The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 1, 2023

This is what I imagine “Book Choice” looks like, from curricular choices to which books grace the shelves of our classrooms. This tension comes from students, parents, teachers, and administration/leaders outside of the classroom. Students want to see themselves in stories. The rubber band pulls tight.

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Libraries Classroom Digital Citizenship Resources 71

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. New features include an Organization Library, Shared Libraries, Co-Editing, and Learning Management System Integrations. Epson America, Inc.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. These can be both print and digital, to fit all children’s reading preference. When you have classroom reading time, kids can pair up and read to each other. Most digital book readers include a read-aloud function that enables students to have a favorite book read to them.

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Adobe iPad Groups Digital Citizenship 354

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 11, 2016

Here are ten of the top reading-related articles according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: How do I create a classroom library checkout system? 3 Digital Tools to Encourage Close Reading. 5 Tech Tools to Inspire Reading. 5 Tech Tools That Motivate Every Reader. 32 Reading Websites.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Libraries Resources 150

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Here are some ideas, from a time commitment of a few minutes to a few hours: Activities for your class Read-aloud books Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. These can be both print and digital, to fit all children’s reading preference. When you have classroom reading time, kids can pair up and read to each other.

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Adobe iPad Groups Digital Citizenship 195

Neo LMS

APRIL 17, 2018

Mix it up: Try using different formats such as: workshops, individual coaching, just in time, drop in hours, presentations during staff meetings/department meetings, or developing a video library or channel. Create attractive courses: Use a high-quality LMS to develop a library of attractive courses your teachers can take in their own time.

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Technology LMS EdTech Digital Citizenship 351

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Online libraries and collections of free didactic documents were a reality as early as 1997 , through the Cisco Networking Academy. According to statistics published by Gartner analyst Thomas Bittman, only 4% of the school and education system was interested in cloud computing in 2009. Virtual Classrooms and Labs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 30, 2018

Created by LitWorld , past years have found more than 1 million people in 100 countries joining together to enjoy the power and wonder of reading aloud in groups or individually, at school as part of classroom activities , or home, and discovering what it means to listen to a story told through the voice of another.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Airtame also spotlighted its new partnership with Rise Vision, which enables standardized emergency alerts to be sent to entire school systems to streamline communication, response time, and safety. The ClassIn platform has been purpose-built for education and based on nearly a decade of research, development, and in-market experience.

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EdTech Digital Citizenship Future Ready Social Media 103

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2018

Kiddom is an easy-to-use learning management system that provides educators with an effective alternative to Google Classroom. The guide shares specific steps administrators and teachers took unpacking Kiddom in classrooms and solving the inevitable problems that arose. Build student-centered classrooms.

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Digital Citizenship eBook Outcomes Blended Learning 181

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom. It’s clear: you need the right games in your classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2019

I know — you’re convinced but don’t know how to blend read-alouds into your busy classroom schedule. Have a library of books intended to be read aloud. These can be both print and digital, to fit all children’s reading preference. How do I create a classroom library checkout system?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Vector’s Student Safety & Wellness Courses are powerful, engaging web-based video lessons authored by subject-matter experts on topics such as Bullying & Cyberbullying, Youth Suicide Awareness, Alcohol, Vaping & Drug Prevention, Sexual Harassment, Digital Citizenship, Stress & Anxiety, Depression, and Healthy Relationships.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 25, 2017

Group projects were nice, but getting everyone in the same library or house meant parents driving, schedules re-arranged, and time that could have been spent on learning was spent on making arrangements. Thanks to Learning Management Systems, that’s changed. Second: Paper-free classrooms are more and more popular.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Now, in today’s connected classroom, creativity has become the newest transformative tool, the buzzword that indicates a curriculum is on the cutting edge, that teachers are delivering their best to students and differentiating for varied needs. It’s no surprise background music is often part of classrooms. Any feedback?

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Classroom iPad Digital Citizenship Exercises 150

Shake Up Learning

APRIL 6, 2021

The post Must-Have Google Skills for Teachers (Part 2 – Google Classroom) – SULS0104 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing the must-have Google skills for teachers who use Google Classroom. Quick Tip of the Week (Create a Custom Google Classroom Header). Quick Tip Video Library.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2017

Select topics for this approach based on the tech students use in your classroom. demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system . demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system . answer tech questions they have even if they’re about a home system.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2018

Swiss-based Cikumas makes the creation and implementation of virtual classrooms quick, intuitive, and without the steep learning curve that so often accompanies LMSs (Learning Management Systems). Import your classes from Google Classroom, enter students by hand, or invite students via a class code. How to get started.

