Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

You used to be a first grade teacher or the science expert or maybe even the librarian and suddenly found yourself the tech person, like the one down the hall you were always in awe of, the one responsible for classroom computers, programs, curriculum, and everything in between. Can you please-please-please fix my iPad?

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In addition to technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms. Technology extends the classroom beyond the school walls.

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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. Human robot. IPads call these hotkeys. Human Robot. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. Coding with pixel art.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

When these “digital natives” show up in my classroom, they have played with iPads and their parents’ smartphones enough to know how to swipe, tap, squeeze, and shake, but they know none of the nuances required to morph the device from a toy to a productivity tool. I don’t have time.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The most important factors to consider are the type of software and hardware offered by the provider and how they can benefit your classroom. Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics to online platforms and digital whiteboards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 17, 2022

School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. Also mention the add-ons you can use such as robotics, Arduino, or 3D printing. . This also includes stand-alone programs for specialized topics such as robotics, 3D printing, and drones. Certifications.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2017

We have 3d printing, robot making, and all kinds of building going on. These Wonder Workshop robots make it easy to learn to code in my STEM lab. I said, “Here are two robots, Dash and Dot, there are apps on the store you can use and there are a lot of attachments and cool things, go for it. Any elementary classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

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. Human robot. IPads call these hotkeys. Human Robot. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. Coding with pixel art.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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. Human robot. IPads call these hotkeys. Human Robot. Pick an activity—say, taking your seat in the classroom or making a PB&J sandwich. Coding with pixel art.

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Edsurge

MAY 11, 2017

It’s an age-old classroom scene, except for one space-age detail: More than half of the students are robots. Ok, to be more precise, nine of the fourteen students in the course are joining the class remotely by using a robot stand-in. Every day before class, McCaw will wake up the robots, a device by.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . Explore offerings in the Google App Hub for educators or features in Google Classroom, Calendar and other G Suite apps. There is not a discussion on what is working in the classroom.” . Here’s how.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

While technology has opened a world of learning opportunities for students beyond the classroom, many teachers lack access to these resources and the know-how to integrate them effectively. Or learn more about technology in classrooms here. Using block-based coding, students would guide the robot through the maze.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 17, 2019

Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics, to online platforms and digital whiteboards. For example, it’s no good investing in iPads for the school if the broadband bandwidth and Wi-Fi connectivity aren’t up to scratch.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Here are ten projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Macros. IPads call these hotkeys. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to teaching coding that is a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 7, 2017

She is not alone, as educators around the United States get ready to start the 2017-18 school year, supplies—particularly technology—can cost classrooms hundreds of thousands of dollars. Ellen Goodman Luckily for educators, there are ways to get tech tools into the classrooms that don’t involve panhandling. This is a process.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Recently, we spoke with three participants of the AI Explorations program to learn about its impact in K-12 classrooms. She was an ISTE-GM AI Explorations program year 2 participant and has since implemented projects from the Hands-On AI Projects for the Classroom guides in her bilingual classes in Leander, Texas.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 24, 2017

Today Carrie Willis @carriewillis18 talks about how kindergarteners in her STEAM lab use their iPads. In today’s show, Carrie Willis talks about the workflow in her kindergarten classroom with iPads: How they use Seesaw. The challenges of kicking off an ipad lab. Listen Now. Listen on iTunes. Workflow with kids.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

As 2007 State Teacher of the Year in Rhode Island, Catherine Davis-Hayes is passionate about helping every teacher use the arts in their classroom. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. We all need arts in every classroom, in every subject, in what we do as educators. Record your own voice over.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 14, 2017

iPads were introduced when today’s first graders were still in the womb. For the first time, many students are learning in classrooms equipped with access to broadband internet and mobile computing devices. The most impactful applications of AI and ML in today’s classrooms act as a partner to the classroom teacher.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. Mary's Academy building robots Using blended learning to personalize instruction Five years ago, SMA launched a 1:1 iPad initiative designed to put technology in the hands of every student so she could have greater control over her own learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 13, 2017

Right now, a little information on trends and classroom organization will help you improve your school year. So here, you’ll learn about some hot back to school trends and get some tips on using them in your classroom. Pro Classroom Tips. Use them in classroom activities. Great teaching starts on the first day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

