Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2023

Artificial Intelligence–AI–can greatly assist many mundane education tasks. Tools like Siri, Alexa, ChatGPT, and a plethora of apps seem perfect for handling the repetitive and time-consuming aspects of education that take teachers away from the core of most lessons that require critical thinking, creativity, and problem-solving.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2022

The primary purpose of grading is to communicate a student’s achievement of learning goals. Instead, we must ensure that learners are intrinsically motivated through learning activities that are challenging, purposeful, relevant and empowering. We must re-evaluate what parts of our education system to keep and what to update.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 13, 2020

Many of us have been discussing educational reform for decades. Given the unprecedented time of COVID19 and its effect on education, it is a perfect time to revisit and reimagine the purpose, operations, and skills related to a powerful education. Whole Person Learning. Learner Choice and Voice.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved. It is challenging to include those characteristics in classes when you are concurrently trying to achieve school goals, comply with curriculum timelines, juggle parent concerns, and blend your lessons with those of colleagues. Are classmates bored or riveted?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved. It is challenging to include those characteristics in classes when you are concurrently trying to achieve school goals, comply with curriculum timelines, juggle parent concerns, and blend your lessons with those of colleagues. Are classmates bored or riveted?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Painlessly add flexible, authentic, and transformative technology to your classroom. Questions you’ll discuss include “What is your favorite digital tool” and “How does technology achieve writing standards without the tears”. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Achievement Curriculum Flexibility Construction 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2019

This means learning online has become one of the most popular approaches to education. Done right, you don’t have to give up the collaboration, camaraderie, and new friends to get the passion of learning, the huzzah of amazing knowledge, and the high of improving yourself. Each year, the classes grow in size.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 29, 2018

In fact, it’s good to be flexible with the schedule and responsive to student needs. They learn faster when you’re listening to them and come to believe they are worthy. An education pedagogy that works nicely with robust morning meetings is Whole Brain Teaching (click for my review). That’s OK.

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Achievement Curriculum Flexibility Personalized Learning 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

At the completion of this course, you will be able to: Painlessly add flexible, authentic, and transformative technology to your classroom. Questions you’ll discuss include “What is your favorite digital tool” and “How does technology achieve writing standards without the tears”. Your Personal Learning Network.

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Achievement Curriculum Flexibility Construction 151

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Gordon, a Nationally-recognized Teacher and in the Top Five in my school district, so abysmally failed to spark my love of learning. I started by reviewing knowledgeable websites like Benchmark Education. Effective teachers care about the student, their goals, and their achievement of goals. They are flexible.

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Magic EdTech

JULY 2, 2019

Flipped learning is a well-established approach to education that has been trending upward for more than a decade. In a flipped learning classroom, students learn basic content at home through videos of lectures and/or reading assignments. Does that mean flipped learning is better learning?

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 10, 2021

The second wave of COVID-19 has arrived, prompting classes to move from in-person to virtual instruction from day to day and week to week. Adaptive learning is the key to providing personalized learning both inside and outside of the classroom. . . What is Adaptive Learning? The Future of Adaptive Learning.

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 10, 2021

The second wave of COVID-19 has arrived, prompting classes to move from in-person to virtual instruction from day to day and week to week. Adaptive learning is the key to providing personalized learning both inside and outside of the classroom. . . What is Adaptive Learning? The Future of Adapting Learning.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JULY 31, 2022

Education technology has good uses, but as we’ve moved through the pandemic, sometimes it may have been mis-implemented or implemented without teacher PD. He shares observations on where education technology is and where it is going in the future. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. And what are we hoping to achieve? [00:01:48]

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 2, 2016

One of the greatest gifts an educator can give to their learners is to see each one; really seeing each and every one of them. If educators talk to their learners more than listen to them, then this is a problem. If educators talk to their learners more than listen to them, then this is a problem.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 20, 2017

Students learn best when they are relaxed, happy, and feeling loved. It is challenging to include those characteristics in classes when you are concurrently trying to achieve school goals, comply with curriculum timelines, juggle parent concerns, and blend your lessons with those of colleagues. Are classmates bored or riveted?

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Curriculum Flexibility Achievement Personalized Learning 153

STEM Education Shopping

JULY 26, 2023

This exciting game combines the love of basketball with the power of mathematics to create an educational experience like no other. Math games basketball is a fun and educational way to improve your math skills while playing a sport you love. Look no further than math games basketball!

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

I was painfully bored during my K-12 education. My undergraduate education, except for a few bright spots, was just an extension of my K-12 education including more grill and drill with sages on the stages (literally since I went to such a large university); taking notes and taking lots of multiple choice tests. I was wrong.

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