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Four Ways to Get Your Students Involved in the Classroom

In a day and age when the American education system is under fire, teachers need to think outside of the box in order to engage their students in learning.

7 days ago by Guest Author

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Explain Everything A Connected Creativity App

As I dig deeper into the reality of the one iPad Classroom I am most intrigued by apps that allow me to create. On a computer I have learned to weave together digital tools to make them do exactly what I want them to do, but I must admit I am not there yet on the iPad.

29 days ago by Susan Oxnevad

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It’s the Right Place and Right Time for Geo-location Timelines

myHistro Extended is an engaging “DO” activity for students. It’s important for students to be able to construct a narrative and have the skills to deliver that narrative visually. They also need to be able to visualize change over time. The app allows students to organize information in their timelines (text con...

2 months ago by Adam Renfro

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Juan Lopez-Valcarcel: Bridging Islands

The app explosion of the last two years is arguably the most notable education event of this new decade. The guy tracking that at Pearson is Juan Lopez-Valcarcel from Pearson’s London office. We visited with his team at BETT in January and caught up with Juan last week. Here’s the summary of our conversation.

2 months ago by Tom Vander Ark

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How to Find the Magic in an Educational App

The concept of how to find the magic in an educational app came up recently during our weekly EducationalAppTalk forum. The question arose, “Why should educational apps be field-tested?” Well, we (teacherswithapps) field test apps with kids on a regular basis and have found that most often it is the kids who find t...

2 months ago by Guest Author

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The App Chat: 4 Questions Parents Can Ask to Bridge the App Gap

mojo-hiLately, I’ve been struck by how parents talk about their kids’ use of technology. Some are mystified; others are fearful. Some parents, in particular, seem completely flummoxed by how to begin a conversation with their children about social and other media that constitute the learning environment in which c...

3 months ago by Susan Lucille Davis

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Gates Foundation Launches Literacy Courseware Challenge

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will be making grants of up $6 million to organizations that develop software that supports students in "mastering literacy skills for writing, writing to read, and writing to learn."

3 months ago by Getting Smart Staff