Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2019

Mathletics is a captivating online learning space that provides students with all the tools needed to be successful math learners both in the classroom and beyond. As students work, their tests are instantly scored and available on the teacher dashboard, with a comparison to prior timed tests. Free on the web; fee for the app.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Here are a few: In many webtools, freemium online tools give a basic tool away for free and charge for enhancements. Comparison between JotForm and Google Forms. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Digital Citizenship Comparison Survey Social Media 154

Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2015

The most recent entrant into the education digital device market is Chromebooks–able to do ‘most’ of what ‘most’ students need–at a precipitously lower price. That means educators now have four options (desktops, laptops, iPads, Chromebooks) as they select tools to unpack education. Is this an easy process? Understand your IT folks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

Success in an MBL program is defined by the achievement of competencies , not intangible performance measures or student-to-student comparisons. That means not only digital devices but infrastructure and teacher training. In fact, in so many ways, it brings common sense back to education. What does it look like?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

I haven’t written about this learning tool in a long time so I was excited when AATT contributor, Sara Stringer , came up with this great article: Even though some people feel that there is too much on TV that does nothing to educate people, or children, for that matter, there is actually plenty on television to help with education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

And most of all, technology has invaded the classroom in the form of equipment, tools and video educational lessons. . What access will my child have to technology tools at school? EdTech is a tool that extends a child’s natural ability and desire to learn. The comparison is completely unfounded, of course.

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Discovery Education

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Use this month to encourage digital citizenship and digital literacy while introducing students to new, safe ways to use technology. Find more timely tools and resources to celebrate all the October holidays in your DE platform! Get started with the following new resources then browse the full channel for more!

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE MATH CLASSROOM By Tara Smith In math classrooms, students are empowered as they choose activities and tools for active learning. Discovery STEM Connect WHAT’S NEW New Tools for Schools DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS EDITORS DESK: REALITY CHECK TRENDING ? Digital Citizenship Resources ? StudySync ?

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Broadband Digital Citizenship Comparison Future Ready 40

Tech Helpful

JUNE 1, 2017

Are we as educators truly teaching our students to add value to the digital world if we don't embrace mediums to do this? Maybe I'm digging too deep and creating comparisons that only work in my head. On one side I immediately swiped it under the doormat when the words "crowdsource" and "crowdfund" appeared.

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Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In their excellent resource No More Independent Reading Without Support (Heinemann, 2013), Debbie Miller and Barbara Moss provide a helpful comparison: Silent Reading. Next is a list of tools that I have observed teachers using for assessing independent reading. In my last school, one of the teachers swore by this tool.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

Office Suite Skills Productivity Apps - Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Presentation Tools, Note taking and organization apps - educators need to now how to create, edit, and modify documents, presentations, and spreadsheets. They need to know how to use different productivity tools as an educator and how to show students how to use them.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

However, at each level—middle school, high school, and college—these variations paled in comparison to a stunning and dismaying consistency. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations. That was certainly the case in our experience.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 27, 2018

For a comparison of iPads vs. Chromebooks, here’s a comprehensive look from Lifewire and here’s Forbes’ experience after 30 days with a Chromebook. Greater acceptance of technology as a tool. Using technology in teaching has long been delegated to the digitally-adept teachers. Where are the resources?

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 16, 2018

Infographics are powerful communication tools. Today, infographic pro, Eileen Lennon, shares how she uses infographics, creates them, and why they’re such a powerful tool. She had spoken to a bunch of the students in the city system and asked what would speak to them, what they would want as material to learn about digital citizenship.

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Kathy Schrock

APRIL 30, 2019

[link] Creative Commons license: [link] The Digital Classroom Starter Kit from Common Sense Education provides digital citizenship activities and lessons as part of their classroom technology use ideas. The lesson includes the comparison of fact and opinion materials in the news media.

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Digital Citizenship Comparison Video Social Media 49

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. For instance, new AI tools are providing educators with an invaluable resource—more time for individualized instruction, with increased specificity.

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Tech Helpful

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online resources and fosters digital literacy and media fluency. Mentor students in safe, legal, and ethical practices with digital tools ad the protection of intellectual rights and property. Digital literacy. I do the same every day.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 21, 2021

They may say, “Well, we have a STEM lab and the teacher who’s in charge of that is teaching some elements relating to information usage, and digital citizenship, which, you know, traditionally school librarians may have done. I am excited to explore and spread the word about the interactive data tool too.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 20, 2016

Reflective blogging is a great tool to combine the best of both of these types of writing. There are many other blogging tools out there, but I chose these three because they're free and easy to use and allow students to continue their blogs after the class ends. Here are the strengths and weaknesses I've found for each tool.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2015

He suggested Thinglink , a tool adored by special needs teachers. This tweet teaches: Google Docs is a popular tool. Nine Popular Student Response Tools Compared In One Chart [link] Powered By the Tweet This Plugin Tweet This Link: [link]. A cool tool. If you have time for that, this tool helps. Link: [link].

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. For instance, new AI tools are providing educators with an invaluable resource—more time for individualized instruction, with increased specificity.

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Trends EdTech Industry Data 52

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 10, 2010

This presentation will help participants to dig about for an open future in their classrooms with portable tools such as iPads, higher order thinking by programming with Scratch and even engage senior VCE students with burning issues using glove puppets.” Kanawinka is the world’s largest GeoPark – humongous in comparison to all others.

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