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LMS Moodle Digital Citizenship Google 166

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 19, 2017

In fact, it has been so successful, O-G is being mainstreamed into the general education classroom, as a way to unlock the power of reading for more students. While O-G is most often associated with the remediation of struggling readers, recently it’s expanded to a whole-classroom setting (with adaptations).

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update April 1st A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Libraries Common Core Classroom Digital Citizenship 59

Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

Why Digital Textbooks? How do I create a classroom library checkout system? 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. –image credit: [link] .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 31, 2016

An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. Otus is a free all-in-one mobile learning management system available on iPads and desktops. Did I miss it?

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As more classrooms re-open for in-person instruction, student safety and mental health remain top concerns. Its extensive online and mobile training library features carefully curated world-class content to meet the unique needs of professionals in the industrial, engineering, education, and public safety industries.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Users create a recipe by choosing a trigger channel from IFTTT’s library, then a trigger, and finally an action channel. Long list of websites by grade. 15 Unusual Projects.

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Robotics iPad Video Examples 328

Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. Online Course delivery system. But that has changed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I eventually learned how the system worked, I learned how to get good grades, and my focus turned more to “learning.”. I was in a classroom a few weeks ago, and I asked an off-task third grader what she was interested in, and she looked at me dumbfounded. I was pretty boring on paper. She didn’t understand the question.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

More and more schools adopt BYOD policies and allow students to bring their own mobile phones, tablets, eBooks, and other devices in the classroom, and use them as tools to enhance learning. The educational system needs pioneer schools to test the waters of BYOD and share what they find with everyone that wants to follow suit.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 29, 2022

It is incredibly powerful when the classroom is flipped and students have an opportunity to share their passions and expertise with their teacher. We connected what we learned in science explorations to Minecraft, even developing our own aquaponics systems in Minecraft to compare them to crops that received water alone.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The discussions shouldn’t focus on denying technology, though, said Michelle Cooper, Library Media Specialist, White Oak ISD, TX in the edWebinar “ Achieving Media Balance in a Tech-Immersed World.” ” Instead, librarians can help families learn how to maintain a healthy balance and become good digital citizens.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

Remember how intimidating it is to walk into a teacher’s classroom. Encourage parental involvement in the classroom. Show them you value their time by explaining the best way they can help as a classroom volunteer. demonstrate how to use the school online library/lunch order system (or similar).

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

On the down side, as the technology evolves it will also enable hackers to be more adept at infiltrating systems that store sensitive student data. 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 143

NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

The standards are focused on some of the most timely, yet enduring, topics in education today — equity, digital citizenship, team and systems building, continuous improvement and professional growth. Both ISTE and Future Ready LibrariansTM recognize the value of library professionals.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Sharing Created Gamis While not having to worry about log in information is a plus and sharing is easy, there is not currently a way to see a library of the Gamis one makes when in the app. The student could then share the link to the Gami via email, Twitter, Facebook, or copy/pasting the link to a learning management system such as Edmodo.

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NeverEndingSearch

MAY 27, 2018

of immersive virtual field trips–a walk through the solar system, the experience of a tornado, a tour around a refugee camp. What can we do today in practical and important ways, leveraging the free or affordable tools we already have to enhance classroom learning? Our students can be experts for other classrooms.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

Sandra comes into the classroom before you can step outside to greet her, and she immediately starts telling you all about her weekend as she hangs up her backpack. Instead of getting to the root problem of Jordan’s morning, you take Dan and Jack outside to be able to discuss the appropriate way to enter a classroom and let them try again.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 23, 2018

Andy Plemmons shared a bounty of ideas for setting the right message in his Expect the Miraculous post, The Power of First Lines: Another New Library Orientation. School is back in session in Georgia, and I’m once again reorganizing what happens in the first visit to the library. What is that right message?

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edWeb.net

MARCH 30, 2021

She spent the first part of her career as a high school English teacher in Conrad, Iowa, where she reimagined teaching and learning in her classroom and became a leader in the convergence between literacy and technology. Shaelynn supported districts throughout Iowa in the areas of literacy, technology, AIW, and systemic change.

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