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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Rigor provides positive experiences, is an emotional high, and engenders a pervasive sense of accomplishment students will carry for years–and use as a template for future events. Rigor is not about adding a column of data or remembering the main characters in a Shakespeare novel. Expect students to analyze data during reading.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

IFTTT Grade level: 9-12 IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data. QR Codes can include data for almost anything.

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Coding with pixel art. Human robot.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you're teaching digital citizenship lessons on your own or are including them as part of a district-wide program, getting families involved and on board is essential. And teachers can help students navigate the digital dilemmas they face in and out of school. Introduce digital citizenship at back-to-school night.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor has some ideas: 3 Effective Ways to Digitize and Preserve School’s Historical Video Recordings Each year, schools manage and process all sorts of documents and data, starting with students’ personal information and ending with events.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

It offers what seems to be an endless supply of professional-looking easy-to-implement templates that sign up volunteers, get feedback on events, enroll students in classes, ask for donations, collect payments, and much much more. JotForm Report Builder is a sophisticated but simple way to turn data into information.

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JULY 19, 2023

For example, if you have an article about a current event, you can copy it over to a Google Doc and have learners add annotations. Create clues and send learners around the internet to learn more about an event in history, a science topic, steps for a math activity and more. One of those is the ability to annotate text.

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AUGUST 3, 2016

Full integration of digital citizenship (or DigCit) curriculum into every class and every content area—at every grade level—should be the goal to meet this need. Keep in mind that most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship alongside the other elements of teacher education.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you're teaching digital citizenship lessons on your own or are including them as part of a district-wide program, getting families involved and on board is essential. And teachers can help students navigate the digital dilemmas they face in and out of school. Introduce digital citizenship at back-to-school night.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Whether you're teaching digital citizenship lessons on your own or are including them as part of a district-wide program, getting families involved and on board is essential. And teachers can help students navigate the digital dilemmas they face in and out of school. Introduce digital citizenship at back-to-school night.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

While rollout events typically involve school-wide celebrations with speeches and STEM stations that are fun for the whole family, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced most schools to pivot to contactless curbside or “drive-through” events to comply with social distancing. But rollout looks a bit different in 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

“Whether they have a knowledge of how to use it appropriately is another question,” said Ribble, the author of Digital Citizenship in Schools and the chair of ISTE’s digital citizenship PLN. But as a baseline, Ribble also outlines nine essential elements of digital citizenship that every student should know.

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MAY 6, 2021

One of the most important yet underwhelming international events is coming up the first Thursday in May (in Canada, it’s March 15th). If a hacker can access your personal information, he can steal your identity, open accounts in your name, and prevent you accessing your own data and money. What is it?

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JUNE 3, 2014

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JUNE 24, 2019

For example, spreadsheets should teach critical thinking and data analysis, not Excel or Sheets. It’s not a stressful event, rather a life skill. Digital citizenship is taught, modeled and enforced in every lesson, every day, and every class. Lesson plans must reflect those skills.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Coding with pixel art. Human robot.

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MAY 2, 2020

One of the most important yet underwhelming international events is coming up the first Thursday in May (in Canada, it’s March 15th). If a hacker can access your personal information, he can steal your identity, open accounts in your name, and prevent you accessing your own data and money. What is it?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Coding with pixel art. Human robot.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The event’s focus is not only on ed tech but also on good teaching, good learning, and good leadership with ed tech. The TCEA event has the goal of setting up educators to become curious and to discover education technology through the on-trend sessions, leading speakers, and an exhibit hall full of exhibitors.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Generative AI is incredibly exciting but also opens the door to new questions about ethics and responsibility in the digital age. Get started by exploring these content authenticity curricula crafted to help students better navigate the ever-changing digital information landscape with essential media and visual literacy skills.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Data Analytics. Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. there are more opportunities for students to input valuable personal data. 3D Printing.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Check out Jotform Apps: You may know Jotform as one of the most popular tools in the form builder category, recognized for its versatility, ease-of-use, and sophistication in what could otherwise be the complicated process of collecting and analyzing data. Here’s an under-five-minute video: Hard to believe?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Info Please –events cataloged year-by-year. Zanran –statistics and data research. 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. Fact Monster –help with homework and facts.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

It can be an amazing experience for homeschooling parents and their children to talk about their family and what events led them to where they are now. Another method of data collection is recording interviews. How To Make A Family Story Video With Your Child? Record Interviews, Gather Pictures, and Find Videos.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Coding with pixel art. Human robot.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

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). Use narrative techniques in the Alice World, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.

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APRIL 10, 2017

Nearly every business in every industry is profoundly affected by the weather, and knowing how to read and understand the data that is presented to business leaders via WeatherSTEM platforms and weather data visualization software is invaluable. Jacqui Murray has been teaching for 35 years, technology for 15 years.

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MARCH 8, 2021

It clarifies history, helps students find related events, and is a visual representation of what happened. You start with a Google Spreadsheet — a tool most students know how to use — customize it with the data you want, and make it as simple or complicated as you want. Timeline JS.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

While schools can sponsor month-long events, the most popular is to wear orange on October 19th, designated Unity Day. The best way to teach cyberbullying is as part of a unit on digital citizenship’s rights and responsibilities. Responsibility to keep data/information safe from hackers. Why is this so important?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

One of the fastest growing technologies in education is forms–to gather information, curate data, test students, and much more. Parents are more likely to complete the form which means better data for you. Volunteers for an event. School events run on volunteers. Students find this entertaining.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. IFTTT allows users to create ‘recipes’ to automate functions, such as being notified when the weather changes or the arrival of an event. Coding with pixel art. Human robot.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

For your summer camp, it can be used to sign up volunteers, get feedback on events, enroll people into classes, collect payments, and more. It’s even easy to add extra services parents can include in their child’s enrollment like special tutoring or events. Plus, they encourage security in data collection and dissemination.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Google Takeout automates the download of your Google data across all Google services, making it ready to be uploaded to new accounts or preserved as a back-up. If you’ve archived Google data in the past, that event appears at the top of the first screen. The download may take a while depending on how much data you have.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2017

The main difference is that QR Codes can store much more data and more complex data in a smaller surface area. There are valid reasons for using QR Codes in your classroom or as a teacher-author: High Capacity – they store a lot more data, allowing you to share real content and not just IDs or references.

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JULY 28, 2017

Sway organizes the content, suggests images and even data, and then helps students to quickly arrange everything into a comprehensive and fully-fleshed project. Create digital stories with a mix of text, images, and other multimedia pieces. Using the Sway canvas, students select a theme and then add their notes and research.

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JUNE 18, 2019

Laypeople call it a “brain freeze” and it is characterized as an event, a name, or an appointment that should be remembered but isn’t. A decade ago, no one would have thought we needed to differentiate between “real time” — the actual time during which an event occurs — and whatever the alternative is but now, in 2019, we do.

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