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The Future is Here: Take Advantage of It

A Principal's Reflections

We highly value equity in terms of access to technology. In the case of mobile learning devices (cell phones), if a student does not have a device my teachers have been instructed to pair or group them when using polling sites like Poll Everywhere or conducting research.

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What is the Most Effective Classroom Technology?

A Principal's Reflections

I believe for a specific type of technology to be successful in a classroom it must be multidimensional, cost-effective, easy to use, readily accessible by all, and most importantly engages students. application like Poll Everywhere. Opinions will vary, but here is mine.

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Streamlining BYOD With ClassLink

A Principal's Reflections

tools such as Poll Everywhere and Celly. Smartphones and Internet accessible devices have been used by students to conduct web-based research, take notes using Evernote , manage work through Google Docs or Dropbox , organize their assignments on their calendars, and develop projects with a variety of other tools.

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Small Changes, Huge Results

A Principal's Reflections

We had to give up a certain amount of control in order to successfully implement a bring-your-own-device program where students are granted access to the school''s wireless network during the day using their computing devices. cell phones) responsibly as a tool for learning in certain classes using free programs such as Poll Everywhere.

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4 EdTech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom

The Web20Classroom

On the one hand, they have the traditional methods of accessing content and assessing what students have learned. When we layer technology into these 4 components, the process of differentiation becomes less daunting and more accessible to each student. If you want to learn more learning space design check out the work of Bob Dillion.)

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10 Good Tools to Create Free Surveys and Polls

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

These tools are simple and easy to use and offer a wide variety of features that enable you to design different types of surveys and polls. Poll Everywhere Poll Everywhere is a platform that allows you to create live polls, surveys, Q&As, quizzes, word clouds, and several other interactive activities.

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Instructional Upgrade

A Principal's Reflections

Students from Algebra 1B and Elements of Geometry have used Poll Everywhere in order to answer multiple choice questions. They now can come up to the board and use the compass, ruler, and protractor (all within the SMART notebook software) to construct different Geometric relationships.