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9 Mistakes Teachers Make Using Tech in the Classroom

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What there is is a teacher not afraid to try new ways, test them out in a classroom environment, toss what doesn’t work and share the rest. Her/his success doesn’t come without lots of failure and mistakes, widgets that sounded good but were too complicated or non-intuitive for a 21st century classroom. Why do this?

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5 Edtech tools to try out this year

Neo LMS

Each year I like to explore different digital tools in my classroom to see what kind of an impact they will make on students and learning. When I look to use technology in my classroom, I always start with the purpose behind it. Read more: 6 Awesome AR apps for the classroom. 5 Edtech tools to try out this year.

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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

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For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Establish rules for Twitter use.

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Wanda Terral: 5 Ways to Help Kids Understand Digital Safety Without Scaring Them To Death

The CoolCatTeacher

Wanda Terral on episode 305 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Safe experiences with monitoring and support can help children understand digital safety. In today’s show, Wanda Terral talks about how to help kids understand digital safety. Vicki: Yeah.

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World Password Day — It’s Today!

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That’s more than anyone can keep track of and why it’s popular to link logins to social media accounts (Facebook and Twitter being the most common) or Google accounts. Here are websites addressing this topic that I use in my K-8 classrooms and with my high school-level grad students: How Secure is Your Password?

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Early simulations like Reader Rabbit are still used in classrooms to drill reading and math skills. Of course, I provide guidelines. We use Twitter as a shared resource, and students become Minecraft Tweeple, tweeting questions and answers using #hashtags. On the surface, it’s not so surprising. Again, think Legos.

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10 Ways to Wrap Up the School Year

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Provide some games, simulations, student presentations–whatever you don’t normally do in your classroom. Digital Citizenship. Discuss Digital Citizenship topics appropriate to the age group. Here’s a long list of digital citizenship resources to scaffold your discussions.