Tech Gadgets for Classroom Use

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There are many digital "gadgets" available to support all types of new teaching and learning initiatives. This pages will provide links to some of the resource pages specifically designed to enhance the use of these devices in the K-12 classroom.

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Mobile Devices in in the Classroom

• iPads4Teaching
• Bloomin' Apps
• Android4Schools                                                                                      

Voice-activated Digital Assistants in the Classroom

• Building skills for Amazon Alexa
• ​Using the Amazon Echo Dot in the classroom
• ​Alexa: Your new teacher assistant
• ​Google Home in the school library
• 10 things Siri can do for teachers and students
• ​7 pro's and con's for using Siri in the classroom

Digital Cameras and Camcorders in the Classroom

• Classroom applications for the digital camera 
• Digital camera in education 
• Digital camera ideas for kids 
• Digital cameras enhance education
• Digital cameras in the classroom (page 2)
• Digital video in education 
• Going digital in the classroom 
• 1001 uses for a digital camera 
• Using digital cameras in the classroom
• 100 ways to use digital cameras
• Using digital cameras in the elementary classroom
• Ricoh Theta S 360° camera (see AR/VR page)

Other Devices in the Classroom

• Data (video) projectors in the classroom
• Digital microscopes in the classroom
• Document cameras in the classroom 
• Document cameras: Interesting ways series
• Drawing tablets in the classroom
• Geocaching with kids
• GPS activities and lesson plans
• GPS lesson plans
• Ham radio in the classroom
• Laser cutters
• Leap Motion in the classroom
• Livescribe Pen: Educational uses
• Livescribe Pen: Research for use in teaching & learning
• Nintendo DS in the classroom: Interesting ways series
• Nintendo WII in the classroom: Interesting ways series
• USB drives: S.O.A.P. on a rope
• USB "Key Chain" flash drives
• Scanning with students
• Videoconferencing from the classroom
• Web conferencing in the classroom

Using Cellphones and Tablets in the Classroom (BYOD/BYOT)

• BYOT resources
• BYOD toolkit
• Cell phones in the classroom
• Cell phones: Interesting ways series
• Cybrary Man's BYOD/BYOT resources
• 44 better ways to use smartphones in the classroom

Interactive White Boards in the Classroom

• Interactive whiteboard activities: ELA
• Interactive whiteboard activities: Learning games
• Interactive whiteboard activities: Science and math
• Interactive whiteboard activities: Social studies
• Interactive whiteboard sites
• Interesting ways series: IWB
• Mimio Connect lesson plans
• Promethean Planet lesson plans
• SMART Exchange

Wearables in the Classroom

• Apple Watch tutorials
• Twenty best glances for the Apple Watch
• Five ways virtual reality will change education
• ​Imagining the classroom of 2016, empowered by wearable tech
• Thirty-six ways to use wearable technology in the classroom
• This is the beginning of VR education & it is only going to get better 

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Page created: 07/01/2005
Last updated: 01/24/2022
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