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Subscriber Special: K-5 New Teacher Survival Kit

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It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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13 Tips to Solve Unusual Problems

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Share it in the comments below.

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What is a Growth Mindset?

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Coding Learning to code is one of the most exciting advancements in education in years. The Common Core Standards for Mathematical Practice If you’re a Common Core school, the Standards for Mathematical Practice are well-aligned with the needs of a Growth Mindset.

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Hour of Code? Here’s why to participate

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December 6-12th, 2021, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Here’s why you should participate.

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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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This is an exercise as much for presenters as audience, and is graded on reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Debates help students grasp critical thinking and presentation skills, including: abstract thinking. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. provide a concluding statement that follows from argument presented.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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I’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments about how you do this in your classes: Because I teach graduate classes for educators, I talk to lots of teachers all over the country. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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Writing 2.0: Technology-Rich Approach to Common Core Writing

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Therefore, every classroom must teach digital literacy as part of literacy, and not something separate. Common Core writing requires students to create and publish writing online, and to interact and collaborate with others. We shared a plethora of ideas and examples of technology-rich writing in the presentation below.