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Learn to Blend Tech into Your Class; Get College Credit

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Starting January 18th, I’ll be teaching a class on blending technology into your classroom: the Tech-Infused Teacher — January 18th-February 21st. The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. Assess student technology use organically.

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Top 10 Reasons to Sign Up for Summer Learning with Ask a Tech Teacher

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You’re technophobic, but lately feel like teaching without technology is like looking at a landscape through a straw: You’re missing a lot. Technology in education is the greatest show on earth. ” Education’s fix requires technology. Digital portfolios—via wikis. You want to change that.

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Why you should stop testing and start assessing

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I teach graduate level courses about educational technology, such as Online Tools for Teaching and Learning. Don’t get me wrong, I still assess learning. I just do it in a way in which students often don’t realize that they are being assessed. Next: How to change assessment practices. You don’t have any tests.”

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Digital Storytelling and Stories with the iPad

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It can be used as an authentic assessment. Common Core Standards Many specific content standards can be addressed through digital stories. Here are some of the Common Core Standards that digital storytelling and digital stories address: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.6 CCSS.ELA-Literacy Language.6.3b

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7 Skills Students Need for Today’s Classwork

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Classrooms are infused with technology. By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. This makes the end-of-year assessments–in a format students have never-before seen–a simple application of knowledge they’ve already learned. Leverage class projects on what they know.

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A true gift from SHEG: DIY digital literacy assessments and tools for historical thinking

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Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? The free assessments include Google Docs assessments to copy and digital rubrics to download.

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Online College Classes Start Monday!

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Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. Exhibit a positive attitude toward technology that supports learning. Assess student writing without discouraging creativity via easy-to-use tech tools. INTASC 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10.