Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

An article on “ the importance of ICT in the classroom ” by a professional acquaintance of mine, Hayley Bertwistle, makes a similar point far more succinctly than I could and she is far from alone in making it. When looked at in this manner, it is like saying the walls of your house are the foundation rather than what is under your feet.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2018

Here’s a fascinating article by Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discussing the balance between rote drills and integrated learning in teaching keyboarding: As a pre-service teacher, I have always found the arguments around different forms of teaching and learning to be highly frustrating. About the author.

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Digital Promise

MAY 1, 2017

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Software like PowerPoint, for example, which has long been used as an education tool, wasn’t designed for education. This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The Future.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 1, 2020

The focus of today’s article is remote learning for high school Advanced Placement students. On any given day students can participate in these mobile friendly classes covering AP topics such as: Tonicization through Secondary Dominant Chords, Voting Rights and Models of Voting Behavior, and Introduction to Acids and Bases.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Secondary students in particular need to be able to see and ask questions during laboratory experiments, or receive feedback when developing their own solutions to math problems. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. He also works with edWeb.net to write articles on their professional learning edWebinars.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2018

A few weeks ago, I got an email from Nancy with a great suggestion for an article topic: Google Classroom. You can find her articles on ed tech educational sources like teach.com , teacherswithapps.com , students.org , and collegelifestyles.org. More on Google: 4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 12, 2021

Effective ways to evaluate software and online services in regard to student privacy were discussed during a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate. Monica Watts provided an overview of the complex digital ecosystems many districts now have, and the wide array of software and services included in them.

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EdNews Daily

MARCH 26, 2019

With more than 4 billion users now connected to the internet, 50% of the global population (Forbes, December 2018), it is not surprising that the education sector has embraced devices and software to interact, engage, and enhance the learning environment for students.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

At the bottom of this article, all the winners are listed in reverse order of the top-most “EduJedi” Level of award attainment. Hardware and major systems software spending has leveled, while digital curriculum spending continues a steep ascent, driving change in school and district operations. This year, St.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Sure enough, elementary and secondary teachers are among the most educated yet least paid professionals; and their likelihood of automation: practically zero. Fortunately, a recent article in the Economist gets the narrative right, pointing out that “the potential for edtech will be realized only if teachers embrace it.”.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Teaching computer coding skills and concepts in the primary grades may sound like a challenge, but now there are hands-on activities and age-appropriate software that engage young students in this type of learning. This article was modified and published by eSchool News. Building Coding Skills. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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The 21st Century Principal

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Today, there was an article of interest on the News and Observer web site entitled “NC Schools Dealing with Problem-Plagued State Computer System.” According to the article, North Carolina is spending $7.1 The article also says Pearson has corrected a lot of problems as well. million dollars implementing PowerSchool this year.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 11, 2019

In a recent edWebinar , Casey O’Brien, Executive Director, National CyberWatch Center, and Jim Kowatch, CEO, Infosec Learning, underscored that to fill the demand for cybersecurity experts, secondary and higher education should focus their attention on developing cybersecurity courses that are rooted in IT operations and applications.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2016

But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. “If Esri has granted 200,000 students access to its professional online GIS mapping software for doing projects. Take Adobe , for example.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Researchers attribute their findings to the secondary effects of SEL programs, such as higher academic self-esteem and a more positive attitude towards school itself. More recent articles suggest integrating academic and social emotional learning. Another meta-analysis found between an 11 up to 17 percentile gain (Patyon et al.,

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 1, 2015

One of the biggest hurdles in student research is empowering them to dig into primary and secondary resources. But jumping from an online database of original texts, to Wikipedia, to an article, to a dictionary, to their paper convolutes the process (to say the least). This is a sponsored post from Britannica Noet Edition.

