Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Vivek Singh and his colleague, Ilya Mishra, are new contributors to Ask a Tech Teacher who specialize in online learning and educational technology (more on Ilya’s bio below). Blended learning overcomes this limitation by reducing the need for homework, and provides course content to students via the internet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2020

After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. It can be included in a list of websites that students independently access during flipped classroom preparation for a space unit. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

The web now is teeming with all kinds of educational podcasts covering various topics from politics to science and digital citizenship. In the field of education, podcasts are used for a wide variety of purposes including: Teaching online or in a hybrid or flipped classroom. peer learning). What is a Podcast?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. But blended learning is more than simply replacing lectures and books with web-based technology. Infrastructure.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Apps used in your lessons should improve learning rather than just being a cool app kids might like. You may love what the app can do (like gamify math or quizzify science) but the technology required is more than you can handle, might require hours of time just to learn how to apply it. How does this apply to the selection of apps?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

As a busy teacher, I want resources that are clear, easy-to-use, accessible by all types of students, scalable, and fun. If it requires more than three clicks to access content, I move on. WittyWe is a K-9 learning environment that inspires students to become passionate about meaningful learning through engaging video content.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Note: This does require access to the MS server so you can only use it where WiFi is available. This is great for flipped classrooms or auto-generated lesson plans that students can play, pause, and rewind as needed for their learning style. Speed up MS Office with Quick Access Toolbar. Ink Equations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. How to embed materials into digital portfolios. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network. How to create screencasts and screenshots.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com (formerly called Education-Portal) is a distance learning portal that provides over 70,000 lessons in fifteen subjects (including algebra, calculus, physics, chemistry, macro- and microeconomics, and more) aligned with popular textbooks. They can be uploaded to Google Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, and a selection of other LMSs.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads. And in a way, this does make sense.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This is especially useful in flipped classrooms where students review videos to prepare for class. The ability to shout out to classmates, to be answered whenever they access their Twitter stream, is huge. The youngest likely will do this as a group, accessed anywhere with an Internet connection. Formative assessment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Here’s how it works: Sign up for a free version of Nepris (it comes with one live virtual session and access to hundreds of recorded sessions). Set up your class (optional, but this allows you to share out archived Nepris sessions with students, say, for a flipped classroom activity). This is great for flipped classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As each teacher downloads their favorites, students spend as much time learning the app as applying it academically. What became apparent as I researched was that GoodReader was one of several considered Best in Class because of its broad-based ability to read, manage, organize, access, and annotate a wide variety of file formats.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Guest author, Emily Clearly over at mysimpleshow has ten more reasons why videos are a great educational tool for your teaching: Videos are in line with the technological times and can be accessed on the Internet at any point, from wherever you are in the world. Learn Storytelling: Videos are stories in motion.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. digital devices for students–Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, or netbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. digital devices for students–Chromebooks, laptops, iPads, or netbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

Record lessons that students can access anytime, anywhere. Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom. The learning curve is shallow and intuitive for anyone who has used iPad apps in the past. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Make a video to help the substitute teacher.

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TeacherCast

MAY 31, 2019

What if there was a way that you could combine traditional writing assignments with the popularity of audio/video podcasts in a format that was accessible to any mobile device, Chromebook or desktop available to your students? Students can learn about Digital Citizenship by creating conversations, or reply to other Synths.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2015

After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. It can be included in a list of websites that students independently access during flipped classroom preparation for a space unit. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. Activity-Based Learning. ” (1).

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

After a Master’s degree, 120-plus credits, and 30 years in education, I now understand that whatever I do and wherever I go, I am happiest when I’m learning. And if I can find an opportunity that allows me to further my learning without sacrificing my summer vacation—or better yet, enhances it—you can bet I’m going to be the first to sign up.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 1st A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. Andrew Carnegie The technologies of the Internet and the Web are reshaping where, when, and from whom we learn--and even how we think about learning. Learn more at www.geo-education.org.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2017

This year, CSEdWeek took place from December 5th to 11th, and two of edWeb.net ’s professional learning communities (PLC) presented webinars that highlighted the importance of coding and computer science in education. ®, presented on how to continue coding in the classroom after holding an Hour of Code.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome to the fourth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Vote and possibly win $4000 of technology from CDW – I recently supplied CDW a list of products that I thought would be great for a Podcasting/Webinar Production/Flip Classroom Studio.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Stories of Schooling & Getting Schooled (Keynote): In concert with live radio and podcast platform The Moth, three teachers talk about their lives both inside and out of the classroom. Moth vets Chris De La Cruz, Crystal Duckert and Tim Manly will speak on social justice, hip-hop in learning, teachers’ feelings and more.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. DreamBox Learning Math. Imagine Math.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

We have gotten much more mobile-friendly , as there are Collaborate apps for iOS and Android, and the conference schedule and session links can be easily accessed on mobile devices by going to [link] from your mobile device or clicking on the "mobile schedule" link in the Summit menu.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a freemium online education platform that allows students to read a book (or some other document), make comments, answer questions posed by the teacher, and even collaborate with others. What is Actively Learn. Actively Learn is a high-functioning ereader for ELA, social studies, and science students in grades 2-12.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. DreamBox Learning Math. It's savvy enough to keep kids focused, and teachers will be tapping their toes to the unorthodox learning method. Imagine Math.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

But just how effective are these tools at helping students learn? Click on any of the titles below to read our full review of the tool's classroom potential. DreamBox Learning Math. It's savvy enough to keep kids focused, and teachers will be tapping their toes to the unorthodox learning method. Imagine Math.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And it lacks the enthusiasm—as well as the desire to help kids own and engage in their learning—that defines us as innovative educators. With transformative digital changes happening in classrooms today, basic learning management systems now deliver the answers to most of those well worn questions on parent portals.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 29th Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. - Leo Tolstoy The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at the Learning Revolution. Learn more and register here.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 29, 2015

Studies of the effectiveness of video in formal learning environments have yielded some confusing ideas, namely that content acquired via video consumption doesn’t easily transfer to the medium of text (Fisch 2002; Koran, Snow & McDonald 1971). Featured Literacy Technology flipped classroom literacy technology video youtube'

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. How do I facilitate PBL in blended learning environment?”.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

Here are the top 22 digital tools your colleagues are using in their classrooms: annotation tool. digital devices. digital note-taking. digital portfolios. flipped classroom. But one thing all programs have in common: They’re popular with students because they’re how kids want to learn.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Are there benefits to allowing student phones in the classroom? How can digital citizenship lessons help me get the most out of teaching with technology? How can I use technology to support learning outside of school? One way to do this is by encouraging students to learn how to use digital creation tools.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 31, 2021

The reality is that millions of teachers and students around the globe use YouTube for learning every day -- YouTube may very well be the world's most popular destination for online learning. But when it comes to classroom learning, your success with YouTube will depend a lot on how you use it. featured_content_1%%.

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