Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Pete Springer’s memoir They Call Me Mom (Outskirts Press 2019) about his first years teaching will delight new teachers and have experienced educators nodding along with him. Favorite tools like iPads and Chromebooks change. They Call Me Mom. by Pete Springer. Educational philosophies change.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Now, in 2019, that’s dropped to about a third. The most visible example of this was the Parkland School Shooting in February, 2019. Finally, cell phones have become a small version of a computer be it a laptop, Chromebook, or iPad (especially an iPad). For example, most students have them but not all students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2019

1, 2019, World Read Aloud Day celebrates the pure joy of oral reading with kids of all ages. Here’s a list of online sites with digital books that can be quickly accessed, mostly free, for this activity: Aesop Fables. Teach students to read with their digital devices. Importance of reading aloud. Owl Eyes (classics).

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2019

The release of the iPad in the following year put young children in control of their screen experience by simply clicking, tapping and swiping. As 2019 winds down, we are still in search of research and evidence-based practices to guide developers, educators and parents.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

We gush over new hardware like iPads and Chromebooks. Here’s why 2018 and 2019 are not the years you should feel like technology will roll over you like a steamroller. True, it is touted as a magic wand that will fix all education woes. We spend millions on training teachers to blend tech into their lessons.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 12, 2019

I work at a K-12 1:1 iPad institution so I typically create things in Apple and iOS native apps like Pages, Keynote, and Numbers or as a PDF for annotating or analog use. . And you could even have students evaluate the values of a social media feed as part of a digital citizenship lesson. © Shake Up Learning 2019.

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Google iPad Digital Citizenship Social Media 101

Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

By adding in a variety of content and multimedia, Buncees can be used to foster creativity, develop critical thinking and digital citizenship skills, and engage students. Monday, January 28, 2019: 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM. Tuesday, January 29, 2019: 2:00 PM - 2:40 PM. Tuesday, January 29, 2019: 4:00 PM - 4:40 PM.

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