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Teaching with Tablets: How To Integrate Tablets with Effective Instruction

Teaching with Tablets: How To Integrate Tablets with Effective Instruction

Tablet carts are being rolled into classrooms across grade levels. In this webinar for the edWeb.net Mobile Learning Explorations community, presenters Doug Fisher, Nancy Frey, and Alex Gonzales, co-authors of Teaching with Tablets: How do I integrate tablets with effective instruction?, shared how to plan, deploy and integrate these exciting devices into your classrooms.

Inspiring Creativity With No-tech, Low-tech and High-tech Tools

Inspiring Creativity With No-tech, Low-tech and High-tech Tools

You don’t necessarily need the newest, shiniest gadget to engage kids. In this edWeb.net edTech Innovators webinar, librarian and tech guru, Todd Burleson, Resource Center Director at Hubbard Woods Elementary at Winnetka, IL, discussed how he used Peter Reynolds’ book, The Dot, to inspire creativity and teach his students in his K-4 school about Braille alphabets, Morse code, splatter painting by Jackson Pollock, and pointillism by Seurat and Lichtenstein.

Using Smartphones in the Classroom – Part 2

Using Smartphones in the Classroom – Part 2

Webinar presenter Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal at Republic Middle School in MO, examined what pitfalls educators have experienced so far – and how to avoid them yourself!

Preparing Students with Multilingual Skills for a Global Society

Preparing Students with Multilingual Skills for a Global Society

Shifting demographics within our own borders and between nations are leading to an increased need for multilingual talent. Student success and readiness in a global economy will require the ability to communicate and function in a multicultural environment without borders.

The Digital Educator 101

The Digital Educator 101

With this webinar, edWeb.net’s new community, The Digital Educator: Skills for Success, kicked off its webinar program and professional learning community! In the community’s inaugural webinar, Roxanne and Meredith, two deeply passionate EdTech consultants, shared tips, tricks, and broader strategies to develop a 21st-century skillset and deliver the instruction that will most benefit your students.

Google Apps for Education – It’s a New Year!

Google Apps for Education – It’s a New Year!

The presenters addressed the power of Chrome user profiles and the Chrome app store, along with practical applications for newly “partitioned” mobile Google apps, such as Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

Personalizing Instruction With 1-to-1 and Blended Learning

Personalizing Instruction With 1-to-1 and Blended Learning

This past school year, Hilliard City Schools in Ohio convened a technology task force to decide what direction the district should move in. In this EdTech Innovators webinar, Chief Technology Officer Rich Boettner detailed how various stakeholders built a shared vision for the future of the district, which involved combining a 1-to-1 rollout with blended learning.

Google Drive and OneDrive

Google Drive and OneDrive

Webinar presenter, Shannon Holden, Assistant Principal at Republic Middle School, MO, compared and contrasted the features and functionality of these two cloud-based storage platforms and discussed with webinar attendees how to use these platforms for the classroom!

The Authentic Learning Classroom

The Authentic Learning Classroom

In this webinar, held by edWeb community, ReEnergize Today’s Connected Classroom, Steven Anderson, Content and Relationship Evangelist for Promethean, discussed what today’s mobile learning classroom looks and feels like. Together, attendees learned how to transition from a classroom of students and a teacher, to a community of learners.