Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When dramatic weather hits — be it snow or violent storms or another emergency — it becomes impossible to reach the classroom. These Districts make education-related emergencies easier on all stakeholders by using tools that are simple to roll out and intuitive to use — in some cases, already implemented in daily classrooms.

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Edsurge

JUNE 17, 2019

Any time a program is changed or phased out, it can be disruptive to classroom activities, administrators tell EdSurge. Across the district’s elementary and middle schools, Yakima had about 8,400 students on the program for the last three years. Some teachers already use Freckle and Khan Academy on their own.)

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Tech Helpful

MAY 16, 2019

In fact, if you are an elementary teacher centers/stations are probably a part of your day, every day. For most teachers, this isn’t our natural way to teach but with the advent of this thing called the internet, we no longer have to be the imparter of all things known as knowledge in the classroom. Is this missing from your classroom?

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Across the region, schools have moved classrooms to the cloud in what’s become a massive experiment in distance learning, impacting local and international schools alike. and Khan Academy, which allows for timed tests. I want to figure out how to do it.”. And from Singapore to Vietnam, classes are canceled.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

History teacher Keith “Hip” Hughes has a massive following on his YouTube channel.Today, he shares his technique for flipping the classroom in engaging, powerful ways. Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. Five Ways to Flip Your Classroom. We want to be “conductors” of our classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Sure enough, elementary and secondary teachers are among the most educated yet least paid professionals; and their likelihood of automation: practically zero. They give students expert feedback on how to reason, design, compose, and find creative solutions to problems. Yet the debate about machines replacing teachers rages on.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Below, you will find a resource guide for CSEdWeek and Hour of Code, in order to help all of you K-12 educators bring coding into the classroom. How to Run an Hour of Code. There are hundreds of free resources, lesson plans, tutorials and events that bring the power of coding into the K-12 classroom. Khan Academy Curriculum.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

You know, if I taught math, I’d be harvesting videos from the Khan Academy or places like that, rather than creating my own. We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. Doug, as we finish up, could you give us a 30-second pep talk about personalizing learning for the students in our classroom today?

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2016

Students at DCPS’ Burrville Elementary School complete an Hour of Code session. Code.org , Khan Academy , Codeacademy , and other educational organizations and companies feature special Hour of Code tutorials on their sites. said Cassandra Davenport, a technology coach at Powell Elementary School.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 25, 2017

Battle of the Classrooms: Apple, Google, Microsoft Vie for K-12 Market The word “Classroom” has never been more loaded as it is now, with all three blue-chip technology giants each releasing a tool with the same name. Here are her top four topics to steer clear of.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2019

First, it teaches students how to be digital creators -- to create their own websites, apps, and programs. And Edutopia's Coding in the Classroom article also provides some guidance. Young kids learn differently from how older ones do, and they often have less resilience. At what age can students learn coding?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2015

Most elementary age kids I know love math, but that changes when they matriculate to middle school. This goes well beyond Khan Academy’s online video training, into fantasy worlds of trolls and wizards, the type of activities most parents have tried to keep their kids away from. 15 Great Simulations to Gamify Your Class.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

In terms of student proficiency, today's classrooms are more diverse than ever. In these classrooms, teachers face a seemingly impossible task -- providing effective instruction to all the unique students under their care. We're "detracking" students previously sorted by ability.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2018

and another called “Instigator,” in which two students tried to identify a “leader” surreptitiously chosen by the rest of the crewbies who milled around the classroom aping the leader’s gestures and gait. And how to listen to each other.”. Related: Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight? Chris Berdik/The Hechinger Report.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Hippo Video - One of my favorite sites around for creating digital videos that can be used to "flip" a classroom or create explainer videos. TypeTastic - The best site around for student's K-12 (w/ educational portal) learning how to type/keyboard. Edji - An innovative new site for annotating texts for collaborative learning.

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EdTechTeacher

JUNE 7, 2015

Digital tools break the barriers to global communication and create opportunities for educators to design learning experiences both inside and outside the classroom. Based off of Guy Kawasaki’s talk, If I Knew Then What I Know Now , here are four ways to start building a culture of innovation in your classroom. Fail Forward.

