Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

use an avatar that has basically human parts (like a robot). Besides learning about their bodies, this integrates technology transparently into student learning, as a process rather than a product — as a tool used to complete their project. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. BrainPOP Jr.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 25, 2019

Information Technology. Discover ways to establish not just a space but a culture connecting authentic learning and standards to making. W121 | Beyond PBL, STEM, and STEAM … Dewey Meets Technology and Standards. W158 | Harnessing Technology to Support Standards and Provide Authentic Learning. Administrator.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A robot built by students to research endangered frogs in Lake Titicaca, in Peru, being tested in June, 2016, by Lindsey Hamblin (left), then a Skyline High School senior, and Callie Meyers, then a Skyline junior. The project that has caused the biggest splash came from the Innovation Center’s aquatic robotics team. LONGMONT, Colo. —

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. Many school districts -- including mine in Middletown, NY-- are leveraging the power of technology with adaptive assessments and instructional software. So how do you choose? So, what can be done?

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Edsurge

MARCH 3, 2020

For the educators in our research, making was no one particular type of activity—whether programming robots or folding paper into shapes or inventing a solution to a common problem. And these educators in our focus groups were more likely than teachers of younger students to use technologies such as 3D printers and green screens.

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Hack Education

MAY 4, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Via Chalkbeat : “ Betsy DeVos ’s first Detroit visit featured Girl Scouts, robots, and talk of beluga whales.” Lots of suggestions this week for new academic disciplines where there may already be academic disciplines.

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