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How to Use Google’s Free Applied Digital Skills Curriculum

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Listen to Coach Victor Hicks Share How to Get Started with the Google Applied Digital Skills Curriculum. His work was featured in Forbes Magazine and he received the Educator of the Year award from InspireEDU among others. Sponsor: Today's podcast includes sponsored content from Google and their Applied Digital Skills Curriculum.

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How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center

EdTech Magazine

How to Redesign the K–12 Media Center. That extends beyond one-to-one Chromebook initiatives and personalized assessments to learning environments. He spent two years as an elementary teacher, two years as an educational trainer, 10 years as a director of technology and six years as a school superintendent. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools

EdTech Magazine

Q&A: Class Tech Tips Blogger Monica Burns Explains How to Work with Digital Tools. Starting in the fall of 2011, Burns spent two years working in a one-to-one environment with tablets in an elementary school setting. Or is it big picture, such as learning how to collaborate more effectively with others? jena.passut_7651.

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5 Best Practices for STEM Education Spaces

EdTech Magazine

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Makerspaces — a key element of STEM education — are popping up in classrooms and libraries across the U.S. by Wylie Wong.

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Sphero, LittleBits and Other Robots Bring Technology to Life

EdTech Magazine

Now the school has about 20 models, along with apps students can use on their tablets or Chromebooks to learn the basics of programming. By eighth grade, they’re incorporating the device into classroom science and math experiments , such as learning how to plot linear equations. At Nathaniel Morton Elementary in Plymouth, Mass.,

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Keep Accessibility in Mind for Modern Learning Environments

EdTech Magazine

Educators using Google Classroom can check out Google’s accessibility tools slide deck , which directs users to settings built into Chromebooks and within educational applications. . The only question is how to ensure these spaces help move all students forward , regardless of their needs. by Jennifer Brown.

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Q&A: Adam Welcome on How K–12 Educators Can Integrate Technology for Engagement

EdTech Magazine

For example, if teachers bring in one-to-one Chromebooks , but use them only for typing class, the technology could quickly become stale, Welcome explains. . MORE FROM EDTECH: See how to orchestrate a digital transformation in your school. WELCOME: I talk a lot about how to simplify educators’ entry into technology integration.