Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or a myriad of other purposes ( click here for more ideas ). My favorites as a history teacher were #sschat #edtechchat and #edchat. Keeping Up.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2020

It’s free or fee (the latter for a pro version), based online, and available on all platforms and digital devices. Teachers see where they must circle back with help, broaden a topic, or move forward faster. Great News: JotForm now offers a PDF Editor. For more, here’s my review. More About JotForm.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Teach digital citizenship.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Science museums from all around the world capture and document this knowledge allowing anyone interested in learning about science, to access this wealth of knowledge and learn about major achievements and milestones that got us where we are today. Visit the museum's website.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2022

There is a robust agenda for academia’s future, including code sharing, registered reports and accessibility. Even as the postsecondary industry opened its doors to become a more-accessible system for students, it locked up the research conducted by its faculty and staff. Sometimes, the literature on a given study topic is just mixed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

Ready or not, digital transformation has come to education. That’s a lot of good news about this massive new experiment in learning through technology. A significant majority of parents (76%) prefer digital communication when it comes to schools (and most—81%–say they’re satisfied with those communication methods).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2019

It’s been a couple of years since my tech teacher advice column “Dear Otto” got its first question about classroom digital assistants like Google Home and Amazon Alexa. What is a digital assistant? You might also want to get parent permission before allowing students access to the device. to tell a story.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2023

As educators, there are many new options opening up to us that will help improve our classrooms and make our professional development more accessible and available via our mobile devices. Sponsor Message and Introduction to Today's Topic 00:00:03:49 – 00:00:31:38 Vicki Davis: Today's sponsor is the Modern Classrooms Project.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

When kids read that America’s $23 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course.

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Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Science in the News Discussing current scientific events , such as scientific breakthroughs or medical advances, can help demonstrate science’s relevance to the world. Virtual Lab Simulations Virtual Lab simulations that offer interactive experiments allow students to explore science concepts digitally.

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Amy Brown Science

MARCH 31, 2020

Both teachers and parents are scrambling to look for resources for our students that can be used digitally for distance learning. First, I am working to convert the resources in my TpT store over to digital formats for use in Goggle Drive, Google Classroom, and/or Microsoft OneDrive. I started with my free resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 23, 2016

I haven’t covered this topic in a while, but Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Sara Stringer, came to the rescue with this great article on How parents can protect their children online : One of the best things about the internet is that it brings the world to you. More on tech and parents: 3 Digital Tools To Keep Parents Up to Date.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2015

Students go there to research, access homework, check grades, and a whole lot more. Parents can save the link to their home computer and let students access any resources on it, with the confidence of knowing you’ve curated everything. The internet is unavoidable in education. They aren’t. is customizable. a To Do list.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2019

I remember report card days as a child, me sitting outside on a brick wall, scared to death as my mother met with the teacher and received the (always bad) news about how I wasn’t doing. It never motivated me to try harder, didn’t make me like school better, and angered me at everyone involved.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2018

Schools who replace paper with a digital distribution of newsletters, announcements, homework, and anything else possible may not increase recycling but do dramatically reduce the amount of paper they use. Among schools who push digital over paper, most report that only about 5% of their usual amount of paper ends up in the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 30, 2015

When kids read that America’s $18 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Early exposure to technology can help children develop digital literacy skills. Debbie Tannenbaum, a veteran teacher and tech coach, has made it her mission to help students develop digital skills even as young as kindergarten.

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Ellipsis Education

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Codelicious – Computer Science Lesson Plans K – 2 – Unplugged – Idea Generation 3 – 5 – Digital Citizenship – What’s in the News? Codelicious – Hour Of Coding With Codelicious Codelicious – 5 Ways To Bring Computer Science Education Week To Your Classroom Codelicious – What Is Computer Science?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

eSpark works on all devices–desktops, Chromebooks, iPads (with the free app)–pretty much whatever digital device you use in your classroom. Access the assignment provided by the teacher. If this sounds like what you need, I have great news: eSpark has a free, one-year trial. Begin the first quest. Click and sign up.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2017

Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). If students are older and prefer to find news via a Google search, install an extension like Readability to remove ads and other distractions from the website before reading.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

What access will my child have to technology tools at school? What access will the students have to the Internet? . Technology tools help students to be more creative and to explore and experiment in ways they never could without the classroom computer and Internet access. . 3 Digital Tools To Keep Parents Up to Date.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2017

When kids read that America’s $18 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. The good news is: Half of the nation’s schools require a financial literacy course. The bad new is: Only half require a financial literacy course.

