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35 Resources for Read Across America Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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20 Best Old PBS Kids Shows

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

From the adventures in “The Magic School Bus” that made science exhilarating, to the life lessons in “Arthur” about empathy and friendship, each show was a journey into new worlds of knowledge and understanding. The post 20 Best Old PBS Kids Shows appeared first on Educators Technology. Led by the eccentric Ms.

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Responding to COVID-19: How Are the Children?

Digital Promise

For instance, Learning Heroes, a nonprofit organization that equips parents to support learning at home, worked with partner organizations to update The Learning Hero Roadmap , a free K-8 interactive guide with videos and tools to help parents support grade-level math and reading as well as social-emotional development.

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Connecting the People on the Scene of an Emergency at Your School

A Principal's Reflections

Where I believe there is room for improvement is the ability to connect administrators, educators, employees and local first responders on the scene of an emergency at a school or on a campus. SW911 was used for the first time in New Jersey on January 8, 2013 and today, thousands of school employees and first responders are on the network.

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Chromebooks in the Classrooms–Friend or Foe?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Krista is a NY State certified Instructional Technology Specialist working in public education on Long Island, NY. In my opinion, yes, but like any other piece of technology they do have their own list of pros and cons. Same goes for those, “I forgot it on the bus” kids. They also come with Google’s online office suite.”.

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Want to Save Public Education? The Answers are Simple

EdNews Daily

Recently, I wrote a piece for the Grit Daily website entitled “Technology is Overwhelming Education and That’s Why We Need More of It.” The premise for the column was that using more, sophisticated technology could take the pressure off teachers and give them more time to teach. Who says school has to start at 8:00 and end at 3:00?

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Technology is Overwhelming Education: That’s Why We Need More

EdNews Daily

They are going through a very difficult time, trying to modernize and keep up with the technological world around them. Other pressing concerns included increasing technology complexity and a growing sense of educational disequilibrium. The problem in schools isn’t too much technology, it’s that there isn’t nearly enough.