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Identify two of the online resources that you feel are most important?

-Professional Connection: Discuss whether any of the selected online resources could be utilized within your school setting. Explain in which capacity and do you feel there is any way you could improve upon these resources

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AR has grown and is an interesting new way to help motivate and engage students. There are many different ways to integrate it into the classroom. I loved some of these apps that were suggested in this article!

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Augmented Reality (AR) is a growing field of technology where real life is modified and enhanced by computer-generated sights and sounds.

The most common use of AR can be seen through mobile apps. Point your device's camera at something that the app recognizes, and it will generate a 3D animation or video superimposed over whatever is on your camera's screen. The effect makes the computer-generated item appear like it's really there.

App developers are building AR apps for fun, educational, and commercial uses.

20 Of The Best Augmented Reality Apps For The Classroom

Description: JigSpace allows you to learn about all sorts of things, from car engines to the Roman wars. Jigspace features up-close 3D diagrams, disassembling and reassembling 3D objects, and 3D models of historical battles, along with other quality features.

Price: Free - $49.99 subscription for added benefits.

2. Complete Anatomy 2021

Description: Complete Anatomy 2021 is a modern way to learn about the human body. With this app, you can take up-close 3D looks anywhere in the body: the heart, nerves, muscles, etc.

Price: $34.99 - $99.99 annual subscription.

Developer Description: Adobe Aero is an immersive AR app that students can use for learning or play. This app allows students to 'spawn' anything right in front of them and get a live look at the object before them.

Price: Free

Description: Animal Safari 3D is a way for students to learn about animals visually. Animal Safari features the ability to see 1:1 scale animals in 3D, hear live animal noises, move and rotate any animal you want, feed, and watch your animal eat. Students can also pull up any animal's information card and learn about its habitat, diet, etc.

Price: Free

Description: solAR is an AR solar system app that allows students to have fun learning about astronomy. Some of the features included are; a 3D visual representation of all of the planets, full-scale planets placed right before you giving you the ability to grasp the proper sizes of the planets, and informational cards to allow students to learn more about individual planets.

Price: Free

Description: AR Pianist is an interactive, modern way for students to learn how to play the piano, with features in the app; such as providing them with a virtual piano if they don't have one, famous virtual pianists that can play songs right in front of them, the ability to slow down songs, learn songs with interactive sheet music, live feedback, and more.

Price: Free

Description: ARvid is an interactive AR app that allows students to interact with animals, buildings and place full-scale objects right before them to create their very own artistic scenes, all while in 4K. ARvid also has all kinds of features, including 4K textures, vehicles, sci-fi, and more.

Price: Free

Description: With 3D Brush students can add live effects to scenes right in front of them. Students can also use your finger to draw and write photorealistic stuff in the scene in front of you. Students can also take pictures of their creation to keep.

Price: Free

Description: Sky Guide makes stargazing for students simple. Just hold your device overhead, and the app will automatically find stars, constellations, planets, satellites, and more for you with ease. Some additional features included with the app allow you to get notifications from the International Space Station and see stars invisible to the human eye with an X-ray filter.

Price: $2.99

Description: Math Ninja AR makes learning math fun for younger children by incorporating physical movements such as; stretching, bending, squatting, crawling, reaching, and peering to find the answer through the many levels inside the app to help stimulate a child's memory and help them retain information.

Price: Free

11. Particular Augmented Reality

Description: This app allows students to create virtual, 3D art; it has all kinds of face filters, virtual UFOs, and more. It's a easy way to help younger students learn about art in a fun-related environment. It's also an easy-to-use app for aspiring graphic, comic, and 3D artists to learn about and create art.

Price: Free

Description: With Big Bang AR, you can watch the universe form right in front of you. This app is a fun way for students to learn about the history of the universe. Another feature allows you to create a supernova, explore the nebula, and other fun stuff.

Price: Free

Description: With Assemblr, students learn traditional academic content through virtual and augmented reality. Teachers can also create multiple online classrooms and record and present virtual 3D presentations.

Price: Free - $50 monthly subscription

Description: CamToPlan can be helpful to engineering or architectural students since it can virtually measure anything in front of them. This app can be beneficial for interior design, landscaping, and more.

Price: Free - $17.99

Description: Hyperspace AR allows students to scan their space and then create the art sculpture or decoration of their choice. Though the art within the app may be limited, it can help students learn to be more creative.

