A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

The overreaching goal for each session was to support instructional strategies aligned to rigor & relevance and the 6 C's with a focus on the purposeful use of technology. Prior to the day, I spent a great deal of time planning my slide deck and associated digital handouts.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

Below is a sample from some of the portfolios: Math teacher Kanchan Chellani has been using her PGP time to create engaging learning activities with Adobe Captivate to flip her classroom. Math teacher Jeff Fiscina learned how to create engaging learning activities using Educreations.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! This easily posts to Google Classroom. You can also record a short lesson students can access anytime. You can even quickly add captions in multiple languages to your screencasts.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2017

In my new book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom (published in September), students are sent on a mission to instruct others by creating their own video tutorials. Research indicates that one of the most effective ways students learn is by teaching others.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When looking for an app to curate classroom reading, consider these requirements: works well with your current LMS. Educreations. Today’s classroom requires teachers build how-to videos that are used on class websites, in flipped classrooms, and for professional development. displays class textbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Look at your classroom layout. Here are suggestions by primary school teacher Chris Andrews (with a picture of a personalized learning classroom ). Second: Free up your teaching time by automating the tedious tasks required to run a classroom. Fourth: Expect the learning ecosystem to extend beyond the classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom. I’ve started for you by noting cost, what digital devices they work best on, and suggested age group: Educreations . Educreations is a virtual whiteboard for direct teaching or explanations, complete with colored ink choices and the ability to import images.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with the LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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Class Tech Integrate

MAY 12, 2015

One of the best things about going 1:1 with technology is the amount of options students have to present their learning experiences. There are numerous apps out there that will allow students to display their thinking and make presentations both within and far beyond the classroom walls. in the app store.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Whether your role is as an administrator, teacher, parent, or student leader, if you’re reading this, you are probably interested in helping other school community stakeholders understand the power of technology in a teaching and learning environment. Many teachers have made great strides, but many more are still tentative with technology.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

I read an interesting article in EdSurge last week about how current educational technologies do little to move learners beyond rote recall of knowledge and it caught me off guard. It was not the belief that technology has yet to be harnessed to its highest potential that surprised me.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Educreations – -also a whiteboard. When done, share with email, an Educreations link, or via social media. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. Basic version free; education edition has a fee. Markup a whiteboard or image on your iPad screen. You might even decide you like it better.

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 1, 2013

Introduction to close reading Here''s an overview of close reading: What does close reading look like in the classroom? Educreations is a favorite because you can add pages and annotate on the pages with the tools. Educreations is an iPad app that can also be accessed from your browser. It also can be saved to DropBox easily.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Technology is changing the way we see literacy. Cathie Norris and ElliotSoloway, university professors studying how much time today’s youth spend with text-based materials vs. image-based materials, “ estimate that 90 percent of K-12 classroom time in the U.S. In short, picting has arrived. Is Picting a New Literacy?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 22, 2022

Technology has now facilitated the whole process enabling teachers to cut down classroom prep time and, instead, focus on creating hands-on learning experiences for students. Educreations Educreations is an interactive whiteboard and screencasting app that teachers can use to create engaging lesson plans.

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Class Tech Integrate

MAY 12, 2015

One of the best things about going 1:1 with technology is the amount of options students have to present their learning experiences. There are numerous apps out there that will allow students to display their thinking and make presentations both within and far beyond the classroom walls. in the app store.

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SpeechTechie

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Technology can provide us access to more detailed visuals in the form of saved images, and can take this blank slate and add features such as dynamic annotation and voiceover. One such tech-based blank slate is Educreations Interactive Whiteboard. Tara Roehl wrote a great post on how she uses Educreations for social instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with whatever LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Draw and Dash – Each student will need to use a piece of paper or a drawing app like Tackk, Educreations, Magic Paintbrush, or Sketchbook Express. Then give each pair a stuffed animal, doll, character, or sock puppet. They will have to create 2 or more awesome selfies of this character. Give them 30 seconds. Enjoyed this post?

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

The 3rd and 4th grade classrooms I have taught were at about a 75% or higher ELL (or ESL) population. As I have seen the boom in EdTech over the recent years in our district, I have really paid attention to the technology tools that are available to help our ELL students succeed. Chrome: I prefer the extension SpeakIt!

