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JUNE 19, 2019

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom?

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AUGUST 16, 2021

Is it safe to enter the classroom? Most online teaching centers require their tutors to have some kind of professional backdrop behind them – this can be a blank wall that you’ve decorated with relevant classroom posters. Setting up your virtual classroom can also be a great way to unleash your creativity! A Laptop Stand.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

As a classroom teacher and an instructional technologist, I struggled with how to find time in students’ already-busy schedules to incorporate digital citizenship, even though I knew it was important to teach. Each classroom presented the newly coined, “digital weeks,” in a format that best represented their class.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

As a society, it is our responsibility to ensure youth are fully aware as well as educated about digital citizenship. Education institutions, parents, community programs and youth organizations must make digital citizenship a priority to ensure our young leaders are on solid ground for a positive future.

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APRIL 30, 2021

Whiteboards have long been a de rigeur staple in classrooms, occupying pride-of-place at the front of the room. I selected these three because they are intuitive, multi-functional, and work as a classroom tool rather than just another new widget teachers must learn. Free to try. Free to try.

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JUNE 2, 2022

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants.

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JUNE 13, 2022

Submit homework digitally. Next year, incorporate it into your classroom management by asking students to submit their work electronically (if you don’t already). This could be by sharing it with you, posting it to a class blog, embedding it into a Discussion Forum, or uploading it to their digital portfolio.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2019

It can be plugged into a heavy base for free-standing use or directly into a laptop for greater mobility. It will quickly become an essential device for your classroom inquiry. Applications for the Classroom. You’ll be thrilled with its portability, maneuverability, flexibility, and adaptability to your classroom inquiry.

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Graphite Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Oftentimes, we assume that digital natives will already understand many of these concepts, when in reality, our students need guidance on leaving positive digital footprints that will not hinder them later in life. Check out these five resources to kick-start digital citizenship in your classroom!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 16, 2018

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Hardware.

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MAY 10, 2023

When my fellow teachers did seek me out — always to ask for help and rarely to request training — they’d come to my room, laptop in hand, and follow the noise of my fingers flying across the keyboard. Technology in the classroom changed from “nice to have” to “must have”. It always amazed them I could make eye contact and say “Hi!”

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APRIL 24, 2020

extend a classroom discussion so all students can offer their ideas, even the shy members. IFTTT is intuitive, friendly, and will quickly become one of your favorite time-saving, life-organizing, classroom management apps. IF my iPad (laptop, phone) battery is low THEN remind me to recharge it. then that happens.

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MAY 3, 2021

When my fellow teachers did seek me out — always to ask for help and rarely to request training — they’d come to my room, laptop in hand, and follow the noise of my fingers flying across the keyboard. Technology in the classroom changed from “nice to have” to “must have” 1:1 became a reality.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year’s event featured more than 800 sessions on various topics such as leadership, mathematics, STEAM, digital citizenship, literacy, English language arts, and more. A better understanding of the latest projection technology along with the why and how display size impacts learning in classrooms. Epson America, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Here are some examples of how teachers are using this intelligent, nimble PDF: paper-free classroom –eliminate the need to print PDFs before filling them out. Unlike a school’s standard equipment, home-based students work from a diverse variety of digital devices (i.e., PCs, tablets, Chromebooks, laptops, and desktops).

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MAY 20, 2022

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Here are a list of sites that offer digital books for kids to adults: Bookopolis.

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MARCH 4, 2015

Do you have Laptops or iPads. Even without internet access, if you had Laptops, they could create Documents using Microsoft Word. I do not have any access to laptops. Our school moved and our laptops were reformatted and our servers were taken apart. The only computer I have access to is my own personal laptop.

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MARCH 8, 2022

Screens and digital media are everywhere, from everyday tech like TVs, phones, and gaming consoles to the laptops, tablets, Chromebooks, and other tech we use in school. Kids of all ages are consuming and producing more digital media than ever before. Context matters, especially when it comes to classroom learning.

