The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 3, 2018

On Thursday, May 10 at 5pm ET, join me for a free webinar on the 9 Key P’s of Digital Citizenship. Digital citizenship is a range of behaviors our students must learn. Digital Citizenship This webinar is sponsored by NetRef and taught by Vicki Davis. The 9 "Key P's" of Digital Citizenship.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

During the summer and throughout the school year, I spend time exploring new ideas and reflecting on the tools that I am using and the choices that I offer for my students to tell their stories and create something that is more meaningful to them what they have learned. 6 Digital storytelling tools for hybrid learning environments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Whether it’s analyzing trends in data, finding optimal solutions in optimization problems, or understanding the behavior of functions, graphing is a valuable tool for problem-solving. Problem Solving : Graphs provide a way to solve problems and make predictions. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Waterford

MARCH 16, 2021

The first section includes 25 educational tools that can help you plan online activities for your classroom. Try this free Math Mystery activity , which can be a fun virtual way to practice elementary-level skills. If you teach your elementary students music, consider putting on a production of a Zoom play for young students.

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Hapara

MAY 23, 2022

How can students safely search the internet for class activities? Digital citizenship, online safety and 21st-century skills instruction. As learners research online, they need to understand how to evaluate information and take personal responsibility for their online habits. Digital citizenship feature.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

Here are great ideas from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew on how to keep tech fresh this summer. Elementary School – Interactive Learning Apps Picture your elementary school classroom filled with excited young learners, their eyes glued to their screens as they explore new ideas and grasp essential skills through educational apps.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 14, 2019

Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these top three elements of digital citizenship. Students Learn Best from Each Other. by Jennifer Brown.

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Gaggle Speaks

MAY 9, 2017

Before I became an instructional technology facilitator, I was an early elementary school teacher. One critical skill that I taught students, as well as their parents, was how to choose a “just right” book—one that wasn’t too easy or too hard but was perfectly matched to an individual’s reading interests and abilities.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Efficient usage of computers as writing, editing, and computing tools. An overview of research says elementary and middle schoolage students are cognitively, emotionally, and physically capable of learning and excelling at keyboarding skills. Is elementary school too early—or too late? –Type to Learn, 1986.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 17, 2019

She used episode 572 with Wesley Fryer as a tool to open the conversation. I am teaching technology education for the first time this year after five years of teaching in elementary classrooms. This conversation will help you get there. Your Podcast PD Challenge Plan a lesson to talk about the deep fake.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 4, 2023

Today's guest, Tom Mullaney, shares how he uses Figjam with students and teachers; he explains why it is useful and gives tips and tricks that will engage students in the collaborative skills they need to be creative collaborators in today's world. Figjam is part of the Adobe Figma suite of tools and is free for educators and their students.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 7, 2020

Ruben Montoya, director of edtech systems at the Alhambra Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona, agrees. "I know that many teachers are worried [about this challenge] because trust and relationships need to be built -- they're asking how do you do those kinds of things without seeing students?"

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

When I was in elementary school, we often were paired with a classmate for different activities and it was a great way to develop our social skills as well as develop new perspectives in learning. However, adding in a digital tool does extend when and where learning happens. Social learning works.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

How should an entire district begin teaching digital citizenship? Life Schools Charter School’s digital citizenship initiative began when they started to notice that many students were posting on social media about their location and other personal details. Creativity, flexibility, and strong goals are a must.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Not long ago, the term "digital citizenship" connoted cyberbullying, privacy, safety, and security. Much like the term has continued to evolve, the Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LA Unified) efforts, known as #DigCitLA , have expanded with the growth of digital citizenship awareness.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2020

Digital Citizenship review. How to Use Tech to Help Graduating Students Find Jobs. As a teacher, you’re fully aware of how much the world is advancing through technology. Job search tools. Here’s a great question I got from Sandy: I am a computer teacher for Elementary as well as for preschoolers…ages 3 and 4.

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Waterford

JANUARY 23, 2020

By learning to view it as a means of enhancing your lessons and resources, you can provide your students with tools and opportunities they may not otherwise access. So, why and how should you use technology in your classroom? Read on to discover the impact of technology in education and how to get the most from its unique benefits.

