Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It can be plugged into a heavy base for free-standing use or directly into a laptop for greater mobility. Besides displaying documents to your laptop and class screen, you can record video or audio which can be uploaded to YouTube (or emailed), annotate and edit images, and even make Skype/Google Hangout calls. HUE Animation.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 8, 2019

There are extremely affordable and easy-to-use models (such as Google Cardboard ) out there for institutions looking to integrate this tech into their classrooms – so it’s well worth considering. A library of resources at your fingertips.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

In fact, it took me less than five minutes to unbox, setup, find the power button, and sync to the free app/software on my laptop and my iPhone. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad). They meet NGSS standards and work within Google Classroom and most LMSs. Plug it in to charge.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 5, 2018

Tool #1: Make Bookshelves in Google Books. Richard: So this is one that’s right under everyone’s nose when ever they go to Google, but whenever I share it, people are like, “Oh! It’s Google Books. Now, there’s two versions of Google Books. There’s Google Books where you can go and buy a book. Vicki: Yep!

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eSchool News

JULY 28, 2017

[ Editor’s note: This piece is the first in our new monthly series focusing on Innovative School Libraries and Librarians. Be sure to keep checking back during the month of August for new library-focused articles!]. Our students mostly use iPads in kindergarten and 1 st grade, so this is their first use of a laptop for a project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2020

You can even sign in through Google Apps for Education. Canva not only works on iPads but desktops and laptops. 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.

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Tools iPad Digital Citizenship eBook 294

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 “Thankfully I have an amazing staff who are very seasoned … I had a number of meetings and said, ‘Here’s the problem, how do we even begin to solve it?’”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. International Children’s Digital Library. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress. Open Library. This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities.

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Vizor

JANUARY 31, 2023

To support digital learning, many schools are implementing 1:1 device programs, where each student is provided with a device such as a laptop or tablet to use for learning and research. However, managing and tracking these devices can be a significant challenge for school libraries.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2015

You can even sign in through Google Apps for Education. Canva not only works on iPads, but desktops and laptops. Pictures can be imported from your photo library, Instagram, Facebook or the web. The only downside with this app is it’s not available on desktops and laptops. Chatterpix. PicCollage. Fee ($1.99).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 1, 2018

A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it. As many installs as the school wants for one low fee.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Students have been using laptop computers in the classroom for decades, and some schools even furnish them to students. In recent years, tablets have begun to replace laptops for many classroom applications. Tablets are even more portable than laptops and are available at a wide range of price points. Web-Based Tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2016

full access to Google Drive. You can log in through your Google account. Users (students and teachers) can access materials and submit work using the camera, Google Drive, or Dropbox. ability to sign in with an existing Google Classroom account and get access to one or more of your Google drives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Provide an overview of the device being discussed—iPad, laptop, computer, Chromebook, Mac, or another. This can be done via Google Hangouts if that works better. Second : create a how-to library of class videos for the senior center, uploaded to their website. Topics may include how to: use computers—in general terms.

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Common Core iPad eBook Digital Citizenship 428

Edsurge

MAY 15, 2018

Chromebooks are often cheaper than other laptops and tablets like iPads, and they’re simpler to manage for district technology departments. The resource can be used on a Chromebook, laptop or mobile devices to allow students to easily design and share a VR world. and signing up for a free account.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 30, 2021

The post Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers (Part 1 – Chrome) – SULS0103 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing the must-have Google skills for teachers who use the Google Chrome web browser or Chromebooks. Google works best with Google! Google works best with Google!

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 18, 2021

The post 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Google Meet – SULS0110 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode with Shake Up Learning Trainer and Community Manager, Pam Hubler, we explore the new updates to Google Meet. Quick Tip Video Library. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Google Meet.

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Meeting Google Video Blended Learning 101

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2017

You can access files in Dropbox, Google Photos, YouTube, Vimeo, or upload them from your local computer. It works equally well on your desktop, laptop, Chromebook, Mac, iOS device, and mobile device and syncs between all with ease. Older students can log in via Facebook, Google, or with Gmail credentials. I miss them.

