone-limiting strategies in the past, looking at services such as Freedom that will lend your willpower a helping hand, blocking certain sites during specified periods. Please share in comments!

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide

Neo LMS

Last week we discussed the digital divide , and today I thought we could explore some practical strategies that teachers, as individuals, can adopt in an effort to bridge the digital divide in their classrooms. 6 Practical strategies for teaching across the digital divide. The problem then is data and home access.

article thumbnail

5 Strategies to Re-Engage Students After a Break

Discovery Education

So, as you contemplate your next move, here are a few ideas, complete with pre-built learning resources and instructional strategies, to help students transition back to the classroom and re-engage in the learning process. Or, take advantage of the Spotlight on Strategies: Vocabulary Scavenger Hunt , a favorite among DE educators!

article thumbnail

Upgrading Family Communications

A Principal's Reflections

Digital leadership calls for a multifaceted approach using both traditional and new-age strategies to ensure that the right message reaches stakeholders in a timely fashion. Flexibility - A multifaceted digital communications strategy allows all stakeholders a choice as to how they want to consume information and interact with the school.

article thumbnail

Teaching Strategies Buys ReadyRosie to Reach Parents and Children With Video Lessons

Edsurge

Today, it celebrates a new milestone with its purchase by Teaching Strategies , a Bethesda, Md.-based But ReadyRosie’s growth also comes as a result of growing smartphone use among lower-income families. Any serious engagement of this demographic with educational technology tools must have a mobile-first strategy in place,” Roden says.

Strategy 122
article thumbnail

Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Today, my teacher colleagues tell me kids arrive at school already comfortable in the use of iPads and smartphones, doing movements like swipe, squeeze, and flick better than most adults. These will arm you the next time you have to defend a strategy you know works. They arrive with bad habits. Kindergartners learn technology fast.