Price: Free

Description: Wonderscope is an interactive way to help younger students find enjoyment in reading. Wonderscope is constantly adding new books for your student or kid to discover and enjoy.

Price: Free

Description: Tracing Projector helps students learn to draw through a virtual tracing mechanism. It has all kinds of photos for students to trace, from the Mona Lisa to their own faces-you can even edit your photos once you're done drawing them.

Price: Free

Description: Halo AR allows you to take a picture of any flat object and overlay any photo, video, or 3D model on top of it. Halo AR also makes it easy to share the halos you create with students.

Price: Free

19. For All Mankind: Time Capsule

Description: This app allows students to use augmented reality to explore digitally artifacts from the early 80s.In that way, it is a mix of science and history-this could also be useful for homeschooled students.

Price: Free

Description: Google Lens is a useful way to help identify all sorts of plant life, learn about landmarks, translate words, or identify animals. All you have to do is hold your device up to what you want to learn about, and it'll tell you.

Price: Free

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As social media has grown to be a larger part of every day life, it is interesting to see how teachers are integrating it into the classroom. My district has been using twitter and Facebook to increase parent communication.

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22 Simple Examples Of Social Media In The Classroom

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This is another tool that I have been introduced to this year. It's made communicating with the families of my students much easier. It's also made it much easier to share photos of my students and their work with their families.

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Adoption and usage

Simple, effective, and surprisingly easy to use

With nearly 30 million users in 80% of US schools, the numbers speak for themselves: students, families, and educators love using Remind.

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Remind | Communication Platform for Education

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Remind is a communication platform that reaches students and families where they are and supports learning wherever it happens. Millions of educators, students, and parents use Remind to connect with the people and resources that help them teach and learn.

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My district had a professional development session where we were introduced to a variety of chrome extensions. Since then, I've loved exploring the different chrome extensions and trying to figure out which ones are best for my classroom.

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160+ Chrome Apps and Extensions for Teachers and Students

I have put together a Google Chrome App and Extension Database for Teachers hat is loaded with apps and extensions for productivity and classroom integration. In this post, you will find 160+ Chrome Apps and Extensions for Teachers and Students! This database is searchable and filterable by category, subject area, and grade level!

If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you probably know that I love the Google Chrome web browser! Google Chrome is the learning environment for all things Google and allows you to customize your browser to fit your needs. Better yet, Google Chrome can be customized to fit the needs of our student learners.

The magic of that customization comes from the Chrome Apps and Chrome Extensions available in the Chrome Web Store.

I encourage you to explore the Chrome Web Store periodically for new apps and extensions to bring to your classroom. On the left-hand side, you will find categories, including a category for education.

Check out some of my previous Chrome posts:

What are Chrome Apps?

Apps are often enhanced shortcuts that optimize the website or app within the browser. Some require additional installation and set-up. Chrome must be running to access these applications. Below are a few of my favorite Google Chrome Apps.

What are Chrome Extensions?

Extensions are installed in the browser and give you added features and abilities to customize your browser.

Warning! Running too many extensions at once can slow your computer down. This list is a great place to start, but pick and choose what ones you need or want to try. And be sure to grab the Extensity extension so you can turn extensions off when you do not need them.

The Chrome Apps & Extensions Database

For a while, I have kept a list of my favorite apps and favorite extensions on this site, but my list just keeps growing! It has grown so much that a list just doesn't cut it anymore. I needed to find a way to help teachers find the best Chrome apps and extensions to fit the needs of their students, classrooms, and their own productivity. Thus, the Chrome Apps and Extensions Database was born.

The database includes 160 Apps and Extensions and is searchable and filterable. I do not recommend every app and extension for every teacher. Rather, use this as a guide to find what works for you, your classroom and your students. There is something in here for everyone.

BTW, Did you know that Shake Up Learning has it's very own Chrome extension? Get it here and stay up-to-date with all of the Shake Up Learning posts.

Right now, you will find this database is heavy in productivity tools. This is where I need your help. Help me make this database even better by sharing your favorite apps and extensions for your grade levels and subject areas. Please share with me and I will continue to add to this database so that it is loaded with resources for all educators. CLICK HERE to submit your favorite Chrome Apps & Extensions.

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160+ Chrome Apps and Extensions for Teachers and Students

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I have put together a Google Chrome App and Extension Database for Teachers that is loaded with apps and extensions for productivity and classroom integration. Google Chrome can be customized to fit the needs of our student learners. The database includes 100+ Apps and Extensions and is searchable and filterable.

