EDUCATE TEACHERS NEWS
October 2020
COVID-19 has catapulted our current experience with technology to "infinity and beyond." 

What does the future of technology hold for us?

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"What else," we ask ourselves and each other, "could the world of technology possibly come up with now?"

Biometrics is a technology that is able to discern individuals based on their behavioral or physical traits. This science will be able to read the physical and emotional makeup of students. This means that course work could be altered to fit each individual need based the individual's biometric output. 

Augmented Reality (AR) glasses are thought to be up next for Google.  AR glasses or contact lenses will "layer data on top of what we naturally see, to allow for a real-world learning experience. For example, a student wearing AR Glasses could potentially sit at his desk and have a conversation with Thomas Edison about invention. It was Edison, after all, who said that “Books will soon be obsolete in schools. Scholars will soon be instructed through the eye.”

Multi-touch surfaces that include areas such as desks or workstations allowing students to work together from around the world. This could allow students to collaborate with other students, even those around the world, and videos and other virtual devices could be sent to the designated surface.  

The evolution of Technology in the Classroom
Education 
Purdue University


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20 Classroom Technology Tools You Might Not Know
Nefertiti Dukes | March 22, 2019
This article presents 20 different and interesting tech tools for your classroom. We will introduce a few here below but urge you to go to this blog for the full list. 

Screencastify
 
This tool allows you to easily record, edit and share videos. 
Our super simple screen recorder gives teachers the ability to clone themselves, provide helpf​ull student feedback, and assess student understanding. If you're looking to create your own videos to flip your classroom, look no further!
Google Tour Creator
 
The Tour Creator allows you to lead viewers through a point of interest you select or a well-known location like the Eiffel Tower or The Statue of Liberty. With this tool, virtual field trips are extremely easy to organize.
Try getting students involved by having them lead you through one of their favorite places. It would be an amazing relationship building exercise.

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Live Binders

Students gather a lot of reference material through the year and years. 
Live Binders allows students to keep track of those resources. Students can create and organize their own online binders for easy reference. As a teacher, you can create your own binders to share with students or colleagues as well.


​SMMRY
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SMMRY is so simple but so necessary for your classroom. Paste text into their website and out pops a summary at the length you designated. That's it! But, the tool could be perfect for teaching your kiddos how to effectively summarize. It could even be great for helping you get through loads of content quickly in your search for the perfect resources for your students.




Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg offers an easily searchable library of more than 50,000 eBooks. Most of the books in their library are older and out of copyright. Direct your students here to read some of the American classics like Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave or Jane Eyre: An Autobiography. 
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Reader's Corner

June 22, 2020 The 101 Hottest EdTech Tools According to Education Experts (Updated For 2020)
Tutorful
Adam B
​June 22, 2020
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This article showcases 100 tech tools for teachers and students that are state of the art and recommended by the "experts." This is a great resource site!

10 Technology Tools To Engage Students In The Classroom
TeachThought
We Grow Teachers
April 29, 2020 - Updated on May 16, 2020

​​ Tech Tools for Elementary Students
This is a fantastic site ​
compiled by J2Training 
Joan Gore & Janet Corder
 



"Won't you be my neighbor?"

The Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children's Media 
is committed to assisting children and adults succeed in the digital age and to make sure that technology supplements and is a companion to 
"​children’s social interactions, play, and other activities with the caring friends and family in their lives."
Visit the center's website for fabulous technology ideas, apps, and advice on how to achieve balance in the classroom and a healthy digital life. 

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