Waterford

JUNE 9, 2020

You never know what new favorites you might find for your classroom library. Additionally, connect them to resources like your local library that can help them find more engaging, level-appropriate books for their children. The Alligator in the Library. Involve parents in completing the summer reading lists.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. Open Library is a curated list of over 20 million books (and growing) that are available worldwide to all age groups whether from the public domain or under copyright protections.

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Libraries Mobility eBook Android 175

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2020

If you have another platform, try Draw a Stickman (well-suited for elementary school ages). The app gives subscribers unlimited access to SmartMusic’s extensive library of over fifty method books, nearly 50,000 skill building exercises, and 22,000+ solo and ensemble titles by major publishers. SmartMusic. GuitarBots.

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Tools iPad Digital Citizenship eBook 306

Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. If you have a copy of the picture book at your school library, try this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom-themed rhythm game. This Music Monsters activity is great for teaching older elementary students a quick lesson on composition.

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Classroom E-rate Elementary Study 263

Edsurge

AUGUST 14, 2019

A child can simply be parked with a tablet, tap a few spots and not only enjoy a story, but learn along the way. The few times I’ve had to use an electronic version (losing one’s voice for a week makes for a challenging library lesson at preschool, as you can imagine), the response from the kiddos is much different.

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eBook Tablets Libraries Chromebook 165

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Innovating on the Fly Among the earliest challenges CTOs faced was how to get thousands of laptops and tablets for students and staff?while As soon as we distributed our devices to our elementary students, possible or not we had to create a student help desk,” he said.

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Chromebook Laptops Broadband Accessibility 216

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

A fourth-grade student at Mendez Elementary in San Marcos, Texas, held an iPad out in front of her. Zombies had taken over the school library, and she and her fellow students had to work together to answer various questions about books—such as identifying where the index is located.

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Tablets Gamification Smartphone Google 166

The Hechinger Report

MAY 10, 2020

“Coding gives us another way to solve our problems,” Diane Nodell, the library media specialist, reminded them. They opened their iPads and within minutes were following arrows around the grid on their tablets, producing different colors with each set of directions. One did the work on paper, the other on their tablets.

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iPad Tablets Report iPhone 143

Digital Promise

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Beginning in fall 2014, the students and teachers at Burbank Elementary School in Hayward, California, embarked on a new and ambitious program to integrate arts across the curriculum. Thirty-four elementary schools are contributing data to the district’s Project Daffodil, examining relationships between weather and plants.

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Adobe Education Tablets iPad 120

eSchool News

JULY 4, 2022

Each student will need a Chromebook or laptop or tablet with word processing software like Google Docs or Microsoft Word. Both platforms offer libraries of reviews created by other educators as well. Give each student in the room a DIFFERENT story starter. Mix it up if you want…Make some story starters funny and others informational.

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Learning EdTech Software Chromebook 117

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. Second grade teachers Amy Hart (center) and Alina Turner (right), with her dog, Mello, meet with Karen Shutt (left), instructional coach for a planning meeting at Edmondson Elementary.

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Elementary Meeting Report Survey 145

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2022

The Sora Sweet Reads titles are provided by 21 publishers and divided into elementary, middle and high school sections. Educators and students can also leverage valuable elementary , middle and high school resources for Sora Sweet Reads titles from TeachingBooks.net , the leading K-12 reading resources site.

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eBook Smartphone Elementary Tablets 98

eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2017

Today’s students have never known a world without the smartphone or tablet, and many of them have been using these devices independently since infancy. As an elementary school, we are very concerned about inappropriate content. The answers to their questions have never been more than a click of a button away. Guiding Research.

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Smartphone Tablets Elementary Accessibility 106

The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2021

billion , available through the FCC’s new emergency connectivity fund, will go toward the purchase of laptops, tablets, WiFi, hotspots, modems, routers, and broadband connections “for off-campus use to serve the unmet needs of students, school staff, and library patrons.” An additional $7.17

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Broadband Survey Digital Divide Accessibility 128

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2023

Now she only attends school one day a week for two hours, and hasn’t attended a full day in over two years, instead spending much of her time at her mother’s bakery or at the local library. Across the U.S., Scarlett is nonverbal and uses an electronic device and online videos to communicate, but reads at her grade level.

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Advocacy Elementary Report Training 117

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 25, 2021

BRUNSWICK, Maine—Like many school districts, Brunswick School Department in Maine suddenly has a lot more laptops and tablets to manage than it planned for. We have such close relationships with other city agencies, and local libraries and community centers. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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Digital Divide Broadband Laptops Chromebook 145

PlagiarismCheck

JANUARY 27, 2023

Its advantages include: Flexibility to work on multiple devices such as desktops, laptops, and tablets; Multiple powerful content creation tools; Customizable grading scales; Collaborative platform; Great support resources and scalability. Alternatives to Perlego include eCampus Library and TextbooksPlus.

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Software LMS Moodle Tablets 93

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2017

Two Forest Grove Elementary School students show off their block structures for Nesra Yannier to photograph during an experiment. PITTSBURGH — At Forest Grove Elementary School, along the Ohio River just northwest of Pittsburgh, the Rust Belt is giving way to educational innovation. Photo: Jill Barshay. The left tower fell first.

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Tablets Learning Elementary Software 84

Reading By Example

MARCH 8, 2017

It was a book I relied on when I taught elementary school. MY STUDENTS ARE NOT IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Two words: Public library. Mineral Point has an excellent public library with helpful and knowledgeable staff. Library staff offers a storytime for little ones every Monday morning at 10 A.M.