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Another great technology tool to help motivate students to practice and reinforce important skills. I find resources like this to be particularly useful when trying to practice and reinforce concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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Assistive Technology is always developing and can range from low tech to high tech. This is a great resource to get an overview of different types to start determining which is the best for the students in need.

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Discover websites, blog posts, articles, and videos related to understanding, selecting, and assessing assistive technology.

Getting Started

Whether low-tech, high-tech, or somewhere in between, assistive technology and related services play an important role in reducing barriers to learning for students with a variety of special needs and challenges. Before exploring the resources below, watch VideoAmy's " Five-Minute Film Festival: The Power of Assistive Technology," to better understand how technology can empower kids and help them build independence.

For Educators

Assistive Technology Module: To review the basics, check out this great overview of assistive technology for classroom teachers. (IRIS Center/Vanderbilt University)

Assistive Technology: Find general information on assistive technology and accessible educational materials, including relevant federal laws. Assistive Technology Resources is a comprehensive list of national organizations, conferences, state resources, and transition resources. (National Center on Accessible Educational Materials)

AEM Navigator: Explore a decision-making tool -- designed for use by Individualized Education Program teams -- that can help determine the need, selection, acquisition, and use of accessible educational materials. (National Center on Accessible Educational Materials)

For Parents

Finding Assistive Technology

Explore the following websites for information about specific technologies and guidance on finding appropriate tools.

For Educators

TechMatrix: Search a database of over 400 assistive and educational technology tools and resources. The products are searchable by content area, grade level, IDEA disability category, and type of instructional support. (U.S Department of Education/American Institutes for Research)

Consumer Guide for School Administrators: Download TechMatrix's useful consumer guide for guidance on technology purchases. Also available are research articles on the theory and practice of using technology to improve student learning. (National Center for Technology Innovation and the Center for Implementing Technology in Education)

For Parents

Tips and Tools

Social-Emotional Apps for Special Ed: Find apps to help students of all ages build emotional literacy, learn self-regulation, and focus on problem solving and task planning. (Edutopia, 2015)

Apps to Support Diverse Learners in the Classroom: Find apps to help diverse learners gamify tasks, learn social cues, prioritize, strengthen math skills, and sharpen language abilities. (Edutopia, 2015)

It's a Snap! 4 Ways to Use Music With Special Needs Students: Discover ways to supplement visuals with music, teach through students' favorite songs, emphasize rhythm, and generalize lessons into non-musical settings. (Edutopia, 2014)

Creating a "Least Restrictive Environment" with Mobile Devices: See how mobile devices can help create a "least restrictive environment," not only for students with disabilities, but for everyone else as well. (Edutopia, 2013)

Dictation Technology Will Change Writing Instruction: Consider this thoughtful examination of how dictation technology is likely to change the future of writing instruction. (Edutopia, 2013)

Resources to Address Specific Challenges

Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

What is UDL?: Understand the basics of universal design for learning. (National Center of Universal Design for Learning)

UDL and Technology: Read about the relationship between UDL and technology. UDL strategies do not replace the need for AT, but UDL and AT can be complementary. (National Center of Universal Design for Learning)

Universal Design for Learning: What It Is and How It Works: Explore key takeaways for parents, including information about advocating for children. (Understood.org)

Was this page helpful? Are you familiar with other useful resources? Please share your feedback in the comments, and let us know if you'd like to see other types of resources included on this page.

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This is one of my favorite literacy tools to use in the classroom. As a special education teacher, I often have students on many different reading levels. Newsela allows me to take the same current events article and adjust the Lexile Score. This allows me to have all students reading about the same topic but at their individual level!

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It's time to improve literacy skills during social studies instruction and ensure that readers of all abilities have what they need to access grade-level social studies concepts.

Join us on Thursday, December 7 for a look at scaffolded materials that provide extra literacy support while building key social studies concepts and skills.

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Newsela | Content and assessment platform

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Content Aligned To National & State Standard, Flexible To Support Relevant Curriculum. Find the Perfect Piece Of Content For Lessons. Go beyond the book.

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It is a Digital Database that is perfect for lower elementary aged students. It contains a wide variety of subjects and every piece of text is read aloud to students. This allows students some more independence while exploring nonfiction texts.

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This is a new program and software that my school recently began using. It is an adaptive testing program that is administered online to students and then students get lessons tailored to them based on their test results. Here is a sample lesson. They also had great professional development training that came along with it.

