Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2020

Having many bright minds in one spot increases your chances of meeting future visionaries in your field. If you develop good relationships with them, they can provide you with references for your first job or internship. Professors have a large perspective of the field and thus can better assess future directions.

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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 were connected educators. Thanks everyone!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

As tempting as “punishment” might sound when referring to that student who has scrambled your last nerve, to explain consequences of actions in positive terms goes much further toward student success not only in school but in the ongoing effort to build life-long learners. ” –Jacqui Murray. Involve parents as partners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Now as I wave goodbye to these students I’ve only known five weeks but feel quite close to, here are my takeaways: I’ve enjoyed meeting online to chat on blogs, help each other on the Discussion Forums, mull over ideas on the Google Hangouts, and explore TweetUps. How to create a vibrant, healthy Personal Learning Network.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You want to meet new people. 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. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

In fact, it’s transformed 21st-century education, offering a normative tool for adapting to varied student needs, a scalable approach to differentiating for student learning styles, and a collaborative must-have with its vast offering of virtual meeting and storage options. CK-12 Flexbooks.

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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. Twitter doesn’t have a lower age limit, but does reference ‘thirteen’ as a suggested minimum age.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 3, 2014

Sunday, June 8th at 4pm Common Sense Media: Digital Citizenship - Seeing the Big Picture , with Dr. Jason Ohler. In our community’s next webinar, Dr. Jason Ohler helps us consider how to use digital citizenship to help our students and ourselves navigate our rapidly evolving world. Details to join the webinar at [link].

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

The acronym VARK refers to four learning modalities — Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetic. The acronym refers to the four most-common learning styles — Visual, Auditory, Reading/Writing, and Kinesthetics found within educational theorist Neil Fleming ’s model of student learning. What is VARK?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

I hope you are enjoying this series on formative assessment, and I am sure you will find these tools most valuable. as you continue to amplify formative learning with digital technology. Part 4: Over 35 Formative Assessment Tools To Enhance Formative Learning Opportunities. Back Channel for Formative Assessment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Quickly create assessments for any grade or subject without special forms or equipment. Automatically transfer grades into any digital grade book. We finally got a chance to meet in person and present together at ISTE this year. She’s just a wonderful a global educator, and it was wonderful to meet her in person!

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2018

The whole reason behind having these accounts is of course to share our story with the world, but more importantly to teach my students about how to appropriately behave on social media and how to use digital citizenship early on, before they actually have those accounts at home with their families. There are seven different rules.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

The book is broken down into four general parts: Classroom Procedures, Classroom Rules and Expectations, Teaching Tips & Strategies, and Partnering with Parents - and it tends to lend itself as a reference. The authors do suggest it be placed on the shelf and pulled out from time to time. Usually someone in the class figures it out.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Screencastify is an essential tool for making flipped lessons, student videos and creative formative assessments. So you’ve got the writing standard, but they may actually meet the standard without written expression? You meet with your critique group to go over it, and you can do that virtually on Google Hangouts or Skype.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 22, 2018

Laura: So I used to do literacy task boards on paper, which is basically — while I meet quickly a group for guided reading, this is what the rest of the students are doing — so there a lot of different choices on the choice board. Okay, so how do literacy task boards work in hyperdocs? Laura: That’s very true. Hopefully they will.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 27, 2020

This can serve as an FAQ for your students, and the students who are reluctant to ask questions will have it to refer to. TIP : When discussing the use of student posts and comments with students, use this as a teachable moment to discuss online etiquette and digital citizenship skills. Enable Student Comments.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

In the Common Sense Education meeting rooms, we offered two full days of 15-minute lightning sessions. 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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wwwatanabe

JANUARY 1, 2012

It''s sometimes easier to assess someone else''s comment than my own because I''m not as attached to it. However, I''d like to assess the comment I left on Gina Fraher''s post : Click here to see original comment; Click here to see Churches'' comment rubric I believe I left Gina a quality comment.

