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The Siri and Alexa Test

A Principal's Reflections

Whereas in the past, knowledge could be readily accessed from encyclopedias and books, this took time. Artificial intelligence is now a disruptive force that allows anyone to instantaneously access basic knowledge and facts. No longer do any of us have to “Google” an answer when we can just ask Siri or Alexa.

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Searching for the Ability to Think: Training our Kids to Go Past Google

The CoolCatTeacher

But what I haven’t seen is kids Googling anything to help them with this project. Cathy Rubin in her Global Search for Education has posed these questions in my inbox for this month’s global search for education column: “ What should we teach young people in an age where Dr. Google has an answer for everything?”

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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. To get started with case method teaching, you will need a case.

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5 Favorite Activities to End the School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Cool book reports. Updated Book Report. Have students read digital books and write reviews that can be added to the school library website. From there, they are attached to the book so future readers can see classmates’ thoughts on a book they are considering, in words they understand. Practice keyboarding.

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Google Adds New Classroom Features. Use Them Responsibly.

techlearning

Google has added some new features to Classroom. Soon you’ll be able to keep your students focused by creating locked quizzes using Google Forms while in Classroom. It’s fairly easy for kids to “cheat” while asking them to complete online Google Forms and other types of digital assessments. Do a quick Google search.

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169 Tech Tip #151: 8 Popular Year-long Assessments

Ask a Tech Teacher

If they don’t understand a term, expect them to use readily-available digital vocabulary tools (right-click tools, a resident dictionary program, and/or a dictionary browser app or extension like the Google Dictionary Chrome extension) during literacy classes to decode unknown words. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Technology’s Role in Putting Learning Science Research To Work

Digital Promise

Since the days of writing on wooden shingles with charcoal in one-room school houses, an increasing array of objects – pencils, paper, scissors, paste, books, and microscopes, to name a few – have been routinely used in classrooms to help students deepen understanding and record and communicate what they learned.

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