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Brain Pop is an excellent resource for teachers and students. There is Brain Pop for older students and Brain Pop Junior for younger students. It provides great educational support to help reinforce lessons for students.

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As this is an emerging debate in education over whether chrome books or iPads are better technology for students, this is an interesting article. This would be good for administrators to read to continue to get more information about which is most appropriate.

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Apple's over three decade commitment to education

Apple's over 30-year commitment to education has been illustrated through many initiatives, but most recently it has been demonstrated through creation of the Apple Teacher website and all of its related professional learning curricular materials. Apple Teacher is a recognition that teachers can earn, but at its core, Apple Teacher is really an in-depth professional learning experience for education professionals. Apple created an entire professional learning curriculum that enables teachers to become highly skilled at using iPad or Mac and all of Apple's first party software (Pages, Keynote, Numbers, etc.) in a classroom setting. And the best part is that educators can learn this on their own schedule and at their own convenience, which means they can learn what they need and when they need it for their respective classrooms.

There is a position with Apple Education called the Development Executive. These people are all former educators whose primary role is to go into schools to help them best incorporate Apple products into teaching and learning. Many times the Development Executive personally spends time in the districts providing support and education to teachers. However, Development Executives also provide connections to Apple Distinguished Educators so that the school districts can reach out to the Apple Distinguished Educator for additional support and help. I am an Apple Distinguished Educator and have had contact with many school districts, students across Ohio, and the rest of the United States to help them with coding, Swift, and iPad management infrastructure. When a district buys an Apple product they are also purchasing professional learning tools, support, assistance, and thousands of years of combined knowledge from Apple Education employees and the Apple Distinguished Educator community.

As I previously mentioned, my district did, at one point, decide to purchase Chromebooks, which we still have because of their light use and another reason I will mention later. When my district received our Chromebooks, we unboxed them, deployed them, and that was it. We, as teachers, had to figure it out without any support or help other than internet research. Google's direct support of Chromebook is non-existent because they did not manufacture the product. Let's not forget that Google's top business is Search! They collect data about our use and sell it to advertisers. As an adult I am aware of the consequences of choosing to use some of Google's services (and I do use some of them); however, we need to be fully cognizant of the impact of those choices for our students.

Apple's commitment to education is also apparent in the many, varied, and powerful Apple apps that available at no additional cost. Most recently, the entire iWork suite ( Pages, Keynote, and Numbers) became available for free. Two of the most powerful creativity and content creation apps - iMovie and GarageBand are also now free in the App Store. Additionally, Swift Playgrounds and the entire Everyone Can Code curriculum, iTunes U, and iBooks make up an armada of free content. All of these apps enable students learn, create, and share across the entire curriculum. Apple's commitment to education may be best demonstrated by its providing world class productivity and creativity software to students and teachers at no additional cost.

Well, Chromebooks are cheaper!

I agree with that statement. Many Chromebooks are cheap(er). Many of them are plastic and not well made, but that cheapness comes at a cost: durability and residual value. The conventional wisdom (in education) has been that Chromebooks cost schools less money to deploy. I do not believe this conventional wisdom to be actual wisdom or even true. The new iPad definitely renders this argument for choosing Chromebook completely null and void. Let me show you how.

In the Spring of 2016 my district flipped our iPad lease. We had 4 year-old 16GB iPad 2s and 3 year-old 16GB iPad minis that had been part of our previous iPad cart deployment. We sold for these devices for $90 per device to a company that purchases used devices from schools. These devices were purchased for $479 and $329 respectively. This means that the per year cost of these devices were $97.25 and $80 respectively. Additionally, we had 16GB iPad Air devices that were the devices we had leased for our 1:1 deployment that started in the fall of 2014. The cost per device was $479. The same company that purchased our iPad 2s and minis purchased our iPad Airs for $160, thus resulting in a per year cost of $160 for our iPad Air devices. During the time of our iPad cart deployment, we had a couple of teachers request Chromebook carts. Our superintendent granted the request and we purchased Samsung Chromebooks for $270. The company that purchased our iPads gave us a quote on the value of our Chromebooks. After three years of use, the Chromebook quote was $0. They had no residual value. This is the point that many school districts overlook when they are considering technology - residual value. iPad has residual value and can be sold at the end of a deployment. Chromebook does not have residual value. The new iPad, with its lower cost and residual value, will bring down the per year cost to what I will think will be around $115 based upon previous iPad buyback value. This now eliminates the argument that Chromebooks are less expensive for schools than iPad devices, because now they are not.

