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Events: SMART Board Conferences & Bring a Friend
This Saturday, April 27, we’ll be hosting a SMART Board User Conference at Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station, New York. Here’s the list of courses for the day, and there are still tickets available (register online):
- Learning with the iPad
- SMART Board Basics
- Intro to SMART Notebook
- 20 Coolest Things (You Can
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Tagged Digital Learning Summit, Professional Development, SMART Board User Conference
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Teq Calendar Lessons for April
This month the Teqsplorers travel to the Galagapos Islands to collect evidence of natural selection and to analyze “inherit the wind”. You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.
Natural Selection, for high school students is directly … Read more
Posted in Educator Resource Center, ELA, Science
Tagged Evolutionism, Galapagos Islands, Inherit The Wind, Natural Selection, Teq Calendar
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Teq Calendar Lessons for March
This month the Teqsplorers travel to the Hoover Dam to study hydroelectricity and to learn about the history of the location. You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.
Current in a Series Circuit, for middle school … Read more
Posted in Educator Resource Center, Notebook
Tagged Circuits, Hoover Dam, hydroelectricity, Interactive Lessons, SMART Board Resources, Teq Calendar
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Teq Calendar Lessons for December
This month the Teqsplorers travel to Mexico for a visit to the Mayan Pyramids to learn about the Earth’s rotation and revolution as well as measuring volume. You can join the Teqsplorers and download interactive lessons on these topics for SMART Notebook, RM Easiteach, and ActivInspire from our Educator Resource Center.
Mayan Rotation and … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Educator Resource Center, Lesson Plans, Science
Tagged ActivInspire, Educator Resource Center, Interactive Lessons, Promethean, RM Easiteach, Teq Calendar
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Dial Polling Edmodo App
Turn your classroom into a newsroom using the latest data from your students! Use the dial polling app in Edmodo to gauge sentiment on the latest presidential debate or your school’s debate club! With the dial polling app you can embed a YouTube video or YouTube live stream and create a dial poll while you … Read more
Top 16 iPad Apps for Education
Our team of instructional technology specialists has assembled their list of the Top iPad Apps for Education eBook. Inside you’ll find overviews of 16 apps they’ve found teachers using in their classrooms, and their own personal favorites, including Evernote, Skitch, Edmodo, and Three Ring.
What apps are you using in the classroom? Did we leave … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Common Core
Tagged Apps, Edmodo, Evernote, iPad, Skitch, Three Ring
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Back to School
Welcome back! We hope you had a great Summer! If you were away from the blog, here’s a quick recap of some the things we covered and a what’s coming up in the next few weeks.
First, it’s not too late to register for the new Teq Calendar, shipping this week. Register now.
This Summer … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Events, Tips
Tagged Bounce, Educreations, Evernote, fakebook, MentorMob, Professional Development, Scribblar
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A Year of Learning
We sent our little Teq explorers on a world-wide adventure, and they’ll be sharing their discoveries in the 2012-2013 Teq Calendar! Each month will contain fun, interactive lessons aligned with Common Core or state standards. There are lessons for math, science, social studies, ELA and more. Teq events are listed for each month, including our … Read more
Posted in Downloads, Educator Resource Center, Events
Tagged calendar, Common Core Standards, SMART Board Resources
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2012-2013 Teq Calendar
As an art teacher in a NYC public school I appreciated the iconic image theme of the Teq ART calendar which I hung behind my desk in front of the classroom. In March I was doing an artist study on Picasso with my fourth grade class. They were learning about Picasso’s life and body of … Read more
Design a Classroom Winner
Melinda won our “Design a Classroom” contest. In this post she shares her thoughts on the design.
Why is my “dream classroom” the ideal learning environment for my students and my teaching style?
My dream classroom is one adaptable to suit a variety of diverse learner needs! As a United States History teacher, I want … Read more
Posted in Contests, Social Studies
Tagged Contest, Design a Classroom, Learning Spaces, Melinda Sprinkle
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