Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

Context matters, especially when it comes to classroom learning. Instead of focusing only on screen time, this article will cover how teachers and students can use devices and consume media in more deliberate and mindful ways -- what Common Sense calls "media balance. Using Digital Media in Your Teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 26, 2016

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. It’s the pencils and books of our digital world. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 2, 2018

One of the things that we saw from our parents was that even though we had been one-to-one for almost three years, and we were very well connected in our district, many of our parents were feeling less connected with their students and their classrooms since we went one-to-one. Vicki: We talk about security in my classroom. Mike: Sure.

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Learning with 'e's

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Many children have a natural affinity with technology. They bring their smartphones into the classroom, and will use them whether schools ban them or not. Children need to be taught from an early age about acceptable use, and every school should include digital citizenship in its curriculum.

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