The combination of the curricular advantages, better design for a learning environment, Apple's long commitment and support of education, and now price makes iPad the best choice for a transformative learning tool for students and teachers. Now it is up to school leadership teams to forget any previously learned or assumed wisdom about education technology and to rethink what device will give their students and teachers the best educational experience now that price difference is no longer a real issue.

[^1]: Arment, M., Siracusa, J., & Liss, C. (Producers). (2017, February 16). Making sausage-making glamorous [Show #209]. Accidental Tech Podcast. Podcast retrieved from http://atp.fm
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[^3]: Puentedura, R. R. (Presenter). (2013, November 15). Of Lively Sketchbooks and Curiosity Amplifiers: Thoughts on the iPad and Learning. Speech presented at EdTechTeacher iPad Summit Boston, Boston, MA.

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iPad or Chromebook - the technology is a tool for educators to use to create a more engaging and dynamic learning experience for our students that they otherwise could not have without the technology. Good teaching is still a requirement regardless of the technology tool.

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There are so many apps that it can be overwhelming to sort through them to find ones that are free or of a low cost but that are also effective. Here are some great options especially for special education teachers!

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I found blogs from teachers to be a great learning source as I can see how real teachers are able to implement these tools in their classroom. Google Classroom is new to my district and it is great to see how a teacher is using it to work with students who are the same ages as my students.

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A great tutorial where teachers can go at their own pace. There is a screen share so those watching the presentation can see what the screens look like when creating presentations in SMART Notebook.

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SMART Notebook and SMART Board Tutorial (Windows, Mac, Linux)

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There are so many classes upcoming on the calendar but also many archived lessons to re-watch. This is a great way for teachers to find professional development tailored to what they specifically need.

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Join James Hoppner for a live demonstration of Teq Online PD. During this webinar, James will answer all of you questions about our online PD, highlight key features (such as the weekly interactive sessions), and speak about the unique ability to connect with state-certified educators and edtech exp

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11 Cool Things You Can Do With your SMART Board

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Do you and your students tend to do the same thing on your interactive whiteboard over and over? Us too! That's why we were excited to talk with Rebecca Penina Simon, an interactive-whiteboard expert who's also the director of educational technology at Solomon Schechter School of Queens. Here are some of the cool ways she's using Teq Unlimited, a resource that combines SMART's software with some awesome online PD and that we want to try right now.

Most interactive-whiteboard software comes with activity templates that make it easier to create activities and games. But a lot of teachers don't use them! Check them out-they're definitely worth another look. SMART's Lesson Activity Builder (LAB), features six core activity templates that can be customized in various ways. One of our favorites is Super Sort, which guides you through a series of questions to choose your theme (e.g., aliens), enter categories (e.g., nouns and adjectives), category components (e.g., beach, library, soft, green, etc.) and game components (e.g., buzzers, spinning wheel to randomly pick students, etc.). You can even import your student list, and then, voilà! You've got a super-fun, interactive and totally customized class activity!

2. Have students submit answers on their phones.

It's pretty much impossible to call on every student in class, but it's still possible for all your kids to participate-even the shy ones. Use SMART Notebook's LAB to create a Shout It Out! activity that asks kids to submit photos or text answers for each of the categories you specify (e.g., mammals, reptiles, amphibians). With SMART Response, your kids can use their 1:1 devices (computers, tablets or smartphones) to submit their answers.

3. Teach algebra and geometry with virtual manipulatives.

If you think the only way to use an interactive whiteboard for math is to write out equations with a pen, this one is going to blow you away. You can handwrite equations or formulas, and SMART Notebook 's Math Equation Editor will turn them into typed text! As if that's not cool enough for all you math geeks, there's more: You can use GeoGebra to take your written or typed algebraic equations and instantly create corresponding graphs. It's a powerful time-saver!

4. Add a smiley face to student board work.

Kids love getting stickers and stamps on their worksheets, so why wouldn't they love seeing them next to the work they do on a whiteboard? If you have SMART Ink, you can use the Stamp Pad feature to put a thumbs-up or a smiley face stamp next to a student's correctly answered question on the board. If a student writes an incorrect answer on the board, you can stamp a sad face or an "X." You can even add up to 20 of your own custom stamps.

