EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

TCEA 2019: How One K–12 Principal Put Google Classroom to Work. Google Classroom has changed the game for teachers. Denise Neeb and Candace Tickle of the Lubbock Independent School District shared their success with Google Classroom at the annual Texas Computer Education Association Convention & Exposition in San Antonio.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center. New, 21st-century pedagogies that focus on interactive curricula and collaborative assignments require new classrooms and media spaces to match. As we know, technology is an essential part of any modern classroom. Consult Teachers on Classroom Needs. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 3, 2019

FAQ 5: What to Ask Before Starting Your Classroom Redesign. For K–12 schools interested in upgrading their classrooms to fit a modern pedagogy, it is important to take an intentional approach that keeps academic success at the forefront of any decision. . MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how to redesign the K–12 media center.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 12, 2018

How to Deal with the Crumbling Educational Infrastructure. Ten years ago, if you walked into a K–12 classroom, the focus — at least at first glance — was on the teacher. As we move toward a student-focused classroom, collaboration requires more than rearranging the desks. million projec t on Newton Parrish Elementary School.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom. With K–12 schools leveraging connected technologies to help improve student outcomes and boost classroom collaboration, effective cybersecurity is not optional. The State of STEM Classrooms. eli.zimmerman_9856. Fri, 10/04/2019 - 13:13. by Doug Bonderud.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Q&A: Leila Nuland on How to Build Equitable Computer Science Curricula. While some teachers have already started to come up with creative ways to inject computer science into their programs, others may still be lost on how to introduce the concepts into the classroom. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Thu, 10/11/2018 - 12:07.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2018

As community makerspaces begin to take root in Ontario’s elementary schools , students are behaving better. In these spaces students are learning how to tinker collaboratively with a problem and keep trying until they find a solution. As the founder of MAKE magazine Dale Dougherty states in his 2011 TED Talk: “ We are all makers. ”.

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edWeb.net

JULY 6, 2022

Culturally relevant books are essential for all children in the classroom. These books should be part of every classroom library. Effective classroom libraries should include a minimum of 750 print and digital books covering a rich array of genres reflecting diversity. Blog post by Eileen Belastock based on this edLeader Panel.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 9, 2018

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. Fleming says whether the district sets up a makerspace in an elementary school library, in a middle school classroom or in a high school cafeteria, each makerspace has a unique quality. jena.passut_7651. Wed, 05/09/2018 - 11:57. What’s the best way to define a makerspace?

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 16, 2018

Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools. The school received federal funding that included money for classroom technology. Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. jena.passut_7651.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 16, 2019

Read a book, blog, or magazine. Hello World magazine from the Raspberry Pi Foundation (a magazine on computing and digital making for educators by educators). See Code.org’s comparisons of CS curricula by grade level: elementary curricula. Dabble in the classroom. middle school curricula. high school curricula.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 6, 2024

In the 1940s, toilet training generally started before children were 18 months old , according to an article in the magazine American Family Physician. By 5, most children know how to use the bathroom. However, it doesn’t explain the claim that more kindergarteners do not know how to use the bathroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2020

Wired magazine once awarded him as one of 22 “innovators, instigators and inventors” who are “changing the game” (alongside J.K. He even talks like a YouTuber, talking about increasing “watch time” (how long viewers stay tuned) and referring to his videos as “content.” Rowling and Arnold Schwarzenegger). Let us know here.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Reading and writing for fun outside of school are related to success in school, and the upper elementary years are often when these lifelong habits are cemented. Reading and writing also support each other by providing insight into how to use vocabulary and how others compose texts. On beginning her journey as a writer, J.H.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 17, 2022

10 Ways to Rejuvenate and Learn This Summer Advancement Courses – Sponsor I was featured in my local San Antonio Magazine for “inspiring shared stories!” Just Keke Powell spreading joy in her classroom. I looked into it; I learned how to make my domain. So that's how I created it this year.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

You know how they say antipathy is the mother of invention? Kaun, founder of Makeosity , was running a New York City-based nonprofit that helped teachers bring hands-on STEAM projects into their classrooms, when she started thinking about how much some kids really hate school. Five years ago Karen P. That sparked an idea.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 27, 2019

A version of this post was originally published in Teach Secondary Magazine , July 2019. Even though not yet mainstream, artificially intelligent smart speakers have found a place in the classroom. Read more: Exploring the most popular smart speakers for the classroom. Smart speakers in education.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Technology is an ideal vehicle for teachers to better blend classroom instruction with learning opportunities occuring outside of the traditional school day — and outside of the brick-and-mortar school building. . There is no doubt that the marriage of online and physical classroom experiences is a boon for K–12 educators and students.

