Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Prezi is a very cool presentation tool that allows you to create zooming presentations with images, text, video and animations. With this, you can deliver and watch the presentations in real time. Your audience (students) can follow along on their own device and stay in sync with where you are in the presentation.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Here are great ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more (click the titles for the link): 1.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 29, 2019

Classroom presentations come with many challenges–not the least of which is keeping your students engaged long enough to teach the lesson! New technology creates many opportunities to spruce up your presentations and keep students captivated, so the trick is simply to figure out which methods will work best for you. .

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

By Angelo Biasi Editor’s Note: This article is from our friends at ET Magazine. The integration of AI into our daily personal and professional lives is not a distant future – it is our present.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

To help you adjust, here are the Top Ten articles on putting technology into your back-to-school plans: How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests. 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 5 Tools To Shake up the New Year. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons. How to Build Your PLN.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

“The content presented in this blog is the result of my creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.” ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

TotSplash is a new site that combines online mind mapping and "Prezi-like" presentations. Users can focus on organizing their thoughts and ideas and then the app transforms them into a "Prezi-like" presentation. Feel free to share summaries and links to these articles, but do not copy and repost entire article.

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JULY 22, 2022

CNBC has a great article on one of their blogs on this subject you’ll appreciate: High schools, scrambling to prep Gen Z for the real world, are teaching students to make and manage money. Check out these articles: April is Financial Literacy Month. We at Ask a Tech Teacher have written often about financial literacy.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

These practices train the mind to stay present, reducing distractions and improving concentration levels, ultimately benefiting academic performance. Mindful Coloring or Art Engaging in mindful coloring or art projects allows students to express themselves creatively while staying present at the moment.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

They have a great article on this topic you want to check out: Educators: Teach digital citizenship early. Read on… Here are more articles on DigCit from Ask a Tech Teacher: Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship. I’m a staunch believer that Digital Citizenship should be taught early and often.

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JUNE 23, 2022

An article over at The Tech Edvocate caught my eye on early math. Scientists think that the sophistication of stone toolmaking almost a million years ago showed the symbolic and spatial thinking ability already present in our ancestors–a million years ago! Teaching Math. What is ‘Technical Math’? –images from Deposit Photo.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 20, 2012

Prezi , the zooming presentation tool that makes presentations engaging and fun, has added some cool features. Prezi has added 3-D backgrounds for the presentations, which can add some great images to your presentations. Press the "B" key during your presentation and black out your screen.

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In our recent article Best Practices for More Inclusive Meetings , explored why it’s important to foster inclusivity in your meetings and how technology plays a role. In this article, you’ll learn how to leverage tools like the ViewBoard IFP105S to achieve greater inclusivity, collaboration and overall productivity.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

I’m taking Labor Day off so thought I’d do a labor-free article– Labor Day, the first Monday in September , is an American holiday (though it occurs throughout the world, with different names and dates) dedicated to the achievements of workers. I take it literally. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2018

Where I’m Presenting at ISTE 2018. We’ll also address fake articles, fake photos and fake videos. ISTE Bytes: a 2 Minute Overview of the GoogSmacked Panel (Presentation). Type of Event: Listen and Learn Multi Presentation. Enjoy 2-minute presentations on upcoming sessions. Location: W181a.

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Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Prezi, the zooming presentation editor , has a new version of it''s interface. Prezi is a nice alternative to things like PowerPoint for making presentations. Instead of slides, you create presentations using any thing as the basis, from a word to an image. free resources presentation Prezi'

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 28, 2012

Giving a presentation or teaching takes preparation. Lifehacker has a great article " How to Prep for a Presentation " with some great tips like knowing your audience, knowing their needs, knowing the subject, knowing the room (size, resources and technology, etc), rehearsing, getting rid of the jitters and nervousness and more.

