June, 2012

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Students Empower Each Other & Teachers to Learn with Tech as Funding Runs Dry

The Innovative Educator

Photo credit: Mike Sheehan Photography The Manhattan Office of Educational Technology held an innovation celebration to showcase the work of students who partnered with teachers for learning with technology. At the event student presenters demonstrated for visiting adults and peers ways in which they were using technology to innovate learning. Some students shared how they are empowered to analyze their own data to drive their learning, others shared how they use student response systems to gro

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10 Sites for Keyboarding & Typing

Technology Tidbits

Keyboarding or Typing is one the first and most vital skills for students to learn for technology literacy. This skill is the building block for using a computer and one that starts as early KDG if not sooner. Also, this is a nice skill/unit to teach in using "centers or blocks", free time, or even summer school. *This list is in alphabetical order 10 Sites for Keyboarding/Typing ABCya - A fun site/app for kids trying to learn how to type in games such as: Alpha Munchies, Cup Stack Typing, and J