iLearn Technology

JANUARY 6, 2016

This week at Anastasis, we watched Kid President’s rules for being more awesome in this new year: “What if all made it our resolution to make this year awesome for somebody else?” ” (If you haven’t shared it with your kids…you should!).

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

How to integrate Be Internet Awesome into the classroom: With Be Internet Awesome , Google gives you a complete set of tools to empower you to encourage digital citizenship and safety online. Don’t Fall for Fake- teaching students how to discern real from fake online.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

How to Use Short Answer in the Classroom : Short Answer makes it easy to get started as a teacher. Students become active participators and evaluators of learning by giving feedback to others.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

How to integrate Making & Science with Google in your classroom: The Science Journal app makes any Android phone or Chromebook computer into a scientific tool that students can use to collect data on light, sound, and motion.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 6, 2019

Students will be shown the actual location they are, as well as how far off they were from the correct location. How to integrate GeoGuessr into the classroom: GeoGuessr is a fun way to challenge your students to use context clues, think critically, ask questions, and learn geography.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

As they play, children learn about how big numbers work, and how to perform long addition and subtraction. You won’t find mindless repetitions and quizzes of math facts, instead, these games help teach students how to think like mathematicians. DragonBox BIG Numbers is the next level app of Dragon Box Numbers.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How to integrate ClassPad into your classroom: ClassPad is a fantastic tool for the mathematics and science classroom. ClassPad can be accessed from tablets and computers. On touch devices, you can write calculations and graphics by hand, just like on actual paper. Students can access your materials through a unique URL.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 5, 2017

How to integrate Literature Map into the classroom: It’s a common problem, a student falls in LOVE with an author and devours everything the author has ever written. The closer that two writers are on the map, the more likely it is that you will like both of them.

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MindShift

JULY 29, 2015

“They are thinking about how to best integrate the innovation with content.” ” Rather than picking an app and trying to find a place for it in the classroom, Luhtala is hearing educators and their students describe what they want to do and then how they chose a tech tool to make that happen.

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iLearn Technology

MAY 8, 2017

How to integrate Check 123 into your classroom: Check123 is a great place for students to begin their research. These videos are between 1 and 3 minutes each, keeping students engaged in a topic and giving them bite-size information.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 2, 2017

How to integrate Adobe Spark in the classroom: The collection of tools in Adobe Spark are perfect for students and teachers alike. This is particularly helpful for your students who struggle with a place to start but are brilliant with a little nudge.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 2, 2018

How to integrate DOGO News in your classroom: DOGO News is a fantastic resource for you (and students) to find, read, and interact with non-fiction news articles in your classroom. DOGO Teachers allows you to create a special page for your students.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 7, 2015

There is also a quick start guide and a library of video tutorials that will explain how the different tools within the app work. How to integrate 123D Design into your classroom: 123D Design is a fantastic tool that brings the principles of geometry to life while giving students an outlet for creative design and invention.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 18, 2017

They can use a compost wheel to learn about which things can be composted; learn about pollinators and their role in the food we eat; explore fungi, bacteria, protozoa, algae, and nemotodes with a built-in microscope; and learn how long it takes to make an inch of healthy soil with an interactive timeline.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2017

How to integrate Magik Play into the classroom: Magik Play is a great addition to the primary aged classroom. There are three apps that come with the Magik Play blocks: Hidden Shape, Dino Blocks, and Runaway. Not only does it promote problem solving, pattern recognition, and some engineering thinking, it also develops fine motor skills.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 8, 2018

How to integrate SAM Labs into the classroom: SAM Labs boasts itself as a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) tool. Yes, students will learn programming basics, how motors and light sensors work, how to use logic to build if/then type scenarios. When I look at the blocks, I see endless inquiry possibilities.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 10, 2017

How to integrate Get Qurious Maker Box into the classroom: The Get Qurious set brings the story of the Three Little Pigs alive in new and fun ways. The pieces of the puzzle can be scanned to bring the house to life in 3D. The reusable stickers in the sticker book let kids create their own version of the Three Little Pigs.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 4, 2017

How to integrate Aurasma into the classroom: Because learners can create augmented reality experiences for any environment, the possibilities are seriously endless. These are the images that will popup when the Trigger Photo is within the camera viewfinder. It might sound cumbersome, but it really isn’t!

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iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

This full moon coincided with class decisions about how to set up their museum. Despite the full moon, the kids were able to come to a decision about how they would set up their museum for the rest of Team Anastasis and families to enjoy. This is a real thing! And much chaos ensued. It was incredible!!

