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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

Ask a Tech Teacher

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Until the day of, the technology that is its foundation fails. All that matters is an effort to use technology to add rigor and excitement to a tired lesson plan fails, leaving the teacher more technophobic than ever.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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It’s become clear that for most of them, adding technology to their lessons means layering more work on top of their already overburdened lesson plans. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. First: Only use technology when it expands your teaching.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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A popular service learning endeavor is teaching technology skills to those who don’t have them. In this lesson plan, students will teach a group of seniors how to use common technology to help them manage their life and relationships better. develop language skills to present information. Teacher Preparation.

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Why Should Schools go with Google Apps and Chromebooks?

Educational Technology Guy

I''m a huge fan and user of Google Apps for Education and Chromebooks and have written about them at length here. Here is a generic version of what I presented as reasons why my district should Go Google that you can use in your own school/district. Chromebooks for Education [link] What is Google Apps for Education?

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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This is the modern resume, tells future bosses you can use technology as a tool, and can give you an edge in a competitive job market. Include your facility with 1:1 programs, carts, and other approaches to using technology in classes. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Devices you can use.

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5 Ideas for Writing with Technology

The CoolCatTeacher

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. Screencastify is the screencasting tool I recommend for Google Chrome and Chromebooks. Built for Chromebooks, it saves all of your recordings directly to Google Drive. 5 Ideas for Writing with Technology. Enhanced Transcript.

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10 Hits and 10 Misses for 2016

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million visitors to the 1,454 articles I’ve written on integrating technology into the classroom. Chromebooks in the Classrooms–Friend or Foe? 13 Reasons For and 3 Against Technology in the Classroom. 13 Reasons For and 3 Against Technology in the Classroom. Dear Otto: What are Common Core keyboarding standards?