Ditch That Textbook

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Whether you have iPads, Android tablets or a bring your own device policy for students, mobile devices are a great way to engage our students. And the best part is that these devices encourage our students to get up and moving because they are made for using on the go. So how can we utilize […].

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2017

“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.” What follows are a list of free web tools and apps to record a desktop, mobile screen, or whiteboard. ” – David Warlick.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

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. Really, though: Why not?

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 2, 2017

Prepare to have your mind shift about how we sit in classrooms today! Getting Rid of Cemetery Style Steating in the Classroom with Bill Selak. VICKI: Happy Wonderful Classroom Wednesday. But he’s in Hillbrook Schools in California and they’re really reimagining the classroom. Transcript for Episode 118 .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Gutenberg Project.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The best thing about Planboard is I can plan my lessons anywhere – on my Mac, PC or iPad. I serve as the Communications Chair for the ISTE Mobile Learning Network, a Member at Large for Games & Sims, the Innovations and Resources Co-Chair for the Teacher Education Network and the PAECT (PA ISTE affiliate) Historian.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2015

The Every Classroom Matters Show: Tony Vincent, Expert on Teaching with Mobile Devices Tony Vincent started using mobile devices in the classroom back in the days of Palm Pilots. Since then, he’s become an expert on everything mobile. Listen to ECM Episode 143 with Tony Vincent. The StickAround App.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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. Parents love encouraging their kids to play with iPads and iPhones but it’s not their job to teach them how to do it right.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Two great Nings to sign up for are The Educator''s PLN and Classroom 2.0. Google Calendar : Create multiple calendars in order to easily share events with staff and sync to your mobile phones built-in calendar. Create an account then download Dropbox on your computers, smartphone, and any other mobile device that you have (i.e.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Gutenberg Project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Coding with pixel art.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, some of the best tools that I’ve used in the classroom are those that simply enhance the student’s voice. So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads. Like our mobile devices, especially in science, is using that camera feature and having the students like capture a photo and annotate over the top of it.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 19, 2012

Then there is his younger sister who will regularly ask to use my iPad so she can either care for her virtual horse or dress Barbies in creative ways. Make consistent efforts to refer to them as mobile learning devices. If using mobile phones, teachers can easily pair students up. Treat students like 21 st Century adolescents.

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Teacher Tech

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

If you use Google Classroom you can call on students randomly from within the Google Classroom App. Mobile App This works only on your phone or iPad (or using the Google Classroom android app on a Chromebook.) This currently does NOT work on the web version of Google Classroom.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

ClassDojo is a free online system that helps teachers promote positive behavior in their classroom by letting them track and share student progress and positive behaviors and areas of concern. Teachers can then walk around the classroom and reinforce positive behavior by awarding students with feedback in real-time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 18, 2016

Haiku Deck Classroom offers an easy way for educators to add and manage student accounts, integrate with Google Classroom and other CMS systems, sign in through Google, share projects to a classroom gallery, and more. The subscription applies to use of Haiku Deck’s award-winning web, iPad, and iPhone apps.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 11, 2012

A few weeks ago, I made a commitment to visit schools that are using social media, smartphones, texting, and other digital technologies, as a vital part of daily classroom instruction. There are plenty of schools that have very expensive artwork on their classroom walls (i.e. Smart Board). Franklin Dickerson Turner, Ph.D.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 13, 2012

With the rise of mobile devices and tablets in the classroom, I’m finding so many examples of organizations that are capitalizing on these tools to create new resources for teachers and students. It is a powerful tool for providing evaluation feedback and support more quickly and thoroughly to improve teacher practice.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 18, 2014

One way we’ve been doing that in classrooms for a while now is Problem-Based Learning (PBL). Now, with the proliferation of mobile devices into classrooms there could be a true renaissance in learning. Even better the app is free so it makes it easy to get it going in your classroom. And thats a good thing.

