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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. digital devices–such as laptops, iPads , Chromebooks , or desktops, for daily use. sharing digitally to build knowledge. sharing digitally to build knowledge.

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SMART, Samsung offer a boost for collaboration

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The SMART Samsung Chromebook 3 Bundle features SMART amp and is fully integrated with Google Classroom and Apps for Education. Under the new agreement, schools can purchase a classroom-wide package including several Samsung Chromebook 3 devices , associated licenses for SMART amp, and access to SMART’s online professional development.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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Assessments aren’t about ‘getting everything right’ but about making progress toward the goal of preparing for life. If students are using iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, or desktops for learning, they are using keyboarding–which means they must know how to do so efficiently, quickly, and stresslessly.

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Google Adds New Classroom Features. Use Them Responsibly.

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Right now, this new lock mode only applies to “managed” Chromebooks that your school has full control over.) It’s fairly easy for kids to “cheat” while asking them to complete online Google Forms and other types of digital assessments. What kinds of questions are most used in a Google Form assessment? Yeah, I get it.

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

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Knowing the lack of digital access would severely impact the education of students in lower-income households, the district decided to empty the “Chrome carts,” used to bring Chromebooks to classrooms, and set up drive-through distribution points where students could receive computers and connectivity devices.

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Novel Ideas for Writing Instruction

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All of our teachers have had ample professional development in writing process and pedagogy, which helps to provide a strong knowledge base around the most effective practices,” says Gale. The district is seeing great results from its investment in technology-based tools and in training teachers to use them.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. The Gentrification of Sesame Street.

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