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MIND Research Institute

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Researchers attribute their findings to the secondary effects of SEL programs, such as higher academic self-esteem and a more positive attitude towards school itself. More recent articles suggest integrating academic and social emotional learning. Another meta-analysis found between an 11 up to 17 percentile gain (Patyon et al.,

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MindShift

JUNE 9, 2021

If a teacher asks all students to put an answer in the virtual class’ chatbox, for instance, a student who might not feel confident in their ability to write their thoughts can use transcription software to still participate. And for chat boxes with microphone transcription enabled, they can participate even more quickly. .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Literary non-fiction was the unit, which meant the students were learning about essays, articles, and speeches. These are very same literary concepts that we ask our students to learn in primary and secondary English classes. It was the third quarter of the school year and I was standing at the front of her ninth grade English class.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2018

In other words, students aren’t just passively watching videos—they’re doing projects, and they get instant feedback from the software. Her course has drawn more than a million students, and a New York Times article called its popularity in part “a testament to her skill at presenting the material.”

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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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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

This article was modified and published by eSchool News. LEGO® Education offers hands-on, playful STEAM learning experiences based on the LEGO® system of bricks, hardware, software, and content for students and their teachers in early learning, primary, and secondary education as well as through after-school programs and competitions.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 10, 2018

This article was modified and published by EdScoop. The company has evolved to become one of the world’s largest software companies with more than 18,500 employees in more than 50 countries. A comprehensive digital citizenship curriculum can help students learn to use technology and participate online responsibly. About the Presenters.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 28, 2018

But its long-term trajectory is really obvious because we have such a broadly-indexed set of [articles at the pre-publication stages]. When I go and do young adult tours, and I go to secondary schools, I meet students who've read Little Brother, and they're like, "How do I hack my school's censorware?" I always meet students.

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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. YouTube has devised an interactive curriculum aimed to support teachers of secondary students (approximately ages 13-17). program, along with background information and additional resources. Join the©Team!

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Tech experts, such as Slack senior software engineer Ryan Greenberg, have indicated that schools can do this by teaching students soft skills like problem-solving, communication and critical thinking. Yet, 69 percent of these educators also say today’s primary and secondary curricula doesn’t emphasize creative problem-solving enough.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools : While there are great gains with flipped learning classrooms, there is also some criticism for this new pedagogical strategy. So what does this mean?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 4, 2014

Saturday, March 8th at 12pm CR20 LIVE - DonorsChoose: Tips for Success , If you have important learning projects, tools, books or even technology hardware/software you need for your classrooms and can''t find funding to purchase them, this is a show you won''t want to miss. This article is generating lots of discussion - get involved here.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. Let’s keep chasing this. Second point.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Sara Stringer, has a good article this month on literacy among children and how to improve the dismal statistics : In the Middle Ages, literacy was highly valued. Indifference to learning is the primary source of low literacy, all other causes are secondary. Everyone deserves to have fun while learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. Ted Bauer shared this amazing article that gives highlights and video clips from student presentations on the future of schools. Read more here.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 1, 2019

Additional resources such as ViewSonic’s myViewBoard software , can be used to combine content into a single presentation, which can then be shared with children online. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Enable students to work at their own pace where feasible.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. This article was modified and published by EdScoop.

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The 21st Century Principal

MARCH 29, 2014

In a USA Today article "Obama Report Claims Success for ''Race to the Top'' " Duncan even had the audacity to say, "The most powerful ideas for improving education come not from Washington, but from educators and leaders in states throughout the country." This year, I could count the number of secondary teachers I spoke to on one hand.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

” The article poses three questions and answers them. Below I share some thoughts prompted by the article. The questions from the article are presented in bold ; unattributed blockquotes are from the original article.). How do we deliver better learning experiences to more students? N = 8000 *.5 1 = 40 people.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

Based on my experience in the enterprise software world and now in education technology, I’d like to offer some of my thoughts on how to go about doing this. Is it mainly a digital software tool for a specific instructional or administrative task, or a broad-based technology platform that an entire school or district must adopt?

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

Tagged on: March 17, 2017 Meet the West Virginia teen taught himself how to build a rapping AI using Kanye West lyrics | Quartz Media → To upend the perceived shortage of talent, tech companies have begun to evangelize for open-source AI code, or software that’s free to use, modify, and improve upon.

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