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This is where our team shares their ideas and experiences with educators from around the world. Here you’ll find our blog, Educator Resource Center, video archive, and other resources.
The Teq PD team blogs on a variety of topics, from the Common Core to their favorite apps. You’ll also find the latest company news. The Educator Resource Center contains free-to-download-and-share SMART, ActivInspire, Easiteach, and Mimio lessons organized by subject and grade.
Please feel free to engage with the Teq team here, or through one of our social channels. We look forward to your feedback and invite you to be part of our learning community.
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How to Download and Use Dropbox on Your PC
- Using your web browser of choice (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer etc.) go to www.dropbox.com.
- Click on the “Download Dropbox” link.
- If you are using Google Chrome, the program will automatically begin to download and you will see a status bar showing you when the download has completed.
If you are using Firefox, a mini
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Gathering Evidence for Learning…There’s an App for That!
When teachers can gather information about student learning during the instructional process, they can provide better feedback to the student and makes better plans for further supporting the learning. The Evidence for Learning app for iPhone and iPad from theTeacherCloud makes the process of gathering evidence easy and seamless.
In the app, you’ll begin with … Read more
Posted in Apps, Assessment, Classroom Tools, Common Core
Tagged Apps, Evidence for Learning, iPad, theTeacherCloud
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Teq Calendar Lessons for May
This month the Teqsplorers are visiting the Large Hadron Collider to help us learn how to find circumference and radius as well as study the behavior of quarks. You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.
In the … Read more
Q & A with Teq!
Over the years we’ve been to your schools
Taught you iPad, SMART Board, and other great web tools
Now it’s your turn, so ask away…
It’s time for some Q & A, the Teq way
On May 29th join Joseph and Lin
Here are the rules and the prizes you’ll win
Do you have a … Read more
Posted in Apps, Classroom Tools, Tech Support, Technology, Tips, Web Tools
Tagged Professional Development, Q&A, SMART Board Resources
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Flip Your Classroom with Educreations
Educreations is a very popular screen casting whiteboard app. From its easy to use interface and robust collection of teacher-created screencasts, Educreations is one of the best iPad apps for your classroom. Because Educreations is a blank whiteboard, it can be used in any subject to explain concepts, review topics and give a teacher a … Read more
Event a Success at Avenues: The World School
Over the weekend Teq co-hosted the Digital Learning Summit with Avenues: The World School. The sold-out event provided teachers and administrators with the inspiration, strategies, and confidence to actively pursue a transformation in teaching and learning practices.
To see and hear more, check out this video!
Posted in Events, News
Tagged Avenues: The World School, Digital Learning Summit, Professional Development
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Digital Storytelling with Toontastic
Continuing our look back at Teq’s Top 5 iPad Apps webinar from last fall, today we are highlighting a free iPad app that enables students to make fun and exciting cartoons while teaching them the importance of a story arc or plot diagram. Toontastic allows students to design, animate, and share cartoons using a variety … Read more
Posted in Apps, Classroom Tools
Tagged Apps, Digital Storytelling, iPad, Toontastic
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Google Apps Update…Turning Down the Chatter
If your school has deployed Google Apps for Education, we hope you are enjoying all the fantastic Google features as much as we are. Your students are collaborating in real time on projects in Google Drive, you are coordinating and reserving building resources with your colleagues on your shared Google Calendars, yet you may … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Tech Support, Tips
Tagged Chat, Google Apps for Education, Google Talk
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Designing Games with Kodu
If you have students who are drawn to the gaming world, check out this free resource that allows them to design and program their own games.
Using Kodu, a visual programming language, students of all ages can design games for the PC and Xbox. The interface is brilliantly simple, and the language is all … Read more
