Technology Tips
Tips and tricks around using technology in the classroom or to support learning anytime, anywhere for anyone.
These New Web-Based AR and VR Tools Are Perfect for Chromebooks
Today’s most popular augmented and virtual reality applications are typically available for mobile devices, but many classrooms have moved from tablets to Chromebooks, especially at the secondary level...
By Jaime Donally (Columnist) May 15, 2018
Why Effective Digital Learning Shouldn’t Disrupt Traditional Teaching Techniques
In my work as a digital learning specialist, I’m charged with helping teachers try new classroom strategies and learn to use the technology tools that make those strategies possible...
By Kerry Gallagher (Columnist) Apr 12, 2018
Apple and Microsoft Now Offer $100 Styluses. But Do Schools Need—or Want—Them?
Losing a pencil in the classroom may be annoying—but at least they’re cheap to replace. But losing a different kind of “pencil” that technology companies are aiming to push into schools may likely cause a bigger heartache and headache for the purchasing department...
By Jenny Abamu and Stephen Noonoo Apr 9, 2018
17 Little-Known Tips, Tricks and Hacks for Using Google in the Classroom
Here’s a slightly Orwellian way to check whether your students may have plagiarized part of their essays: the Chrome extension Draftback, which plays back the revision history of any Google doc you can edit—down to the keystroke...
By Stephen Noonoo Mar 16, 2018
5 Ways Educators Can Help Families Make Better Use of Tech Outside the Classroom
Even as schools continue to invest heavily in technology on campus, we are still staring down what experts call the “device gap,” where students from lower-income backgrounds don’t have the same digital access as their middle class peers...
By Michelle Sioson Hyman Feb 28, 2018
