Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

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.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Yesterday, the World Economic Forum's “ Global Risks Report 2024 ” ranked AI-derived misinformation as a top global risk ahead of climate change, war, and economic weakness. ” Secondly, I wanted to introduce my AI policy in the classroom.

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Edsurge

MAY 7, 2024

Mike Kentz is an early adopter of the idea of bringing this fingerprinting technique to the classroom, and he argues that the approach “ flips the script ” on the usual way to check for plagiarism or AI. If you have a known document written by somebody, you can kind of pattern their written fingerprint. And I said, ‘Yeah, sure.’

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2022

After rolling out Promethean ActivPanel interactive whiteboards and document cameras in 600 of the classrooms at Albemarle County Public Schools, teachers reported an increased excitement for learning. The difference was immediate.

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Tools Learning Report Technology 362

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

The discussion about learning and what constitutes “good learning” is almost always couched in the context of a classroom. Yet today’s students have more access to information and resources beyond the classroom than any prior generation. Is this learning less powerful than the learning that happens in a classroom?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

According to Lightspeed’s Edtech App Report , which examined the use of edtech in more than 100 school districts during the 2021-2022 school year, there is an astounding number of apps in use. In the realm of modern classrooms, one of the most notable advancements is the integration of smart board technology.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 29, 2022

Let me know if this fits your experiences: The biggest reason teachers report for NOT liking internet-based cloud accounts has nothing to do with money, security, or privacy. Too often and annoyingly That has spawned a rebirth in the popularity of Portable Document Formatted books and resources, commonly referred to as PDFs.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The movement has passionate backers, but is still in its infancy, especially compared with the phonics-based “science of reading” that has inspired changes in how classrooms across the country approach literacy. Still, Ansari said, there is enough research out there to make a difference in the classroom. “We What about math?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Seventy-seven percent of classroom teachers believe technology will help them be more effective in the post-pandemic classroom, but just 38 percent of educators report a positive view of teaching profession, according to a new survey. Educational technology: From promise to proof.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 29, 2018

Google Classroom Updates K–12 Teachers Should Know. Earlier this summer, at the annual ISTE conference , Google announced it would be launching a slew of new applications and updates to the company’s premiere education web service, Google Classroom, alongside the new Acer Chromebook Tab 10. eli.zimmerman_9856. Wed, 08/29/2018 - 12:16.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

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. I backup , but is that enough?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The completed document can be pushed out via link or embedded into blogs and websites. PDFs are a favorite document among teachers. They work across all platforms, easily transfer from home to school, and are considered one of the most secure documents available. Scan completed document into computer (hope the scanner ap works).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I have written in the past about parent questions concerning technology in education , but always from the perspective of a teacher at the classroom. ” Teach your child to be respectful, kind, and considerate when communicating online and to report any instances of cyberbullying or harassment.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 1, 2019

In a coaching session with a second-grade teacher, I suggested we try using Voice Typing in Google Documents to help students track how many words they read in a minute. Once they had read their passage twice, they logged into Google Classroom to access a blank Google Document.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 13, 2019

In my previous post I explored the subtle, yet significant, difference between brute force computing and ANN (Artificial Neural Networks), and how that distinction is slowly producing what one would call “true” AI products in the classroom. The post The race is on for the AI-powered classroom appeared first on NEO BLOG.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2018

Now, beyond the moral and ethical persuasiveness of a paperless classroom, there is compelling evidence that the time is right to eliminate paper from the classroom: the high cost of printing : Yale University noted that “Every 2.5 Three years ago, I wrote about going paperless in your classroom but much has changed.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

According to a Sparks and Honey report , young people today multitask across at least five screens each day and spend 41% of their time outside of school with computers or mobile devices, compared to 22% 10 years ago.They are also self-directed learners and spend a lot of time researching online. Bridging this time gap with the SAMR model.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 16, 2023

To ease the burden as a principal, I would spend my summers developing a document containing concise commentary on virtually every strategy addressed in our observation and evaluation tool. Project-management tools with embedded AI can help to track progress, manage tasks, and collaborate on documents.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

This is a sentiment I’ve repeatedly heard this year as I work with educators who are teaching online, on hybrid schedules, or juggling the demands of the concurrent classroom. Should I build my playlist in a digital document or slide deck? You can build a playlist in a digital document or a slide deck.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Over the last few months, as more and more K12 classrooms are getting settled into the routine of a long school year, tech directors and instructional technology programs are beginning to gather to rethink and reimagine a new (and slightly altered) modern classroom. What is the advantage of having a 1:1 Document Camera Program?

