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5 Ways K–12 Teachers Can Take a New Approach to Computational Thinking

EdTech Magazine

Learner: Teaching computational thinking is as much a learning exercise for educators as it is for their students. Teachers will need to boost their own competencies in data analysis, abstraction and algorithm design. To do so, ISTE recommends teachers reach out to their colleagues and local technology coaches for advice.

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. You’ll see when you login that you start off by being able to add activities, explore the resources they have, or get some training on how to use this collaborative learning tool. Review the Data. Lumio has become my go-to exam review tool.

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Dallas ISD Selects Carnegie Learning Math Curriculum for all Secondary Schools

eSchool News

Designed to meet Texas Education standards, the Texas Math Solution leverages data and proven blended learning to improve student performance. Together we can create a model for other districts to emulate as we evolve and thrive in a collaborative learning environment. We are excited to be on this journey together.”

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Web Filtering: equally beneficial for your 5-year-old & 15-year-old

Securly

Federal law doesn’t specifically require schools to block Facebook, Twitter, etc. In our case, as we begin having discussions about whether Newsela is a service we want to pursue as a district standard, we now have compelling data telling us that it’s already being widely used and is, in fact, our most accessed website on a weekly basis.”.

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PBL… Blended and eLearning – Part 1: Important Questions for the New School Year

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I enjoy learning from all of you. Also remember to subscribe to this blog by RSS or email and follow me on twitter at mjgormans. Please feel free to contact me via email ( mjgormans@gmail.com ) or Twitter at ( @mjgormans ).

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Coronavirus eLearning Series… Ideas To Think About Now… Before Next Year: Idea 3…PD For The Next Level of eLearning

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

While I know I may fall short in some ways, I do hope everyone can discover at least one idea that might help their school, parents and students as they take on this new challenge (opportunity) in learning. Please feel free to contact me via email ( mjgormans@gmail.com ) or Twitter at ( @mjgormans ). Data collection for planning .

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Are You R.E.A.D.Y. as a School to be Good Digital Citizens

techlearning

Today's students are using technology to collaborate, learn, research, and communicate while at school. Blended and personalized learning with digital tools has flooded classrooms, but most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship as requirements for teacher certification.