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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. class website or blog. sharing digitally to build knowledge. class website or blog. sharing digitally to build knowledge. backchannel device. social media.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

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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Case Study Resources for Modern Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

National Science Teaching Association The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers an extensive knowledge base for science educators. From books and journals to blogs, you will find something that can be beneficial for your students.

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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Having them take over the lesson or participate in a Q&A with the students is one way to expose learners to different perspectives and expand their knowledge base. Conferencing tools and video calls are examples of ways that teachers can have professionals and other tutors join the class.

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Battle of Generative AI Tools: ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing

The Innovative Educator

Diverse Subject Knowledge: ChatGPT's extensive knowledge base allows it to generate content on a wide range of topics, enabling educators to enrich their lessons with varied perspectives and insights.

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For Educators Who Get In Trouble But Want To Stay In Their Professions

The Jose Vilson

I rarely discussed my actual admin in this blog (and if you asked me which posts precisely, I was more likely to deny it), but none of it mattered. I simultaneously had the dubious distinction of being the first of the NYC education bloggers at the time to have their blog blocked by the whole NYC Department of Education.

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Computer literacy: The invisible skills gap?

Neo LMS

Enter the knowledge-based economy – a trending topic across sectors more or less from 2003 onward. appeared first on NEO BLOG. At the same time The Partnership for 21st Century Skills first report (2002), advocated, “To cope with the demands of the 21st century, people need to know more than core subjects.