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Regardless of what curriculum areas we teach, observing and assessing our students is something that we all do every day. Thanks to mobile devices like iPads and Android tablets, recording our informal observations and formal assessments has never been easier.
Web applications that make it easy to create records in appealing formats for sharing, selected by Richard Byrne, School Library Journal’s Cool Tools columnist.
From maintaining a blog to texting updates from the classroom, free web apps can help educators foster those important school-home connections.
From Vialogues and SynchTube to TED-Ed, free tools for hosting conversation around videos.
Handy tools for reading and ebook discovery that you can enjoy using yourself and perhaps put them to use with students in the classroom or library.
These tools enable students to connect, share notes, and work through difficult problems together.
Handy extensions and add-ons will help you perform multi-step tasks with ease.
These ebook creation tools offer a range of capabilities, from adding a few page-turning effects to PDFs to creating full-blown interactive ebooks with multimedia elements.
From magazines to signs at the local supermarket checkout line, QR codes, those little square boxes of dotted patterns, are everywhere these days. Here’s how you can use them in school.
A common new-school-year resolution for students is to do a better job of tracking their assignments. Here you’ll find some of our favorite organization tools to help you and your students achieve just that.
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