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JANUARY 26, 2024

Today’s tip: Fix computer with system restore Category: Problem-solving Q: My computer no longer runs right. Sign up for a new tip each week below or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? What do I do? Share it in the comments below.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ) Edtech Reviews Lesson plans If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, start here.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Today’s tip: 8 Tips to Become Tomorrow’s Teacher. Here’s a poster with eight tips on how to become tomorrow’s teacher today: For more on tomorrow’s teacher, check out these articles on Ask a Tech Teacher: Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Pedagogy.

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MAY 18, 2022

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on that blog: Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover it in a future tip. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared.

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APRIL 27, 2023

This is part of the 169 tech tips for your class-but this is a bonus, not included in the ebook, just for readers of Ask a Tech Teacher. If you follow this blog, you’ve seen it before, but it’s worth repeating. Another tip: Close your laptop when not in use. I used to do this and forgot about it.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s tip: Search the Internet for most tech problem solutions Category: Problem-solving Q: Sometimes, I can’t remember how to accomplish a task. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom?

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MARCH 3, 2023

Today’s tip: Software vs. Online Tools Category: Pedagogy Here are relevant criteria for evaluating software vs. online tools in your classroom: For more detail on comparing software and online tools, visit “ 8 Reasons For and 8 Against Revisiting Software in Your Classroom ” on Ask a Tech Teacher. Share it in the comments below.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Today’s tip: How to fix a tilted screen Category: Problem-solving Q: My screen is sideways 90 degrees. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? How do I fix that? Share it in the comments below.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Because Ask a Tech Teacher is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2021: Top 10 Tech Tips. Tech Tip #34: My Program Froze. Top 10 Reviews

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JUNE 27, 2022

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover it in a future tip. In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month (or so). . I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Today’s tip: Try this if you saved over a doc Category: Problem-solving Q: A student saved a blank document over their files. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Share it in the comments below.

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MARCH 21, 2022

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams : . Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover it in a future tip. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have.

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JULY 11, 2022

Today’s tip: Poster–Top 10 PC shortkeys. Here’s a poster with the ten most-popular PC shortkeys in my colleague’s classes: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: PC, keyboarding.

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JUNE 6, 2021

Today’s tip: Ten Best MS Word Tips. Here are popular MS Word tips from my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher. Tech Tip #102: Doc Saved Over? Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom?

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JUNE 14, 2022

Today’s tip: What’s Today’s Date? Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: PC, MSO, Keyboarding. Q: I never remember the date. Is there a shortcut for people like me?

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JULY 22, 2021

Today’s tip: Computer safety. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Maintenance, Security. What do I do? Here are two first-steps: Don’t download from music or video sites.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy? class website or blog. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Pedagogy. backchannel device. class internet start page. cloud computing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 2, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Richard Byrne gives two cool tips in this video: If you use Canva, you can use their game templates to make quick conversation starter or Ice Breaker called “this or that.” Original blog post: [link]. Original blog post: [link].

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Today’s tip: How to find a lots shortcut Category: Problem-solving Q: I can’t find the shortcut for a program I want to open. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Share it in the comments below.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Today’s tip: I deleted a file by accident. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Problem-solving. open (in PCs , right click; in Google Drive: simply click to open).

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today’s tip: Find a file Category: Problem-solving Q: I saved my document, but I can’t find it. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? What do I do? Share it in the comments below.

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JULY 18, 2023

Some websites/blogs are confusing. To get the complete list of 169 Tech Tips, click here. As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. A: I agree!

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AUGUST 22, 2022

Today’s tip: Which Digital Device Should I Use? Use this compare-contrast table to evaluate your needs across four platforms: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: PCs.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This blog post includes a full transcript, a pinnable (or printable) graphic, and the podcast episode. Episode 775 - The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast 10 Tips for Instructional Technology Coaches Dr. Katie Ritter. What's your first tip?

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Today’s tip: How to backup a doc in 5 seconds Category: Problem-solving Q: I’m paranoid about losing lesson plans, report card comments, and other school work. In MS Office, that’s a snap (see Tech Tip #61). Sign up below for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 1, 2023

A s readers of my blog know, I am incredibly passionate about pedagogically-sound personalized learning. What is even more intriguing is that there is no one best way to personalize, something I wrote extensively about in Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms and this recent blog post.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. He writes his Free Tech for Teachers Blog. Today you·ll learn how to achieve better health and wellness with these tips and ideas. Today you·ll learn how to achieve better health and wellness with these tips and ideas. Subscribe to the Show.

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APRIL 1, 2024

Here are ideas from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Facing Fourth Grade: Tips for Parents Dealing with Academic and Social Challenges As our kids step into fourth grade, it’s a big deal! To effectively address these challenges, consider the following tips: Open communication with your child’s teachers and school staff is paramount.

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JULY 27, 2022

Today’s tip: Where did Windows Explorer go? Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

This is not part of the 169 tech tips for your class book but it will be when I update the ebook: Tech Tip #173: Track Your Stuff. If you follow me on Instagram , or my writer’s blog, WordDreams , you already saw this tip! This is a very cool tip: Track anything with Apple Air Tags.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Today’s tip: How to Evaluate Apps. Here are thirteen tips to evaluate the apps you’ll find useful in your classroom: free or small fee. Here are thirteen tips to evaluate the apps you’ll find useful in your classroom: free or small fee. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Pedagogy.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s tip: 5 Ways to Find Lost Files Category: Problem-solving One of the scariest things for students is not being able to find their file. Here’s a poster with five ways to prod students into finding a lost file: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom.

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JUNE 6, 2022

Today’s tip: Rollback Windows Updates. It will instruct you: To uninstall an update, select it from the list and click Uninstall or Change’ If things don’t return to normal, see Tech Tip # 41 to restore to an earlier date that worked. Category: PCs, Problem-solving. What do I do?

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Today’s tip: My desktop icons changed. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: Problem-solving. Q: The desktop icons I usually have are gone and some I’ve never seen before are there.

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JANUARY 18, 2023

Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread among teacher-authors. I’ll cover it in a future tip. You may have seen this on my education blog A friend posted about needing suggestions for speech-to-text options for his writing. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Today’s tip: Create a Macro. Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. What’s your favorite tech tip in your classroom? Category: MSO, Problem-solving, Keyboarding. Here are basic steps for MS Word : Click View – Macros – Record Macros.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Today’s tip: 13 Tips for Using an iPad. Here’s a poster with thirteen basics tips to share with students new to iPads: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. Category: iPads. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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