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.” Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. ” – David Warlick.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

One of the best parts about job-embedded, on-going work with school districts is facilitating a variety of professional learning opportunities. Recently the district asked me to be a part of their professional development day, which consisted of seven different learning strands specific to the needs and interests of their teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2021

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. The learning curve is shallow and intuitive for anyone who has used iPad apps in the past. Educreations –whiteboard and screencasts. Free to try. Need more options?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The transformation to virtual learning means teachers now act as the tech support for students and parents who are also new to virtual learning. Use screencasts to help students and parents navigate your learning management system, complete and turn in digital assignments, or understand how to use a new tool.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 8, 2013

They desperately sought time during the school day to engage in professional growth opportunities, learn how to integrate Web 2.0 tools, and develop their own Personal Learning Networks (PLN’s). The only catch was that each staff member had to create and present a learning portfolio at his/ her end of year evaluation conference.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2017

Research indicates that one of the most effective ways students learn is by teaching others. 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.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 26, 2014

EduCreations web/iPad app - Interactive whiteboard and screen recording app. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. Inkflow iOS app - Sketch & write ideas then move them around and organize them. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Personalized learning is the latest buzzword in an education environment bursting with new ideas but this one is impressive. In a sentence, personalized learning: “tailors instruction, expression of learning, and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences.” Why switch to personalized learning?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

Options include Jing (provides a link to a video), Screencast-o-matic (provides a video that can be embedded or uploaded to YouTube), and Educreations. Tools to communicate student knowledge This includes the myriad ways students show you–the teacher–that they have learned and understood your lesson plan.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

One way for students to demonstrate what they are learning is through screencasts. While students are completing the task they are also explaining the learning with an audio recording. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 26, 2014

EduCreations web/iPad app - Interactive whiteboard and screen recording app. ebook, Learning to Go , which has digital/mobile activities for any device and editable/printable handouts and rubrics. Inkflow iOS app - Sketch & write ideas then move them around and organize them. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As each teacher downloads their favorites, students spend as much time learning the app as applying it academically. Educreations. One of the standouts in this screencasting field is Educreations. Educreations can be linked to file locations like Dropbox and Google Drive as well as LMS communities like Edmodo.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

We can get our students to learn math in engaging ways by making sure each lesson gets to use the math for real-world learning. Instead of having students solve problems in a book, give them learning missions where they use the principles and equations to explore the school grounds, their households, or the world around them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

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. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

This past Wednesday (February 6) was the second annual Digital Learning Day. New Milford High School joined thousands of other schools and educators across the country to showcase how digital learning is changing education. For years we have embraced the effective integration of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Instead, assessment should help students celebrate the learning they’ve grasped and reflect on their journey achieving that learning. Formative assessment can help motivate students to continue their learning journeys and strive to learn more! Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 27, 2015

Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Teachers often share resources with these keywords- Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) and Science Technology Engineering Arts Math (STEAM/STEM). Create a virtual learning space with Edmodo , Schoology , Weebly , Wikis, blogs, or other social media tools.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 23, 2015

. “The number one benefit of educational technology is that it empowers people to do what they want to do. It lets people be creative … productive … learn things they didn’t think they could learn before, and so in a sense it is all about potential.” Give them learning missions you grade with digital badges.

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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. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Educreations is one of the most popular apps for the K-12 classroom, with good reason. Afterwards their creation will be saved to the camera roll.

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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. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Basic version free; education edition has a fee. You might even decide you like it better.

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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. Give the students a chance to do some positive modeling, too!

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 26, 2015

This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy. Remember to add these through the Admin Console as pushed or recommended apps for your users.( Scroll down to Force-Installed Apps and Extensions ). Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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wwwatanabe

APRIL 1, 2013

One of the strategies for learning how is close reading. Students learn to annotate their thoughts as part of the process. 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. So what makes a text complex ?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Tis the season when our learners love to learn from stuff of our nightmares as they celebrate Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls’ Day and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Frightful Learning! “There is magic, but you have to be the magician.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 17, 2015

Tis the season when our learners love to learn from stuff of our nightmares as they celebrate Halloween, All Saints Day, All Souls’ Day and Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers or Learning to Go. Frightful Learning! “There is magic, but you have to be the magician.

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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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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. They can also use the site's repository to add learning standards and differentiate teaching strategies.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 19, 2015

In my digital book, Learning to Go , find editable handouts and rubrics for creating video projects. Find a storyboard your students can edit in Learning to Go. In Learning to Go , find rubrics for assessing these projects, which you can edit to your projects’ needs. Keep reading to find many more ideas!

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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. Educreations Interactive Whiteboard Educreations is one of the most popular apps for the K-12 classroom, with good reason. Afterwards their creation will be saved to the camera roll.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair questions considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. Join the crowd around the outlet.

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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. Find the Knowledge Swap handout that accompanies this activity in Learning to Go. Then give each pair a stuffed animal, doll, character, or sock puppet. Give them 30 seconds.

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Tom Murray

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Today’s digital world is littered with drill and kill technology, much of it no different than a digital version of the worksheets of years past. Simply digitizing past practice serves little instructional purpose and ultimately leads to low levels of learning.

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Class Tech Integrate

APRIL 15, 2016

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. These tools are nothing new in the world of technology, but as more students are able to access technology in the classroom they should not be overlooked.

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EdTechSandyK

AUGUST 30, 2013

The purposes for this initiative were to give teachers an additional tool for teaching and learning and to familiarize teachers with mobile devices in anticipation of more iPads being purchased for classroom use and a grades 6-12 BYOD program coming in the next school year. Time was of the essence. Unported License.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

If the school’s wifi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. If the school’s wifi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. Once in place, here are the digital tools that will replace tasks that precipitate daily learning: Digital Note-taking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

If the school’s WiFi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. If the school’s WiFi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. Once this framework is in place, here are the digital tools that will replace the tasks required for daily learning: Digital Note-taking.

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