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Hapara

JULY 19, 2023

Google Docs scavenger hunt : If you want students to learn more about how to use Google Docs itself, make a copy of this template. Google Docs scavenger hunt for third grade : This template also teaches learners about how to use Google Docs, but it’s geared toward elementary. Here are the steps: Select Tools.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Meeting standards and managing devices One of our first challenges was that Massachusetts has specific digital literacy and computer science standards that are a bit different than the national CSTA standards used by many other states.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2016

These are not intuitive, starting with how to hold the mouse. The moment before students grab ahold of that round little device, teach them how to use it. Good video from Macmillan showing how to perform mouse basics. Students select either to learn how to use the mouse or to practice their skills. Mouse skills.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In this post I would like to explore resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. 10 Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 3 ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). It is important that educators teach and model proper digital citizenship.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2018

In the Alisal Union School District in Salinas, California, we aim to establish a whole-community approach to digital citizenship. In addition, as we worked toward earning Common Sense Recognition , we needed to have a plan in place for how to engage the parent community on these topics.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2018

In the Alisal Union School District in Salinas, California, we aim to establish a whole-community approach to digital citizenship. In addition, as we worked toward earning Common Sense Recognition , we needed to have a plan in place for how to engage the parent community on these topics.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Relationship over reproach: Fostering resilience by embracing a trauma-informed approach to elementary education. How to Reach Students Who Have Experienced Trauma. So, we have to learn how to reach and teach students who have experienced trauma. How to Connect to Students and Understand Their Emotions (SEL).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

In this post I would like to introduce 10 more resources that are available for facilitating proper digital citizenship in the classroom. 10 More Digital Citizenship Resources: The Web in the Classroom…Part 4 ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ). Educational Tools: The Web in the Classroom…Part 2.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

When teaching about the human body, start with a tool students are familiar with: the fill-in-the-blank worksheet. First, students create their own template in one of several ways: draw it using the school’s drawing tool. take a picture of themselves with the iPad camera (or another digital camera).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2018

well-rounded — nicely differentiated tools that address varied student learning styles. USATestprep is standards-aligned teacher-directed test preparation for elementary through high school. cost vs. value — free is nice but if students get good value for fee-based resources, that’s just as important. USATest prep.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Yet, the district has seen consistent and remarkable success in math achievement across all of its elementary schools since it began using Stepping Stones, a prekindergarten through sixth grade comprehensive math program from ORIGO Education. Sandy Szako is a math instructional coach at Nichols Sawmill Elementary School in Magnolia.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 15, 2019

This type of data can help educators, parents, or policy makers better understand how students interact with technology, particularly how to create a healthy relationship with it. What is digital wellness? Why we need digital wellness in schools. I strongly believe that we need more research on this matter.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2016

She lives in Illinois with her two-year-old Bridgette (who already knows how to count from one to ten) and a pet dog. Nevertheless, once you have made the decision to hire an online tutor, comes now another hurdle: How can you have the assurance that you are engaging the services of a legitimate and qualified tutor?

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Edsurge

MARCH 29, 2023

Young, a learning specialist and instructional technology coach at Plainfield School District in Illinois, describes digital literacy as “having all the skills that are necessary not only to be safe but productive and successful in the digital world we live in.” Elementary students need to learn how to engage with the digital world.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 16, 2022

And when you’re ready, consider how to bring your passions (and your students’) into the classroom with passion projects and student interest projects. As you do, consider how to bring these types of interests into your classroom. Learn how to bring those in for students. PD Connection. PD Connection. PD Connection. Reestablish.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

10 Tech Tools for Your Math Class. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. How to Teach Students to Solve Problems. How to Teach Students to Solve Problems. Math Books for Elementary Grades. Lesson plans about math and tech: How to Achieve Common Core with Tech: the Math Strand.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2015

When a colleague tells you she heard about a new tech tool from someone in her PLN, do you first wonder what she’s talking about–not the tool but the three-letter acronym? These are the same tools your students use (or aspire to use) to communicate with each other. How to build a PLN. She’s a geek.’

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 12, 2018

To help students reflect more on how their words and actions impact others our objective this month is, “How to be kind online and offline!” You can also quickly create your own with Poster My Wall , a free web tool for creating posters and flyers. Cool School Game – For elementary students.

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Waterford

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The good news is that information is easier to come by than ever before—many students, even at an elementary age, have access to smartphones, the Internet, and a pervasive, never-ending flow of social media. This becomes especially important when we realize that elementary and teen-aged students are already swimming in the digital ecosystem.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Teaching citizenship isn’t an additional part of the curriculum. A good lesson plan or project will get students to learn how to be kind, generous, problem-solving, caring, compassionate, imaginative, creative, emphatic, and/or helpful while also getting them to learn. Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar!

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