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Handbook Smartphone Libraries Elementary 58

eSchool News

MAY 6, 2016

K-5 QuickStart is based on OverDrive Read, the browser-based reader used by 34,000 libraries and schools worldwide. Students can read the same book at the same time on PCs, tablets, Chromebooks and more, inside and outside school. Designed for ultimate ease of use, it comes with an annual subscription price of just $499 per school.

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eBook Elementary Chromebook Tablets 40

eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2021

For example, schools can promote juvenile titles on kid-friendly touchscreen devices for elementary students or draw attention to nonfiction materials in the research section of the school library. Compatible hardware includes any touchscreen device or monitor (iPad mini-sized tablet or larger) running Windows 10, Android or iOS.

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eBook Tablets Android Software 56

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. Have narrowed down to four vendors to try iPads, Android tablets, Windows 8 tablets, Chromebooks. Here is November''s Diigo library.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 22, 2021

With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report. Digital picture books have been a godsend during the pandemic.

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Analysis Study Smartphone Report 145

Kyle Pace

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Over the last few weeks in my district we have had The Google Expeditions Pioneer Program visit one of our middle schools and one of our elementary schools. I appreciate having one of our teachers and one of our library media specialists and their administrators invest the time to bring this experience to students.

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Tablets Android Google Libraries 53

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

After schools went remote in 2020, Jessica Ramos spent hours that spring and summer sitting on a bench in front of her local Oakland Public Library branch in the vibrant and diverse Dimond District. In May 2021, Think College Now elementary students sit in class after returning to in-person learning. OAKLAND, Calif.

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 125

eSchool News

JULY 18, 2016

The Ray Marsh Elementary School directory lists Bombeck as “librarian” because she is state-certified to be one. But at least four Shawnee Mission grade schools have hired “innovation specialists” to run their libraries when fall classes open. It’s like they’re avoiding people with library certification.”.

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Maker Movement Libraries Elementary Robotics 40

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

AUGUST 12, 2014

With Curriculet''s premium library of contemporary texts being released this Fall, I''m excited to get my students reading more. The students read the text at home or in school on smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, or computers, answering questions and quizzes embedded in the text to check their understanding.

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Edmodo BYOD Smartphone Assessment 134

edWeb.net

JUNE 8, 2022

Small positive interactions—like greeting a student in the hall, starting a conversation about the sports team they joined or the art they produce in class, or sharing favorite websites—are not insignificant, explained Laurie Nociar, a seventh-grade teacher in Bear Creek Elementary School in Surrey, B.C.,

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BYOD Training Smartphone Tablets 94

edWeb.net

AUGUST 3, 2021

He received his bachelor’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi in elementary education. Dr. Dillon has taught in elementary and junior high schools and coached on the high school level. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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Broadband E-rate BYOD Accessibility 98

edWeb.net

MAY 21, 2021

Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL), stated, “We were not as prepared as we could have been to have made that shift in terms of our practices and pedagogy.” Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Dr. Carol Kelley.

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Learning Broadband Elementary Professional Learning 93

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In 2017, the district opened MOSAIC, a personalized learning elementary school, and created the MyPath program, which allows high school students to create their own class. ClassLink® OneClick® includes a library of over 5,000 single sign-on apps and instant links to file folders at school and on Google, Office 365, and Dropbox cloud drives.

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BYOD System Data Advocacy 98

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

MARCH 12, 2023

Reading Eggs Reading Eggs is an award-winning learning program designed by experienced elementary teachers to help children learn to read. BrainPOP JR BrainPOP Jr is another great learning app for kids and elementary students. Compatibility: Android/ iOS (iPhone, iPad); Price: Free, offers in-app purchases 3.

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iPhone Khan Academy Android iPad 98

edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

Normally, many rural districts work with local libraries and businesses to provide students with WiFi hotspots. McGavock Elementary, where Dr. Marczak served as principal, earned Reward status by being one of the top 10% elementary schools in the state of Tennessee in 2012.

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BYOD Broadband EdTech Elementary 57

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Prior to joining PPS, Dr. Kelley spent six years as Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, IL, and three years as Superintendent in the Branchburg Township School District, NJ. Accessible from any computer, tablet or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1to1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives. Dr. Carol L.

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Technology Blended Learning BYOD Assessment 97

eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2016

The e-books will be readable on e-readers, tablets, smartphones, laptops and other devices. In its bid for NYC’s business, Amazon edged out competitor OverDrive, which is also ramping up its commitment to schools and school libraries to compete for districts’ e-book dollars. million in the first year of the contract.

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Laptops Smartphone Tablets Libraries 40

Kyle Pace

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Over the last few weeks in my district we have had The Google Expeditions Pioneer Program visit one of our middle schools and one of our elementary schools. I appreciate having one of our teachers and one of our library media specialists and their administrators invest the time to bring this experience to students.

Tablets 40

Tablets Android Google Libraries 40

edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

This is really for all learners—adults as well as students—not just for those students with disabilities,” said Dr. Carol Kelley, Superintendent of Oak Park Elementary District 97 (IL). Kelley is superintendent of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, a PreK–8 public school system in Oak Park, IL, with 6,150 students. Dr. Carol L.

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Accessibility Digital Badges Elementary BYOD 60