EdTech Magazine

JULY 18, 2019

How to Leverage Mainstream Technology to Boost Special Education. Assistive technology may be the best option. said Christopher Bugaj, assistive technology trainer for Virginia’s Loudoun County Public Schools and author of The New Assistive Tech: Making Learning Awesome for All!, Many Devices Include Assistive Technology Tools.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

With quarantines, staffing shortages and virtual learning days, a technology problem is the last interruption educators need when they have students’ attention. To prevent these potential holdups, K–12 IT departments are turning to Chromebooks for educators, which deliver a high-…

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2021

He has some interesting reflections on technology’s place in education: Remember the days of Oregon Trail on the old Apple IIe’s or students drawing pictures with Kid Pix. Much has changed since technology has made inroads into education, and much has not. So how do we know if the technology used in the classroom works? .

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Sphero, LittleBits and Other Robots Bring Technology to Life. Now the school has about 20 models, along with apps students can use on their tablets or Chromebooks to learn the basics of programming. Literally, all you need is a tablet or Chromebook, then just plug it in and charge it,” he says. eli.zimmerman_9856. by Dan Tynan.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 13, 2018

The Current State of Education Technology and Where It Is Going [#Infographic]. The evolution of education technology has been swift. Interactive whiteboards hang in place of chalkboards, students use Chromebooks in the classroom and schools are investing in emerging technologies such as virtual reality.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 7, 2023

In a Quest Academy class, sixth to ninth grade students might choose between watching a video on a school-provided Chromebook, listening to a podcast or reading an article to learn about a new concept. For group project work, they can access a teacher-provided playlist that integrates viewing selections.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2019

5 Considerations for Buying Classroom Technology. As the vast selection of technology solutions for education continues to grow, K–12 schools find it harder to decide on which products to invest in. . Districts want to know the money budgeted for technology integration will provide the best outcomes for their particular schools’ needs.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

How Technology Can Improve Digital Citizenship in K–12. As technology is further integrated into the classroom, digital citizenship is an essential skill all students need to possess. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 09/13/2019 - 12:12. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how digital literacy programs prepare students for a tech-enabled future.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Powerful Learning First, Technology Second From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Powerful learning first technology second. ” And in the blank insert Chromebook, iPads, BYOD, or laptops. Show Notes: What we need to do when we purchase new technology? Let me make a point.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

New Global Survey Offers Snapshot of Technology in the Classroom in 2019. The survey found that use of technology in schools worldwide continues to grow, with 48 percent of students reporting they use a desktop computer in the classroom. One particular area of technology the survey highlighted as growing is smartphones.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2018

Technology Helps Teachers Prevent and Mitigate Bad Behavior in the Classroom. But innovations in education technology can equip teachers with the tools to help students stay on a good path and get the most out of their academics. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 08/13/2018 - 10:17. Tardy Kiosks’ in Schools Help Track Student Attendance.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement. In order to use technology properly in the classroom, teachers need to take a back seat and allow students to spend more time as the drivers of their own education, says educational consultant and public speaker Adam Welcome. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 4, 2019

New Chromebook App Hub Speeds the Search for K–12 Classroom Apps. The Chromebook App Hub — a new resource to help teachers find and integrate Google educational apps in the classroom — will launch later this year, Google announced today at SXSW EDU 2019 in Austin, Texas. eli.zimmerman_9856. Mon, 03/04/2019 - 15:55.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Technology Underscores the Promise of a New School Year. Many will also have new laptops or tablets through one-to-one computing programs , upgraded classroom technology for blended learning , and teachers trained to more effectively use technology to personalize instruction. eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 09/10/2019 - 12:44.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A growing number of school districts have begun investing in school bus technology to improve education or to enhance school safety and operate more efficiently, which can result in cost savings. Today’s school buses are doing much more than just taking students to and from school.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers. To assist the professional development process for both teachers and IT professionals, Digital Promise, in conjunction with Google , has established a new program called the Dynamic Learning Project to help introduce new education technology into the classroom. .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Until the day of, the technology that is its foundation fails. All that matters is an effort to use technology to add rigor and excitement to a tired lesson plan fails, leaving the teacher more technophobic than ever.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Social-Emotional Learning Competencies Get a Boost from Classroom Technology. Classroom Technology Creates Opportunity for SEL. Integrated classroom technologies such as Chromebooks and videoconferencing platforms have made it easier for teachers to create teachable moments around the key SEL competencies.

