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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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 daily tech-infused education. How do I open the program?

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 16, 2021

6 Digital tools that help educators teach computational thinking. The internet is full of valuable resources that teach you how to include computational thinking in the learning process, so I’ve collected six of the most used platforms with complex materials and guidelines to support educators: Scratch. MIT Full STEAM Ahead.

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APRIL 5, 2024

Before we talk about delivering education to the students, let’s talk about the best way teachers can make this work for themselves–mostly seated, in one room, without the constant to-and-fro of students and colleagues. My external battery charger died and my iPad ran out of juice on the flight home. have redundancy.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Figure out how to run that dang iPad app students want to use. Solve the education problems of the world. link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Wash Superman (or woman) cape. Smile at the parent who always talks with that irritating tone reserved for women they consider delicate.

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EdNews Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We live in unprecedented times of great digital advances and innovation. Technology is moving and changing rapidly across the world while connecting us in unforeseen ways. Online, teens are not more digitally literate or skilled than adults. However, because technology changes so quickly, it can be challenging to keep up.

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APRIL 12, 2019

I’m off to visit good efriend Norah Colvin over at ReadiLearn to discuss how important technology is even for kindergartners. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. ” Read on… More on kindergarten and technology.

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JANUARY 6, 2022

Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. It’s Here–the High School Technology Curriculum! Education Galaxy–Personalized Learning That’s Fun. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Two Tech Tips for Everyday Life. Tech Tip #105: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Top 10 Reviews .

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JANUARY 13, 2023

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 daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: My desktop icons changed.

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APRIL 14, 2022

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 daily tech-infused education. Category: Problem-solving.

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MARCH 9, 2020

Projects include T alking Pictures, Shape Stroll, Picture the Details, Brainstorming, Life Cycle Reports, Digital Citizenship, Venn Diagrams, Landforms, Cyberbullying, Tessellations, Twitter in Education, and more. Digital Portfolios. Digital Citizenship. Popular webtools used are: Animoto. Big Huge Labs.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Pete Springer’s memoir They Call Me Mom (Outskirts Press 2019) about his first years teaching will delight new teachers and have experienced educators nodding along with him. Educational philosophies change. Favorite tools like iPads and Chromebooks change. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life. Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

IPad Apps for Special Needs. My #1 Go-go site: Carol Leynse Harpold at OTs with Apps and Technology. How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. LipSurf – Chrome extension link. Vimium – Chrome extension link.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

With all the time students and teachers are spending with iPads, Turnitin Feedback Studio ‘s new iPad app is a welcome addition to their toolkits. For educators, the interface is cleaner and the process to view accounts and classes simplified, including streamlined grading on- and offline. I love it.”.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

It’s easy to confuse ‘using technology’ with digital tools. Your school passed iPads out to all classes. Some of your colleagues think having students read in this tablet format means they’re integrating technology into their curriculum. Technology tools populate like bacteria in a culture.

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MARCH 7, 2023

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 daily tech-infused education.

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JUNE 22, 2015

I’ve read several nonscientific studies that concluded students type equally well whether they use iPads or traditional keyboards ( click here ; scroll to ‘ Keyboarding: iPad vs. Traditional’ ). If I’m not using the keyboard, it can fold under the iPad out of the way, allowing me to use the iPad as a tablet.

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JUNE 13, 2022

You probably know the most common tech problems faced last year like hooking digital devices to the school WiFi, running a tech-infused lesson, or what students face with technology. Know how to use the digital devices available in your class. Model good digital citizenship. Technology is a tool–not a goal.

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JUNE 2, 2022

A School License is a multi-user PDF of most books (or videos where available) we offer–textbooks, curricula, lesson plans, student workbooks, and more–that can be used on every digital device in your school–iPads, Macs, PCs, Chromebooks, laptops, netbooks, smartphones, iPods. As many as the school wants. Benefits of a School License.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite people about geography as both a discipline and as a part of everyday life. Atlas –Barefoot World Atlas is an interactive 3D globe for iPad. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The hottest disruptive technology to come to education since iPads is ChatGPT. Check out what Ask a Tech Teacher contributor and technology expert, Jodi Williams, has to say about ChatGPT: Is ChatGPT Writing Your Students’ Homework? The good news is that we have a technology that is able to detect it.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

In considering the question, Is technology outpacing you? , let’s first look at technology’s place in the current education landscape. True, it is touted as a magic wand that will fix all education woes. We gush over new hardware like iPads and Chromebooks. It will never: take over education.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems which I share with you. Tech Tip #118–Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Tech Tip #106–11 Great Typing Timesavers on iPads. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JULY 13, 2015

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Q: Typing on the iPad keyboard is slow. A: Here’s one time-saving tip: IPads and most Smartphones will add a period (which inconveniently is on the second screen) if you double-space.

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JULY 8, 2022

I’d love to hear your suggestions in the comments about how you do this in your classes: Because I teach graduate classes for educators, I talk to lots of teachers all over the country. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. See–simple.

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APRIL 21, 2020

Here’s what I currently use to teach from home or can easily arrange: Have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones. Have a digital notetaking program–Evernote, OneNote, Notability, or Google Keep for example. Instead, I loaded the document onto my iPad (or laptop) and interacted with it there. It’s easier to do than it sounds.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

‘Technology in education’ has become the buzz phrase for cutting edge classes that are plugged into the latest education trends. Not surprisingly, it takes a lot more than a room full of computers, iPads, and apps to turn “tech ed” from marketing to mainstream. Who teaches digital citizenship? .

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from the digital device, recognize that critical thinking and problem-solving apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand. Detailed directions, project guides, educational resources, and videos can be found online in the Ward’s Science database.

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MAY 10, 2023

The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. That reticence to ask for help or request training changed about a decade ago when technology swept across the academic landscape like a firestorm: iPads and then Chromebooks became the device of choice in the classroom.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 28, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. Chip Donohue is the founding director of the Technology in Early Child Center at Erikson Institute, and a senior fellow at the Fred Rogers Center. What are the implications of children using technology tools that were designed for adults?

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2016

Since our students are using technology to play, learn, and communicate while at home and at school, they should be learning how to use that technology responsibly. 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.

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JUNE 9, 2022

With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. Educational links. Educational Links. Educational Links. how to digitize photos to use on phones/desktops/a slideshow. how to read ebooks from an iPad. how to read ebooks from an iPad.

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APRIL 23, 2019

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Sub-category: PCs, Macs, Chromebooks, iPads. For iPads : collect student pictures into an album.

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MAY 3, 2021

The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. That reticence to ask for help or request training changed about a decade ago when technology swept across the academic landscape like a firestorm: iPads and then Chromebooks became the device of choice in the classroom.

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MAY 20, 2022

At the beginning of the 21st century, the definition of digital equity revolved around the provision of a digital device to every student. Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. Educators sign up with a Teacher account and then set up classes and accounts for students.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

I’ve also added some of my favorite new productivity tools for my smartphone, iPad, and a few new ones for my Mac. They offer over 200 graduate-level courses in 19 different subject areas covering both foundational topics and emerging trends in K-12 education. Here are some digital citizenship hyperdocs you can use of mine.

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DECEMBER 7, 2023

In my case, I used Ctrl+Alt+S to invoke the Windows Snipping Tool Save IPads call these hotkeys. If you have IPads, try Stick Nodes. Let students scan these with their iPads or another digital device to find out more about their new classmates. Have students draw a picture of themselves with a QR code over their belly.

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