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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. Watch what a difference they make: Online sign-ups for conferences, parent helpers, project presentation dates.

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Subscriber Special: K-5 New Teacher Survival Kit

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It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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Dozens of Online Resources for Assessment

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She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice , CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today , and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Monster Project Using Makey Makeys and Scratch

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This Edutopia article discussed the benefits of interviewing – Learning to Interview Builds a Range of Communication Skills [link] Standards Addressed Common Core State Standards – ELA Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats (e.g.,

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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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What about when we ask students to use one of the gazillion available internet tools to communicate-collaborate-share-publish–those exciting Common Core words that are code for ‘technology-rich’ Now, when students don’t turn in homework, and I attempt to unravel what happened with questions like ‘Where did you save it?

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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Luckily, Common Core–and many State standards–provide an excellent starter list of seven ways to blend technology into your everyday teaching: have digital ebooks included in your class library. encourage students to tape class presentations to replay later and/or study from. Even if it’s Minecraft.

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9 Google Apps Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

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Here are the top 9 nine Google Apps tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: Embed a File from Google Drive. Google Apps lesson plan. 8 Google Apps Tricks Every Teacher Should Know. Google Hangouts–Are You Using Them Yet? Book Review: Google Apps Meets Common Core. Google Gravity.

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