Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. Why learn keyboarding? How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding. –Type to Learn, 1986.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The earlier you bring parents into the classroom, the more comfortable they’ll feel coming to you with questions. For Educators: How to Run a Parent-Teacher Conference. Classroom behavior feedback [17]. How has my child progressed over the year?[17]. What can I do to help my child learn at home?[12].

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 8, 2014

Project Tomorrow is celebrating Speak Up America Week 2014 this week with opportunities for schools and classrooms to win prizes and grants by participating in this year''s Speak Up surveys. One of last year’s winners reported back, “I have been participating in the Speak Up survey ever since it started [in 2003].

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Edsurge

JANUARY 28, 2020

Not so long ago, students did most of their learning at school, and maybe while doing homework or during trips to the museum. Now, learning—like the internet—is everywhere thanks to the ubiquity of smartphones and chromebooks. It just happens to happen from 8:00 to 2:30 in the classroom. The parents told us that their No.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2023

Teachers complete iteach coursework online on a flexible schedule, and earn full pay while they complete their in-classroom teaching requirements. Once they’re hired, the district will assign each new teacher a Classroom Supervisor to help them navigate the challenges of their first year in the classroom.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Classrooms in the United States are more diverse—culturally and linguistically—than ever before.[15] Culturally responsive teaching encompasses little steps like adding diverse books in your classroom library , as well as larger ones like adjusting your curriculum to include voices from marginalized communities.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Americans spend an average of 17 minutes per day reading for personal interest; in 2003, the average reading time was 22 minutes. It is a digital publishing studio that allows kids to write and illustrate their own books in the classroom. Read more: How to motivate students for lifelong learning. Don’t give up!

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Edsurge

MAY 10, 2019

Research around the way humans learn is booming these days. Consider viral brain-based teaching trends and explorations of how the act of teaching shapes kids’ brains. But studying how the brain learns doesn’t necessarily mean memorizing proteins and brain chemistry. I don't use the term brain-based learning.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Throughout the pandemic, we were all part of a live virtual experiment on how to make it work, said Dr. Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow. Focusing on student engagement, student empowerment, and equity in education, they shared key lessons educators learned during the lockdown.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

The telltale signs of teacher burnout include feeling emotionally drained after work, increased absenteeism and tardiness, irritability towards coworkers and students, lack of enthusiasm and motivation in the classroom, difficulty focusing on lesson plans or engaging with students and wish to quit the job. How to recover from teacher burnout?

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 13, 2023

And since September 2003 the first time I stepped into a classroom as a teacher, a lot of things have changed in the field. Learning has been freed from its geographical shackles and moved to the cloud creating limitless options and possibilities for ongoing growth and development. They are open to all forms of learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Google Apps.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2023

Justin Reich: When I was a high school history teacher, I was relatively early in the United States to have a classroom that was one-to-one with wireless laptops with the internet. We had this intranet server service called FirstClass that kind of did in 2003 just about everything that Google for Education does now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 14, 2016

How to Become a Master at Student Motivation From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I’m using Bloomz in my classroom. Show Notes: There are 4 key elements that help unleash student self-motivation: Autonomy: A voice in what and how being down. You can share pictures and links.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

You may not know which children in a classroom have experienced trauma, but the way your school reacts to and supports these students can have lasting consequences. Children with these experiences often exhibit learning or behavioral issues related to the way trauma influences brain development. Learning and memory.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 4, 2015

Getting computing devices into schools is relatively easy; changing classroom practice with technology is really, really hard. With every generation of computing technology, a small group of educators has been able to use new tools in transformative ways, but on the whole, classroom practices have proven stubbornly resistant to change.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 18, 2023

Here’s how you and your students can experiment with a ROWE approach. In 2003, Jody Thompson and Cali Ressler conducted an experiment at Best Buy headquarters , where they worked in human resources. We might think of the following as examples of student autonomy: Playlists and self-paced learning. Choice in tasks or texts.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

A 2003 analysis of 15 cases of school shooters found all but two suffered from social rejection. Students Learn Valuable Skills Playing Esports in School. Team sports provide an arena for teaching important lessons and life skills beyond the classroom. And knowing when and how to share ideas. Esports are no exception.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. Declarative Prior Knowledge Declarative prior knowledge refers to the ‘what’ of learning—it’s the factual information and concepts that students bring to a new learning situation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2016

William Morgan on one of the education forums I frequent and was thrilled that he knows a lot about them and was willing to share his expertise to kick-off a mini-seminar in classroom keyboarding. Teachers don’t have time to teach each child how to do this, so, much of keyboard learning is done by self-directed games.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around 1500 participants coming together each year to share and learn. 2003 – In Saudi Arabia due to terrorism in the country, I helped my school set up and run Moodle to do Virtual School. Lessons Learned: 1.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 20, 2021

Yet despite that esoteric reputation, Montessori methods aspire to similar outcomes as many others in education: to help children develop agency and independence, often through hands-on learning and open-ended, collaborative activities. It also provides teacher training and the physical materials used in classrooms.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 11, 2019

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today Angela Watson teaches us how to maximize our summer. She has published four books for teachers and has maintained The Cornerstone For Teachers blog since 2003. Every week day you’ll learn powerful practical ways to be a more remarkable teacher today.

