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How to Create a Paperless Classroom

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Every Earth Day (April 22, 2023 this year–see our previous article on Earth Day Class Activities ) someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Classroom activities should be handled the same. The traditional classroom vs. paperless is like a cell phone vs. an iPhone.

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25 Websites for Lesson Planning

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Educreations. TEDEd- -great for flipped classrooms. Alma –create standards-based lessons and gradebook, with analytics. BlendSpace –blend a variety of digital materials into one canvas for students. CK-12 — and differentiate for student learning styles. Explain Everything –screencasting, interactive whiteboard. LearnZillion.

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10 Web Tools and Apps for Creating Screencast Videos

Teacher Reboot Camp

“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” You have so many possibilities from digital storytelling to flipping the classroom to creating how-to videos.

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Whiteboard Apps You’ll Love

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Whiteboards have long been a de rigeur staple in classrooms, occupying pride-of-place at the front of the room. I selected these three because they are intuitive, multi-functional, and work as a classroom tool rather than just another new widget teachers must learn. Educreations –whiteboard and screencasts. Free to try.

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Edtech Tools for SPED, Math, and Reading

A Principal's Reflections

Co-Teaching Pear Deck (formative and targeted assessment)* Nearpod (formative and targeted assessment)* Padle t (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding) Linoit (cooperative learning, closure, checks for understanding, annotation) Flipgrid (video creation for closure, checks for understanding, blended learning) Newsela (assign current (..)

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Dozens of Online Resources for Assessment

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While multiple choice, short answer, and essays are still proven methods, there are many alternatives teachers can use for their particular student group.

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5 Tips That Foster Collaborative Professional Learning

EdTech Magazine

Topics included project-based learning; integrating digital images into the classroom through screencasting with ShowMe and Educreations; telecollaboration with the Google Suite; and telecommunication with Skype and Google Hangouts — all aimed at addressing higher-order learning skills. Connect Teacher Learning to Classroom Activities.