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Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology

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Kindergarten is the perfect time to start (for the reasons listed below–they love it and learn fast). I can even show them how to break the virtual keyboard on their favorite mobile device into two, making it perfect for thumbing, and then remind them that’s an alternative, not the only way.

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Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology

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If you missed this article over at ReadiLearn , here are my thoughts about teaching technology in kindergarten: Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. eating around devices –This is a horrible habit.

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Why cellphones belong in our classrooms

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As the principal of Hudson High School of Learning Technologies in Manhattan, I know firsthand how cellphones can both help students stay in touch in today’s world and how they can be a valuable teaching and learning tool in the school setting.

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Classroom displays new interactive learning technologies

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MimioStudio classroom software for integrating all the classroom technology. MimioMobile collaboration and assessment app that lets schools get the most from their mobile devices. MimioTeach, a device that turns any whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard.

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13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading

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Books can be read online or on most mobile devices. You can read them online, on a mobile device, or download them. Aimed at school-age children, categories include, earth, animals, STEM, family, create and play, know and learn, technology, and more. Books can be read online or on mobile devices.

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Texas Education Agency and Verizon enable distance learning for 18.9M students in 16 states

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million students in Texas and 15 neighboring states with a simple and quick way to access critical distance learning technologies. Greg Abbott’s Operation Connectivity initiative to provide up to 18.9 Governor Abbott’s Operation Connectivity Task Force, co-chaired by Dallas ISD Superintendent Dr.

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Galaxy Next Generation’s G2 Visual Alerts Wins New Product Award from Spaces4Learning

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G2 Visual Alerts overtakes the screen of any enrolled device to send instant communications anytime and anywhere. From an internet-ready or mobile device, administrators can initiate text, image, and video messages to devices in the ecosystem within a matter of seconds. “It About Galaxy Next Generation, Inc.