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169 Tech Tip #127: 12 Tips on Hard-to-teach Classes

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In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Differentiation.

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MC Assessment = Meta Cognitive Assessment

Baker's B.Y.O.D.

Socrative is my choice for BYOD-esque assessments in class. I refuse to give them the answer for how to get an A. We look at literary criticism, how to manage digesting large amounts of information, and how we think in general. Does it align with Common Core Standards? I hope this changes soon!

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

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So it’s a legitimate question: Who teaches students how to use the school’s digital devices and what training do they get to support that responsibility? For Common Core schools: How do they prepare students to succeed with online testing? Is it a one-off PD day or ongoing? This isn’t an uncommon concern.

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7 Skills Students Need for Today’s Classwork

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Accomplishing this so it serves educational goals isn’t as much about knowing how to use the tools as constructing knowledge in an organic, scalable way. Let students discover how to use word processing tools authentically and organically. you have a BYOD school, teach these. Multimedia projects. Otherwise, discuss it.

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Discovering the “Ultimate Classroom”: A Student Led Project Based Learning Inquiry

EdTechTeam

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. Learning how to “let go” and open the doors to my room has not been easy, but it has been a lifesaver for me this year.

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MobyMax: Tablet + help differentiating instruction

iLearn Technology

Because MobyMax is based on the Common Core, you can analyze data based on standards, student, class, school, or even district. At Anastasis , we are a 1-1 iPad setting, this works really well for us, but we also have a population where we can request a device in a BYOD situation. The MobyMax tablet is $69!!

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