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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

It worked until our site eventually became one of the first sites to roll out a one-to-one policy with Chromebooks. For those teachers who used Socratic Seminars, this is a great opportunity. At the time, I thought this was a novel approach to address the lack of technology for students. Online discussions can move to face to face.

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Is technology outpacing you?

Ask a Tech Teacher

We gush over new hardware like iPads and Chromebooks. If you were in a seminar, it would include the people on both sides of you and in front and back. Sure, 73% of teachers use cell phones in their classrooms and 92% say the Internet has a “major impact” on their teaching. You’re not alone. Those are big numbers.

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4 Ways to Get Started with Security

EdTech Magazine

IT people at school districts are typically stretched thin and don’t have time to attend workshops and seminars. David Andrade is a K–12 Strategy Specialist and Google Apps/Chromebooks specialist on the education strategy team for CDW·G, a leading provider of technology solutions and services to education, government and healthcare.

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14 Education Advancements in a Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

More Chromebooks than iPads. Chromebooks and iPads have become the two most popular digital devices in classrooms (with laptops, 2-in-1 devices like Surface Pro, and Macs next). What changed in 2017 is that 1) Chromebooks improved considerably from when they first entered the education market. Dedicated teacher training.

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Awesome Feedback Tools, AI, and a Little Inspiration from FETC – SULS0186

Shake Up Learning

The presentation includes several other common standbys, but one tool art teachers in her seminar were excited to learn about was VoiceThread. It can also be added to Chromebooks! Susan is happy to share her presentation slide deck where she’s added a few tutorial videos. It is a Freemium app, so what does it do?

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The Friday 4: Your weekly ed-tech rewind

eSchool News

Chromebooks are on the rise, but Windows reliance remains. Sixty-two percent of K-12 schools participating in a recent survey support Chromebook initiatives, and 22 percent of those schools use Chromebooks as a primary classroom device. Encourage critical thinking by turning your class into a Socratic Seminar.

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Why Self-Directed Learning is Important for Struggling Students

Edsurge

I teach four sections of a reading seminar for first time freshman who have low MAP reading scores from eighth grade. We are a one-to-one school district, and some teachers would say our Chromebooks have revolutionized teaching and learning, but working independently on a device isn’t easy for everyone.

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