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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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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. Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy?

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern Tools and Techniques for Math Teachers Nothing teaches one how to become a math teacher quite like modern technology. These systems are also helpful in teaching learners how to graph equations.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

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Constructivism 1) encourages students to use active techniques (such as experimentation and problem solving) to build their knowledge base and then reflect on and/or talk about how that is changing; and 2) encourages teachers to guide activities that address and/or build on student conceptions.

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How to Build Lifelong Learners

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We can’t teach students everything they’ll ever need but what we can inspire them to be lifelong learners, to know how to figure something out when it slaps them in the face. How do you create lifelong learners? Take time in classes to 1) teach students how to research on the fly, and 2) allow them to do it.

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Case Study Resources for Modern Teachers

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National Science Teaching Association The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers an extensive knowledge base for science educators. How to write a lab report: Step-by-step guide. So, no matter the field of study, you will find a relevant case in the Harvard collection. link] Gila Herald. The Gila Herald.

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How to Blend DoK into Lesson Plans without a Comprehensive Rewrite

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It got me thinking about lesson plans in general — how far we’ve come from lecture-test-move on. Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults. Rather, it itemizes ways students interact with knowledge.

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How to Build Your PLN

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Having people who understand how you think, have your back in emergencies, and serve as a virtual knowledge base will help you to handle difficult colleagues, adapt to challenging principals, address tricky parents, and differentiate for varied student needs. How to build a PLN. Keep your professional social media pure.

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