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Adobe Tools Classroom Digital Citizenship 181

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. digital devices for students–Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, or netbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2016

Students can map out ideas, write stories, or relay events in a comic format using Storyboard That’s huge library of backgrounds, characters, text boxes, shapes, and images. When you sign up as a teacher, you get a dashboard to manage students and support for Google sign-in.

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Vizor

JANUARY 25, 2021

Laptops won’t fix that! So, when purchasing laptops, make sure it’s to complements the plan of action already set in place. Laptops are not a solution, they are part of a solid foundation. How will the course curriculum improve after incorporating laptops? Do they want full control of the laptops?

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Securly

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

” The 1:1 initiative aimed for districts to issue each student a laptop for use in-school and at home. CIPA requires schools and libraries to install measures to protect children from obscene or harmful content in exchange for discounts offered by the E-rate program. Then there was the iPad. .

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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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Shake Up Learning

JULY 6, 2016

The post 8 Awesome Reasons to Go Incognito in Google Chrome appeared first on Shake Up Learning. You Need to Go Incognito in Google Chrome! Here’s Why: Yep, I’m talking about Google Chrome again! One of my favorite little features in Google Chrome is called incognito mode. Click To Tweet. Don’t let it happen to you!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Over the next three years, we worked with educators to design and integrate the system to work with learning management systems like Google Classroom, Schoolology and Canvas. So if they work in Google Classroom, they won't even know we're there. And when they hit send, we're integrated in the background.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. digital devices for students–Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, or netbooks.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 8, 2020

I don’t endorse a lot of products, but Texthelp produces some of the best accessibility tools and they work seamlessly with my favorite Google tools. FREE access to Fluency Tutor for Google Chrome™ . One of my favorite Texthelp tools is Fluency Tutor for Google. Passages appear in student’s Google Drive.

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The 21st Century Principal

JUNE 15, 2011

In an earlier post , I suggest Google Docs as an alternative to purchasing Microsoft Office as an office suite. Google Docs does provide users many useful features that extend far beyond what can be obtained from a locally installed office suite like Open Office or Microsoft Office. Share and collaborate with others on your documents.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

And potential students are taking campus tours, imagining themselves burning the midnight oil in the library and meeting their new roommate in dorms. But many of them are opening up 3D maps and taking virtual tours on their phones and laptops, thanks to location-based and virtual reality software. Image Credit: CampusBird.

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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.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

Embracing technology while teaching ancient lessons It's a bit of a modern myth to say that classical education shies away from technology, but you will not see laptops dominating the classroom either. Ancient texts are explored in books and online, and research relies on libraries and Google.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Socrative works on almost any device, iPad, iPhone, Android-enabled devices, Chromebooks, laptops, and computers. Google Forms This is a free online quiz making tool that is simple and easy to use. Flubaroo is a good teacher-created add-on that can further help you with grading of quizzes created through Google Forms.

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

Students are using Google Classroom, BoomWriter, Reach for Reading, and other tools across the curriculum. Samuels also teaches students how to dictate on Google Drive, which integrates with Lucy Calkins’ Teachers College Reading and Writing Project “Writing in the Air” (rehearsing what you want to write by saying it out loud).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

So far the app, which includes a library of games, songs, videos and books in English and Swahili, has been tested with about 1,200 children across schools and community centers in Tanzania and Kenya. MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte tried—and failed—to give one laptop per child in the mid-2000’s. (A

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The 21st Century Principal

APRIL 27, 2011

The other tools include my two laptops and my Android phone. I will say at this point: It is not a replacement for a laptop and don’t think that is the intention of its manufacturer. I will say at this point: It is not a replacement for a laptop and don’t think that is the intention of its manufacturer.

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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

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

New features include an Organization Library, Shared Libraries, Co-Editing, and Learning Management System Integrations. Also on display were the company’s line of headsets, headphones, webcams, PC speakers, and laptop docking stations.

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