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What is the Most Effective Classroom Technology?

A Principal's Reflections

The other day I came across this article where interactive whiteboards (IWB''s) were touted as the most effective piece of classroom technology followed by individual netbooks for each student (these were being used predominately as e-readers). So what is the most effective classroom technology? application like Poll Everywhere.

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Advancing Mobile Phones as Learning Devices

A Principal's Reflections

As a principal, it took me a while to accept the fact that these small, but powerful computing devices could play an important role in the classroom. For the most part they used a program called Poll Everywhere to check for understanding, review prior learning, and informally assess.

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Increasing Student Participation During Zoom Synchronous Teaching Meetings

User Generated Education

What I really love about using Google Forms for surveys and polls is that immediate feedback can be presented to the students through the response tab. Poll Everywhere. Below is an example that focuses on classroom management. groups 3 and 4 Classroom Environment, and 5 and 6 Instructional Strategies.

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Formative Assessments Are Easier Than You Think!

The Web20Classroom

Online Sticky Notes-Just like my physical space in my classroom there are lots of virtual sticky note sites out there. So you don''t even have to be a 1:1 classroom or BYOD. In the classroom they can be a way for kids to collaborate without shouting across the room. Two of my favorites are Wallwisher and Lino.

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4 EdTech Ways to Differentiate in a Student-Centered Classroom

The Web20Classroom

Carol Ann Tomlinson said it best: “At its most basic level, differentiation consists of the efforts of teachers to respond to variance among learners in the classroom. Differentiation isn’t just something that some students need or some teachers have to do, differentiation is responsive teaching and a part of every classroom.

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Be Present

A Principal's Reflections

There is no better way to get the pulse of a school as a leader than to be in classrooms. It has resulted in my administrative team and I being in classrooms more often and regularly. Working together we are not only getting into more classrooms, but we have also developed a streamlined process using shared documents in Google Drive.

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Climate is Everything

A Principal's Reflections

As a culminating activity, Mr. Manzo asked the students to take out their mobile devices and submit their questionnaire answers using Poll Everywhere. These success stories must be shared to alleviate fears and resistance to using educational technology in the classroom.