Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 18, 2024

A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel. This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: What is a backchannel in your classroom? What are some options you might use?

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 22, 2023

I remember vividly as a young principal when I started to drink the “edtech” Kool-Aid many years ago. It represented a true turning point in how I thought about change in education. Up until this point, my thinking was relatively traditional and as such, so was the culture of my school. Herein lies the reason that most change initiatives fail.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 30, 2024

In today’s education environment, that often means incorporating technology into teaching and learning, resulting in K–12 IT departments looking for ways to sustain and advance their tech investments. They can seek new tech solutions for their districts or problem-solve with the help of experts and peers.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 27, 2021

Feedback is how students feel seen and supported. It is also how we communicate to our students that we value the process over the product. When we give feedback as students work, we signal that the work they are doing is important, and we care about their progress. Below are three strategies designed to make peer feedback meaningful.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 15, 2021

It has been a wild and bumpy ride during the pandemic, but through it all, we have witnessed firsthand the resilience of educators across the world. While COVID-19 represented the most disruptive force ever to impact the field of education, educators did what they always do – go above and beyond for kids and each other. Prepare them for anything !”

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 12, 2024

Yesterday I demonstrated how to get AI feedback. But something odd happened. The kids kept coming to me for feedback. I would point them to AI but they just wanted me to do it. They even wanted me to put it in AI for them. I want you to see my issues and how I proceed at each step of the process. This is helpful for so many reasons.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Distributions from the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund helped schools acquire much-needed technologies. With that winding down in 2024, K–12 school leaders are worried about how they will sustain the essential IT upgrades they’ve made. The ESSER funding cliff presents risks.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 7, 2023

Over the past three years, school districts quickly adopted and integrated various technologies, from one-to-one device programs and new software to networks that could shoulder the increased demand. None of these innovations would have been possible with the hard work of K–12 IT leaders.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

Long gone are the days of overhead projectors and handwritten papers. Today’s teachers have robust technology at their disposal, and students have grown up in an increasingly digital world.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 18, 2022

This year, EdTech sought out the IT innovators and collaborators who are making meaningful changes in K–12 education. Their work is driving the next iteration of educational technology and digital transformation.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 31, 2020

No matter your teaching situation, you’ll find some ways that you can bring writing into your classroom. Sponsor: The Wipebook Workbook is designed for everything from sketching to notetaking and includes a graph, ruled, and blank pages. It is foldable but also stands up so each student’s whiteboard can be seen in your online classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 5, 2022

The only solution at the time was to take a floppy disk to each computer at each school building. In those days, the IT team comprised just six people, but the district was back up and running in only two days’ time. We have 61 technology integration experts located across the district,” says Val Verde USD’s Superintendent Michael McCormick.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2023

A: One of the best gifts I have for students and colleagues alike is how to solve this sort of problem. Before you call your IT guy or the tech teacher, here’s what you do: Google it. Type the question into Google and push send. 80% of the problems I am asked can be answered that way. You have lots of company in that sentiment.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 22, 2024

It’s a challenge some ed tech companies are solving with an Ecosystem as a Service strategy. ViewSonic is one such company. Expanding on its EaaS product line, the recently released ViewBoard IFP52 2ED display offers greater ease of integration and security, both key benefits for teachers and IT administrators alike.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 23, 2024

To address the rising tide of school violence, K–12 school districts need advanced security technologies to augment their thinly stretched staffs. Upgrading physical security, prevention, cybersecurity and emotional wellness solutions — which constitute the four pillars of physical safety — can protect staff and students.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 24, 2023

Cerebral palsy confined Mercy, a third grader at Jenks (Okla.) Public Schools, to a wheelchair and prevented her from speaking or fully participating in learning activities. That was until a team of teachers, therapists and technology staff worked to find a solution.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

K–12 IT teams have an ever-growing list of responsibilities and tasks crucial to ensuring that classrooms – not to mention entire school campuses — remain optimally equipped for teaching and learning. On top of that, school districts are notoriously strapped for money. On average, the U.S. On average, the U.S.

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A Principal's Reflections

SEPTEMBER 1, 2019

When we look at various aspects of society, there is always an innate desire to improve through innovation. However, there seems always to be impediments to this process. Perhaps it is the little voice in your head that says any new idea or strategy is a waste of time, as it has no chance to succeed. Don’t just take my word for it.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2023

From blended learning to cybersecurity to esports, there are many branches of educational technology, each with powerful voices leading the way for their peers. Every year, EdTech features a selection of these leaders in its list of K–12 IT Influencers to Follow. This year, we’re releasing a second list, featuring K–12 IT’s rising stars.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 14, 2023

By Betsy Hill and Roger Stark The science of learning uses research from a range of disciplines, including cognitive psychology, education and especially neuroscience to understand how learning occurs in the brain and how learning experiences can be most effective. Learning Theories Over the years, many theories of learning have been put forth.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 8, 2021

And companies — those new to the industry as well as old pros — made leaps and bounds in the educational technology space. Come fall, most of this new technology will find its way back to the classroom. This adds pressure to understaffed K–12 IT departments.…

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

So, what is the secret sauce when it comes to effective leadership? This is a tricky question to answer as there is no definitive right way to lead and no shortage of advice available that you can weed through. Just because it sounds good doesn’t imply it will work for you. Someone who sees the system.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 31, 2022

I hope you enjoy it: Mindfulness to Calm, Focus, & Learn. By Alexa Simon on May 5, 2022. Mindfulness is a health and well-being practice utilized by families from around the world. Maybe you’ve dabbled in mindful activities such as yoga or meditation, or mindfulness may still seem somewhat of a mystery!

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 4, 2019

What is the purpose of education? To many, this might seem like a ridiculous question with the answer being quite obvious. For this post at least, let’s go with learning. Some might equate this with the successful ability to be able to recall or memorize facts and information. The fact remains that learning is anything but linear.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 23, 2023

Research shows that white men continue to dominate the makeup of K–12 IT leaders. The “CoSN State of EdTech Leadership 2022” report states that the share of female CTOs increased from 25 to 34 percent between 2020 and 2022. Despite the increase, men still outnumber women 3 to 1.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2024

And the online gradebooks that instantly alert family members to any low grade have made the downsides of letter grades even worse, he argues. Eyler decided to take on the topic head-on in his latest book, due out this summer, called “ Failing Our Future: How Grades Harm Students, and What We Can Do About It. ”

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eSchool News

MARCH 22, 2024

IT touches every aspect of the modern K-12 district, and our success, as well as the success of the district, relies on our ability to build and maintain these relationships. All relationships are important, but the ITS and Facilities relationship cannot be overstated. It looks pretty similar to a tornado in damage capability.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Over time, AI diverged into two tracks: replicating human intelligence, and expertly accomplishing tasks thought to be unique to humans. AI chess programs, like much of AI, focused more on playing the game well and less on playing it the way humans do. In education, AI retains its focus on cognitive modeling. AI should do this, too.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2024

Specifically, many published school ratings are highly positively correlated with the share of the student body that is white. “A A school’s average outcomes reflect, to some extent, the demographic mix of the population it serves,” says MIT economist Josh Angrist, a Nobel Prize winner who has long analyzed education outcomes.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 12, 2023

I recently had the opportunity to design and build a maker space for educators to implement making and tinkering in their libraries and classrooms. Talk about a dream project-it was easy to get caught up in the fun of purchasing new equipment, gathering supplies, and designing experiences.

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