All Blog Posts Tagged 'Apps' (6)

A Thought Provoking App to Polish Students' Writing Skill

http://www.teacherstechworkshop.com/2013/05/a-thought-provoking-app-to-polish-your_31.html

Added by mouhssine kharbach on May 31, 2013 at 2:13pm — No Comments

Veterans Day, Google Apps, And More

I know everyone is ready for that first bright day when our students return to socialize and learn. But here are a few ideas for using Google Apps, including an activity for Veterans Day: a short 150 word essay on the simple topic "Honor All Veterans." This was sponsored by our local VFW last year, but two of my students carried it further, and if you use Google Apps, you might want to try this, or adapt it to another project.

Google Docs is our tool to…

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Added by Sheri on August 16, 2012 at 9:31am — No Comments

Favorite Teacher Apps

Check out our blog for a listing of our teacher's favorite apps. Teachers rated each app using our App Rubric. This first listing rates the math apps being used in our classrooms. Check them out at

http://iteachthererforeipod.blogspot.com/

Added by Harry Walker on April 29, 2011 at 5:31pm — 1 Comment

Google Apps

We are a School District of about 73,000 students. We have about 90 schools! We are in the process of moving to Google Apps. We realize NY Schools have already made this move. Can anyone provide some best practices for the roll out of a system this large?

IE: How did you prepare the students for this new responsibility, What training? New Policies? Did you roll it out with a lot of features all at once or are you phasing it in?Are you delegating admin to each school or…

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Added by George Grachis on January 25, 2011 at 12:08pm — 5 Comments

Of Mobile Devices, Apps, Games and Casual Mobile Learning

With fresh inspiration from a course I just finished here at Stanford on "Casual Learning Technologies for the iPhone" in which we designed casual apps for kids and adults, I've authored a 2-part article for Smartbean. The first is a brief discussion of research on the power of learning through games (including Gee's principles on "good learning" with well-designed games) -… Continue

Added by Shuchi Grover on March 27, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Five Apps for Busy Educators

Staying organized during a hectic school year is certainly a difficult task. With hundreds of e-mails, phone messages, parent conferences, and meetings, staying organized can seem impossible. To help, I’ve put together a short list of helpful apps I use to stay on top of things. MORE...

Added by Shawn Roner on January 21, 2010 at 10:03pm — 2 Comments