Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2015

The technological advances of the past two decades have changed the world, and education is no exception. Students who use technology in the classroom perform better, and emerge from their educations better prepared for the challenges of adult life. Higher Education Has Changed, Too.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Instead, they would rather stick their heads into their smartphones and stay glued to social media or texting their friends. Using a digital device for educational purposes should be encouraged.

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Hapara

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Your role as an educator in learners’ social and emotional development Students need to learn social and emotional skills formally through instruction and informally as they interact with adults and peers day to day. As an educator, you think about and practice these skills yourself so you can model them for your learners.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2018

Completed forms are shared via a link, social media, or integrated into DropBox, Google Docs, and other popular platforms. It works on most platforms and all digital devices. Education discounts are available upon request. Its drag-and-drop interface makes building forms intuitive, quick, and easy.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn. Our first and primary objective when teaching digital citizenship is helping students learn to appreciate, respect, and cultivate a positive digital footprint.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Digital access for our students is everywhere, all the time, affecting how our students live, socialize, work, play, contribute, and learn. Our first and primary objective when teaching digital citizenship is helping students learn to appreciate, respect, and cultivate a positive digital footprint.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend. Because I am in-between positions.

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Reading By Example

JUNE 25, 2016

I submitted a proposal regarding digital portfolios for students with someone else, and it didn’t get accepted. The rest of this post contains secondary rationale for why I am not attending the International Society for Technology in Education convention in Denver this weekend. Because I am in-between positions.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Blended Learning Cohorts for Powerful and Sustainable Professional Development - Chad Fairey, Head of School The Easy and Hard Problems in the Transformational Use of Digital Media in Schools - James Bosco, Professor Emeritus What are the traits of an effective Elementary Physical Education program in today''s world - Francis J.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 12, 2017

Being a parent of two young children and an Educational Technology educator, I have been wondering about a few questions for some time. Communication activities lead us to hugely popular and ever-growing social media networks, instant messaging, video chats and even emails. How much is too much screen time?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 19, 2015

INFOhio , Ohio’s PreK-12 Digital Library, knows how important it is to spread light–in knowledge and in leadership–by reaching out to the education community. In correlation with the MaKit, Brandi also formed a community of Makers, educators who have already or are interested in starting a MakerSpace.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 9, 2017

This is part four of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” Way back in 2012, I chose “ The Platforming of Education ” as one of my “Top Ed-Tech Trends.” Are any education technologies, for that matter? Education’s Proto-Platforms. If so, what are they?

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 28, 2020

Our bottom line as educators is always about the learning and doing what’s best for students. But our older, secondary students need to be able to share and take claim to their accomplishments. They will need those digital citizenship skills! Part 4 is finally here! Don’t count it out just yet. YOU SHOULD!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. National Geographic defines a geo-educator as any individual working to improve young peoples'' understanding of the world.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 3, 2019

Over the past few decades, the average classroom has seen a shift from analog to digital technologies. Through his capacity as a social media influencer, he answered the questions below. Dr. Neelam Parmar is a Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. Emphasize digital citizenship.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

How can digital citizenship lessons help me get the most out of teaching with technology? An established policy or set of guidelines for using apps, including social media -- whether you're considering it as part of your class or just to communicate with students. If so, what are they? Get familiar with the law.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 10, 2019

Her blog post shares: In 2019, SLSA approved re-imagining the ESIFC to adapt to the changing information, education, and technology environments, as well as the increasing diversity in our student populations. While I was initially planning to share it with NYLA/SSL, others encouraged me to share more broadly via social media.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 26, 2017

Education Dive , quoting a Renaissance Learning’s 2016 report, said: “high school seniors are reading at a 6th-grade level, and only 9% of students in high school read texts above a middle school complexity level of 8, leaving students ill-prepared for college-level reading at about 13.”. Blogging has become an education tool.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Global Collaboration Week is a series of free online education events taking place during the week of September 23 - 27, 2019. During this week (and beyond), experienced global educators and other professionals will host connective projects and events and invite public participation. A current listing of events you can join is below.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

It really is an exciting time for technology in education and the tools available to us to use today in our math classes is no exception. If you are teaching in a 1-to-1 device classroom, the Desmos team has done an exceptional job in bringing math education into the 21st century. Google Apps For Education.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 10, 2020

Media literacy is a way for us to better understand our world and have our say in it. It involves understanding how -- and why -- a media message is constructed as well as its impact on the world. Digital Citizenship Curriculum (by Common Sense Education): Features free K-12 lessons on news and media literacy.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Please spread the word and tell people about the Summit forward this email , or post on social media Hashtag: #homelearningsummit Twitter: @homelearnsummit Facebook: @homelearningsummit Instagram: homelearningsummit HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOPICS WE ARE WORKING TO COVER IN THE SUMMIT TALKS, INTERVIEWS, AND OPEN-CHAT TIMES : ADHD and Learning ?

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. SHEG currently offers three impressive curricula that may be put to immediate use in secondary classrooms and libraries. You can now find out.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Key points: Digital tools are powering a new era of K-12 learning Still, challenges remain–among them, equity and access Stay up to date on the latest trends about learning in the digital age In today’s digital age, learning has gone through a profound transformation, reshaping traditional educational models.

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TeacherCast

MAY 27, 2019

In this post, we will be reviewing Telestream Screenflow and how it can be used by educators to create and produce educational podcasts. Telestream customers include the world’s leading media and entertainment companies: content owners, creators, and distributors. Standard 3: Model digital age work and learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Social media inspiration. In addition to its wealth of instruction, professional development, interactives, video, toolkits and so much more, CommonSenseMedia offers Classroom Posters relating to digital citizenship, care and maintenance and more as download options. On historical thinking.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

School libraries have evolved from strict, quiet, hush-hush rooms to more interactive spaces with flexible seating, readily-available edtech tools, and educators on hand to help with research, critical resource evaluation, makerspaces. Some digital resources for school libraries are a virtual reality field trip.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 13, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Congrats to everyone who argued that Pokémon Go was the future of education. Congrats to everyone who argued that Pokémon Go was the future of education. Will Withdraw From Unesco , Citing Its ‘Anti-Israel Bias’ ” UNESCO is the UN ’s educational and cultural organization.

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