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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

That’s what writing is about–taking what you know and putting it out there for all to see. When students hear the word “writing”, most think paper-and-pencil, maybe word processing, but that’s the vehicle, not the goal. If they are spatial (art) learners, a drawing program is a better choice.

Writing

eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2018

Students can look at a piece of art or literature, write a critique, and compare their critique to published ones. Teach expository writing by having students pair up to write descriptions of objects, and have their partners draw the objects on a blank page. Click here to read the full app review. What’s It Like?

Mobile Devices

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MARCH 8, 2021

These include preferred language (you pick from about a hundred languages), customized background, sound level, QR code (for the classroom screen; students scan it in and it displays on any mobile device — isn’t that cool?), Like social studies.

Social Studies

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Coding with pixel art. This is so simple, you’re going to love it: Open the QR Code reader on your phone or mobile device. The recipient will automatically have it on their mobile device–no worries about losing it. For a school art display: Include all data on the student artist in a QR Code.

Mobile Devices

Edsurge

APRIL 10, 2020

Writing these messages has been all the more difficult given the evolving nature of the crisis and uncertainty about long-term effects. He tweeted : “It’s hopefully a time for us, through the arts, to connect as a community.” They have had to prepare stressed faculty members for radical changes in how they teach.

Communication

eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The transition from using toys, games, animal assisted therapy, art, music, movement, and parent-child attunement enhancing interventions to connecting through a digital screen seemed at times to be an impossible mission.

Activities

Gaggle Speaks

JUNE 29, 2015

Best teacher blog winner * Mom * Speaker * AUTHOR Reinventing Writing * HOST Every Classroom Matters * a @Mashable Top Teacher on Twitter. Husband and father, School Board member USD 448, Former 1/12 Art Instructor, Consultant for ESSDACK, global speaker, artist, ArtSnacks creator, ADE. ISTE Mobile Learning @ISTE_MLN.

Mobile Devices

Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2016

Sure enough, when I looked at his screen, Jack’s writing task was completed, a feat that would have been impossible for him to complete in that amount of time by typing on a keyboard. This way, they could complete writing tasks that would otherwise be out of reach. Boosts Writing Speed: Want kids to write more with less time?

Writing

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Because it’s web-based, it works on all platforms including mobile devices (with a downloadable app). The most popular plugins with schools include: Student blogs to encourage writing, collaborating, and perspective-taking. Peer review of student writing to encourage collaboration and perspective-taking.

Quizzes

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AUGUST 1, 2019

It can be used at home, in school, or as an extracurricular tool for teaching STEAM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality.

Mobile Devices

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JULY 15, 2019

With this add-on, students can create their own works of art by programming Dash from their mobile device to draw on the floor mat?—?with Also, notebooks for creative writing, game design, and innovation. How AI is Changing Writing: Check out Robot Don. with accuracy and control. More on robotics.

STEM

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

debugging – write-edit-rewrite; try, fail, try again. Third Grade — Pixel Art. Pixel Art is the blocky drawing that is most famous for appearing in Minecraft. Students now write directions for which color is poured into what squares to create their drawing. Tools, toolbars , icons, images all represent something bigger.

Grades

eSchool News

JANUARY 20, 2023

The transition from using toys, games, animal assisted therapy, art, music, movement, and parent-child attunement enhancing interventions to connecting through a digital screen seemed at times to be an impossible mission.

Activities

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2018

Teachers do them on a mobile device or a laptop, or they do them one-on-one with kids. So we do K-8 English language arts curriculum and K-8 science curriculum. If you had to write an update to that paper, would you still give it that same title? Then, over the last decade we’ve started to do more and more in curriculum.

Mobile Devices

Edsurge

DECEMBER 2, 2016

PrepFlash takes some of the tediousness out of studying by writing flashcards for learners. KiraKira : The all-female team at KiraKira has a big goal in mind: get more girls interested in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics). based automated grading software company, is trying to ease that pain.

Education

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2017

He is one of the originators of the Massive Open Online Course, writes about online and networked learning, has authored learning management and content syndication software, and is the author of the widely read e-learning newsletter OLDaily. Video Observation for Teacher PD.

Lecturing