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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Does s/he show evidence of learning by using tech class knowledge in classroom or home? Does s/he use core classroom knowledge (i.e., Does s/he work well in groups? Does s/he [whichever Common Core Standard is being pursued by the use of technology. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. The real reason we read is to learn, experience new adventures, find out what’s over the next horizon. Players learn by doing, failing, trying again. Allow me to change that.

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JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Hours of preparation wasted because no one could get far enough to learn a d thing. Sure we mouth that to our students and Common Core expects it in college- and career-ready students, but does that mean teachers too?

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Standing at the front of the classroom stopped working so I researched (and tried in some cases) Whole Brain Teaching (WBT), Socratic Method , Understanding by Design , Mindfulness , and a lot more options that colleagues mentioned as helpful with their differentiated student groups. I want to talk more about learning than teaching.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Age group: MS and HS. After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. After launch, students can learn about a large range of real astronomical missions dating from the 1980s and the data they collected. Age group: High school and college.

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JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. MTI 558: Teach Writing With Tech.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits. Who needs this.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It’s called Game Based Learning (GBL). Good example of GBL: SplashLearn .

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

As schools look ahead to serving not just student needs, but the greater needs of their community and world, service learning becomes an increasingly important part of high school education. A popular service learning endeavor is teaching technology skills to those who don’t have them. Learning Expectations.

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MARCH 9, 2023

Common Core Standards recognize the importance of this skill by addressing it in over 29 Standards, at every grade level from Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. It starts with a change in mindset: You aren’t teaching a tech tool, you’re teaching its application to learning.

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JUNE 17, 2022

All lessons include self-reflection from students to see if they can transfer what they learned to both classes and life.” Ask colleagues what groups they belong to and become part of the most popular as well as groups that deal with your area of expertise. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits. Who needs this.

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MARCH 29, 2022

They are constantly tempted to mis-spend their limited income and then must face the consequences of those actions, basing decisions on what they learned in the 32 scenarios. Players pick their NFL team and the opponent, the level of difficulty, skill level, their age-group, and the length of play. Age group: High school.

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MARCH 1, 2019

Here are seventeen online libraries with a wide variety of free/fee books: Actively Learn –add PDFs of your choice to a library that can be annotated, read, and shared. RAZ Kids –wide variety of reading levels, age groups, with teacher dashboards. More reading resources: Common Core Reading lesson plans. Class Literature.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits. Who needs this.

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Digital note taking in the classroom.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

They can be done individually or in small groups. Before starting, review the digital citizenship associated with visiting an online site (such as privacy, staying on the assigned website, and not talking to strangers). Preview them first to pick the one best suited to your student group. Divide the class into groups.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Age group: Middle school. Through this interactive video game, students learn to identify advertising and understand its messages with the goal of becoming informed, discerning consumers. Age group: middle and high school. Age group: Upper elementary, middle and high school. Age group: high school.

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AUGUST 29, 2015

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech Survival Kits. Who needs this.

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JULY 3, 2019

Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. Course Objectives.

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Differentiated Instruction Common Core Digital Citizenship Software 189

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AUGUST 14, 2017

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Digital note taking in the classroom.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Today: Tech resources for the Homeschool Class.

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APRIL 5, 2018

Age group: Middle school. Through this interactive video game, students learn to identify advertising and understand its messages with the goal of becoming informed, discerning consumers. Age group: Middle School. The site includes Common Core Math Standards addressed with play. Age group: High school.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Here are seventeen online libraries with a wide variety of free/fee books: Actively Learn –add PDFs of your choice to a library that can be annotated, read, and shared. RAZ Kids –wide variety of reading levels, age groups, with teacher dashboards. More reading resources: Common Core Reading lesson plans. Stories—non-text.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Pearson’s enVisionMATH Common Core-aligned curriculum develops K-6 students’ understanding of math concepts through problem-based instruction, small-group interaction, and interactive learning with a focus on reasoning and modeling. Everyday Mathematics. Houghton-Mifflin’s GO Math ! Khan Academy.

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AUGUST 9, 2016

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Digital note taking in the classroom.

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OCTOBER 21, 2016

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 so many daily tech-infused education. Does student use core knowledge (i.e.,

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APRIL 26, 2017

In response to extensive interest from readers, Ask a Tech Teacher will be offering four Summer Learning Certificate classes with 18-24 CEUs: June 19th through August 6th. To help you make your decision, I want to share the most common questions I’ve gotten regarding sign ups: Q: What is the cost to register? Absolutely!

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MAY 23, 2017

This summer, Ask a Tech Teacher is holding five Summer Learning classes : Tech-infused Teacher (Certificate edition for CEUs or grad class for college credit ). Teach Writing with Tech (closed–only open for groups of five). Digital portfolios—via wikis. Google Hangouts–used to meet as a group and discuss topics.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

Because AATT is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. 22 Digital Tools You Must Have in Your Classroom. 19 Topics to Teach in Digital Citizenship–and How. What are Common Core keyboarding standards?

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Augmented Reality takes students into bold new worlds where they become part of the learning, not passive viewers. Ask a Tech Teacher sponsor, PleIQ is launching its Kickstarter campaign , offering a revolutionary tool that blends the physical and digital world into one that is irresistible for kids.

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AUGUST 8, 2015

All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, with appropriate metrics to know learning is organic and granular. Digital note taking in the classroom.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Leaders need opportunities to learn from the ‘inside’ of other leaders’ experiences, doubts, and all. The book is organized into three sections: Learning from and with Students, Collaborating with Teachers and the School Community , and Leading System-level Inquiry. How to Grow Global Digital Citizens. And listening. “As

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JULY 7, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach K-8 math skills that are tied to many national standards (like Common Core). Its format is colorful and engaging, the music lively, and the space-themed layout exactly right for the age group. Players learn to: Develop number sense. Analytics track and evaluate progress.

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APRIL 22, 2016

In response to extensive interest from readers, Ask a Tech Teacher will be offering four Summer Learning classes: 1 of 4 Certificate classes. If you have a group of five or more attending from your school, you qualify for a 20% discount. It’s the sequel and lets you dig deeper into what you learned last year. Absolutely!

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