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Developing a culture of problem-solving and autonomy in the classroom means that you'll be freed to focus on helping students that are struggling and challenging students who pick up the material quickly. There will be more time to build lasting relationships with your students, develop strong classroom culture, and ensure that your students are

Teachers considering the benefits of flipping the classroom and have an iPad available may want to try the following very reliable iPad Apps to assist with this endeavor. While it may seem a daunting task to put all of those into action with one's students, they are easy and actually fun to use and do not require a lot of technical skills and experience.

some useful tools for getting started.

I like using kahoot and flipgrid . They are great tools for making learning fun

During the covid pandemic, when the classroom has been changed to virtual classrooms I have been using this site for creating quizzes and games in the class. This can be used to create content-based as well as fun games in the classroom.

Hi and welcome to the European Schoolnet Academy. The Academy is a platform where you can learn about innovation in the school and classroom through online professional development courses for teachers in primary and secondary schools.

Henry Jenkins and collaborators present in this paper ideas in how to "shift the focus of the digital-divide discourse from questions of technological access to opportunities for participation and the development of cultural competencies and social skills needed for full involvement". (Jenkins et al., 2009)

This is a website about technology and the future of it in classrooms http://tvoparents.tvo.org/article/technology-future-classroom

In this video, Patrick Halpin, Donabate-Portrane Educate Together National School, shows how he uses Photostory with 4th class. Working in groups, the pupils create a photostory presentation on how to create origami flowers. They will use this presentation to teach origami to junior classes.

I like working on Photostory and it's really a great software that can help in encouraging children in their story writings.

Hi Florian, we have been using Photostory with Year 3 and Year 4's (7 - 9 years olds) for a couple of years. It's such a fantastic publishing tool and so easy to use with lovely animations and music. Thanks for sharing.

Our story last week about the connection between ADHD, movement and thinking struck a nerve with readers. We reported on a small study in which students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder performed better on memory tasks when they were allowed to spin and move around in a swiveling chair.

I have seen a few of these ideas work with preschoolers. Love the swivel chair idea. Great was to allow movement while attention to table work is needed.

Discover libraries of high quality Languages teaching resources for French, Spanish and German, created by teachers for teachers - proven in the classroom, edited for quality and consistency.

An exuberant crowd of ed tech investors, entrepreneurs and their publicity staffs are converging at the ASU/GSV summit in Arizona this week, with claims that tech tools can transform education and solve the achievement gap. Venture capitalists will be out in force at the innovation summit also known as "Davos in the Desert," and they'll ...

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Excellent website with video tutorials for using useful tech tools in the classroom. Great for those who lack confidence :-)

About gamification in classrooms, an interesting website

Thanks joselociruelo. I tried a similar approach two years ago with high school adolescents when by chance I discovered Sheldon's book: 'The Multiplayer Classroom: Designing Coursework as a Game' (2011) http://goo.gl/7NBlhj . Results then were not as expected, maybe because of my students profile, maybe because of my personal adaptation. Having discovered Classcraft, I'll see if the graphic environment and mechanics fills the gap I couldn't make attractive enough to cover with my own improvised adaptations through PowerPoint slides.

Thank you for sharing. Games can be a really motivating source to engage students in class. It is a really interesting topic!

Learning through discussion

Learning to code means stepping out of your comfort zone, dealing with frustration, and leaning into discomfort.

https://scratch.mit.edu/ I saw this website where children can animate few cartoons. It can work as a prelude to learn coding. Here coding is very simple like jump 4 times or move three steps.

It could be useful even in schools that teaches thinking skills classes.

!Free educational tools-what could be better? Anytime, anywhere, teachers like to have plenty of resources to pick from to help them create great classroom experiences to engage their students

Teach the world. Use mysimpleshow in the classroom with your students or contribute to open educational resources. Introduce, summarize, and explain topics worth sharing.

I'm going to try this. Usually, for online learning I will make my own presentation and then do a screen recording on the Mac which records your voice at the same time. A more fun, interactive presentation may help the students pay closer attention.

Thanks for sharing. I've always thought that kind of video is very visually appealing for students. I'll definitely explore MySimpleShow! It could be used to explain difficult topics in a simple way.