Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. The computer courses page has 19 courses including Computer Basics, Email, Internet, Social Media, Google Apps, iPads, and much more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2019

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. Update software. External storage is cheap. Empty the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Google Earth and Celestia?) I love that.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. Do the same for apps and software. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The above links won’t work until the articles publish! Keep your antivirus software active. Update any software that needs it. Update Your Online Presence.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

No need to dig far to discern what I think about it as I am quoted in the article. The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. More on this below.). No matter where truth lies, the apparent conflict of interest is significant and undeniable.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Google Earth and Celestia?) I love that.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing. A Comprehensive Overview of Popular Plagiarism Checkers Efficient plagiarism software needs advanced technology with integration capabilities, the newest algorithms, and databases. But only PlagiarismCheck has integration with Google Classroom.

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ProfHacker

JUNE 9, 2016

There were instances where the translations made no sense and I would have to ask for clarification or try Google translate (yes, it provides different translations from Bing) or even try to read the thing myself, hoping that my moderate knowledge of French might help me understand the Spanish or detect typos. What am I saying?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 24, 2021

Lisa shares a great Google Slides template and lesson idea — The Fake Blog Post! There is so much you can do at any level with this template, and it is a great way to talk about media, blogging, writing, digital citizenship, and more. Listen to this article. . Related: 6 FREE Google Templates for Creative Productivity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The above links won’t work until the articles publish! Keep your antivirus software active. Update any software that needs it. Update Your Online Presence.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2015

If a software company wants to give its product away free to educators, that’s a good thing for schools, teachers and students, right? Many companies that are giving their software away—and their investors—are waking up to the fact that freemium is great when it works, but it doesn’t actually work all that often. What do you do?

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Kickstarter, Zopa, SocietyOne) The largest software vendors don’t write the apps. Apple, Google) Our current “Fourth Industrial Revolution” has wrecked havoc on the way we’ve always done things. (Netflix) The largest phone companies own no telecommunications infrastructure.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! Keep your antivirus software active. Update any software that needs it. Backup and Image your computer.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Monitoring software can track what students say and do online, sometimes even on students' privately owned devices or social media accounts. In some cases schools might even use tools like location tracking or facial recognition software. See Google's cookie information for details. Should They?

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 19, 2013

With the impending demise of Google Reader, I have been in search for an RSS Reader replacement. I also tried other alternatives suggested on Twitter, such as Newsblur and some desktop software readers such as Feedreader. In the end, I think Feedly is the best choice as a replacement to Google Reader. Feedly Web Interface 1.

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

There are also some other great resources in the "Related" links at the end of the article. The rest of the files I need to use that are not in Evernote or Google Drive are setup in my Dropbox so that they are synced on my home and school computers and my smartphone. Here''s more on Why I use Google Products as an Educator.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 12, 2016

This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. A note: The links won’t work until the articles publish! Keep your antivirus software active. Update any software that needs it. Backup and Image your computer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. Let’s face it: Students are on social media or will be soon. Internet use.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing. A Comprehensive Overview of Popular Plagiarism Checkers Efficient plagiarism software needs advanced technology with integration capabilities, the newest algorithms, and databases. But only PlagiarismCheck has integration with Google Classroom.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.” I’m so tired of spending just pointless money.”

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 12, 2022

Listen to this article. . This question comes up a lot in a book I’m reading, Growing Up Shared: How Parents Can Share Smarter on Social Media—and What You Can Do to Keep Your Family Safe in a No-Privacy World. Sharenting : the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc. Click To Tweet.

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Fractus Learning

MAY 28, 2021

This article covers what a screencast is and reveals how to create a professional and informative screencast. Learners don’t have to download the videos; they can view the video directly on YouTube, Google Drive, or a website platform. Screen Recording Software. What Is A Screencast? What Is The Benefit Of Screencasting?

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Some APIs for web maps include Google Maps API, OpenLayers, ArcGIS, and Mapbox. If you were looking for help in choosing the best mind mapping software for your kids or classroom, head on over to other article. Import data from Excel, Google docs, or CSV to create and publish interactive maps. Looking For Mind Mapping?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Who picks the digital apps, software, extensions, and programs used in the classes? Do teachers pull out the iPads only to practice rote math drills (which is a good idea) or do students become inspired by the creativity of apps like GeoGebra and take notes using a digital tool like Google Keep? Or a stand-alone app like Remind ?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And some of the toughest issues educators face don’t fit neatly into a short article. You can find us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Education is complicated. That’s why each week we bring you a new interview or audio story on the EdSurge Podcast.

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Fractus Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

It’s helped me in my writing – and when I started using it, it was the best writing software available. Grammarly is a proofreading software tool that uses artificial intelligence technology to detect grammar, spelling, punctuation, style, sentence structure, and word choice mistakes. I’m a long-time Grammarly user.

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ProfHacker

AUGUST 24, 2015

I recently came across an article in Fast Company that reminded me that I had the Sway app sitting unused on my phone since February. I did them in Google Sides and they are…boring. First off, Sway does not (yet) play nice with Google Apps or Dropbox; of course it wants you to use the Microsoft cloud-based service.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 13, 2019

I want them to join Google classroom. and I want them to turn their photograph in as an assignment in Google Classroom. Fantastic, Fast Formative Assessment Tools is a helpful article that I wrote for Edutopia. First, I work hard on social media to share my attitude and love toward the students I teach.

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The 21st Century Principal

JULY 8, 2013

Here''s an article that gives you an excellent overview of KustomNote. MakeUseOf Article on Kustomnote Calendars+: This is an easy to use calendar app that syncs with all your Google Calendars. Google Drive: Having an additional access point to my Google Drive documents is priceless. I have it on my iPad as well.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety. Students are stressed out. But the consultant was right.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

I wish to share with you this article I wrote for PBLWorks (BIE/BUCK Institute) of which I am part of the National Faculty. I hope pou find this first article helpful and that you return for continued postings in this series. Read the article or watch the webinar. Read the article or watch the webinar (future).

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

Along with a 1:1 goal, comes the deluge of edtech tools, software, and applications into classrooms. This article was modified and published by EdScoop. Mike Schwab has spent his career in finance, enterprise software sales and edtech. This edWeb webinar was sponsored by Education Networks of America (ENA) and CatchOn.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

” Re-reading that article now makes me cringe. If you look for a definition of “platform” online, you’re likely to get something along the lines of Wikipedia’s – fairly straightforward, although quite technical: A computing platform is the environment in which a piece of software is executed.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Subsidized by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, some publications have repeatedly run overtly and covertly sponsored articles that hawk the future of learning as “personalized,” as focused on “ the whole child.” But American education largely hasn’t. “ Does It Make More Sense to Invest in School Security or SEL?

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Once again, the software giants impressed me with their free educator certification programs. Google for Education, Microsoft EDU, BrainPOP, and Apple all offered multi-level certification options on the Saturday and Sunday preceding ISTE 2018. As a director of academic technology, I decided to focus on five areas at ISTE this year.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Through the use of the Google Suites apps I am able to collaborate online with fellow educators both in my system and outside. Google Hangouts, Google Docs, and my Google Calendars are used on a regular basis to stay connected to my community. Media fluency. Building relationships and community. Legal practices.

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