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DECEMBER 11, 2021

That includes your online presence and all those personal profiles. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why you aren’t being contacted for networking. Make sure all online presence sites are current.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Formative Assessment Strategies There are different categories of formative assessment, including observational assessments, checks for understanding, and formative feedback. Let’s explore examples in each category of formative assessment. Join my email list and get all the resources mentioned in my blogs!

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APRIL 9, 2024

The key may reside in AI-powered reading assistants, a broad category encompassing everything from summarizers to intelligent note-taking platforms. AI summarization unlocks this potential, fostering a learning environment that values both broad understanding and in-depth analysis – all thanks to AI precision.

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MARCH 31, 2024

Today’s tip: Backup Your Computer Often Category: Maintenance, Security, PCs, Macs, Chromebooks Q: I’ve had some virus problems and it reminds me that I need to backup my computer. Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. What’s the easiest way? A: World Backup Day is March 31st. Share it in the comments below.

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MARCH 19, 2024

On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , posts about keyboarding are read about thrice as often as any other topic. I teach shortkeys at all grade levels. Keyboarding is always the top post on my blog. It’s also my most-requested guest blog. How do I know what questions parents are interested in about keyboarding?

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Today’s tip: Fix computer with system restore Category: Problem-solving Q: My computer no longer runs right. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Copyright ©2024 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. I downloaded the auto-updates to my PC and it hasn’t worked right since. What do I do?

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DECEMBER 14, 2022

That includes your online presence and all those personal profiles. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why we aren’t being contacted for networking. Have you changed your focus? Switched jobs?

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

After learning about her Chemistry blog titled Avogadro Salad I asked her to share some insight on the importance of blogging from a student''s perspective. Sheninger giving me the opportunity to write a guest post on the importance of student blogging. When I post to my blog, I don’t write to impress a teacher.

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APRIL 12, 2024

You can search by keyword, category, or filter options. It provides boundless resources to spice up your classes, create lesson plans, quickly build newsletters, add content so social media platforms, and all the other tasks we teachers perform on a daily basis. Contact them at hi@creativefabrica.com.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

That includes your online presence and all those personal profiles. If they aren’t updated, we are left wondering why our blog isn’t getting visitors, why our social media Tweeple don’t generate activity, and why you aren’t being contacted for networking. Make sure all online presence sites are current.

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APRIL 5, 2023

Today’s tip: Try this if you saved over a doc Category: Problem-solving Q: A student saved a blank document over their files. Instead of ‘open’, they use the menu command ‘save-as’ and lose all their work. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Is there any way to retrieve the file? A: Absolutely.

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MARCH 3, 2023

Today’s tip: Software vs. Online Tools Category: Pedagogy Here are relevant criteria for evaluating software vs. online tools in your classroom: For more detail on comparing software and online tools, visit “ 8 Reasons For and 8 Against Revisiting Software in Your Classroom ” on Ask a Tech Teacher.

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MARCH 16, 2023

I tossed it into the category of something to try when whatever I was using didn’t work. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Today’s tip: Search the Internet for most tech problem solutions Category: Problem-solving Q: Sometimes, I can’t remember how to accomplish a task. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. What do I do? A: One of the best gifts I have for students and colleagues alike is how to solve this sort of problem.

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MARCH 8, 2023

She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. Memorizing word lists and testing on them doesn’t really work very well.

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MAY 27, 2020

Category: Internet. Sub-category: MS Office, Keyboarding. All that h-t-t-p stuff–I keep making typos. Today’s tip: How to Auto-fill Internet Addresses. Q: Is there a faster way to type internet addresses? A: In fact, there is. Get the main part of the address in, press Ctrl+Enter and the browser will auto-fill the rest.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Today’s tip: How to find a lots shortcut Category: Problem-solving Q: I can’t find the shortcut for a program I want to open. It’s not on the desktop, the start menu or in ‘all programs’. Copyright ©2023 usna.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. How do I open the program?

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JUNE 6, 2022

Category: PCs, Problem-solving. Here’s how you do it: Go to Start button > All programs>Windows Updates; s elect ‘view updates’. Here’s how you do it: Go to Start button > All programs>Windows Updates; s elect ‘view updates’. That takes you to a screen with all of the updates. What do I do?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Perfect for topics that fit this category, i.e., wars, economics, etc.edu Published by colleges and universities. –image credit: Deposit Photo Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. As such, it should be unbiased, reliable.mil Published by the government and military. non-profit organizations and others.

