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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you teach technology, it’s likely you were thrown into it by your Admin. or We need microphones for a lesson I’m starting in three minutes. You will nod your head, smile woodenly, and race to your classroom for the digital manuals (if you’re lucky) or Google for online help. Scaffold your lessons with what they teach.

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APRIL 9, 2024

I’m excited about this post from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew–AI Tools for reading comprehension. 4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools Struggling to grasp the essence of a dense PDF or wishing students could wrestle more effectively with complex texts? There are so many directions this could go!

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JANUARY 2, 2024

We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ) Edtech Reviews Lesson plans If you’ve just arrived at Ask a Tech Teacher, start here. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Since we started Ask a Tech Teacher fifteen years ago, we’ve had almost 6.3

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MARCH 31, 2024

Mac : Use the Time Machine tool. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] 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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NOVEMBER 29, 2023

These made using AI easy enough for anyone and a viable tool for educators and students. Visual tools like this enable practical lessons rather than theory, but AI has given rise to even more useful tools that can help teachers and students excel in the classroom.

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] 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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JANUARY 15, 2024

Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Communication : present complex information in a more digestible and engaging manner Collaboration : facilitate collaborative thinking Here are some online tools you might like: Bubbl.us A multi-device collaboration tool. Visual Thinking : promote creativity and help individuals see patterns and relationships in a way text cannot.

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JULY 8, 2022

I update these suggestions every few years to remind teachers there are easy ways to techify your lessons even on a tight schedule. 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.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Before teaching students Photoshop (or GIMP), acclimate them to photo editing with a program they are likely comfortable with: MS Word. I’ve put it all on one page for you with a few extras if you want to redo it as a lesson plan: Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Duplicate the image once for each focal point.

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JULY 13, 2022

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using for lesson planning: Organize/Create lesson plans. Alma –create standards-based lessons and gradebook, with analytics. BlendSpace –blend a variety of digital materials into one canvas for students. Nearpod –access lessons from mobile device or desktop.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It teaches: Visualization and Understanding : Graphing helps students visually represent data, functions, and relationships. Whether it’s analyzing trends in data, finding optimal solutions in optimization problems, or understanding the behavior of functions, graphing is a valuable tool for problem-solving.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

It’s simple enough for third grade with advanced tools that satisfy a fifth graders growing intellect. Click to enlarge lesson plan A Holiday Newsletter Have students collaborate on a newsletter for a classroom unit of inquiry or a theme (colonies, animals, etc). You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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JULY 25, 2023

Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. Teachers enjoy a boost in student engagement The use of interactive technology helps make lessons fascinating.

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MAY 8, 2023

The main principles of AI tools are aimed at learning, self-correction, and reasoning. When we talk about learning, these tools can acquire and process new experiences as well as create new behavior models. Artificial intelligence is just one of the major technologies that is changing how we perceive learning and education.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Integrating presentations in teaching is an accessible way to bring technology to the classroom and make the best digital tools available. A slideshow lesson conveys information effectively and supports learning since most of it is done visually. To achieve this, you need more advanced tools.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Lesson plans. 12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. 12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. K-12 Digital Tools. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. 7 Ways to Keep Teaching. How to Teach Digital Citizenship in 3rd Grade. Edtech Reviews. Top Ten Misses.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Lesson plans. 12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. K-12 Digital Tools. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools. 10 Tech Tools for Your Math Class. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools. 10 Tech Tools for Your Math Class. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Pick those that work for you: 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons. 5 Tech Ed Tools to Use this Fall. 5 FREE Web Tools for a New School Year. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Plan a Memorable Back to School Night.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

It used to surprise me that it became the school’s job to teach empathy. In this commentary, Adams suggests strengthening these lessons by shifting individual activities to collective ones and focusing on care instead of skills. Comics–an underused tool to boost SEL skills. 9 Ways to Teach Tolerance.

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JULY 27, 2023

Streamlining teacher work means finding (more) efficient ways to manage tasks, improve productivity, and enhance the teaching experience. On the surface, you prepare lesson plans and determine the series of activities you will give for your next class. Making one requires using a template or point of reference.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Here are some of the past articles I think you’ll like: 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons. 5 Tech Ed Tools to Use this Fall. 5 FREE Web Tools for a New School Year. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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MAY 3, 2022

Tech Tools for Reading Fluency. Resources to Teach Taxes. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in May: Kiddom’s New Lesson Launch. Digital Reading for Summer. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Before starting on Photoshop lessons for fifth grade and up, teach preparatory basics covered in this lesson plan here (reprinted in part below). Notice the tool bars at the top. These will change depending upon the tool you choose from the left side. Click the File Browser tool (top right-ish). Go to Help.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Are you struggling with all the tech required for remote and hybrid teaching? Education Week caught up with select teachers and instructional coaches who shared their thoughts on some essential practices to effectively implement technology into the practice of teaching. Tech Tools for PE Teachers.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

You spend hours rewriting an old lesson plan, incorporating rich, adventurous tools available on the internet. It’s a fun lesson self-paced lesson plan with lots of activities and meandering paths students undoubtedly will adore. You test it several times just to be sure. Really, the reason doesn’t matter.

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AUGUST 26, 2020

1st grade digital tools and websites. 21 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. Hour of Code Lesson Plans by Grade. 1st grade digital tools and websites. 21 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. Hour of Code Lesson Plans by Grade. Aesop’s Fables–audio and visual.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

When we asked the Ask a Tech Teacher team to apply it specifically to teaching physical education–not something we usually think of with tech tools–they came up with these great ideas: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies! Chat GPT is popular among teachers for lots of reasons.

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APRIL 5, 2022

A Lesson Plan for Addressing What’s in the News. 7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. 7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy. Tech Tools for Reading Fluency. Resources to Teach Taxes. Digital Literacy. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 5 (free) Posters about Learning.

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JANUARY 25, 2023

Grade Level: 5th (or whichever grade you are teaching arrays) Background: None. Review the basics–how to identify a cell (where the column and row intersect), what’s on the toolbars, especially where the paint bucket and border tools are found Resize the cells so they are square. That will select the entire worksheet.

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JUNE 17, 2022

You’ve been teaching for five years and love what you’re doing. So, you don’t bother to keep your resume up-to-date or expand your teaching skills other than what is required for your position. Digital portfolio sites. Here are suggestions for digital portfolio sites: Wix. Until the day that changes.

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APRIL 19, 2023

Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school. When I introduce students to digital note-taking, we start with a discussion of handwritten vs digital notes. Really, though: Why not?

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AUGUST 22, 2023

Fractions are not the easiest of math concepts to learn (or teach), yet are arguably one of the most oft applied to our daily lives. Teachers have long sought intuitive methods to teach fractions that are less frustrating than worksheets and more effective than rote drills.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Defined by PBL Works as “an approach to teaching in which students learn by actively engaging in real-world and personally meaningful projects while they investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question, problem, or challenge,” project-based learning (PBL) seems to be the solution to covering what students need.

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MARCH 15, 2023

When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. Where is the tool? teachers didn’t have training in the tools.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Before teaching Lesson Plans using Photoshop, be sure to cover the basics with students: Open Photoshop. Notice the tool bars at the top. These will change depending upon the tool you choose from the left side. The right-hand tools are used independent of the left-hand tools. Watch the layers tools.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s easy to confuse ‘using technology’ with digital tools. Technology tools populate like bacteria in a culture. Every time you turn around, there’s another favorite tool some teacher swears has turned her students into geniuses and her class into a model of efficiency.

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