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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy?

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169 Tech Tip #151: 8 Popular Year-long Assessments

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to so many daily tech-infused education. Category: ASSESSMENTS.

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

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Let’s discuss some of the tools and techniques math teachers can use in the classroom today. Through these devices, students access web-based study tools, simulation tools, and apps where they can interact with their teachers and fellow students. Teachers can use these to guide students in handling complicated math formulas.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

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Constructivism 1) encourages students to use active techniques (such as experimentation and problem solving) to build their knowledge base and then reflect on and/or talk about how that is changing; and 2) encourages teachers to guide activities that address and/or build on student conceptions. Guiding Principles of Constructivism.

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What is the 21st Century Lesson Plan?

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Our classrooms are more diverse. Students are digital natives, already in the habit of learning via technology. Plus: No longer do students submit a project that only the teacher sees (and then a few are posted on classroom bulletin boards). These are available 24/7 for students, not just during classroom hours.

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How to Blend DoK into Lesson Plans without a Comprehensive Rewrite

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Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults. Instead of structuring the lesson, share the Big Idea and Essential Questions and ask students to define the best approach to accomplishing these goals based on their learning style.

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How to Build Lifelong Learners

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Teachers get tangled in a web of standards, mission statements, and assessments, and spend too much time on what their institution considers essential. The concept of lifelong learning recognizes that knowledge is not confined to a classroom but takes place throughout life and in a range of situations. Assign homework.

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