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EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 30, 2013

The Background Photo Used Under a Creative Commons License In the Spring of 2013, my school district committed to issuing an iPad to every classroom teacher. iPad mobile learning mobile technology online learning professional development' Most of the iPads would be in the hands of teachers by the end of the semester. Unported License.

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Class Tech Integrate

JANUARY 24, 2017

This post originally appeared on The FETC: Future of EdTech Insiders Blog At FETC, I was delighted to attend a session by high school foreign language teacher Rachelle Dene Poth titled, Flipping Classrooms: Trading Spaces and Places Digital Tools and Ideas to Empower Students. However, before those digital tools were given, Ms.

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EdTechTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2015

How can we craft learning environments that take advantage of technology to help students become independent, engaged, and reflective of their work? Having technology is just one important piece. Knowing how to use the technology with the curriculum is critical to crafting a digital age learning environment.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 29, 2014

Participants can teach to student avatars in a virtual classroom, check out the Two Bit Circus or attend “Hour of Power,’’ sessions that promise to be “provocative, fun and interactive.”. I’m hoping this conference will also include views from the classroom along with CEO’s and their promotions staff. Technology'

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MSEDTechie

MARCH 26, 2013

I had a the opportunity to attend a workshop on "5 Minute Mobile Projects" for students at the Midwest Technology conference. He made a great point that technology should not just be a replacement for the pencil, because eventually the computer will be just a another tool students will get tired of using.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

App Smashing is relatively new (2+/- years) in the world of technology. Popplet / Educreations. Fourth grade students demonstrating their knowledge of Biomes used Skitch to annotate on pictures of biomes and then the students imported the pictures into iMovie or Educreations so that they could add their voice to the project.

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Tech Helpful

JANUARY 19, 2016

There are some ways to integrate technology in your classroom that adds value to your learning environment and pretty much can be a go to no matter what the lesson plan. Today, we have websites and apps like A Web Whiteboard, Explain Everything, ShowMe, and EduCreations that can be used to give students personal access to content.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 25, 2015

Suzy Brooks ( @SimplySuzy ) first introduced me to the concept of using technology to create learning centers through her creative use of her SMARTBoard. First, she created a center where each student used Educreations to create video story that presented a math problem. This post first appeared on Daily Genius.

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wwwatanabe

DECEMBER 8, 2013

Furthermore, students could explain with models like this LearnZillion example , and they could capture it on a screencast such as Educreations or ShowMe on an iPad; or, using Google Draw (or Paint with a PC, or Pages on a Mac), to draw out their models, and record their voice/drawing with Screenr. Share their thinking with others.

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MSEDTechie

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Using technology everyday and teaching others about it is my passion. Each year, I am seeing more and more students entering elementary school with technology knowledge greater than ever before. Our elementary students now, have never had a time in their lives where technology wasn''t present. Not sure how to get started?

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

The 3rd and 4th grade classrooms I have taught were at about a 75% or higher ELL (or ESL) population. As I have seen the boom in EdTech over the recent years in our district, I have really paid attention to the technology tools that are available to help our ELL students succeed. Chrome: I prefer the extension SpeakIt!

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

When focusing on 1:1, iPads, etc: Focus on teaching teachers to give better feedback and students to self-assess instead of the technology. Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative. In library they are using stop motion technology to develop stories.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. checkology Virtual Classroom.

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eSchool News

MARCH 29, 2017

note : Common Sense Education’s Edtech Eleven is chosen by Common Sense Education every month and helps educators find the best edtech tools, learn best practices for teaching with tech, and equip students with the skills they need to use technology safely and responsibly. ]. checkology Virtual Classroom.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2016

Media and technology can help kids build these skills, and summer is a great time for this kind of exploration. Shadow Puppet Edu : Resource-rich video slide show creator a gem for elementary classrooms. Educreations : Enliven lessons and presentations with easy-to-use tool.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 3, 2016

Media and technology can help kids build these skills, and summer is a great time for this kind of exploration. Shadow Puppet Edu : Resource-rich video slide show creator a gem for elementary classrooms. Educreations : Enliven lessons and presentations with easy-to-use tool.

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