Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There are few breaks to update/fix/maintain the tech tools that allow us to pursue our trade. But, if they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog doesn’t attract visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why we aren’t being contacted for networking. Switched jobs?

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 24, 2018

As I wrote previously, digital tools can support and enhance discussion among learners and adults. So why and how should one incorporate backchanneling during workshops, presentations, faculty meetings, after hours, or in classrooms? However, like many tools, we have come to love this one no longer exists.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 20, 2022

Like most kids, past, and present, I loved playing video games. Social media is, and still represents, one of the most powerful ways to move a learning culture forward and engage with stakeholders. During my very early years, Atari was the best and only option. Consistency aligned with intent is vital. That’s a local decision.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2016

You joined all the big social media platforms (Twitter, Facebook, blogging–just for starters). You committed hours to it, and then days, eager to make this work because everyone you know talks about how much they learn from social media. When you get questions or comments on social media, answer them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. social media. email–or another method of communicating quickly outside classtime (such as messaging or Twitter). social media. Sounds simple.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2022

K-12 Digital Tools. 7 Authentic Assessment Tools. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. An Open Letter to Teachers About Online Classes. 12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. Quick Review of 7 Popular Math Programs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2022

Tech Tip #105: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Long-needed and Welcome Table Tool From JotForm. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. Tech Tip #161: Ten Most Important Keyboard Keys. Tech Tip #9–Quickly Hide Your Screen.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 9, 2018

Upon getting on Twitter in 2009, I was not only baffled about how to use the social media site but also about all the symbols associated with it. Before Twitter I referred to this as the “pound sign” on the telephone and only used it as such. Let’s start by defining what a hashtag (#) is in the sense of social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit).

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Hapara

JANUARY 14, 2022

Luckily there are edtech experts who are sharing strategies and tools through blog posts, social media, books, courses and podcasts. Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Facebook: [link]. Website: [link] Twitter: [link] LinkedIn: [link] Instagram: [link] Facebook: [link]. Lindy Hockenbary. Kasey Bell.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2021

There are few breaks to update/fix/maintain the tech tools that allow us to pursue our trade. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why you aren’t being contacted for networking. Switched jobs?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 14, 2022

There are few breaks to update/fix/maintain the tech tools that allow us to pursue our trade. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why we aren’t being contacted for networking. Switched jobs?

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Kyle Pace

JUNE 7, 2017

One thing that I think summer is great for in terms of professional learning is investing the time to better understand how you can use social media as an educator. Social media can be used as a great communication tool for a district, school, or a classroom. Here are some options to think about: Twitter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 30, 2023

We should consider which jobs should be automated and which should remain under human control (Ahem, content moderation, something social media receives a resounding F on lately.) ” Just because I agree to have my website scraped does not mean that I consent to have it crawled as training data for an AI tool!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2021

7 Tech Tools for PE Teachers. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). 4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom. How to Use Google Drawings.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2023

To support students’ pursuit of careers in modern manufacturing, the STEM Careers Coalition presents a curated collection of standards-aligned student activities and career profiles, including 11 new content collections on manufacturing. Manufacturing presents today’s students with so many opportunities to think about and explore STEM.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 6, 2019

I was honored to have been interviewed for Educational Leadership, ASCD's flagship magazine, on the power of Twitter as part of a Personal Learning Network (PLN). When and why did you decide to get involved on Twitter? How long does it take to develop a strong network on Twitter or other digital platforms?

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 17, 2019

With easier access to social media platforms through mobile devices, students are spending significantly more time online. The realities of social media, both good and bad, spurred organizations like Project B3 to step in to teach students how to participate online in a healthy, thoughtful and safe way. .

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edWeb.net

JUNE 12, 2019

The drawbacks of social media are well-documented—like anonymous trolls posting negative comments just to spark controversy. In addition to negative commentary, Knowles acknowledged other challenges to adopting social media for education. Finally, for some there is a social-emotional toll.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2021

Although the pedagogy of utilizing technology was not readily available in the early 1990s for educators, it is ever-present today. Typically students enjoyed the novelty of something new and exciting, especially if the tools allowed them to become more than passive participants. Technology is now one more part of this goal. .

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Page, a former Milken National Educator of the Year with 15 years of experience in the education field. When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. Mad Learn Free Trial.

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SpeechTechie

JANUARY 11, 2018

Social Media is part of life--and a good context for targeting social cognition and narrative language. In general, social media is now one context for us all to be sharing our stories through words and pictures, and also is a way we send messages about ourselves and interact around them.

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The 21st Century Principal

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Social media is broken. No matter what evangelistic talk you hear from the brotherhood-for-the-advancement-of-social-media, it has some serious problems that educational leaders would do well to examine closely. Social media has become irredeemably infected with what Michael Lynch calls “information pollution.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 17, 2022

Technology can be a valuable tool for accomplishing this goal, and in this post, we’ll take a look at seven ways educators can use technology to help students prepare for exams. Use social media platforms to engage with students and provide supplemental resources. Integrate interactive quiz modules into the course content.

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 8, 2013

At the NCTIES Conference this week in Raleigh, North Carolina, my presentation was "Transparent School Leadership: Managing Your School or District''s Online Reputation." The basic premise of the entire presentation was based on these assumptions about school leadership and the engagement of social media.

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The Web20Classroom

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

This is the second in a series I am doing all about Twitter. You can read the first post here , where I discuss the need to change the way we teach about Twitter. Take Twitter for example. What do you wish you knew about twitter before you started? Before Twitter- "I wish I knew how to make it meaningful to me."

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2020

There are few breaks to update/fix/maintain the tech tools that allow us to pursue our trade. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why you aren’t being contacted for networking. Switched jobs?

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. A few years ago I made a shift to becoming a more connected educator by leveraging the technology available through social media. Social Media. See some of the many weekly and monthly Twitter chats and topics to follow.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Translated, it means that the video-based social media platform is biting into the search engine’s popularity. That makes it second only to YouTube in social media popularity. Last fall, TikTok surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the web.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2023

Charlotte, NC — Discovery Education and Boeing present a new virtual experience – Manufacturing the Future of Aviation Virtual Field Trip – to show students how STEM makes aviation manufacturing more efficient and safer. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 26, 2019

Over a year ago I learned about Microsoft Education’s Immersive Reader , which is a free powerful literacy tool that is transforming education. Immersive Reader is the tool I am most excited about this year, because it helps support struggling readers of all ages. Update your apps and try Flipgrid AR!

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Evan Robb on episode 566 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Administrators can empower teachers and principal Evan Robb shares some of the techniques. He has been named one of the top 25 educational leaders to follow on Twitter. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 8, 2020

10 Tech Tools for Your Math Class. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. How to Use Google Drawings. 61 K-8 Hour of Code Suggestions–by Grade Level.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Here’s a great question I got from Paul: We are considering the appropriate role for Twitter in schools and as part of my research I read your article “ 13 Reasons to Use Twitter in the Classroom.” Twitter can be a revolutionary tool for students, used correctly. Lesson Plan: Twitter in the Classroom.

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Tech Helpful

APRIL 4, 2017

Creative Communicator Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate to their goals. Students: choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2021

7 Tech Tools for PE Teachers. Oh–would you mind adding me to your social media links? Here’s where you can find me: Twitter: @AskaTechTeacher. Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). I’m not sure how to adjust for that… Top Ten Misses.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 20, 2019

The exponential evolution if the Internet and social media tools have allowed for the quick sharing of knowledge, ideas, images, videos, and opinions. Since many of my queries when out through Twitter at the time that is how I received the majority of the information for consumption. Case in point.

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