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Finance Economics Curriculum Schooling 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Guest author, Emily Clearly over at mysimpleshow has ten more reasons why videos are a great educational tool for your teaching: Videos are in line with the technological times and can be accessed on the Internet at any point, from wherever you are in the world. That’s good news for you – a shorter video takes less time to make!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 28, 2017

Topics like health, history, geography, music, etc. Make use of the Internet and have students check the news to improve their research skills. Stop thinking about teaching students the topic or the test and start thinking about the learners and what they can take from the lesson. 1) Student-Centered Teaching.

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Chillax Science

MAY 3, 2023

Criticism: It forces connections in topics or ages that are inappropriate. Criticism : It amplifies inequality in underprivileged communities because it requires access to a plethora of resources. Digital learning provides learners with access to vast amounts of digital applications as the primary goal as uses science as the vehicle.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2016

These webtools offer standard topical text that can be quickly personalized, saved for re-use in the future, and easily updated year-to-year to reflect changes in the curriculum and desired learning outcomes. Alternatively, search by keyword or topic for rubrics other Rubistar members have created and remix those. That’s it.

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CSTEM

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There are architectural detailers use 3D scanners and computer-aided design (CAD) software to create projects digitally. Just as important as the topics – science, technology, engineering, math – is the approach. Manufacturing is an exciting topic to incorporate into student classroom projects. What do these jobs look like?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Which brings up a bigger issue: It requires access to lots of my personal accounts to make these recipes happen. compile news articles for a research project. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

The consequences are evident in the fact that our household debt in our country is at a new peak. Despite being one of the most important topics to prepare students for success in the world, financial literacy is woefully missing from our curriculum. The missing piece in the curriculum This comes as no surprise.

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Magic EdTech

OCTOBER 8, 2018

You have seen the rise of digital learning content , both in the form of e-books, as well as educational apps. Could digital learning content help you succeed as an educator? Accessible Content. Braille was the first step in making books accessible to those individuals with a disability. And they must be affordable!

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 8, 2015

Social Media isn’t the only area in which New York City is paving the way. As announced in the NY Daily News , the New York City Department of Education will lift the ban on cell phones and other digital devices in March. This comes with some good and bad news. You can read press release on the topic here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

Makerspaces energetically ignite children’s brains and stimulate areas of interest and curiosity that they generally are not accessing during time spent in traditional lecture-type environments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2015

I can access Grammarly through the website by logging into my account, through the Chrome browser app, or directly within MS Word or Outlook. The good news: I’m told a soon-to-be-released update will fix this. punctuation. sentence structure. vocabulary enhancement. plagiarism. I don’t need Ctrl+Z at that point.

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The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 29, 2017

It’s no wonder our household debt in our country is at a new peak. Despite being one of the most important topics to prepare students for success in the world, financial literacy is not present in most classrooms. In fact two-thirds of Americans couldn’t even pass a basic financial literacy test.

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STEM Discovery Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Speakers like Cody Keenan and Dr. Robert Marzano , engaging sessions on topics like equity, federal funding, and competency-bases systems, and a tour of the St. Vrain Valley Schools Innovation Center were all inspired by this year’s theme: The Great Emergence: Innovations Supporting the New Era of Education. Ebert state. “We

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STEM Discovery Education

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Keep reading for highlights of our key sessions , which led to open, honest conversations on topics like equity in education, funding, and competency-based learning systems. He is a highly-regarded speaker and workshop facilitator addressing a range of topics for local, regional, and national audiences. Ebert state. “We

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STEMx

APRIL 30, 2020

The learning topics are centered around three critical components of STEM education: design thinking, STEAM career awareness, and exploration of STEM habits of mind. This June, the network plans to host three weeks of consecutive professional development that focuses on the new K-8 Digital Readiness Standards and Code.org curriculum.

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