Apps for Education
Kids love using iPads. All those fun activities that can be accessed quickly via the pad format are both stimulating andaddictive. I’m all for giving kids what they want in the way of educational...
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Apps for school We’ve collected input from classroom teachers, readers, and kids who know what they like and published a comprehensive list of Great Apps to use on your school or homeschool iPads. We...
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Weekend Website #97: Timed Test Arcade
Every Friday, I share a website (or app) that I’ve heard about, checked into, been excited to use. This one is a math app. Since ‘math’ is by far the most popular search term of readers who seek out my...
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Tech Tip #104: Need a File on Your iPad? Here’s an Easy Way
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re...
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How to Use iPads in Your Classroom
How to use iPads in school What is an iPad? It’s a brand name—not a product—for a tablet computer designed, developed and marketed by Apple and used primarily for audio-visual media such as books,...
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Tech Tip #106: Fastest Way to Add a Period When Typing on an IPad
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re...
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5 Favorite iPad Apps
In my last Friday 5, I provided extensive insight into how I pick apps for my classroom. I was mega-thorough because selecting the programs that will fuel a multitude of K-8 subjects is an important...
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How to Pick iPad Apps for your Classroom
You’ve heard the chatter. IPads have become the go-to literacy tool for authentic learning in the K-8 classroom, the one that says ‘Our program is cutting edge, up-to-date, inquiry-driven‘. Students...
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Ramp up Your iPad Use
Too often, iPads end up like a babysitter–students love them, can get lost in their fun, but forget inquiry. My efriend, David over at Dakinane.com, and I got in a long conversation about that. Turns...
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Which is better for schools: iPads or laptops?
Do you have a tech question? Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please complete the form below and I’ll answer it...
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Dear Otto: Are there any Good Keyboarding Apps?
Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please complete the form below and I’ll answer it here. For your privacy, I...
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6 Steps to a Successful Tablet Roll-out
I’ve posted a few articles on the growing trend in education toward using tablets. I wanted to follow up with the experiences from efriend, Marc Fanaroff on his recent laptop rollout. Does this match...
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3 Apps that Boost Creativity
There are so many apps out there, I can’t keep up–and I’m supposed to. I’m the tech teacher. I used to download every app that looked fun, exciting, useful, try it out, be amazed by it, and then like a...
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5 Apps to Help You Reach Your Zen
Teachers work hard. We start before students arrive at school, spend hours after school tutoring, in faculty meetings, and chatting with parents, and evenings are spent grading papers after kids are...
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252 Favorite IPad Apps for your Classroom
App use is taking over classrooms, but what as teachers really want are authentic, educational apps that promote higher order skills like critical thinking and problem solving. Here’s my list, culled...
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The Tablet’s ‘Killer App’
Kids love tablets (spelled I-P-A-D). It doesn’t matter that they won’t run most software, don’t have USB ports, have no flash, allow very little storage, and can’t print (with ease) because kids aren’t...
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Apps and IPads as Education Tools
I was having a discussion with my PLN about IPads in the classroom–how teachers are using the apps–and I got this comment from David Kinane over at Dakinane . He has some great ideas for moving iPads...
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Need to Create Lesson Plans? Try Frolyc
When I first looked at Frolyc I thought it was a lesson planning tool. Somewhat like Khan Academy’s mashable lesson plans or Mentor Mob’s playlist of activities–or Knowmia‘s carefully-crafted...
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3 Classroom Management Apps You’ll Love
You became a teacher to inspire the next generation, to guide students toward their future with patience and wisdom, to be able to go home at the end of the day having accomplished something important....
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Read Across America Day
Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day, annually held on March 2. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday...
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