Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 15, 2023

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?

Classroom 314

Classroom iPad Tablets Digital Citizenship 314

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Here’s a long list of websites to address Digital Citizenship topics you teach in your classroom: Avatars. to promote digital privacy. Copyrights and Digital Law. Take the mystery out of copyrights –by the Library of Congress. Brainpop Digital Citizenship. Digital presence.

Digital Citizenship 150

Digital Citizenship Internet Safety Social Media Wiki 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 4, 2022

Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some interesting thoughts on mainstreaming this in your classroom: How to Encourage Creativity in the Classroom: Best Tips to Inspire Your Students. Plus, nowadays they have easy access to resources and educational materials (no more time spent in the library).

Classroom 298

Classroom Digital Citizenship Social Media Exercises 298

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 3, 2023

Try This 18 Things Teachers Do Before 8am Earth Day Class Activities How to Create a Paperless Classroom 11 Online Resources About Physics Online Reading for National Library Week Human Body Websites for 2nd-5th Grade #32: How to Use Art to Teach Grammar Tech Tips #170: Cover your webcam!

Digital Citizenship 292

Digital Citizenship Libraries Resources Technology 292

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 4, 2023

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. How to Stop Hating Your Computer Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

Digital Citizenship 257

Digital Citizenship Software Libraries Resources 257

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 3, 2022

National Library Week April 3-9. Earth Day Classroom Activities. 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. Here are the most-read posts for the month of April. Preparing for College or Career.

Digital Citizenship 312

Digital Citizenship Assistive Technology Libraries Resources 312

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 11, 2021

There were definitely excellent practices taking place in classrooms across the globe. They offer a suite of tools for differentiation, promoting digital citizenship, establishing productive workflows, providing feedback, and allowing learners to work at their own pace. para Workspaces in private library collections.

Digital Citizenship 392

Digital Citizenship Learning Libraries Google 392

Hapara

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This is increasingly important as school 1:1 device use becomes more common in classrooms with younger learners. CIPA requires schools or libraries eligible to receive discounts through the E-rate program to adopt and implement an internet safety policy. Can school web filters be too restrictive?

Digital Citizenship 273

Digital Citizenship Guidelines E-rate Internet Safety 273

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2023

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Books are made available from a variety of sources including the Library of Congress.

eBook 382

eBook Libraries Mobility Tablets 382

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2016

I got this question from a colleague: I am looking for an app that classroom teachers can use to scan a classroom library and allow teachers to check books out with students. Classroom Checkout –a fee-based app that catalogues books, manages student checkouts, and keeps track of books. Thanks for your help!

Libraries 154

Libraries System Classroom Digital Citizenship 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2021

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. Today’s tip: How to add accents.

How To 340

How To Digital Citizenship Libraries Strategy 340

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2018

While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-12 content library. The library is searchable by topic with preview features for selections. How to use the library. Why the content library is perfect for lesson planning.

Libraries 152

Libraries Khan Academy IXL Learning Differentiated Instruction 152

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2022

Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. have online libraries included with student resources. Treat them exactly as though they were print books.

Common Core 393

Common Core Libraries Digital Citizenship eBook 393

Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What does E-rate have to do with digital citizenship? Through E-rate, your school or library can receive support to purchase communication services and other technological products. What services are eligible to receive discounts under E-rate? What are the educational requirements for compliance? What if I get audited?

E-rate 52

E-rate Digital Citizenship Broadband Internet Safety 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In this blog post, Ryder shares several ways he will use comics in the classroom during the first weeks of school, including to help foster discussion about choices and different perspectives on social issues. Friendstrip –use their library of pieces; create/publish/share. MakeBeliefsComix –simple comic creation.

Tools 336

Tools Digital Citizenship Android Libraries 336

Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2017

This year, on September 27, 2017, the American Association of School Librarians made a point to encourage their members to raise awareness about “overly restrictive blocking of legitimate, educational websites and academically useful social networking tools in schools and school libraries.”. Several educators echo Yates’ comments.

Digital Citizenship 147

Digital Citizenship Social Media Facebook Education 147

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2022

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. Here are a list of sites that offer digital books for kids to adults: Bookopolis. Open Library.

Libraries 487

Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 487

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Teachers have long understood the importance of teaching and modeling good digital citizenship in their classrooms. Below are some helpful resources to integrate digital citizenship into classroom lessons: 1. Common Sense Media Student Library. PBS Webonauts Academy. NetSmartz Teens.

Digital Citizenship 44

Digital Citizenship Resources Libraries Digital Learning 44

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

RAK Activities for your classroom For schools promoting SEL (social-emotional learning), celebrating Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) fits well with your curriculum and mission. Topics include: Caring for Others Creating a Kind Classroom Following the Rules Stress Busters What Would You Do? That definitely is not easy. Donate blood.