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Over the last few months, as more and more K12 classrooms are getting settled into the routine of a long school year, tech directors and instructional technology programs are beginning to gather to rethink and reimagine a new (and slightly altered) modern classroom. What is the advantage of having a 1:1 Document Camera Program?

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Classroom Laptops Trends Conference 88

The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

A Classroom Perspective on AI Change: My Students Feel Like Last Spring Was Ancient History Recently, my students used Adobe Firefly in my classroom's generative AI art competition. Even moreso, 90% of businesses report large improvements in the speed of complaint resolution using AI Chatbots.( I'll share those in Part 3.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2024

Credit: Holly Korbey for The Hechinger Report Kindergarten may be math’s most important year — it lays the groundwork for understanding the relationship between number and quantity and helps develop “number sense,” or how numbers relate to each other, experts and researchers say. play a guess-the-number game with different colored counters.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 7, 2022

Generate result reports to track student progress; . Moreover, students can also add attachments to essay assignments such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents. Students can use the HTML editor to write an essay or upload a document. They are engaging and promote group cohesion and teamwork in the classroom.

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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. How can I blend it into what I already do without taking time I don’t have? Redefinition.

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EdTechTeam

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Previously only available in beta, Originality Reports and Rubrics are Google Classroom features that are now available to all users. . Originality Reports. Google Classroom’s Originality Reports function as a tool to correct un-cited content and potential plagiarism. See Originality Reports in action here. .

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The new suite of offerings – which includes a range of AI tools, interactive lessons, and curriculum-supporting content – takes Canva from a classroom design tool to an end-to-end education platform capable of producing and teaching complete lessons with ease. Magic Animate : Bring videos and presentations to life with seamless animations.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

Spanish was the most-reported home language among English learners in 2020, followed by Arabic. Yet despite some efforts to document the experiences and outcomes of multilingual learners in the district, a legal monitor noted last year that Boston’s school leaders had defied requests for records showing how it spent its funds.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Over the past several years, JotForm has released many apps designed to simplify and automate teaching’s more mundane tasks ( Smart PDF Forms , a PDF Editor, Cards, Tables , Approvals , and Reports –click for my reviews). To manage homework –submit homework, upload documents, and see which assignments may be missing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

In today’s K-12 education ecosystem, most classroom management tools have moved online. The first ‘lite’ option that most educators think of is Google Classroom. If you have an LMS you love, Google Classroom often won’t work well with it because it isn’t well-aligned with industry standards.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

This pattern points to the need for deep changes in the delivery of calculus, as highlighted in a report I recently co-authored with two colleagues, “Charting a New Course: Investigating Barriers on the Calculus Pathway to STEM.” This effort has improved persistence for female, Latinx, and Black students, they report.

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STEM Course Study Report 212

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Their 118-page report, “ ‘In theory it’s a good idea’: Understanding implementation of proficiency-based education in Maine, ” published in October 2018, serves as an unintended post-mortem of how educational reforms can go wrong. Nellie Mae is also among the funders of the Hechinger Report.).

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Neo LMS

MARCH 15, 2022

It has been a favorite for five years in my classroom. Documents, images, text can be added to each slide in the lesson for students to interact with. Genially is a versatile and interactive platform that can be used to create so many different projects and things you would want for your classroom. Boosting student engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 21, 2020

To that end, his company built a new software tool designed for classroom use and piloted it in five school districts — including the massive Clark County School District serving Las Vegas and its suburbs — in the 2019-20 school year. 30 minutes per week — recommended time students spend on classroom-based Khan Academy tool.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In an effort to do all three of these things– creating transparency, teaching self-assessment, and archiving work online– AND keep parents in the loop, my teaching partner and I developed a Google Document for the first unit of the year with 10 focus standards for each class–English, science, and technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Not only was I not in classrooms enough, but also the level of feedback provided through the lens of a narrative report did very little to improve teaching and learning both in and out of the classroom. Visit Classrooms Routinely This seems so easy yet is a constant struggle.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2018

A major barrier to innovation in the classroom is teacher exhaustion. In a classroom where the student does the work, that same assignment could have a dramatically different outcome. The student uses the Grammarly report to identify mechanical errors and edit their work. Instead of asking themselves, “How can I?

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