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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. This is especially appealing with comics students prepare ( see this article) to practice creative writing.

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Hour of Code? Here’s why to participate

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It feels like: When it should feel like: Coding is a great tie-in to Common Core Math Standards. This includes (links won’t work until the articles are posted) : Hour of Code? Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). Here’s why you should participate.

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Last Chance for this College-credit Tech-for-writing Class

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Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects. Strategies introduced range from conventional tools such as quick writes, online websites, and visual writing to unconventional approaches such as Twitter novels, comics, and Google Earth lit trips. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Last Chance for this College-credit Class

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Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects, and virtual face-to-face meetings to share in a collaborative environment.

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Learn to Blend Tech into Your Class; Get College Credit

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In this course, teachers will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, critical thinking, and immersive keyboarding. Use technology to support teaching and achieve Common Core Standards.

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

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Who teaches digital citizenship? . Teach digital citizenship is easily done either through dedicated platforms like Common Sense Media and Netsmartz , or a full-blown curriculum like this one from Structured Learning. For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing?

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The Fun of IFTTT

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Popular Recipes include: IF you post a photo on Instagram THEN share it on Twitter. Grammaropolis is aligned with both national Common Core standards and Texas Expected Knowledge and Skills Objectives for grades K-6. A favorite of several educators I know is to collate ed articles into a feed using IFTTT.