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35 Take-aways from Summer 2016 Professional Development

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A couple dozen of us–teachers, library media specialists, tech integrationists, and lab teachers–gathered virtually for three-five-week-classes that included: The Tech-infused Teacher. Often, I heard ‘Now I know how my students feel’–in reference to trying a tool that just wouldn’t do what it was supposed to.

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

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Summer PD: The Tech-infused Teacher is for credentialed and non-credentialed K-12 teachers, tech teachers/integration specialists, library media specialists, and pre-service professionals. Here are a few questions I often get: Is it right for me? Some teachers (in some states) are taking this for re-certification. . That’s called ‘learning’.

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Why Blended Learning Fits Your Class, 3 Issues to Think About, and 5 Easy Ways to Begin

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When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Digital books are aligned with state standards and Common Core. But that has changed. Student blogs.

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3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools

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Using the free app, students can tape a live lecture, a Skype call, an online webinar on their iPhone or iPad (or directly to the software), transfer it to their dashboard where they can transcribe, annotate, highlight, edit, format, add to, delete, or simply play it back for reference. – See more at: [link]. Design: 5/5. Overall: 5/5.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

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It can also help educators determine what digital resources may work best to help support learning. For this reason I will refer to it as finding the technology in the standard. Content is mapped to a variety of levels and standards including common core. These chunks can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc.

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6 Ways to Make Classroom Typing Fun

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For students in school, ‘speed of thought’ refers to how fast they develop ideas that will be recorded. 6.6 ) By 3rd grade, Common Core discusses the use of keyboarding to produce work, i.e., CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.6 To type as fast as the speed of thought isn’t as difficult as it sounds. 45 wpm is good.

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Unconventional Research Sites to Inspire Students

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So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? They search based on subject matter, video topic, Common Core or state standard, or simply browse a list of videos.

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