Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 2, 2015

Mentoring Minds is an education publishing company and resource site created by former teachers. Their goal: Critical thinking for life– ” to develop affordable, effective learning tools that help children think critically, giving them the skills to succeed not just in the classroom, but in life.”

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Renaissance, the global leader in pre-K–12 education technology, has enhanced Star Spanish , its assessment platform for students who speak, or are learning to speak, Spanish, with new reports and the first authentic K–12 learning progression for Spanish available in the country. In addition, Renaissance is releasing Focus Skills for Spanish.

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eSchool News

MAY 20, 2021

Nationally recognized curriculum earns distinction for best “Mathematics Instructional Solution”. Teaching with high-quality instructional materials has a direct impact on student learning outcomes. We are so pleased that enVision Mathematics has won this prestigious award,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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wwwatanabe

OCTOBER 5, 2013

October is Connected Educator''s Month. One of my favorite collaborative tools include Google Apps for Education. The presentation below was created for a training I offered regarding collaborating in Google Apps and tips for management with those tools. Get connected, and move beyond connection to collaboration.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

September 10, 2018—success stories from educators, administrators, and most importantly, students, which bring the company’s tools and service offerings to life. In its design, we put educators and students first in sharing how our company and tools support teaching and impact learning.” NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Part 1: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Reading. I was recently asked to provide a workshop that supported Differentiated Learning through the use of educational technology in the Project Based learning Classroom (PBL). I came up with several categories I thought tools might come fit under.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Educational Technology Guy

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

There are some great adaptive games out there, and when used as a supplemental teaching tool, can have a profound impact on student learning. Prodigy’s math content is completely curriculum-aligned and covers standards from the Common Core, MAFs, and TEKS curricula depending on your location. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

When it comes to their children’s education, parents are like drug-sniffing dogs. Their changed view — and that of others who shunned Rogers and now want in — is driven by what seems to be a magic educational elixir: personalized learning. But personalized learning raises big questions about educational equity.

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eSchool News

MAY 21, 2018

I am not saying that multiple data measures are a bad thing; in fact, they can help us to differentiate instruction, personalize learning, and really meet each of our students where they are academically. Our teachers needed a tool to pinpoint skill gaps for individual students so we could be more targeted in our interventions.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 5, 2014

Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples). Anything we do in the lab, or in school, I stress needs to be done within the confines of the school/educational setting.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Part 3: Tech Resources and Tools for Differentiated Learning … Writing Process. I do really hope you enjoyed the prior two posts on differentiated instructions tools for reading using technology. I thought in this post it would be interesting to focus on DI writing technology tools.

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EdTechTeacher

JANUARY 9, 2019

As educators across the nation have adopted these high impact assessment strategies, there has been considerable advancement in educational technologies that help amplify the effectiveness of these practices. Tool: iReady (Adaptive Math/ELA Assessment & Instruction). Educator Strategies: .

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Through the Project Pals platform educators will track, monitor, and guide student progress while students work collaboratively. Project Pals is a great tool for educators to not only use for group projects but to asses student learning as well. Below is a brief demo.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 1, 2020

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Accounts for online tools like a blog, Twitter, various web-based tools. Know what to do, but have questions. What Do You Need to Participate.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Through the Project Pals platform educators will track, monitor, and guide student progress while students work collaboratively. Project Pals is a great tool for educators to not only use for group projects but to asses student learning as well. Below is a brief demo.

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Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Mobile Learning 28

Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 24, 2014

It is fantastic learning tool that is being used by classrooms all around the world that allows educators to assess their students in real-time on their mobile devices. This is a great way to differentiate instruction and even flip a lesson. I highly recommend checking out The Answer Pad by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Mobile Learning 28

Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Mobility 28

Technology Tidbits

OCTOBER 9, 2019

This years list seems to have a wide variety of educational tools w/ no set pattern seen in years past. As w/ any of my previous annual top lists, all tools listed in previous end of year posts will not be eligible for this years'. This is a great way for educators to assess learning and differentiate instruction.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 24, 2018

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Mobile Learning 28

Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 16, 2020

Learn granular approaches to infusing differentiation into all of your lesson plans, whether you’re a Common Core school or not, with this hands-on, interactive class. Accounts for online tools like a blog, Twitter, various web-based tools. What Do You Need to Participate. Internet connection.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Math Snacks is an excellent site for educational games, animations, and more, for Math grades 3rd-7th. This is a great learning tool to use w/ any Math curriculum and can help teachers differentiate instruction. Also, this is a nice way to introduce Game Based Learning into the classroom. Below is a brief demo.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 19, 2015

Math Snacks is an excellent site for educational games, animations, and more, for Math grades 3rd-7th. This is a great learning tool to use w/ any Math curriculum and can help teachers differentiate instruction. Also, this is a nice way to introduce Game Based Learning into the classroom. Below is a brief demo.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

As w/ the previous year''s list, more and more mobile apps are making the list as mobile learning continues to be the rising trend in education. Educators can manage/create student accounts, take attendance, grade, and assess students in real-time, and much much more. Also, a nice place to find Common Core aligned lesson plans.

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Technology Tidbits

JULY 19, 2019

Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center, blogging capabilities and classroom organization tools. Teachers can link data to Common Core State Standards or integrate their own custom standards to report on.

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Khan Academy Differentiated Instruction Common Core Mobile Learning 28

wwwatanabe

APRIL 23, 2013

It is created with digital tools and published on the Internet. Step 2: Production and digital tools Choose the tool : When I am introducing the digital storytelling process to classes, I choose the tool for them to use. Some of these sites have education versions of their product.

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wwwatanabe

MARCH 15, 2012

Using the iPad with Common Core & 21st Century thinking There''s an app that I found called Painting with Time , where you look at the same thing over increments of time. This would help them use time in context with their critical thinking skills, found in the Common Core and 21st century thinking.

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N2Y

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

This may be surprising to some, especially as much of the current conversation in education involves student-centered learning. Offer standard and nonstandard tools to measure the distance around the classroom. Students will be immediately engaged as they are able to move about, work together, and use tools that are familiar.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Given that most older children and teens play digital games outside of school— according to one study , 99% of boys and 94% of girls aged 12 - 17 play at least 7-10 hours per week—it’s no surprise that game-based learning is proving to be an effective classroom tool. Games welcome players of all ability levels in the same environment.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

The reason for this as not as many new learning tools came out this year compared to years past, while more current tools focused on regular updates. As w/ any of my previous annual top lists, all tools listed in previous posts will not be eligible for this years'. Xtranormal) by typing a script.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

This game meets Common Core Standards and has blue tooth capabilities to allow for two players across multiple devices. Also, supports "differentiated instruction" as well as a website w/ a teacher portal for managing and tracking students. Funbrain - One of the most popular educational gaming sites on the web.

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Learning in Hand

NOVEMBER 12, 2014

I had a great time encouraging educators to give students as much ownership over their devices and learning as possible. Sketchnoting is helping make your thinking visible and shareable as you are reading a professional book, watching a movie clip, reading an educational blog post or article or listening to a lecture of conference keynote.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

I have enjoyed sharing with you in the past year, and look forward to new opportunities and educational possibilities as we proceed into the New Year. Formative – Not all feedback tools are the same. This is a tool that can be part feedback, part game, and part group brainstorming.

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