5. Hand out copies without having to use the dreaded copy machine.

The copy machine can be a teacher's worst nemesis! Thankfully, if you have SMART amp, you don't have to wait in line at the copy machine (just to have it jam!) any longer. Instead, you can digitally pass out copies of a workspace to all your students. Bonus: It saves trees too!

6. Evenly divide shapes to teach fractions.

We've all been there. You're trying to teach fractions by showing your class how to divide a circle into equal parts, but the sections you've drawn are far from equally divided (some poor kid's going to get 1/16 of the pizza while another's going to get 1/3!). With SMART Notebook, you can right-click on a shape, choose the number of segments and-like magic-the shape is evenly divided! If you want, you can then drag and drop individual sections anywhere on your workspace. You can even select whether or not the fraction labels (1/4, 1/8, etc.) are shown on each section.

7. Write on anything!

Your SMART pens aren't just for writing on a blank canvas. With SMART Ink, you can grab a pen and write on just about anything. Use the pens to write over text in a Word document or circle pictures on a website.

8. Find out exactly who's contributed what in group projects.

When kids work offline, it can be challenging to know who really painted the diorama or worked on the poster. With SMART amp, you can create a digital canvas that has sections designated for each group member. It's kind of like Google Docs-but way cooler. All group members can contribute to the same workspace at the same time, but they don't have to be doing the same thing-one kid can do word processing while another watches a YouTube video and still another creates a timeline! The best part? Teachers can take control of the workspace to review a concept or use the "attribution" feature in real time to see exactly which students are contributing to the project.

9. Figure out which students "get" it.

With SMART Response, you can choose to keep students' answers anonymous or include their names to make it easy to keep track of which students grasped the concept. If you need to check off the Common Core box, there's even a way to tag standards to questions and export the data to any system your school uses. Plus you can use the time you would have spent grading quizzes to plan follow-up lessons that help them practice the skills they find most challenging.

10. Knock off some PD requirements.

If this list got you excited about all the cool stuff you can do with your whiteboard and left you inspired to learn more, you're in luck. SMART offers lots of professional development options to help you keep up with all the newest features and how you can actually use them in your classroom. Teq Online PD has multiple one-hour live broadcasts each week where you have the opportunity to ask questions and chat with the instructor in real time. Or you can access more than 150 archived sessions on-demand whenever you have time. Either way, you can knock off some of your PD requirements for the year.

11. When you get stuck, connect with your own personal tech tutor.

How many times have you taken a technology PD session only to forget what you learned when it came time to actually use it in your classroom? You might know you can create a graph out of an algebraic equation you wrote on the board but can't seem to recall exactly how to access it. With the Teq PD Instructional Support Now button, you can connect with a PD specialist who's an expert in instructional technology the moment you get stuck-or you can schedule a future time that's convenient for you.
To try out all these ideas in your classroom, check out Teq Unlimited, a software package that combines SMART's software-Notebook, Response, Lesson Activity Builder and amp-with awesome online professional development.

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Google has some great tools for technology in the classroom. As more schools are adopting G Suites, this is a great tool to help teachers feel more comfortable with this training.

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This is a great blog that is run by a literacy specialist. She always has wonderful webinars that teachers can attend live to ask questions or you can rewatch them later if you can't watch live. I've done a number of her webinars and it's a cool way to interact with teachers all around the country and talk about literacy education.

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Nearpod is a great interactive presentation tool for teachers and they have a series of webinars to help teachers learn how to best utilize the program's features.

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Find teacher resources to take student engagement to the next level. Explore Nearpod training materials including live webinars, on-demand resources, FAQs and more!

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Reading Rockets is a website that often has very informative articles on literacy. Some great suggestions for apps to help students work on crucial literacy skills.

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Reading Rockets is a national multimedia project that offers a wealth of research-based reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in helping struggling readers build fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills.

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I think the Google Chrome Extension and Apps is one of the most important resources. Many of those resources are so easily implemented and are an easy tool to introduced to teachers of all different technology levels.

I also think the Teq Professional Development website is a great tool for teachers to see all the different types of online webinars that are available. This also helps to meet teachers were they are in their knowledge of technology.

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There are a number of tools that my school is already utilizing but there are some that I think would be beneficial if they were implemented throughout the school. Remind is an app that is used by only some teachers but I think it would be a great platform for the whole school to use and for all teachers.

I also think in my district, we could benefit from more SMART Board training. There are many teachers who have SMART Boards that they don't really know how to use. Having some basic training for teachers who need to learn the basics of the SMART Boards and then having some more advanced training for those who have mastered the basics.