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EdTechTeam

JANUARY 28, 2020

In this post, I am going to talk about 5 goal-setting tips that you can use in your classroom right away. One of my favorite ways to spark interest in the classroom is a good old fashioned story. How you discuss these ideas is completely up to you. Check out this resource on how to use Screencast-o-matic’s webcam recording tool.

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Adam Welcome

JUNE 13, 2016

The adult that’s facilitating the coding experience for kids at your school doesn’t even need to know how to code! With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Five years ago coding was a much harder experience to create for kids.

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Adam Welcome

MAY 15, 2016

The adult that’s facilitating the coding experience for kids at your school doesn’t even need to know how to code! With code.org and other resources, block coding is an excellent place to start, especially with Elementary students - check it out! Five years ago coding was a much harder experience to create for kids.

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EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

Distict #1 : Principal of an elementary school shared that as part of their 1:1 initiative, they want to create a bank of lessons created by students based on [link] which Alan shared last time. District #3 : Next Generation Digital Classroom - moving away from laptops and desktops. Are we showing kids how to do really good searching?

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

Students are using Google Classroom, BoomWriter, Reach for Reading, and other tools across the curriculum. Samuels also teaches students how to dictate on Google Drive, which integrates with Lucy Calkins’ Teachers College Reading and Writing Project “Writing in the Air” (rehearsing what you want to write by saying it out loud).

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Bhatt is now studying how to further increase student-to-tutor ratios and time on ed tech to lower costs even more. Oreopoulos thinks the amount of tutoring a child needs might depend both on the child and the classroom teacher. Meanwhile, similar students taught by other teachers were less motivated to do the practice work.

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Tech Helpful

DECEMBER 29, 2016

One of the things shared was the list of "tried and true" technology usage by grade level at our elementary school. It helps with accountability, cutting down paper used in the classroom, and allows students to explain their thinking in multiple ways (video, audio, photo, drawings, blog, etc). She rocked it!

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

If you do a Google image search for “classroom,” you’ll mostly see one familiar scene: rows or groups of desks , with a spot at the front of the room for the teacher. It’s the selling point of software programs, primarily in math, that are already found in millions of classrooms around the country.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Math games for kids encourage children to learn and improve their essential addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills while having fun with their family or playing with other students in the classroom. Best Overall Math App: Khan Academy Kids. Players learn how to solve math equations while playing the game.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

However, you do have to learn how to speak your punctuation. Many of the graphics in this post are from a powerful infographic you can print for your classroom. Go to to [link] download this free infographic (and learn how to get the Read&Write toolbar while you are there.). How to add calendar events with reminders.

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MindShift

JULY 21, 2020

“While UDL can benefit students with disabilities, it’s a way of thinking about how to make instruction accessible for all,” said Kavita Rao , a professor in the department of special education at the University of Hawai‘i. The beauty of UDL is that it addresses ‘learner variability’, which is the norm in our classrooms.”.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Those who have jumped in and learned how to use it are pleased with the results.”. They’re leading and teaching classrooms, serving as part-time guidance counselors and social workers, and aligning their courses to standards and other protocols,” she continued. “We Teachers use the playlists to see how pupils progress through material.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 4, 2016

The College Board also boasted about its partnership with Khan Academy, which would make SAT test prep materials freely available online. According to Edsurge , changes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act will soon be another “ win for ed-tech vendors.” ” So congrats, ed-tech vendors.)

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Hack Education

APRIL 28, 2017

” Via NBC News : “How to Thrive: Arianna Huffington Launches E-Learning Series.” ” Google announces more updates to its pseudo-LMS, Google Classroom. Via Edsurge : “ Khan Academy ’s New ‘Teacher Aid’ Tool Goes for a Test Drive in Southern California.” a month.). .”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

But at some point, we have to figure out how to clean up this mess. Khan Academy will revolutionize education. His guidance is designed for college classrooms, sure, but really the impulse is about an online, information civics in general. Nobody wants to take responsibility, which is fine. I get that. Journalists.

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