Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

You want to shake things up so students are excited and motivated and feel interested again. Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Expectations, amount of student independence will vary depending upon their age. Digital Citizenship.

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Khan Academy Digital Citizenship eBook Groups 150

TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Survey: Social Media Is Failing To Find Traction In The Classroom. Social media is a main form of communication and connection used by today’s students. Despite the expansion of EdTech tools as classroom resources, educators have not warmed to the idea of integrating social platforms as quickly as other types of classroom technology.

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Social Media Survey Classroom Guidelines 40

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Perhaps the “secret sauce” in ensuring that a blended learning program is the most effective is student engagement. One promising development in blended curriculum design that promotes student engagement is the new COVA model. But this component is also the most elusive.

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Blended Learning Pearson Learning E-rate 130

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The county jumped on the esports train to heighten student engagement. Schools with gaming clubs boast substantial benefits, chief among them bringing disenfranchised students—often not participating in school athletics—into the community to be accepted and celebrated. Dennis recently completed his Ed.D.

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Digital Citizenship Learning Guidelines Blended Learning 54

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Survey reveals that the majority of classroom educators shy away from social media integration. A new survey finds that just 13 percent of participating educators have used social media as part of their classroom learning. Forty-eight perent of those surveyed said they would like to learn more about classroom technology integration.

Social Media 40

Social Media Survey Guidelines Edmodo 40

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 144

The Innovative Educator

OCTOBER 11, 2017

That is the question for some teachers when it comes to allowing messaging (text or instant) in the classroom. Innovative educators know that students own the learning, but at the same time, the educators are responsible for the success of their students. Post those in your classroom. To be or not to be? Is it worth it?

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Tools Digital Citizenship Guidelines Social Media 48

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Welcome to the fifth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. Vote and possibly win $4000 of technology from CDW – I recently supplied CDW a list of products that I thought would be great for a Podcasting/Webinar Production/Flip Classroom Studio.

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Tools Digital Citizenship Learning STEM 60

eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As an integral part of learning today, educators and students deserve new and improved ways to display and interact with classroom content, but to be successful, these tools need to be flexible and user-friendly. Historically there has been a limit to seamless integration across various technology solutions within today’s classrooms.

Trends 52

Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The group shared guidelines from the CoSN/AASA EmpowerED Superintendents Initiative, which were created to help school leaders implement policies to address AI/generative AI in schools. They] need to talk to a lot of different stakeholders, from classroom teachers to administrators to parents and to students.”

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Policies Guidelines Training Report 111

Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

When and how much should students be using technology in class? What is the best way to set up my classroom for device use? How can I make sure I am protecting student privacy when using technology? Are there benefits to allowing student phones in the classroom? If so, what are they?

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Technology Digital Citizenship Policies LMS 68