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The Siri and Alexa Test

A Principal's Reflections

I share the personal story above as access to artificial intelligence in the form of Siri and Alexa has impacts on the education space. Whereas in the past, knowledge could be readily accessed from encyclopedias and books, this took time. While this might be essential in the lower grades, it wanes in value as kids age.

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Case Study Resources for Modern Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

The following are some notable platforms where diverse and credible case studies can be accessed: Harvard Business School Publishing The Harvard Business School produces various curated course content that learners and teachers can use. From books and journals to blogs, you will find something that can be beneficial for your students.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

Next week, my tenth graders will have to invent a new way to access the Internet. But what I haven’t seen is kids Googling anything to help them with this project. There’s a reason why this Invention project is a Google-free zone. Today’s students have come to depend upon Google as an external brain of sorts.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Cool book reports. Updated Book Report. Have students read digital books and write reviews that can be added to the school library website. From there, they are attached to the book so future readers can see classmates’ thoughts on a book they are considering, in words they understand. Practice keyboarding.

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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

Since the days of writing on wooden shingles with charcoal in one-room school houses, an increasing array of objects – pencils, paper, scissors, paste, books, and microscopes, to name a few – have been routinely used in classrooms to help students deepen understanding and record and communicate what they learned.

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Teachers As Researchers: The Power of Mindset

Digital Promise

Step Three – Fund Your Knowledge Base. As isolated educators, we often forget how other people and places help inform our thinking and fund our knowledge base. Another teacher found that classroom technology motivated learning, but found that not all students had equal access.

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Novel Ideas for Writing Instruction

techlearning

MORE BETTER WRITING Third Grade Students at Milton Public Schools use FlipGrid to record book reviews. And writing students at every level who are inspired by engaging prompts and able to share, collaborate, and access support and informative texts are happier too. Teachers are happier. Trees are happier.

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