We do a lot of work with Scratch Junior , a free app on iPads and things. We even had a grade 7 classroom (in which) this young girl was just so excited. That’s what these robots are. The students will type in the stuff to get the robot to here or to there, and it doesn’t work. It’s really, really interesting to see.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Kindergarten — Human Robot. Next, pick an activity from the sequence — say, walking into the classroom and sitting down. If you use iPads, here are some great options: Cargo-Bot. If you use iPads, try Stick Nodes , Stickman, or Scribble Movie. Grade-levels below are guidelines. Scratch Jr. Daisy the Dinosaur.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Not only can you use robots, green screens, and iPads to excite kids, but you can use some more traditional ideas in new ways. Write the World is a fantastic free tool to encourage writing in your classroom. Not only can teachers run writing contests but they can also assign classroom writing prompts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

Technology includes the iPads toddlers play on, the smartphones we use to guide our days, the apps that turn our lights on and off–or start our car. Thanks to Hour of Code , coding has gone mainstream in classrooms across the world. Classroom Architect. The classroom environment is very important to students.

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TeacherCast

APRIL 14, 2022

In that post, I shared some of my favorite ways that a document camera or multiple document cameras can be used in the classroom to create authentic and engaging classroom activities. Do You Need a 4K Webcam in your Classroom? The student walks around the room explaining different classroom objects in the foreign language.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Sure, 73% of teachers use cell phones in their classrooms and 92% say the Internet has a “major impact” on their teaching. We gush over new hardware like iPads and Chromebooks. Usually, that buzzword rhymes with robotics, coding, programming, 3D printing, Maker Spaces, AI or AR or VR.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The grant allowed us to invest in 30 new MacBook Airs to supplement our existing iPads and Chromebooks. Robotics and coding. Like many schools, we’ve expanded our robotics and coding programs. For the past year, we’ve been using the Sphero SPRK+ and Dash and Dot to introduce robotics and support inquiry-based learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

Kaun, founder of Makeosity , was running a New York City-based nonprofit that helped teachers bring hands-on STEAM projects into their classrooms, when she started thinking about how much some kids really hate school. Kaun enlisted robotics coaches from RoboFun, which trains educators and runs programs for students. “We

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2017

Rather, this extended break from the classroom is the perfect time to introduce kids to a variety of mobile apps that can continuously promote creativity and critical thinking. Osmo introduces children to hands-on play through the iPad. SPRK Lightning Lab combines virtual coding with robotics.

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My Paperless Classroom

MAY 29, 2014

We are in our second year of a 1:2 iPad program in the middle school, this is our first year of having a cart of iPads available for elementary, and this is our last year of having 2 labs of PC''s for the students to use, next year we will only have one lab. My first graders program a robot to fly to the planets in order.

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Edsurge

JUNE 28, 2018

Software Updates Google is reorganizing its Classroom platform to make it easier to sort materials by topic. Following its March announcement, Apple’s Schoolwork app for iPad is now available for teachers. Osmo , which makes tangram-like puzzles that integrate with an iOS app, releases a new case and base station for iPads.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2018

When you think of tech in the classroom, everyone thinks of iPads and SMART boards,” he says. But with younger ages, they’re often too exposed to screens, so I had to figure out how tech would look different in a Pre-K classroom.” It all started with his students’ obsession with robots. The verdict: a Roomba.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Here are ten projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Macros. IPads call these hotkeys. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to teaching coding that teaches sequencing–a critical skill for coding. Human Algorithm.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Kindergarten — Human Robot. Next, pick an activity from the sequence — say, walking into the classroom and sitting down. If you use iPads, here are great options: Cargo-Bot. If you use iPads, try Stick Nodes or Stickman. Grade-levels below are guidelines. Feel free to use whichever project fits your students.

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SpeechTechie

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Actually working with the kids is at once a reminder of why we do this work, and also sort of scary.that many kids at that many different grade levels and developmental zones- I have found my iPad to be a huge help. vs. this room. House of Learning by Smarty Ears is available in the App Store for $6.99.

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