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This is SPRK Lightning Lab. Your hub to create, contribute, and learn with Sphero robots.

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Become a product reviewer for the Global Educator Institute (GEI). By signing up you will receive educational products for free to try out and review. After completing the evaluation, donate them to a school, library, or charity of your choice.

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A unique app for teachers

Bloomz is the world’s first free app that purely focuses on teacher-parent engagement, creating a supportive classroom community and saving teachers a ton of time.

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Free Online Program for Math and English from PracTutor – ClassTechTips.com

This summer PracTutor is offering their online curriculum completely free for students.  This personalized curriculum includes a diagnostic pre-test that measures current learning levels and customizes a learning path for every student.  This summer your students can practice Math and English skills through various question types, manipulatives, and videos with scaffolds and support.

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Top 50 Completely FREE Education Apps — Updated April 22!

Keep up-to-date with what’s movin’ and shakin’ on the App Store with this list of the Top 50 most downloaded completely FREE apps (with no in-app purchases) available in the Education section on iTunes as of April 22, 2015. You will find apps for babies, preschoolers, toddlers, students, educators and…

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How the SAMR model improves teaching with iPad | learnmakerblog

There’s a very easy way to make better use of the iPad in class. Simply become more aware of what you’re using the iPad for when teaching. This is where the SAMR model comes in, something I believe all teachers should be familiar with. The SAMR model is a 4 stage framework, illustrated below by the fantastic Sylvia Duckworth, creator of many great sketch notes.

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Coding on iPads – Beginner to Pro – IPAD 4 SCHOOLS

Code and programming may not be the most important topics on the planet but it is an area of study that sufferers two major problems. one: an industry with millions of unfilled job positions and two: a world where not enough teachers feel confident to run programming projects. The iPad can offer a solution in these situations.

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Keep Your Kids Safe When They’re Using a Smartphone – MakeUseOf.com

“Nowadays, kids want to use smartphones. Of course, most parents aren’t willing to actually buy their kids a device, but plenty have no problem letting them play with one. Of course, when a child uses a cell phone they can potentially be exposed to all kinds of dangerous things that aren’t meant for young eyes.

But the risks aren’t just for the children, but they can affect you, the parents, too. Kids could make unwanted in-app purchases, make calls to people you don’t want to talk to, they could even share photos you don’t want the world to see, and they can do plenty of other bad things. So what can you do? Check out the infographic below for the answers.”

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Keep Your Kids Safe When They’re Using a Smartphone – MakeUseOf.com

“Nowadays, kids want to use smartphones. Of course, most parents aren’t willing to actually buy their kids a device, but plenty have no problem letting them play with one. Of course, when a child uses a cell phone they can potentially be exposed to all kinds of dangerous things that aren’t meant for young eyes.

But the risks aren’t just for the children, but they can affect you, the parents, too. Kids could make unwanted in-app purchases, make calls to people you don’t want to talk to, they could even share photos you don’t want the world to see, and they can do plenty of other bad things. So what can you do? Check out the infographic below for the answers.”

Source: www.makeuseof.com

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iPaddling through Third Grade: iPaddling through Guided Math

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“Flipped math lessons have become common for our third grade team.  Students explaining and showing what they are learning in math is the key to application, understanding, and retention. There are so many great apps to use for a flipped math lesson that tie in with curriculum!”

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