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MIND Research Institute

JANUARY 26, 2021

A new white paper published by MIND Research Institute, “ Spatial-Temporal Math: Underlying Scientific Concepts and Mechanisms ,” explores the concept of spatial-temporal learning, and describes the design concepts and mechanisms behind MIND’s award-winning ST Math program. Spatial-Temporal Game-based Learning. Summary of Efficacy.

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 29, 2016

The “Teach Boldly” teacher support initiative will include a series of virtual and community training events and the launch of the new PBS Teachers’ Lounge, a creative digital space where teachers can share ideas, learn from peers, find daily inspiration and access the tools and resources they need to enhance their work in the classroom.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2016

In 2003-2004, I taught a first grade English immersion classroom for the City of Espoo’s Jalavapuisto elementary school. My advocacy for second language and culture learning is reflected in my personal life. She brings over a decade of classroom teaching experience in both the United States and abroad.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JULY 23, 2023

Through research-backed insights, this post will unpack the multifaceted world of sight words, demystifying their role in early literacy development and providing practical, effective strategies to enhance learning outcomes. Contrary to popular belief, sight words aren’t just learned by sight. So, what exactly are sight words?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2023

Among them is 26-year-old Cheven Jones, taking a break from working on his 2003 Lexus IS 300. They want to be able to connect what they’re learning with what happens next,” said Jean Eddy, president of American Student Assistance, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students make informed choices about their educations and careers. “I

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2018

Photo Credit: Jenny Abamu Despite a relatively new building, constructed in 2003 as part of a former superintendent’s turnaround project, Fisher has suffered from consistent low performance—falling far below state standards on exams and adjusted growth targets designed specifically for the school. “My Fisher Magnet Upper Academy.

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eSpark

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

At eSpark Learning, we want to reimagine classrooms so that they’re student-centered, allowing students to succeed in school and in life. Mineola has demonstrated how personalized learning can prevent summer learning loss, implementing eSpark in summer school classrooms with fantastic results.

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MindShift

DECEMBER 31, 2018

NPR asked teachers then to tell us how the book has changed the way they teach. We learned that a lot has changed since 1998. Changing how some classrooms look — and feel. VanDonge’s classroom is decked out in Ravenclaw blue and bronze while Keyes has Hufflepuff’s black and yellow.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2018

Liam Frometa, 5, left, and Christopher Ramos, 5, right, play with their classroom’s smart board at Fun Time Early Learning Academy in Naples, Fla. million from the foundation since 2003. A child with severe dental pain is not going to cooperate or learn.”. The center has received $13.7

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 19, 2011

This is a great training resource out of the University of South Florida that provides some really basic information for teachers on how to do everything from burning CD''s to using email to hardware/software troubleshooting. Head on over to In Pictures and learn something new today! In Pictures does exactly that. Trainning'

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ExcelinEd

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

In fact, Mississippi fourth graders ranked 29th in Reading and 23rd in Math on the 2019 NAEP—up from 48th and 49th, respectively, in 2003! Learn more below! Find out why millions of kids can’t read and how states can fix America’s reading problem on Excel in Ed’s blog! Learn How to End the Reading Wars at #EIE19.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Everyone knows what bullying is — someone being taunted physically or mentally by others — and there are endless resources devoted to educating both students and teachers on how to combat bullying. These clever digital natives take figuring out how to circumvent your protections as a challenge. But what about cyberbullying?

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2016

Fifteen percent of Mississippi children didn’t pass the state’s reading test by third grade, and a new report examines one reason why that may be: Many of the state’s early grade teachers don’t know enough about teaching kids how to read. Only 21 percent of the state’s eighth-grade students were proficient or advanced. In 2013, Gov.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2021

While many families are eager for a return to in-person learning this fall, others are not: Surveys show that some families are reluctant to return — and, that Black and Asian families are the most likely to feel this way. Related: Remote learning has been a disaster for many students. But some kids have thrived.

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