Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They failed and tried again. Thanks everyone!

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

A World of PBL… 25 Authentic Resources To Connect Students Beyond The Classroom. At the same time, we must remember to connect to the content standards while facilitating and assessing 21st century skills. I also see a need to provide students appropriate lessons on proper digital citizenship. John Dewey.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

Topics attendees may learn by doing include (this depends upon the class taken): Blogging—to reflect, collaborate with classmates, share perspectives during class, complete assessments in some cases. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

EdPuzzle, now used in half of American schools, allows teachers to crop and format existing videos, add text, their voice, and questions, as well as other options that will enhance the usefulness of videos as teaching and assessment tools. From Flipped Classroom Tutorials, here’s a quick video on using Edpuzzle in class.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Teachers eagerly looked for tech options to traditional ‘fill out this sheet of paper’ approaches to ending class and/or assessing learning. Failed and tried again. Asked questions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. I found that much of what I currently do in the classroom has been validated. You can find her resources at Structured Learning. Thanks everyone!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

With the not-so-recent addition of audio and video files (easily embedded from sites like Instagram and Periscope ), educators can easily use it as a student-friendly approach to everything from assessment to sharing notes. Before unpacking Twitter in your classroom, here are a few guidelines: Clear its use with your administration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

For years, my teaching revolved around textbooks as my resources. Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. When lesson plan resources (i.e., But that has changed.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Best of all, you can use these ideas to bring a past poroject of yours to the blended and eLearning classroom. In this post, I will provide thoughts and reflections to get you started along with some amazing free resource links. I hope you enjoy the possibilities along with some of the resource links included.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2015

How can you use it in your classroom: Great way to quiet down a noisy group, calm students during stressful quiz times, and shake up student attitudes. In a world where mashed lesson plans and flipped classrooms are becoming de rigeur, Frolyc stands out. 5 Programs That Make Digital Note-taking Easy.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

We were thrilled to catch up with long-time users of Common Sense resources as well as introduce our work to many more of you. Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. .

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

Welcome a post that is a companion to my PBL Flipped Learning Presentation. You will see that Flipped Learning really does connect with PBL plus find 100’s of resources. First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, Check out my Booking Page.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

Creating videos in the classroom or as a homework assignment allows students to challenge their creative side through writing a script and selecting visuals to represent their text. Dear Otto: How do I assess a project like Movie Maker? You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

In this post I would like to share some of my favorite resource finds of the past year. Reflecting on 2015… Ten Resources I Found Valuable (This is just a small listing of ten…. At the Right Question Institute one can find some amazing resources that scaffold the inquiry process, allowing students to take ownership of inquiry.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Whether creating digital resources and activities or planning a large purchase of student devices, the technology should support the learning, not the other way around. Mindful pairing of digital resources to learning outcomes is an excellent way to ensure that any blended learning program will produce the desired learning outcomes.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Vote and possibly win $4000 of technology from CDW – I recently supplied CDW a list of products that I thought would be great for a Podcasting/Webinar Production/Flip Classroom Studio. Part 4: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Engagement. Opportunities. The Twenty Tools.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Feature-rich literacy resource offers superb support for readers. Target skills and differentiate with dynamic practice and assessments. Brief bursts of physical exercise add classroom fun, build brainpower.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

In this series I will provide thoughts and free resources to help you make Blended and eLearning with of course face to face a PBL possibility. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place? A learning management system can have a tendency to promote a “surface” type of assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Vote and possibly win $4000 of technology from CDW – I recently supplied CDW a list of products that I thought would be great for a Podcasting/Webinar Production/Flip Classroom Studio. I do hope you have found some valuable resources and ideas. Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading.

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TeacherCast

MAY 31, 2019

Students can learn about Digital Citizenship by creating conversations, or reply to other Synths. This is a great feature for creating classroom discussions. What is the benefit of using Synth in the classroom? 2) Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments. 2) Digital Citizen.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Popular games, big names get kids and teachers pumped to program Bottom line: A well-planned, -produced, and -curated set of free resources bound to get kids hooked on learning to code. Mindful teachers will find it a valuable resource to promote skills mastery through practice. Unlimited Books for Kids. Khan Academy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Rod Federwisch & Karen Goss Assessing and Developing Modern Language Fluency For Global Communication - Harry Tuttle, Ed.D. Reed 11:00am Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship Resources for K-12 - Kelly Mendoza, Sr. Manager of Professional Development Retention via Virtual Classroom Enhancement - Nancy A.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

but instead asks, "Where can we find the resources we need?" And dig deeper into these important topics by joining our Essential Elements for Digital Learning edWeb community and webinar series. . A look at tools and resources to help your technology department stay in the background, and be home on time for dinner.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

The Christensen Institute clarifies that “the Rotation model includes four sub-models: Station Rotation, Lab Rotation, Flipped Classroom, and Individual Rotation.” A learning model by Digital Media & Learning that emphasizes the role of social interactions as a catalyst for learning. Digital Citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Quickly, it is becoming the close reading tool of choice for teachers because of its ease of use, differentiation of needs, depth of tools, and variety of resources. These nicely replace the quick formative assessments that are currently so popular (and time-consuming) in classes. More reading resources. What is Actively Learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

Here are the top 22 digital tools your colleagues are using in their classrooms: annotation tool. digital devices. digital note-taking. digital portfolios. flipped classroom. A digital annotation tool allows students to take notes in class PDFs. Flipped Classroom. class calendar.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Friday, May 2nd in Boston, MA The Path to Digital Citizenship - Tech Forum Boston , In this session, panelists will describe the concepts and skill sets necessary to prepare students for a digital and information-driven education, and the strategies they use for teaching these concepts. Saturday, May 3rd at 12pm Classroom 2.0

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

Topics attendees will learn by doing include: Blogging—to reflect, collaborate with classmates, share perspectives during class, complete assessments in some cases. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

Topics attendees will learn by doing include: Blogging—to reflect, collaborate with classmates, share perspectives during class, complete assessments in some cases. Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

As the 21st century learning movement expands internationally, we’re seeing an abundance of frameworks, assessments, and semantic labels as different organizations put their spin on what’s worth knowing. See the resource list below for more suggested readings and teaching tools.) Full sized infographic here.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2015

This wide variety of games and assessments allow for differentiation in learning styles and is helpful for children who do better with alternative methods. I love that I can offer unique word lists that are easily accessed, studied, and assessed in a fun gamified way. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

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? These assessments might be used to engage learners in discussion before an inquiry.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Mancenido (Undergraduate, Bachelor of Elementary Education - Special Education) 2:00am Connecting Education to the Cloud for Digital Citizenship - Chryssanthe Sotiriou, High School EFL Coordinator 3:00am Democratization: Stuctural Change of Regimen and of the Living Experience at Schools - Olek Netzer, Ph.D. Pedro Néstor Ibáñez Lic.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Sugata Mitra 2:00pm Creativity with Kids - Using Online Tools - Michelle Worgan Ensuring that an educational technology project succeeds- Terry Freedman Leveraging Mobile Devices to Develop Autonomy in Reluctant Learners - Rafranz Davis Rethinking the Importance of Digital Citizenship at Your School - Holly Clark The Power of Educational Infographics (..)

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