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Balancing screen time, literary classics in your hands, making Chrome Apps – Top 3 of the week
https://eduk8.me/2018/08/how-do-we-balance-technology-with-the-real-world/ https://eduk8.me/2018/08/subscribe-to-550-literary-classics-with-the-ios-serial-reader-app/ https://eduk8.me/2018/08/create-a-chrome-web-app-of-your-favorite-site-with-applicationize/
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How do we balance technology with the real world?
As a parent, it is obvious that children learn more when they engage their entire body in a meaningful experience than when they sit at a computer. If you doubt this, just observe children watching an activity on a screen and then doing the same activity for themselves. They are much more engaged riding a…
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Create a Chrome web app of your favorite site with Applicationize
Applicationize – Convert Web Apps to Desktop Apps Google is deprecating Chrome apps for Mac, X, And windows. But, Applicationize can still be used to create apps for Chrome OS and chrome books. What this means, is that if there is a website you want to use with your students, you can use Applicationize to…
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Here is a list by Jake Miller of 7 tips for using the browser’s bookmarks bar + a bonus
Jake Miller lays out 7 fantastic ways to make the most of your Chrome bookmarks bar, and it’s quite a list. None of the hints are specific to Chrome, and will work in any browser. I would add an 8th to the list: 8. Bookmark Gmail searches Any search you perform in Gmail is bookmarkable (if…
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Subscribe to 550 literary classics with the iOS Serial Reader app
Our Internet-driven society has seen a decline in book reading, though not necessarily a decline in reading altogether. Despite book readers being less common than in past decades, we all do a fair amount of reading each day on our smartphones – reading messages from friends, or tweets, emails, Facebook posts, notifications, articles, and so…
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Minecraft for Education edition coming to the iPad in September
Today, we are excited to announce we’re bringing the magic of Minecraft: Education Edition to iPad. Now, students can tap into the power of iPad to build historic monuments, swim through coral reefs with the Update Aquatic, bring creative stories to life, experiment with chemistry, and document their learning with the camera and portfolio features….
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Comic, Google Slides gif maker, and 3d city visualization – Top 3 of the week
https://eduk8.me/2018/08/comic-before-the-first-day/ https://eduk8.me/2018/08/docs365-gifmaker-creates-animated-gifs-from-a-google-slides-presentation/ https://eduk8.me/2018/08/little-big-city-is-a-pretty-cool-map-and-3d-experiment/
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French lawmakers follow through and ban smartphones in schools… With a catch
French schoolchildren will have to leave their smartphones switched off or at home as the new academic year begins in September, after lawmakers voted for a ban on Monday. The ban on smartphones, tablets and other connected devices, which will apply to pupils up to the age of 14-15, fulfills a campaign promise by…