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Edsurge

JULY 31, 2017

You know how they say antipathy is the mother of invention? Kaun, founder of Makeosity , was running a New York City-based nonprofit that helped teachers bring hands-on STEAM projects into their classrooms, when she started thinking about how much some kids really hate school. Five years ago Karen P. That sparked an idea.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 28, 2017

Technotunes and how to use them. Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen share awesome apps for iPads in the elementary classroom. He has been published in the Wisconsin School Musician magazine and has been a guest writer for the online Music Technology website: Midnight Music based out of Australia.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 11, 2019

As K–12 teachers seek to create classrooms where all students have an equal opportunity to learn, they must be mindful of physical and digital elements that could potentially be a barrier for students with special learning needs. . Schools everywhere are transforming their classrooms into modern learning environments.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Technology is developing at a faster clip than its adoption, and while some K–12 classrooms are innovating — by using drones in curriculum or digital tools to personalize learning — they remain isolated examples dotting an unequal landscape where, often, digitization is seen as an end in itself rather than a means to improve learning.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. One of the assignments we were tasked with during the cohort was getting our students involved in redesigning a portion of our classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 11, 2019

MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out how these two popular blended learning platforms can improve K–12 classrooms. We wanted to honor our teachers’ past successes and identify effective teaching strategies from our traditional classrooms while also enhancing those tactics with best practices gleaned from our one-to-one classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 2, 2019

Sphero , a programmable robot, can be found in more than 20,000 schools around the globe , including the math and science classrooms at Stumpenhorst’s school, about an hour west of Chicago. By eighth grade, they’re incorporating the device into classroom science and math experiments , such as learning how to plot linear equations.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 18, 2020

One of the many facets that makes the decision challenging is that many students don’t find as much success in an online environment as they do in a traditional classroom. (Of What we should expect to see as we resume school in September should be a comparable, equitable version of the same instruction offered in classrooms.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

Principals play a vital role in the successful integration of new technologies into the classroom. From creating inventive professional development programs to pioneering new technologies, four California principals told the crowd at the Spring CUE 2018 conference how administrators can support technology integration.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

We added 36 classrooms to our high school and brought our ninth-graders up. All of those classrooms were designed to be collaborative and flexible. We also moved to a one-to-one environment in fourth through 12th grade; our younger students are in a 2-to-1 ratio with technology in their classrooms. Photo: Rachel Gorton.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

For K–12 students, lessons on how to use the internet safely and be effective online citizens are likely part of receiving any new classroom device. Digital Citizenship for Students at Elementary School Levels. Unified School District fifth-grade teacher Tammy Dunbar and Concord Road Elementary (N.Y.) Manteca (Calif.)

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 17, 2018

For K–12 students, lessons on how to use the internet safely and be effective online citizens are likely part of receiving any new classroom device. Digital Citizenship for Students at Elementary School Levels. Unified School District fifth-grade teacher Tammy Dunbar and Concord Road Elementary (N.Y.) Manteca (Calif.)

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Edsurge

AUGUST 9, 2018

I talk about Mr. Jasper a lot when I write or speak to teachers about nurturing kids in their classrooms. When Mr. Jasper was an elementary school teacher he did a fine job of making connections and getting to know kids as people. Kids who carry many things with them that we cannot see. Don’t take yourself too seriously!

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 16, 2018

CUE 2018: How IT Departments Can Minimize Downtime and Maximize Education. When technology fails in the classroom, it takes away from valuable instructional time and hinders student learning. How to Marry IT and Instructional Technology. meghan.bogardu…. Fri, 03/16/2018 - 11:50.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

For educators, the new school year is a prime time to set technology-related goals for their district, school or classroom. . Here’s how. Explore offerings in the Google App Hub for educators or features in Google Classroom, Calendar and other G Suite apps. There is not a discussion on what is working in the classroom.” .

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. Keeler has more than 50 tips for Google Classroom under her belt, with an e-book on that series in progress. Curriculum and ed tech consultant Monica Burns offers up her expert advice on the best ways to implement tech tools in the classroom. Buying Cycle.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 27, 2018

Eric: You could definitely use these with your elementary students without a doubt. You could definitely use this with your lower elementary students. That way they can simply drag the words over and not have to worry about how to spell things. So it definitely scales up for upper elementary and for middle school kids as well.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 16, 2019

Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement. In order to use technology properly in the classroom, teachers need to take a back seat and allow students to spend more time as the drivers of their own education, says educational consultant and public speaker Adam Welcome. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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