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Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

But once a staple—and stable—presence in the classroom, Apple’s dominance in the education market has taken a backseat. According to Futuresource , a UK market research firm, devices running the Chrome operating system accounted for close to 60 percent of all sales of mobile devices in the U.S. With an iPad, you can move everywhere.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

It has replaced my use of iMovie in the classroom with my students because it is more robust. I’ll also dive into some of the features that have me most excited as a classroom teacher. For these reasons, gridlines are a must-use in my classroom. I love that this works with their individual mobile phone cameras.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Book Creator has long been a favorite app on the iPad, and now it’s available for Google Chrome. Students who use Chromebooks, PCs, Macs, iPads, or any other device can now create books with this versatile, easy-to-use app. They can also send them as eBooks that people can read on their mobile devices or computers.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 16, 2021

12 Smart iPad Apps For Collaborative Learning. Using the iPad for collaborative learning isn’t the most seamless thing in the world. 12 Smart iPad Apps For Collaborative Learning. by TeachThought Staff. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, confer….

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2019

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. Parents love encouraging their kids to play with iPads and iPhones but it’s not their job to teach them how to do it right.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2011

Each of the ten tablets (5 iPads and 5 Samsung Galaxy tabs) came with 3G access for the duration of the pilot program. Here are some of their thoughts: Anita wrote: My iPad was surprisingly most useful with the defaulted notes application. One of the greatest features is simply the notepad that is already installed on the iPad.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IPads call these hotkeys. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Coding with pixel art.

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EdTechTeacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Often times when schools go one-to-one with iPads, teachers continue to do what they’ve always done. I remember when I went one-to-one with devices in my secondary English classrooms. It’s not that using technology iPads as a substitut e for pen and paper is “bad.” Technology integration can be difficult. Microsoft OneNote.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 3, 2018

Last week had two interesting announcements for EDU - a new iPad and the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 tablet. There have been a lot of different reactions from the two, but most reactions were very positive towards the Chromebook Tab and very "meh" to the new iPad. iPads are not easy and require 3rd party tools.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 21, 2017

I write about the significance of selfies for today’s digital learners in my upcoming book, Hacking Digital Learning Strategies: 10 Ways to Launch EdTech Missions in Your Classroom. Sketchnote the presentations on an iPad or tablet using free apps like Adobe Illustrator Draw , Paper 53 , Bamboo Paper , and Inkredible.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

It’s terribly confusing, but perhaps no coincidence, that three of the world’s most prominent consumer technology companies—Apple, Google, Microsoft—each boast a “Classroom” tool aimed at K-12 educators and students. Google Google Classroom. Updates and Upgrades: The first of the “Classrooms,” Google Classroom launched in August 2014.

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The Web20Classroom

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Quick List Of iPad Resources For The Classroom -This was my top post of the year. It contains several of my favorite sites and collections of using not just iPads but mobile devices in general in the classroom. I am sorta surprised at the mix but there are some, if I do say so myself, good posts.

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Learning in Hand

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Projecting your iPad on a large screen is great for demonstrations, simulations, explanations, and showing examples. There are several ways this can be done in the classroom. If you don''t mind keeping your iPad in one spot, then a VGA adapter ( for 30-pin Dock connector or for the new Lightning connector ).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 30, 2015

AATT contributor, Krista Albrecht, has a balanced evaluation of Chromebooks in the classroom I think you’ll find useful. She has over 15 years experience in the field ranging from classroom teacher to tech teacher, to Professional Developer, to 1:1 integration specialist. Chromebooks in the Classrooms… Friend or Foe?

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Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2018

When educators first consider redesigning learning spaces, they might immediately conjure up mental images of free-flowing Starbucks lounges or something out of the Cult of Pedagogy blog’s Classroom Eye Candy series. I’m in a school with 1:1 iPads,” Selak explains. “If A redesigned classroom at Hillbrook School.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 27, 2017

iPad Art & ‘Tra-Dgital’ Approaches to Learning in Hands-On Creative Classrooms (B306). PokemonGoEdu in the Classroom: Gotta Teach ’em All (B305). 10 Techniques for Managing Tech in the Classroom (B312). Podcasting in the Classroom: Why & How? Podcasting in the Classroom: Why & How?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2015

Coding has become the poster child for a tech-infused classroom. a series of symbols, used synonymously as text and grouped to imply or prompt the multimedia in the games and programs that happen on computers, websites, and mobile apps. Coding is a transformative tool for the 21st Century classroom. Conclusion. Conclusion.

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