article thumbnail

Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Also remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. Check out my Booking Page and as always… thanks so much! Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards. “We Mike Gorman ( [link] / ). Quick Notes.

article thumbnail

How to Run a Parent Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). Springboard this activity to a discussion about digital citizenship. Here are popular choices: show how to log onto and use the school website, your class website, or your class blog.

How To 152
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

What are Good Tech Goals for Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. It’s the pencils and books of our digital world. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., or: 80% of 5th graders can complete ten skills in MS Word (or Google Docs).

article thumbnail

Screen Time in School: Finding the Right Balance for Your Classroom

Graphite Blog

However, recent research on the topic suggests that digital books with features that enhance the text could potentially strengthen students' reading comprehension. If you're like me, you might notice a huge difference between how fast and well you read on a phone or laptop versus a paper magazine or book.

article thumbnail

Beyond the Test: How Have We Learned This Decade?

Edsurge

Conversations about the role of privacy and digital citizenship wash into social studies and current events. Yet even that kind of change signals to students that the technologies that touch their lives, in work, studying or in leisure, are going to continuously change. Many of those technologies support collaboration.

Learning 115
article thumbnail

5 Home and Smart Phone Filtering Options for Parents

The CoolCatTeacher

So essentially you go through your wireless router, and instead of pointing to the DNS for your internet service provider (ISP), which is kind of like an internet phone book, you point to Open DNS, and it gives you a ton of control. He has eighteen years of experience in K-12 technology support serving in a wide variety of roles.

article thumbnail

64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Hubert Simonis , Global Lead of Edtech and HR Tech, Endava As technology becomes integral to education, teaching digital citizenship is crucial. It’s about equipping students with the skills to use technology safely, responsibly and ethically.

Trends 142