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Digital Promise

MAY 22, 2019

But what impact do these devices have on us, and are we using technology to its fullest potential? In my public high school, we rarely interact with technology, at least not productively. Barriers to providing all students with access to technology. Barriers to using technology powerfully in the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2024

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Christine Pinto and Jessica Twomey, the duo behind Innovating Play, face unique challenges when it comes to integrating technology into their classrooms. So, with lowercase letters on Chromebooks, they’re all over the place,” says Pinto, who teaches kindergarten at Arcadia Unified School District in Southern California.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Research supports the positive impact of a PBL approach on student learning and retention , but the time required to develop new teaching frameworks and a lack of technological resources necessary to underpin PBL success at scale hamper widespread adoption. Still, the use of instructional technology continues to increase in K–12 classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 18, 2024

And, in modern classroom settings, innovative educators go beyond theory and help students use technology to hone their nascent skills. Under the watchful eyes of their teachers, they can safely experiment and explore.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

School principals value using technology for learning because of its ability to help empower learning and address the educational inequities inherent in today’s education system . Programs that provide students with an assigned laptop, tablet or Chromebook level the playing field for students’ technology access at school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 16, 2018

Greg Smedley Warren @kindersmorgie shares his tips and tricks for using technology in kindergarten. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. So that’s really what we use, as far as technology.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last school year, our school started a one-to-one Chromebook initiative for sixth-grade students. That meant our incoming seventh-grade students would not only have Chromebooks, but they would know how to use them. Students would be adept with the technology because they used it the year before.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

With this kind of technology students can explain their own thinking when solving word problems, create a video tutorial demonstrating how to use an app or web tool, label and explain a diagram, or create instructional videos. Screencast-o-matic is a web tool to screencast your computer or Chromebook screen and add narration.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 25, 2023

From tablets to Chromebooks and headphones to styluses, K–12 districts have been rolling out more devices to classrooms than ever before. New processes and technologies are emerging… Each year since the onset of the pandemic, IT administrators across the country have deployed a huge number of ed tech devices.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. ” I used that Chromebook to design a collaborative online station to complement my teacher-led and offline stations. As such, technology should not be used to isolate learners.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 4, 2019

Keep Adaptive Technology Top of Mind in MLE Planning. Educators using Google Classroom can check out Google’s accessibility tools slide deck, which directs users to certain settings built into Chromebooks and within the education applications. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Tue, 06/04/2019 - 15:39. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In my classes, there are still a lot of technology skills that are difficult for students. Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology! Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology! Most newer Chromebooks are USI-enabled.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2018

During the past school year, IT officials at Wachusett Regional High School in Massachusetts began what would later become a one-to-one Chromebook rollout, deploying five technology carts holding 25 laptops each. . At first, WRHS teachers scooped them up, eager to incorporate technology into their ­lessons. by Calvin Hennick.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 31, 2024

Chromebook : No need. Today’s tip: Backup Your Computer Often Category: Maintenance, Security, PCs, Macs, Chromebooks Q: I’ve had some virus problems and it reminds me that I need to backup my computer. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2023

For the past 20 years, DeKalb County School District has hosted a technology fair. Some of the projects we saw were absolutely fabulous, and they were using their Chromebooks to discuss them.” The projects ran the gamut of technology and gave students an… But this year’s fair was different, and district CIO Monika Davis noticed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. Dr. Paul Perry, former teacher, administrator, and nonprofit exec, has put together a brief guide for educators looking to expand learning opportunities for students using technology.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Parents of a certain age have had to adapt to their kids doing most of their homework on a Chromebook instead of on paper. However, if you are a school technology leader looking to ascend to the cloud, you should start with a cloud assessment. This exercise can provide clarity around what cloud solutions would work best…

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 21, 2018

Today, we have a gigabit wireless network deployed at our elementary, middle and high schools , and starting this fall, we expect to have deployed more than 3,000 Chromebooks to our students, teachers and administrators. The district had already rolled out G Suite in the spring of 2016, so going with the Chromebooks was a natural fit.

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