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JULY 19, 2023

This article serves as the ultimate guide for video conferencing, regardless of whether you are based at home or in the workplace, with a focus on the hardware and software needed for effective online meetings. In this article, we offer a complete guide to video conferencing setups in 2023.

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Educational Technology Guy

MARCH 17, 2016

Zoho ShowTime is a very cool, free, tool that makes your presentations more interactive. You can import an PowerPoint presentation or PDF or create a new presentation right in it. (if The audience gets to follow along on their device, like slides and ideas, ask questions and then rate the presentation at the end.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

SlidePresenter is an online presentation service. It has a free account that is full-featured and the service allows you to create videos that are synced with PowerPoint presentations. Each presentation can be tagged, embedded in other sites, and easily shared via social media. It is similar to Knovio.

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AUGUST 15, 2022

Check out this article from The Tech Edvocate with a list of six ideas, including: Google Keep. Check out these articles for more ideas: OneNote–the all-in-one digital notetaking, classroom app for educators. There are great notetaking apps and suggestions out there for students. ClickUp (not familiar to me).

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Articles on handwriting from Ask a Tech Teacher: Check these out: When is Typing Faster Than Handwriting? This day was established to honor the birthday of John Hancock, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, known for his prominent and stylish signature on the Declaration of Independence.

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JUNE 29, 2022

I was thrilled to find this article from Programming Insider providing a great starting point for tech tools that are a natural fit with education: Best Ways to Use Tech for Teachers. In this article, we talk about the best ways to use technology for teachers and students. Read more: [link].

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Educational Technology Guy

MAY 7, 2015

Emaze is a free, online presentation tool that is easy to use and has some beautiful features. You sign in, select one of their amazing templates, create your presentation, and share it. The presentations are created in HTML5 so they are available on any web-enabled device. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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OCTOBER 12, 2016

She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The heading will click through to a more detailed article on the tip: Tech Tip #167–How to Evaluate Apps. Note: If you click through to the original article, you’ll have to scroll down a bit because this was posted under ‘What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog’ Tech Tip: Get Rid of Spam in Text Messages.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In this article, we will give you several tips to help increase engagement among your students. With distractions from technology and diverse learning needs, teachers need to constantly adapt and find innovative ways to keep their students focused. Having the right strategy is essential. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 21, 2022

Working in today’s educational landscape presents many challenges. Across all industries, women hold only 26 percent of computing-related jobs, according to an article by Built In. For women in educational technology roles, these can be magnified by a lack of representation.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

Education Week had a great article on how teachers are expanding their use of technology in the classroom. All offer lessons for job seekers wanting to present in-demand knowledge and skills, as well as districts and schools that are seeking truly tech-savvy teachers. Here’s a peak: 5 Practices of Truly Tech-savvy Teachers.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Here’s a good article from Yahoo Finance on that: Why Teaching Tech to Teachers Is More Important Than Ever. Back when I started teaching tech, teachers loved saying that kids knew more than they did, even defer to students to teach. That doesn’t work anymore which means even the most tech-phobic of teachers must step up.

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MAY 18, 2022

There are usual ways to find the most recent article written on a blog: Check the top of the blog- -This might work, but often bloggers pin ‘Featured Articles’ to the top. Check the sidebar for ‘Recent Articles’ –All bloggers don’t have that and some push it way (way) down the sidebar resources.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here’s an eye-opening article on three grading practices that should be overhauled: Teacher: Reconsider these traditional grading practices. In this article, Tamony asserts that teachers should reconsider averaging scores over time, allowing in elements other than content understanding and reporting “opaque scores.”

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

PowToon is a free web app that lets you create presentations and animated videos. It can be used by teachers to make their presentations more engaging, and by students to create presentations for their projects. It''s easy to create a presentation using the build in tools and intuitive interface.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Here’s an excellent article from eSchool News about using VR to better understand topics traditionally considered complex: VR helps students visualize complex information. Virtual Reality is one of the hottest newish education strategies that keeps getting better. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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