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EdTech Tuesdays: PLEx Life Science by Filament Games with Dan White
The use of interactive, hands-on learning games in the classroom is the focus of an interview with Dan White of Filament Games. White models how the "thing that you are doing in the game is the thing that we want you to learn."
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EdTech Tuesdays: The Federal E-Rate Program with Micah Rigdon
Micah Ridgon, of Funds for Learning, suggests schools are not getting the most out of the federal E-Rate program, the program that offers discounts to schools for their broadband and telecommunication services. His company is here to help.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Haiku Deck
Here's a free app that makes the preparation of presentations a whole lot easier. Using open source images, the narrators model how to create and share amazing presentations.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Writing Club & Technology with Linda Edwards
Linda Edwards reveals how she uses technology to support her grade school writing club. Club members use Pages, a production presentation program, to create a newsletter that is sent to parents and iMovie to create video newscasts.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Nearpod
This short video models how to use Nearpod in classroom settings and gives suggestions on how the app can be used in the classroom and other educational situations.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Adguard AdBlocker
Eliminate those irritating and sometimes inappropriate ads from videos and projection screens with an app that can be installed on your Chrome Internet browser. Learn how to install and use the blocker in this short video.
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EdTech Tuesdays: National Technology Plan
Learn the basics about the National Technology Plan, and how to find the plan in order to prepare yourself for what's to come as far as technology in the classroom goes. Jennifer and Rich walk through a few ways to get started on the...
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EdTech Tuesdays: Motion Math - Fractions!
Math and movement come together to make this app. Take a moment to watch as Rich and Jennifer lead you through how to use this hands-on fraction practice with your young mathematicians.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Long Division Touch
Well, the long and short of it is... this is a great app for practicing long division! Rich and Jennifer demonstrate how to use the program and walk through additional features offered by the app.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Choiceworks
Support learners with special needs with an app designed to help pupils make choices and follow routines. Jennifer and Rich walk you through how to create a profile and use the main features of this customizable app.
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EdTech Tuesdays: LiveBinders
Looking for a great way to organize your classroom materials according to topic or theme? Allow Rich and Jennifer to introduce you to a useful program with plenty of features to help you not only organize your materials, but also share...
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EdTech Tuesdays: Vision K-20 Survey and CODiE Awards with Karen Billings
The CODiE Awards program, showcasing the best software produced each year, and the Vision K-20 Survey, designed to permit schools to benchmark their progress in the use of educational technology to achieve their educational goals, are...
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EdTech Tuesdays: ShowMe
Take a quick look at a great interactive whiteboard app for your classroom. Rich and Jennifer launch the app, provide a quick tour, and demonstrate how to apply this tool for classroom use.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Hopscotch
Start your class out with some kid-friendly coding! Jennifer and Rich present Hopscotch, an app that asks learners to play around and create code in order to animate fun characters.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Cargo-Bot
Build a foundation in intermediate coding with the various levels offered in this app. Jennifer and Rich introduce the app and show one of the easy level logic tasks so that you can get an idea of what Cargo-Bot is all about.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Microsoft Office Mobile
Users of Microsoft Office can now access, as well as edit, and create new documents from their mobile devices with the Microsoft Office Mobile app. The video narrators not only model how to use the app, but also discuss various classroom...
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EdTech Tuesdays: Bing in the Classroom
More than a search engine, Bing in the Classroom, also known as Bing for Education, is a teaching tool, providing lesson plans, professional development, and community discussions. The narrators model how to access the various features...
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EdTech Tuesdays: WriteThat.name
Save hours creating and updating your list of contacts with an app that automatically captures, saves and updates names, e-mail, mailing addresses, and phone numbers.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Field Day & Project-Based Learning with Dr. Jenny Fremlin & Erica Stone
The creators of Field Day, an inquiry-based app designed especially for project-based learning, discuss the features of this very valuable, inexpensive app.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Make Beliefs Comix
An iPad, a free app, or a free website are all kids need to create comic strips that tell stories, recount events, or express feelings. Rich and Jennifer discuss the strengths and weakness of the app, as well as model how to use this...
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EdTech Tuesdays: Open Source Learning with David Preston (extended)
What is open source learning and how can the approach be used in the classroom? David Preston, a teacher from a school where traditionally few kids continue their education post graduation, discusses how open source learning has...
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EdTech Tuesdays: IEP Goals & Objectives with CCSS
Jennifer and Rich model how to use and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of an app designed to assist special needs instructors write IEP goals and objectives for all kids in their caseload.
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EdTech Tuesdays: Publishing from the Classroom with Chadd Rosenberg (extended)
How do you get kids to become creators of content rather than just users of content? Check out this interview with Chadd Rosenberg as he details his venture into guiding his students to use available technology to create paper and/or...
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EdTech Tuesdays: A Flipped Classroom with Lee Graves
Imagine taping a lecture once rather than repeating yourself six times a day. Such an approach is one of the benefits of the flipped classroom approach to learning. Lee Graves provides a clear and concise explanation of this...