Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Here’s a short list of items that won’t take long to accomplish: Update your online profile –on your blog, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, professional groups, your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Have you changed your focus?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 20, 2021

If we humans aren’t giving away our personal information (as we do on FB, Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter and every other social media account), we’re having it stolen without our permission or knowledge and sold to those who mean us harm. we have a access to our income streams on our digital devices. Use Signal instead.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

Kudos for a good start, but they need to use the tablets to differentiate for student learning styles, enrich learning materials, and turn students into life-long learners. Share the link to an online newsletter through your class Twitter stream. It makes them consider the learning less relevant. A learning experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Here’s a short list of items that won’t take long to accomplish: Update your online profile –your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, professional groups, your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Switched jobs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 19, 2023

There are lots of options for digital note-taking, including Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs. Tools to communicate student knowledge This includes the myriad ways students show you–the teacher–that they have learned and understood your lesson plan. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 30, 2016

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. The time to talk is when they get their smartphone. Today’s Sponsor: Netsmartz Free Teaching Digital Citizenship Course. This free course is designed to help you teach the latest in internet safety and digital citizenship for your students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 20, 2016

(and prevent problems online) From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. In this episode, Shannon Mclintock -Miller and I discuss current best practices about digital citizenship and online safety for kids. Why every school should include digital citizenship in their curriculum.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A strong understanding of digital citizenship is essential for students of all ages to be able to make smart choices online and in life. The new, free K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum from Common Sense Education has lessons for all ages to address the current technology landscape. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

All teachers agree that digital citizenship is essential knowledge for students whether they’re going onto college or a career, yet when I ask who in their school teaches it, they always shrug. Kids often feel freer to taunt or bully someone online because they feel protected behind the computer or smartphone screen.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Analysts expect machine learning to play an important role in 2019, offering support for tasks that may require more time, energy and training than teachers and administrators have at their disposal. As this transition continues, K–12 schools will need to be mindful of how they design their learning environments.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I have picked five of my essential classroom tools. I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. Here are some digital citizenship hyperdocs you can use of mine.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2018

In response, some schools have banned smartphones in the classroom. According to the Yale Center for Teaching and Learning , using “ targeted electronic activities ” can keep students engaged on the devices teachers want them to use, and keep them off the ones they do not. by Eli Zimmerman. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Here’s a short list of items that won’t take long to accomplish: Update your online profile –your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, professional groups, your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Switched jobs?

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

After the final product is published, I emailed it to rmyself to generate a URL from which I can get the embed code or share to Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. While Animoby works great on tablets, I wonder if a paired down version could be available for smartphones. The videos are easy to understand and demonstrate use of the app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from digital device, recognize that these skills — critical thinking and problem-solving — apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? Thinkersmith’s Unplugged Hour of Code Activity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The end of the calendar year is a good time to do these: Update your online profile –This means your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, LI, professional groups, and your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog –View it on a smartphone, Chromebook, and iPad to see if those venues display properly. Switched jobs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The end of the calendar year is a good time to do these: Update your online profile –This means your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, LI, professional groups, and your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog –View it on a smartphone, Chromebook, and iPad to see if those venues display properly. Switched jobs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2017

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair question considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. iPad, Chromebook, Laptop, Netbook, or Smartphone.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2016

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair questions considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. Conference App. Join the crowd around the outlet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2017

The end of the calendar year is a good time to do these: Update your online profile –This means your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, LI, professional groups, and your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog –View it on a smartphone, Chromebook, and iPad to see if those venues display properly. Switched jobs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The end of the calendar year is a good time to do these: Update your online profile –your blog profile page, your gravatar, FB, Twitter, LI, professional groups, your PLN. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone , Chromebook, and iPad to see if those venues display properly. Have you changed your focus? Switched jobs?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 20, 2017

A conversation with Weston Kieschnick on the 10-minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Should kids put up their smartphones and talk to each other and parents sometimes? Learn what I do now to make the fall even more wonderful! Twitter handle: @wes_kieschnick.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

I’ve gathered suggestions below from some of the leading education folks, those who are all about project-based learning rather than the application of pedagogy, to share with you. I’ve also included a few general back-to-school activities with a digital spin to get you back into school quickly and agilely. alicekeeler.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

You don’t have to buy expensive glasses, you can just use your smartphone or a tablet for educational purposes. Another advantage of the app is that it can help students learn mathematical formulas easily. In this case, the learning process can be drastically increased if an app like this is used during math classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans. That’s a fair questions considering learning is no longer done sitting in auditoriums nodding off to the wisdom of a guest speaker behind a podium. It’s quick to install and intuitive to learn.

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Tech Helpful

AUGUST 23, 2018

This is a digital citizenship issue. I think my peers would be as surprised as I was to learn the ugly truth: Americans with smartphones, and especially young Americans with smartphones, spend a gratuitous amount of time on their devices. Twitter lasted for only 4 days. Of course it does.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. The tech team at Fayette County Public Schools in Kentucky offer what they call “tech snacks,” or bite-sized pieces of advice to help transform learning and teaching. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog. Keller ISD Digital Learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 25, 2019

The value of research is to find the truth but let’s face it, lots of kids start a research project sure they know the truth (for example: “Yes, global warming is a problem” or “No, smartphones aren’t bad for you”) so why spend hours on research to research a conclusion they already know?

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey , nearly eight in 10 Americans have at least a desktop computer, and 77 percent of Americans across all demographics own a smartphone. Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn.

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Learning with 'e's

JULY 29, 2018

How much of these problems are actually the fault of the social media, and to what extent are Facebook, Twitter and other popular platforms actually culpable? The next step will be to teach digital discernment - knowing the difference between fact and fiction, real news and fake news. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

According to a 2016 Pew Research Center survey , nearly eight in 10 Americans have at least a desktop computer, and 77 percent of Americans across all demographics own a smartphone. Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

A Global Search for Education, Cathy Rubin, Post From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How much time should a student engage with learning daily? Should most learning time happen while they are physically at school? Take back learning. Either scenario is alarming.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

A la Twitter with it''s 140 characters per message, the teacher creates the name of the room and provides the students with the URL address. The chatroom or backchannel can be accessed on a computer, tablet, or smartphone, and puts students'' texting talents to work. Oh, what I want to learn to do! Why do they work?

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EdTechTeam

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Today, most students have smartphones, partially due to accessibility; with cellphone providers providing unlimited data for cheaper prices than ever before, the access is there. There is a difference between using the device and using the device to empower learning and to teach students how to be creators and innovators!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Three pieces that you especially want to look for: a robust infrastructure–all these digital devices require an extended internet interface as well as sufficient bandwidth to transport all that data. If the school’s wifi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. pencils break, points get dull.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Four school-based pieces you’ll need: a robust infrastructure–these additional digital devices require an extended internet interface as well as sufficient bandwidth to transport all that data. If the school’s WiFi network constantly goes down, teachers will learn not to depend upon it. pencils break, points get dull.

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MSEDTechie

AUGUST 5, 2013

My last post on 10 Powerful Media Tools Every Educator Show Be Using Yesterday was all about how educators need to create a Personal Learning Network, but our students need authentic audiences too. This makes way for changes in the strategies and tools we use for teaching and learning. more 3) Create a classroom twitter account.-

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