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only can you and your students use it (because the price point is right), but you can also geek out over how it is built (take a look under the hood!). How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape makes it possible to turn their ideas into high-quality digital illustrations.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 23, 2018

How to integrate Flipgrid into your classroom: Flipgrid is a great way to get your students reflecting on learning, collaborating, and providing peer feedback. You are the Flipgrid Topic Designer (your students could be as well!). Embed YouTube or Vimeo videos, upload images for your students to discuss, feature a file or a weblink.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 21, 2015

Do you know that I have never provided my staff with professional development to learn how to use this technology? I didn’t even ask them how proficient they were at using technology when I hired them. We talk about philosophy and pedagogy, and how to learn. We have a 1:1 iPad environment from k-8. We design for learning.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 21, 2018

How to integrate Plus Happy Numbers into your classroom: Plus Happy Numbers makes for an excellent math center activity for your students. Plus Happy Numbers is designed to be used on any device that you have in your classroom including iPad and Mac (via Safari), Chromebook, PC and Andriod (via Google Chrome).

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 12, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. In addition to easily adding video to your email, you can add images, button-type navigation, build and send forms right in BombBomb, and even create automations.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 8, 2018

How to integrate SAM Labs into the classroom: SAM Labs boasts itself as a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) tool. Yes, students will learn programming basics, how motors and light sensors work, how to use logic to build if/then type scenarios. When I look at the blocks, I see endless inquiry possibilities.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 6, 2019

Students will be shown the actual location they are, as well as how far off they were from the correct location. How to integrate GeoGuessr into the classroom: GeoGuessr is a fun way to challenge your students to use context clues, think critically, ask questions, and learn geography.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only can you and your students use it (because the price point is right), but you can also geek out over how it is built (take a look under the hood!). How to integrate Inkscape into the classroom: Your students want to create. Inkscape makes it possible to turn their ideas into high-quality digital illustrations.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

How to integrate ClassPad into your classroom: ClassPad is a fantastic tool for the mathematics and science classroom. ClassPad can be accessed from tablets and computers. On touch devices, you can write calculations and graphics by hand, just like on actual paper. Students can access your materials through a unique URL.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

What it is: Swift Playground is an awesome new app from Apple that teaches kids how to code in Swift. How to integrate Swift Playground into your classroom: Swift Playground requires no previous coding knowledge, making it the perfect tool for learning how to code.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 11, 2021

How to integrate BombBomb into the classroom: During the pandemic, BombBomb has been an incredible way for us to communicate and keep connected to our students and their families. In addition to easily adding video to your email, you can add images, button-type navigation, build and send forms right in BombBomb, and even create automations.

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iLearn Technology

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

How to use Virtual Escape Room in your classroom: The Virtual Escape Room is a great way for your students to work in small groups to solve a mystery together using critical thinking and problem solving. Students learn how to work together in teams, communicate effectively, go through the scientific method, and solve problems creatively.

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iLearn Technology

MARCH 15, 2016

How to integrate Find Your Pi Day in your classroom: Find Your Pi Day is a neat site to generate conversation and inquiry into Pi. All dates fall somewhere within the first 10 million digits in the sequence. The place in the sequence is depicted by a spiral that goes in and out to display the beginnings and ends of such long digit sequences.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 7, 2016

How to Integrate Which One Doesn’t Belong? Students can see how perspective and which attributes you are looking at can change the answer. Students have to think through the differences that they see and then make logical decisions and be able to explain it to others.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 17, 2017

How to integrate Plan It Green, the Big Switch into the classroom: This game from National Geographic is a great way to help your students understand different kinds of energy, and think through the ways that the energy we rely on in our daily lives impact the environment.

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iLearn Technology

OCTOBER 19, 2016

How to integrate Watch the Debates in your classroom: Watch the Debates provides an excellent way for students to explore the evolution of a specific issue in the United States by watching debates from as far back as 1960. In addition to the ability to watch tonight’s debate live, students can also explore past presidential debates.

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iLearn Technology

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

How to integrate YouCubed into your classroom: There are SO many resources that can transform your classroom! Links to really wonderful math apps and games, videos and radio shows, tasks (also known as mathematical brain teasers), and visual mathematics resources. My favorite portion of YouCubed is the Week of iMath.

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iLearn Technology

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

How to integrate Hello Ruby into your classroom: The Hello Ruby site has a special educator page to get started with Hello Ruby in your classroom. Watch the TED talk above for the passion behind Hello Ruby!

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