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Guiding Students through the Crisis in Ukraine

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are great ideas for how to address the difficult topic of war in the Ukraine, from Ask a Tech Teacher collaborator, Christian Miraglia, recently retired from teaching after thirty-six years: 24/7. Essential Skills. This became increasingly important over the past decade as social media became the primary source for news.

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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

Part IV: Thinking About Thinking This is part four of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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7 Digital tools for project-based learning

Neo LMS

Students use their voice and choice, developing 21st-century skills in an authentic learning environment. The website welcomes studies done on the benefits of using Glogster in the classroom with results that show enhancement of perceptions and speaking proficiency , improvements in higher-order thinking skills, and more.

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Five digital citizenship activities everyone should know about

Hapara

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Whether you teach elementary, core subjects or electives, making digital citizenship part of your instruction is essential for all of your learners. But it can be overwhelming at times, and it’s important to develop skills to navigate the internet in healthy and safe ways.

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Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

Norah covers so many great topics, I’ve been a long-time subscriber, always coming away a little smarter and up-to-date on teaching our youngest learners. A topic dear to me–and one I get lots of questions about–is teaching Kindergartners to Tech. I have to break the news to them that isn’t true.

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Friday 5: K-12 computer science trends

eSchool News

Computer science principles give students critical computational thinking skills that will serve them in any career field or professional endeavor. Teachers may see the new initiative as “just another thing” on their plate or may feel ill-prepared to tackle an entirely new discipline.

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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Recent reports have found that – not surprisingly – digital natives who have mastered Fortnight and driving while texting are far from being able to distinguish between fake and real news, or adept at mid-skill job requirements for computer literacy. So, let’s do a Marie Kondo and declutter the concepts.