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APRIL 12, 2021

It is a good start to give them a suitably modern laptop that can cope with the rigor of running Zoom meetings, wrangling Teams catch-ups and interfacing with the cloud-powered educational resources that are vital to remote learning at the moment. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Submit homework digitally. Next year, incorporate it into your classroom management by asking students to submit their work electronically. This could be by sharing it with you, posting it to a class blog, embedding it into a Discussion Forum, or uploading it to their digital portfolio. Model good digital citizenship.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our department combines digital literacy and computer science, so we have four different strands that encompass digital citizenship and computational thinking concepts. Managing devices for thousands of students requires a substantial time commitment.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

CanaryFlow is a classroom workflow platform that makes it easy for K-12 teachers to create lessons, add and grade assignments, upload resources, comment on student work or class activities, and schedule events. ability to sign in with an existing Google Classroom account and get access to one or more of your Google drives.

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MARCH 27, 2020

The classroom teacher can’t be replaced by an electronic device.”. The teacher is as critical or more in an online classroom as they are in the physical class. Repurpose cart devices or class laptops to go home. When you have internet access, download work from Google Classroom to work offline. Online or via Google Voice.

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MARCH 2, 2022

You’ve known analog whiteboards for years and already used interactive whiteboards, but chances are you still wonder: what is a digital whiteboard? Think of it as a solution that offers a fantastic opportunity to modernize classrooms and workplaces. Not to mention great flexibility thanks to its digital format.

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MAY 2, 2022

When my fellow teachers did seek me out — always to ask for help and rarely to request training — they’d come to my room, laptop in hand, and follow the noise of my fingers flying across the keyboard. Technology in the classroom changed from “nice to have” to “must have” 1:1 became a reality.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

That means students can use any stylus without ‘activation’ steps and a teacher can use her stylus on multiple Chromebooks in her classroom without changing it out for every student. For example, right now, I own four styluses–one for my Surface Pro, my Mac, my Chromebook, and my PC laptop.

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JULY 17, 2019

When students feel an emotional connection to the subject being taught in the classroom, retaining and recalling information becomes easier. To enliven lesson plans and engage students further, technology can be used to unlock emotions in the classroom. However, it is still important to be discerning about how it is used.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

That said, having a basic set of norms in place across classrooms will be important to any successful technology device use. Digital Citizenship- If there isn’t a long standing conversation and fully-integrated approach to digital citizenship then the validity of any technology implementation has to be called into question.

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MARCH 30, 2015

AATT contributor, Krista Albrecht, has a balanced evaluation of Chromebooks in the classroom I think you’ll find useful. She has over 15 years experience in the field ranging from classroom teacher to tech teacher, to Professional Developer, to 1:1 integration specialist. Chromebooks in the Classrooms… Friend or Foe?

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

How does game based learning and programs like SplashLearn address the unique needs of the remote classroom? Online Reading –when the classroom library isn’t available, use one of the many online libraries or story collections to inspire reading. GBL and Remote Teaching. I teach online education grad school classes.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Well-used, television has traditionally been important in the classroom. Educational shows can be a great asset to a classroom, no matter what age the children are. Television in the classroom is a great help for younger students. There is probably an educational show for every classroom subject in high school.

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JUNE 17, 2022

School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Devices you can use.

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APRIL 5, 2019

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants.

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JUNE 1, 2018

A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it. As many installs as the school wants for one low fee.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

Every Earth Day, someone in your school, maybe the parent group, raises 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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JANUARY 24, 2019

No matter the technology mix in the classroom, everyone shares the same user experience, with learning focused on the subject matter not the hardware, thus simplifying classroom management for the teacher. While you’re waiting, download the free software to your phone or laptop (or iPad). Plug it in to charge.

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MAY 3, 2020

When my fellow teachers did seek me out — always to ask for help and rarely to request training — they’d come to my room, laptop in hand, and follow the noise of my fingers flying across the keyboard. Technology in the classroom changed from “nice to have” to “must have” 1:1 became a reality.

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