EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these top three elements of digital citizenship. Students Learn Best from Each Other. by Jennifer Brown.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

Many of us remember heading to the library to gather books and printed articles for our school projects. Let’s take a look at how students can safely search the internet. How can students safely search the internet for class activities? Digital citizenship, online safety and 21st-century skills instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. How to Teach Students to Solve Problems. Math Books for Elementary Grades. Lesson plans about math and tech: How to Achieve Common Core with Tech: the Math Strand. How to Use Khan Academy (free lesson plan). Celebrate Pi With Your Students.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

More and more, digital citizenship skills like balancing screen time with other activities, being kind to others online, and knowing what’s OK and not OK to share online are essential at the elementary school level. Students learn a simple routine for how to deal with being interrupted while using media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school. Week 1 (this article). How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding? Is elementary school too early—or too late?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2022

I posted this article from Catherine Ross, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, a year ago and it’s worth repeating. She has great suggestions on how to celebrate with children and students in a way that shows how to be responsible stewards for the only planet we have. World Environment Day is June 5th.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Creativity, flexibility, and strong goals are a must.

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Hapara

JULY 19, 2023

For example, if you have an article about a current event, you can copy it over to a Google Doc and have learners add annotations. Google Docs scavenger hunt : If you want students to learn more about how to use Google Docs itself, make a copy of this template. One of those is the ability to annotate text.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2020

From our files, here are great articles about activities popular at the end of the school year: 5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year. Digital Citizenship review. How to Use Tech to Help Graduating Students Find Jobs. As a teacher, you’re fully aware of how much the world is advancing through technology.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2018

This article is part of Common Sense Education's Teacher Voices series, which provides a platform for diverse perspectives on teaching in the digital age. In the Alisal Union School District in Salinas, California, we aim to establish a whole-community approach to digital citizenship.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2018

"Teacher Voices": This article is part of a series of from-the-classroom perspectives. In the Alisal Union School District in Salinas, California, we aim to establish a whole-community approach to digital citizenship. "In Alisal, we work with an agricultural community.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Welcome to the third article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. It is important that educators teach and model proper digital citizenship.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the fourth article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. In this post I would like to introduce 10 more resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. 10 Digital Citizenship Resource: the Web in the Classroom… Part 3.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

In an earlier article , I focused on preparation for the essay portion of the SAT. USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school. Some will take it for the first time; some for the umpteenth time. To date, there are over 500 free study resources that cover SAT prep. USATest prep.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Bill Morgan through a shared interest in keyboarding for youngers (see this article on A Conversation About Keyboarding and this article on Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach ). When Bill offered an article on a new class he started that helps English Language Learners, I was excited.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

This is just one example of the many articles that warn us of the latest shocking discoveries about the dangers of technology. This type of data can help educators, parents, or policy makers better understand how students interact with technology, particularly how to create a healthy relationship with it.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To help students reflect more on how their words and actions impact others our objective this month is, “How to be kind online and offline!” The video lead to powerful sharing and discussions with my elementary students about trash talking and bullying online. Cool School Game – For elementary students.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 21, 2020

Copyright and Creativity for Ethical Digital Citizens , is a nonprofit project that has developed a suite of free K-12 resources for teaching students about copyright and fair use. The premise is that students today need to learn the basics of copyright as an element of digital citizenship. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2015

Through virtual colleagues, you know what’s important in their corner of education, how they handle digital textbooks, what they do about students who don’t have an internet connection at home, and where to get a grant for a 3D printer or class set of Chromebooks. How to build a PLN. Now, it seems obvious.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2020

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-. The program is free, takes about eight hours (depending upon the student), and can include printed materials as well as digital. Age group: Upper elementary.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 29, 2022

Banzai is a personal finance curriculum that teaches high school and middle school students how to prioritize spending decisions through real-life scenarios and choose-your-own adventure (kind of) role playing. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Some are narrative; others games. Here are some I like.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 24, 2017

