Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 14, 2017

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m taking a few days this summer to review them with you. Today: Organizing your classroom. 30 minutes each, show how to set up your classroom to be tech-infused. How to create a class internet start page–and why.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Research around the pedagogy of effective blended learning will help you understand how to effectively combine your physical classroom and your online classroom. Learn How 2.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

8 Tools that are going away (from the classroom). Differentiation—How to teach the hard-to-teach class. Digital citizenship I. Digital citizenship II. Digital note-taking. Inquiry in the Classroom. The Flipped classroom. Twitter in the classroom. Assessment. Class warm-ups.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 9, 2016

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m taking a few days this summer to review them with you. Today: Organizing your classroom. 30 minutes each, show how to set up your classroom to be tech-infused. How to create a class internet start page–and why.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Classroom learning and management all begin with relationships, and SEL can guide the relationship and community building process. Any connected educator has heard buzzwords like flipped classroom, gamification, social-emotional learning (SEL), differentiation, and personalized learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2015

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m taking a few days this summer to review them with you. Today: Organizing your classroom. 30 minutes each, show how to set up your classroom to be tech-infused. How to create a class internet start page–and why.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

You may love what the app can do (like gamify math or quizzify science) but the technology required is more than you can handle, might require hours of time just to learn how to apply it. For ideas on how to select a specific app, read the introduction to 5 Favorite Classroom Apps. This is available not only for iOS but Macs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

The Tech-infused Classroom. We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. How to use GHO.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You’ll have a bunch of tech ed skills you can now say ‘I know how to do that’ Like TwitterChats. Well, at least in the classroom. Is the course content theory or teaching how to teach? Digital portfolios—via wikis. Flipped Classroom—attendees learn in a ‘flipped classroom’ environment.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

The web now is teeming with all kinds of educational podcasts covering various topics from politics to science and digital citizenship. Why use podcasts in the classroom? In the field of education, podcasts are used for a wide variety of purposes including: Teaching online or in a hybrid or flipped classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

But often, these offerings are too basic, a lite version of a paid program that isn’t terribly robust, confusing, or created by people who don’t really understand how to blend technology and education. If I have to work too hard to figure out how to use it, I move on. How to get started. How to Teach With Videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to use GHO. How to make a tagxedo interactive. How to create professional blogs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Twitter’s gossipy reputation among administrators and most parents negates its dynamic applications in the classroom. Before unpacking Twitter in your classroom, here are a few guidelines: Clear its use with your administration. The visual of how they use it to enhance education is powerful. Teach digital citizenship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 1, 2018

Study.com also offers a special (fee-based) Teacher Edition where educators can set up five virtual classrooms with up to 50 students in each, share class-themed videos, assign lessons and quizzes as homework, grade student work, print out worksheets, and get detailed reports on student progress. How to get started.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Teacher Training Videos — directed at the teaching profession, this includes a wide variety of PD topics such as flipped classrooms, specific digital tools, and more. More on videos as a classroom tool: How to teach with videos. Screencasts, Screenshots, and Videos (a lesson plan).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

Have you ever walked into a classroom where students were engaged in serious on-topic discussion, debating ideas and challenging each other to provide evidence of their statements? Chances are, you entered a classroom using a discussion method known as Socratic Debate , aka Socratic Method, Socratic Circle, or Socratic Inquiry.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2015

I belong to several Tech Teacher forums, FB groups, G+ Communities, and every day I find more great tools I can’t wait to use in my classroom. Here’s how it works: How can teachers use this: Ask students to input their own work to see what level they are writing at. I can’t keep up with them. I love this one.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2016

It’s intuitive, aligned with other programs you already know how to use, with virtually no learning curve. Here’s how it works: You log into your account and set up your class. You can even record your own voice as an overlay (requires premium) for a how-to video or a digital storybook. Insider information.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2017

I’ve written a lot lately about the benefits of using videos in your classroom. If you’re not a believer in video and need some convincing, or you’re still slowly hopping on the bandwagon, here are 10 reasons why educators should be using video inside and outside of the classroom. More on videos: How to Teach With Videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

When looking for an app to curate classroom reading, consider these requirements: works well with your current LMS. Today’s classroom requires teachers build how-to videos that are used on class websites, in flipped classrooms, and for professional development. includes a wide variety of reading formats.