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MAY 13, 2020

Category: Images. Sub-category: Internet, Security, Search/Research, MS Office, Google Apps. To find only legal images available for free for all types of projects, you have to edit the Google search settings to reflect only images that can be used and re-edited: search for image through Images.Google.com (for example: puppies ).

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AUGUST 19, 2022

Category: Pedagogy. Here’s a poster with all sixteen: For more on Habits of Mind, visit “Let’s Talk about Habits of Mind” on Ask a Tech Teacher. Today’s tip: Habits of Mind. They concentrate on the practical strategies of ‘analysis, evaluation, synthesis. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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AUGUST 31, 2015

My blog, though–It’s become an important cog in my teacher PLN. Select the bubble for ‘all’ It’ll back it up as an XML file (you don’t have to understand what that is. This will back up your posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags. My WordPress.org blog is hosted by WPEngine.

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Neo LMS

JULY 20, 2021

If you consume lots of information from various sources, such as Twitter, Instagram, blogs, etc., you want a flexible tool that can collect all of those in one place. To make bookmarking quick, I have one category called “Ideas.” Once a week, I look at everything in my “Ideas” category and re-classify each entry.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Category: Pedagogy. class website or blog. Copyright ©2022 worddreams.wordpress.com – All rights reserved. Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy? Digital literacy’ is one of those buzz words floated by experts as being granular to 21 st -century students. backchannel device. class internet start page. cloud computing.

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JULY 22, 2021

Category: Maintenance, Security. Q: I’m afraid of getting slammed with viruses, malware–all that bad stuff that comes with visiting the internet. Today’s tip: Computer safety. What do I do? A: If you take reasonable precautions, the chances of being hit are minimized.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today’s tip: Find a file Category: Problem-solving Q: I saved my document, but I can’t find it. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. What do I do? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Today’s tip: 5 Ways to Find Lost Files Category: Problem-solving One of the scariest things for students is not being able to find their file. Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. They assume (often wrongly) that it’s gone forever and they’ll have to start over. Share it in the comments below.

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JUNE 20, 2022

Category: Problem-solving. Here’s how to fix that: Highlight all desktop icons by clicking and dragging a box around them. Today’s tip: Make Desktop Icons Big or Little. Q: The desktop icons are tiny on my desktop. I don’t know how it happened, so I don’t know how to undo it. Please help!

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MAY 20, 2022

Good intentions to give all students access to the world’s knowledge were derailed by the cost of the websites and webtools that made that happen. These are great for all ages to not only read but research topics that might have been well-covered years ago but not so much now (like primitive tribes). Open Library.

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MARCH 5, 2021

Category: Keyboarding. Now all I have to do is remember the shortkey! Today’s tip: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Q: I love the Windows snipping tool, but it takes too long to activate. Is there a shortkey ? A: Oddly, there isn’t, which is why I didn’t use it for a long time. Here’s a video on how to create the shortkey.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 24, 2021

The post How to “Fake” Blogging in the Classroom (FREE Template) – SULS0124 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Lisa shares a great Google Slides template and lesson idea — The Fake Blog Post! I know what you’re thinking…why would you want or need to fake a blog with students? Tech Chef 4 U).

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Category: Pedagogy. Copyright ©2022 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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JANUARY 13, 2023

Category: Problem-solving. Copyright ©2023 AskaTechTeacher.com – All rights reserved. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Category: Internet. Sub-category: Problem-solving. Half the time, this is all it takes. All I know is it works often enough, it’s my first line of defense to problem-solving this particular problem. check all the cables–is everything plugged in as it should be? Today’s tip: My Internet Won’t Work.

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APRIL 21, 2022

Category: MSO, Problem-solving, Keyboarding. Click all elements you would like to be part of your macro. Today’s tip: Create a Macro. Here are basic steps for MS Word : Click View – Macros – Record Macros. Specify a name for the macro. Choose whether it should be a keyboard shortcut or a button.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The Frayer Model normatively differentiates for student needs by encouraging them to draw on their own knowledge when completing categories for “characteristics” and “examples” (or “non examples”). Any categories work that end up in a deep understanding of the word.

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MAY 19, 2023

These are great for all ages to not only read but research topics that might have been well-covered years ago but not so much now (like primitive tribes). Readers search by title, author, country, or category (or several other options such as ISBN). Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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