Lesson plans are delivered via a granular combination of rigorous critical thinking activities, real-world problems, and interactive digital games that make implementing the curriculum easy and flexible for any type of classroom and fully supportive of a schoolwide goal of college and career readiness. How to use Stepping Stones.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2016

Over the next several weeks, I’ll post a wide range of articles to help you integrate keyboarding authentically and rigorously into your classroom curriculum. The QWERTY keyboard is at the core of digital communication. Besides, we want our children to communicate with digital effectiveness in elementary school!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

Laura: Hyperdocs are basically links that we provide for children to access different websites and articles that we want them to read. See Hyperdocs: How To’s and Tips for Teachers. But going for this digital task board or the hyperdoc task board has just created a lot of excitement in the class. Laura: Yes. Hopefully they will.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

Before considering how to approach a so-called "day after" discussion with students, consider whether it's appropriate or necessary, as well as considering your own comfort level. From elementary school through high school, most kids don't have the news and media literacy skills to fully understand what's happening.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2018

Catherine Ross, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great suggestions on how to celebrate that with children and students in a way that shows th em how to be responsible stewards for the only planet we have. We don’t know how to make any of these things the way nature makes them, but we sure know how to contaminate them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

I haven’t written about this learning tool in a long time so I was excited when AATT contributor, Sara Stringer , came up with this great article: Even though some people feel that there is too much on TV that does nothing to educate people, or children, for that matter, there is actually plenty on television to help with education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 21, 2018

It can be filtered by type (activity, model, or sequence) and grade (from elementary to higher education). It includes how to become an engineer, lesson plans for teachers, and — this article’s favorite: Games. 5 Engineering games. Free, web-based and mobile. 6 SciToys. Free, web-based.

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techlearning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Class Tech Tips: Teaching Digital Citizenship with Adobe Spark Online Course for Co-Teachers Carving out time for professional development during the school day can be a challenge. Teaching partners may be full-time, as they can be in elementary. Why is this topic essential for educators to explore?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Many of these critical thinking concepts are not difficult but need to become habits adopted early in life, which is why Oxman first tried them out in his children’s elementary school classrooms. One way to teach how science is made is to let the children experience and figure it out for themselves. START EARLY.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

Thinking critically means knowing where news stories come from, what purpose they serve, and how credible they are. To help students build a strong foundation of news and media literacy, use these free, ready-to-teach lessons from our K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. How can we help them get better?

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 3, 2015

There are a myriad of platforms to choose from: edublogs , Kidblog (especially good for elementary age children), Blogger , wordpress , and most LMS systems have a blogging platform built in. How to set up a blog will depend on your platform, and is pretty easy to figure out with all of the “how-to” videos and help center collections.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 24, 2021

How can I find movies and videos that are appropriate for school? And of course, how can I help my students learn as much as possible from movies and videos? The tips and suggestions in this article are here to help you. There are film curations available for elementary, middle, and high schools. Price: Paid.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

It seems like no matter how many strategies you implement, how much time you allow for brain breaks and meditation, how many fidgets you allow, how many times you email parents, how much you discuss in class meetings how to meet expectations, and how much energy you put into solutions … it’s never enough.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 29, 2018

Tech integrationist Eric Curtis blogs about how to add technology into almost every K-12 subject from math to art. The target audience is obviously their own educators, but IT teams at other school districts can take notes from FCPS’s IT team on how to digitally engage their own educators. Keller ISD Digital Learning Blog.

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EdTechTeam

MAY 4, 2020

Whether using these tools in an elementary or university setting, here are some helpful virtual etiquette tips. Google Meet – currently free to have up to 250 members on a group call; for how to structure breakout rooms, see this post. Of course, teaching Digital Citizenship beforehand also goes a long way. .

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Decide how to recruit student leaders or support students who want to start an esports team. This article was modified and published by EdScoop and eSchool News. Dennis also was a classroom teacher for 13 years, with experience in elementary, alternative education, and special education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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