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What’s a Backchannel and Is it Right For Your Class?

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A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: What is a backchannel in your classroom? This video is from a series I taught for school districts. What are some options you might use?

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

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Twitter as a classroom resource, you ask? I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. The discussion was based on the research of primary and secondary documents and was quite creative. Classroom Use. The social media platform became a resource when I was running on empty. Keeping Up.

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4 Innovative Ways to Enhance Reading Comprehension with AI Tools

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Imagine classrooms where educators can efficiently guide students through dense material while ensuring they grasp crucial details. 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.

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To Teach Digital Citizenship Effectively, Educators Say It’s Time to Unblock Social Media

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How can we have an impact on developing digital citizenship skills?”. Learning how to behave online responsibly and safely—a concept known as digital citizenship—requires access to social media tools in schools, they note. We truly believe that educating on the digital citizenship is a really big responsibility for us.

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Inquiry Hub Secondary School – Confluence and Influence

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Confluence and Influence – Inquiry Hub Secondary School. Background: The 2018-2019 school year is Inquiry Hub Secondary’s 7th year since it was founded. Transforming Our Classrooms – Ignite Presentation. Teachers combine the three elements in ways they see fit to personalize learning in their classrooms.

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Smartphones in the classroom

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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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10 edtech experts you should follow

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But it can be a struggle to understand how to use classroom technology in meaningful ways. Each of these experts has a background in education, a unique voice and a passion for using technology in the classroom. She is an educator who has taught in the classroom, written curriculum and worked as a technology integration specialist.

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