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techlearning

JULY 18, 2018

Want to speed up fluency assessments and free up time for instruction? This early literacy tool created by NWEA allows for whole-class, online assessment of oral reading fluency and other key skills thanks to speech recognition and audio recording software. Looking to go beyond the multiple-choice assessment?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

It also is sometimes referred to as a Responsible Use Policy (RUP). I have found it useful to go over the AUP in a staff meeting and even in the classroom with students. Incorporate good digital citizenship at all levels – Practicing and modeling good digital citizenship is essential, but still not enough.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Focuses on digital citizenship. Decides on what will be assessed at the end and how it will be assessed. Multiple formative assessments - Ex: exit tickets, I have/who has - performed throughout the project. Periodically throughout project they refer back to this document and add questions as necessary.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Want to speed up fluency assessments and free up time for instruction? This early literacy tool created by NWEA allows for whole-class, online assessment of oral reading fluency and other key skills thanks to speech recognition and audio recording software. Looking to go beyond the multiple-choice assessment?

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

Want to speed up fluency assessments and free up time for instruction? This early literacy tool created by NWEA allows for whole-class, online assessment of oral reading fluency and other key skills thanks to speech recognition and audio recording software. Looking to go beyond the multiple-choice assessment?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 20, 2017

As a member of Alan’s Team all year, it is a lot of fun to meet so many people from around the world at his summer conference in Boston. It can also help educators determine what digital resources may work best to help support learning. For this reason I will refer to it as finding the technology in the standard.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

Help kids leverage all of the resources available to them as they assess where they are and what they want. 2009 - Meeting of the Minds - important work from Common Sense Media on perceptions of social media ethics. They often refer to trial-and error tactics to figure things out, much like they did when they were toddlers.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

We are going to talk about classroom strategies to help you give students a global audience for their work, meaningful connections with outside classrooms and experts, and how student portfolios can support student learning even after it has been assessed. I like to refer to this as an expanded audience. YOU SHOULD!

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Digital literacy refers to collecting, creating, and sharing digital information in any environment: at school, at home, at work. I would also add that having digital citizenship skills is needed as well. Using an LMS, you can give tasks and create meetings, for which students receive automatic notifications.

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Recent research is fueling debate about the role that digital media may play in strengthening educational opportunities for all students. Common Sense has been among the nation’s pivotal advocates in promoting digital citizenship and inclusion and in leading efforts to reverse the " app gap."

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Graphite Blog

MARCH 25, 2016

Recent research is fueling debate about the role that digital media may play in strengthening educational opportunities for all students. Common Sense has been among the nation’s pivotal advocates in promoting digital citizenship and inclusion and in leading efforts to reverse the " app gap."

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 19, 2014

Get to know SnapThought – one of our assessment tools – and the new game Sortify, which adds another dimension to playful assessment. To meet these challenges, educators must teach digital citizenship, an essential digital age skill that students need to become safe, responsible and respectful participants in a digital world.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

You want to meet new people. 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. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. And Google Hangouts.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

You want to meet new people. 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. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics. And Google Hangouts.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

This is particularly beneficial as an assessment for a learning tool, as it allows both the teacher and students to revisit their previous work as the topic progresses. Emphasize digital citizenship. Ensure content is engaging for pupils. Engage in creative feedback methods.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Just a disclaimer though, I am a high school math teacher, so a few of the tech-tools I reference in this post belong mostly in a secondary math classroom, but with a little elbow grease and ingenuity, there are ways to fit them into any K-12 math curriculum as well. Start your own blog.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 22, 2019

Give students timely feedback on their assignments and assessments. Google Classroom can help streamline formative assessment , which is important in helping students who might need more support or extra challenges. Here's an example of how one teacher uses Google Classroom to meet students at their levels.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In addition, Alma will continue to provide its own set of robust reporting tools to meet many needs and budgets. The platform supports balanced literacy programs with integrated tools such as embedded assessments, a student recommendation engine, analytics to demonstrate reading growth, and engaging reading practice opportunities.

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