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TeacherCast

MAY 31, 2019

Today, we are proud to announce that Synth is being awarded the 2019 TeacherCast Best in Class Award for Best Classroom Podcasting Application. Personally, I think Synth is an application that belongs in every classroom no matter the grade level or subject area. This is a great feature for creating classroom discussions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Since engagement is something students have to provide, and teachers can not just apply engagement to any lesson, it is important to create a learning experience that is engaging, both in the digital and the physical classroom. But just as in a physical environment, cluttered digital spaces are confusing and hard to navigate.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

Project Based Learning and Flipped Classrooms: There Really is a Connection – Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Have you ever considered flipping your classroom and engaging students in Project Based Learning at the same time? A flipped infusion just might be the answer.

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Edsurge

JULY 18, 2016

Learning outside your primary area of study can help you make connections that may be useful when trying to help your own students see relevance beyond the classroom. During three decades of figuring out how to make the most of my summertimes, I’ve developed a list of my favorite PD opportunities for June through August.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids .

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Submit a Video or Quote Kudos Updates Reinventing the Classroom. Ever since I started Classroom 2.0 I''ve looked forward to holding an event specifically about Ed Tech in the classroom. Classroom 2.0

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

Google Classroom has been pretty important. Figuring out how to support teachers who are doing incredible work under difficult circumstances is certainly a challenge as well. I present regionally on innovative practices in education, topics such as the flipped classroom or using social media to build relationships for families.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2017

®, presented on how to continue coding in the classroom after holding an Hour of Code. It is now easier than ever to integrate coding into the classroom with curricula like those on Code.org, and learning tools like Wonder Workshop ’s robots Dot and Dash.

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techlearning

APRIL 13, 2018

Since Alice Johnson though, these terms have found their way into the mouths of almost every “educational thought leader” and administrator as a way to describe the role of the teacher in the 21st century classroom. We need to become the COO of our classrooms, the Chief Opportunity Orchestrator. It was a disaster.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings Conversations Updates "Reinventing the Classroom" Starts Wednesday Evening! Reinventing the Classroom" Call for Volunteers. Saturday, May 3rd at 12pm Classroom 2.0 LIVE Weekly Show , Classroom 2.0 No problem!

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

With transformative digital changes happening in classrooms today, basic learning management systems now deliver the answers to most of those well worn questions on parent portals. But that time with you is crucial; it can make all the difference in how they support their child as he navigates courses or college applications.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

To see the conference schedule in your own time zone, and for instructions on how to click through and enter a session, please go to our schedule page. And special thanks to Blackboard Collaborate for the terrific conference platform. Sessions: Below is the full list of conference sessions in US-Eastern Daylight Time (GMT-4).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

Those geeky tech tools that we adults like to avoid are taking over the classroom. Every year, students face new iPads, apps, online grading systems, webtools, digital devices, LMSs, cloud-based homework, digital portfolios, and more. digital devices. digital note-taking. digital portfolios. class calendar.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 29, 2015

How this works in your classroom is ideally a matter of your own experimentation, and a matter of voice and choice for the students. In fact, the YouTube model of content distribution has been so successful, we took lessons from it last year and applied them to academic content distribution in How To YouTube Your Classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 22, 2013

Below you will find information about the event, how to attend, the current schedule of presentations, and a call for volunteers to help moderate sessions (we need you!). Thursday, March 28th, is our inaugural, online, and free School Leadership Summit. Please distribute this information wherever you can. The Bearded Dog (a.k.a.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. ” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Digital Citizenship.

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