Squiggles for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 6 Powerful Chrome Apps for Classroom Management November 6, 2015 For those of you using Chrome in their instruction, below is a collection of some of our favourite extensions to use for classroom management. Some of the things you can do with these add-ons include: monitoring students in-class behaviour, create and organize assignments, track students grades and progress, organize both formative and summative assessments, generate report charts and many more. 1- Google Classroom “Classroom is a new tool in Google Apps for Education that helps teachers create and organize assignments quickly, provide feedback efficiently, and easily communicate with their classes. “ ClassDojo helps teachers improve behavior in their classrooms quickly and easily. “Seating and behavior charts are an essential parts of any good teacher’s tool kit. “Engage, assess and personalize your class with Socrative! 6- Exit Ticket
Tech Tools That Have Transformed Learning With Dyslexia Fifth-grade teacher Kyle Redford remembers with emotion the day she unwittingly put an iPad in the hands of one of her 10-year-old dyslexic students, a day she called “a complete game changer.” While the rest of the class was working in a writers workshop, she handed the student an iPad and told him to try and experiment with its speech-to-text feature. With minimal expectations, Redford figured that the newness and the boy’s curiosity would at least keep him busy during writing time, which he usually found frustrating. While Redford described the boy as “very bright,” he “couldn’t even compose a sentence to save his life” because of his dyslexia. At first, it was difficult. “Some of my most brilliant kids in the class, put them on an iPad, and say, ‘Speak into this,’ ” she said. Kyle Redford said there is no doubt that technology has changed the lives of those who struggle to read and write, and that educators should embrace the changes. The Rise of Technology Helpful Tech Tools