Which ed-tech products and services do our readers like best? Here are their top 40 choices for the 2013-14 school year. This past spring, we asked readers to give us their top picks for school hardware, software, websites, and services. Nearly 700 readers responded via one of our three websites: eSchoolNews.com, eCampusNews.com, and eClassroomNews.com.
At The Stacks, students can post book reviews, get reading recommendations, play games based on the latest series, watch " Meet the Author" videos, and more. It's like Facebook for reading and it's safe for school, too. Use Book Wizard to level your classroom library, find resources for the books you teach, and create reading lists with the click of a button.
AR Flashcards Shapes & Colors is finally here! With this all new app kids will have a blast learning their shapes and colors with the fun of augmented reality! This app has a cool color bar at the top of the screen that will actively change a shape's color by the press of a button!
By focusing on the common goal of improving education through innovation-and by building on and sharing effective tools, strategies, and standards-educators, school leaders, and nonprofit partners across the country can transform U.S. public education.
Discovery Education Techbook™ is a digital textbook replacement that provides unrivaled content that helps teachers transition to the exciting world of digital resources. Techbook™ ignites curiosity and enhances learning via a powerful, simple-to-use program that substantially lowers district costs and can be used across any device or platform.
Interactive White Board + Dry Erase Markers = Best of Both Worlds!! With the Mimio Interactive system, you can use any existing dry erase white board add a projector and the Mimio Sensor, and you've got yourself an interactive whiteboard where it is safe to use your dry-erase markers!
Think of Netflix for Education video and you've got SAFARI Montage. With entire video libraries (All of Reading Rainbow and Bill Nye the Science Guy for example ) available locally at a school or centrally via the district, SAFARI Montage will allow you to create custom play lists, clips and lessons you can show your students with engaging and safe video materials.
The first keynotes of FETC 2015 were led by personalities working at ground zero for the innovation happening in 3D printing and human-gaming relationships in the classroom. Jane McGonigal, director of games and research development at nonprofit Institute for the Future, led the conference's opening keynote speech Wednesday. McGonigal has a Ph.D.
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The article provides an overview of the process involved in envisioning, developing and incorporating mobile technology into the curriculum at 2 institutions of higher education and a public charter school. Topics discussed include the 3 projects for experiences envisioning, developing and integrating digital media and technology at the Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a prekindergarten class at Big Pine Academy, Florida and University of Central Florida (UCF)
Central Florida's primary source of free school supplies for educators and students. While not "technological" in nature, I feel it is a very practical and useful resource for every educator.
CPALMS is the official site of the FDOE standards and course description. The site includes educator toolkits, lesson plan development tools and interactive tools for lesson planning and creation
the SCPS Technology plan and road map until 2019. Here is a detailed outline of plans for equipment, curriculum and technology and how it will be integrated and implemented at the district and into the classrooms.
While this page is not necessarily related to educational technology, it is still a great resource for all teachers. A list of business, attractions , activities and products that you can get at a discount just for being a florida educator. located on FDOE site.
PBS TeacherLine is the premier online professional development resource delivering free courses online for PreK-12 teachers. Found as a link from the FDOE website.