At Edison Elementary, here is a breakdown of our instructional technology tools and their purpose. Some resources are district provided, and others are unique to our site and students' needs.
Instructional Technology Tools
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Tool
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Purpose
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Class Dojo
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Main Parent Communication - Announcements & submit work through teacher page
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Clever
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Home platform that stores all other learning apps
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Google Classroom
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Platform for asynchronous 3-5 Reading, Writing, & Math - Posting announcements and assignments
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Seesaw
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Platform for asynchronous TK-2 Reading, Writing, & Math - Posting assignments
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Zoom
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Video platform for synchronous meetings
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i-Ready
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Reading & Math diagnostic assessments & personalized lessons
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CUE Think Math
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Math interactive problem-solving and feedback
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ST Math
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Math puzzles & personalized lessons
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RazKids+
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Reading practice personalized
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EPIC Reading
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Reading practice
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Scholastic
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Reading practice
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Flipgrid
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Practice speaking, listening, and comprehension through videos
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Pear Deck
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Interactive slides for instruction - checking student understanding
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Typing Club
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Practice typing faster - helps with expressing ideas (writing) through typing
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Newsela
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Reading practice with lots of non-fiction - checking student understanding
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Mystery Science
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Science lessons & labs
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BrainPOP+Jr.
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Supplemental independent lessons in Science, Social Science, Math, Reading
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