Digital Citizenship 331

Digital Citizenship Libraries Groups Training 331

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

I think this will better reflect what’s going on today in our classrooms: It can be difficult to teach math, but with the proper tools, it can often be made easier. Give ByteLearn a try in your classroom today! It has a huge library of videos and questions, covers a wide range of topics, and adapts to each student’s level.

Khan Academy 288

Khan Academy IXL Learning Tools Common Core 288

Hapara

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In the classroom A quick refresher This series of videos will give you a refresher on Hāpara tools or help you get acquainted with them if you’re new to Hāpara. Make a copy for your personal Workspace library if you’d like to save one and use it this year. We also believe in transparency and teaching digital citizenship along the way.

Digital Citizenship 157

Digital Citizenship Data Training Report 157

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.

Common Core 187

Common Core Resources Classroom eBook 187

Ask a Tech Teacher

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.

Educreations 414

Educreations iPad Digital Citizenship Laptops 414

EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Whether you are a library media specialist, a teacher of social studies, art history, ELA or any other discipline that incorporates art and photography as a teaching tool or element of content, building living tableaux — people posing to replicate a 2D image — is a classroom exercise that has so many learning benefits for students!

Digital Citizenship 61

Digital Citizenship Exercises Social Media Libraries 61

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. Benefits of a School License.

Digital Citizenship 312

Digital Citizenship Smartphone Chromebook Laptops 312

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 15, 2023

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library.

Khan Academy 327

Khan Academy Digital Citizenship Training Libraries 327

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. If you’re researching for a project, visit an online library. Augmentation.

Technology 359

Technology Khan Academy Classroom Digital Citizenship 359

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

CLEO Collection of Free Case Studies CLEO is a curated library of teaching resources. You can use these cases to facilitate classroom discussion and allow students to grapple with real-world situations. You can use these cases to facilitate classroom discussion and allow students to grapple with real-world situations.

Case Study 298

Case Study Study Resources Libraries 298

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Welcome to the third article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. 10 Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 3 ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ).

Digital Citizenship 60

Digital Citizenship Resources Classroom Internet Safety 60

Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

At the beginning of the school year, I find that by asking students to share their stories — either by creating an About Me or participating in some icebreakers — it helps build the essential relationships in our classrooms. 6 Digital storytelling tools for hybrid learning environments. Here are some options to explore: Buncee.

Tools 535

Tools Learning Elementary Adobe 535

Neo LMS

JANUARY 13, 2022

In preparing students for the essential skills they need for the future, we have different methods and digital tools that we can bring into our classroom space. Educators might wonder how to build SEL activities into the classroom and whether it takes a lot of time. But what skills do students really need? . Genius hour.

Future Ready 532

Future Ready Tools Digital Citizenship Libraries 532

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 27, 2017

million teachers, is kind of a Google Classroom (very) lite with options that make it easy to submit homework, comment on classwork, and track student progress. It can be integrated into many LMSs (including Canvas, Google Classroom, and the new Microsoft Classroom). 5 Programs That Make Digital Note-taking Easy.

Classroom 0

Classroom Microsoft Education Digital Citizenship 0

EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 16, 2019

One reality of the increasingly connected K–12 classroom is even the youngest students are routinely going online, using email and engaging with mobile apps that collect their information. K–12 Schools Use Video to Teach Digital Citizenship. The organization has developed a library of cyber curricula resources for K–12. “As

How To 278

How To Digital Citizenship Guidelines EdTech 278

Buncee

MARCH 28, 2023

April is School Library Month! It’s time to recognize the incredible impact that school libraries have on students of all ages. It’s not just the content inside of school libraries that is so important, but the dedication and hard work of librarians and media specialists as well. Each year, the week is celebrated with a theme.

Libraries 36

Libraries eBook Digital Citizenship Facebook 36

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2023

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. The beauty lies in applying analytical prowess beyond the classroom walls. Critical thinking isn’t a skill. It’s a way of life.

Examples 317

Examples Analysis Digital Citizenship Libraries 317

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 14, 2021

Thanks to the efforts of many devoted professionals and the financial support of more, there are a wide variety of free/inexpensive sources for books that students can use for classroom activities as well as pleasure. International Children’s Digital Library. Open Library.

Libraries 381

Libraries Mobility eBook Tablets 381

Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2017

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Tech Survival Kits put everything a teacher needs to tech-ify their classroom into one package. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew.

Common Core 156

Common Core Resources Classroom eBook 156