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Coming to you from the Canadian Maritimes ( Halifax), Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is an educational blog dedicated to curating, reviewing and sharing EdTech tools and mobile apps. The purpose is to help teachers and educators effectively integrate digital technologies into their day-to-day teaching, learning and professional development. For any questions regarding our website or the content we publish, please contact EdTech admin, editor and blog owner, Med Kharbach at: info@educatorstechnology.com. Med Kharbach is a doctoral researcher and a former teacher with 10 years of classroom teaching experience. Med's research interests include: language learning, linguistics, Internet linguistics, critical linguistics, discourse analysis, new (emerging) literacies, and educational technology. Kharbach, M. Example: Kharbach, M. (2016, December 30). 9 Fundamental digital skills for 21st century teachers [Blog post].
15 Best Social Studies Websites for Teachers
Social studies class can be boring when it only consists of reading a textbook. It can also be boring and long when students are required to research or memorize geography. For these reasons, many students claim that they don’t enjoy the social studies. But, geography, history, civics, sociology, and political science can be very enjoyable when made interactive. Many teachers are taking advantage of interactive assignments, activities, and documentaries in the classroom. How are they doing this? National Geographic Education: Photos & Videos Outstanding database of engaging photos and videos that are related to social studies. PBS LearningMedia Awe inspiring collection of free multimedia resources that were specially made for classroom use. org A wonderful collection of social studies content. Library of Congress Take advantage of one of the world’s largest collection of online digital resources for social studies. National Archives Peruse a collection of U.S. history docs and other resources.
Teaching with"APP"-itude! □ - Blog
#2 This is the SECRET to my success...Seriously, it has changed my WHOLE classroom. I download all my products from Teachers Pay Teachers on my iPad. Whatever I plan to use for the week, I download into my iBooks. I take screenshots of the things I need and will use for the week. They are in my photos for me to use whenever I need to send them to students via AIRDROP or to put them into different time-saving apps that I use. These first two tips alone will change your life and will save you from running to the copy machine. The four apps that we use each and everyday are all free. Seesaw allows me to communicate with my parents, see all assignments, and grade projects at home. EPIC! This next incredible app is Classkick. For more information about this app, contact me or go to This is the app that I have used the most in the 6 years that I have had iPads. I didn't learn all of these wonderful things overnight.
22 Digital Tools You Must Have in Your Classroom | Ask a Tech Teacher
If you don’t have children, you may not have noticed the massive changes going on in the local schoolhouse. Those geeky tech tools that we adults like to avoid are taking over the classroom. Every year, students face new iPads, apps, online grading systems, webtools, digital devices, LMSs, cloud-based homework, digital portfolios, and more. As a teacher for twenty five years (the last fifteen in technology), it has my head spinning. But–this may surprise you–students don’t mind a wit. They’re ready for tech, wondering what’s taking us so long to adopt the tools they can’t get enough of at home. This year, make tech your everyday china. annotation toolavatarsbackchannel devicesblogsclass calendarclass Internet start pageclass Twitter accountclass websitedigital devicesdigital note-taking digital portfoliosdropboxemailflipped classroomGoogle Appsjournalingmapsonline quizzesscreenshots and screencastsvideo channelvirtual meetingsvocabulary decoding tools Digital Devices K-8, Critical, 3/5
App Fairy Podcast (Scan & pick one podcast to listen to)
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Technology Ideas for Third Grade Classrooms | Wixie
Use these examples of projects created by students and tweets from classroom teachers to inspire technology integration in your third grade classroom. These multimedia projects were created by students using Wixie. Interview with an Animal Students interview dinosaurs to demonstrate knowledge of animal characteristics, diet, and more. Create a Creature Students apply what they have learned about animal characteristics and adaptation to create a new creature and introduce it to the scientific community. Scientific Cycles Students can choose a scientific cycle such as pollenation and illustrate it to build and demonstrate their understanding. Book Trailers Students explore character, plot, and theme and write persuasively as they develop a movie-style trailer for a book they have read. Informational Writing Students who are college and career-ready can "gather, comprehend, evaluate, synthesize, and report on information and ideas."
*Richard Byrne: Free Technology for Teachers (Scan posts)
10 Amazing Lesson Planning Apps and Tools for Teachers
Creating and writing lesson plans are activities common to basic teacher education courses. Before entering a classroom, young educators are taught how to meticulously plan their time for the benefit of their students. The most obvious way that teachers avoid the traditional lesson planning concept is by finding ideas, or even entire plans, online. Even if teachers spend just a few hours per week on lesson plans, that is a few hours of time that educators could feasibly be doing something else. BetterLesson Peerless Common Core-aligned lessons for educators who are serious about their craft. Common Curriculum Amazing lesson planning that is aligned with Common Core and promotes collaboration. ReadWriteThink Free lesson planning resources for teachers of the language arts and reading. ReadWorks A teacher’s resource for reading-comprehension resources. LearnZillion Well-designed Common Core-aligned lessons. Metria Master Teacher Edition ReadWorks Digital TES Teach with Blendspace Gooru Teachers.io
