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10 Myths about Teaching with Tech

Ask a Tech Teacher

While student familiarity with this tool has improved, one thing that never varies is the myths surrounding teaching with it. Teach the digital tool and then use it. A better approach is to use tools students are familiar with, that are intuitive to use and within the students’ age range for understanding.

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3 Comic Creators That Will Wow Your Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s equally appropriate for fiction and nonfiction and does a solid job of reinforcing Common Core standards related to writing in a fun, agile way that appeals to students. For the Fun and Business accounts, you can log in from Facebook, Google, Edmodo, or Moodle. I’ve found it with Storyboard That.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Finding the right tool to match the verb can take a bit of research. It is also important to gauge students’ age and ability while aligning it with the district AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) and the each tool’s Terms of Use. Open Education Resources – Talk about big, this network brings together 44,129 OER tools for sharing curriculum.

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Part 2… Beyond the Technology Shine… Content Standard Nouns Meet 25 Free OER Education Resources

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

Welcome to a series of posts that are dedicated to going beyond the shine of technology by examining ways to use digital tools to engage students in real learning. Open Education Resources – Talk about big, this network brings together 44,129 OER tools for sharing curriculum. It is all possible with CK-12.

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50 Free Online Courses For Educators: Spring 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects. Teaching with Moodle: An introduction. Moodle via Independent. Common Core in Action: Math Classroom Challenges- Using Formative Assessment to Guide Instruction. Common Core in Action II: Exploring Literacy Design Collaborative Tools.

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3 LMS adoptions that go way beyond the basics

eSchool News

Developed by Blackboard, Desire2Learn, itslearning, Takai, Canvas, and a host of others, these solutions focus on helping educators organize and orchestrate learning tools, educational approaches, and whole courses. Any time schools get a new software program, they tend to pick off the low hanging fruit—i.e. Out of many, one.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Trump Taps Common-Core Foe Mick Zais for No. The LMS Moodle has raised $6 million in its first ever round of venture funding. Campus Management Corp has acquired the following tools from Hobsons: ApplyYourself , AppReview , Connect , Radius , and Retain CRM. 2 Post at Ed. More in the research section below.