Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

8 Tools that are going away (from the classroom). Digital citizenship I. Digital citizenship II. Digital note-taking. Grading Technology. Inquiry in the Classroom. Inquiry in the Classroom. The Flipped classroom. Twitter in the classroom. Assessment.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Welcome to the third article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. Check out my PBL and Technology Integration Workshop. Educational Tools: The Web in the Classroom…Part 2.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2015

Welcome to the fourth article in a series devoted to facilitating proper student internet interaction in the classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1 or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. Check out my PBL and Technology Integration Workshop. Understanding You Tube and Digital Citizenship.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Building Parent Engagement “By the end of this course, you will be equipped with a comprehensive set of tools for engaging and empowering all students’ parents to become active partners in their children’s school success.” Learn more 13.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I love hearing from colleagues about tools they discover that make a difference in their classroom. This online video making tool is a great solution for incorporating mixed media into lessons as well as supporting the flipped classrooms ideology. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 26, 2018

Vivek Singh and his colleague, Ilya Mishra, are new contributors to Ask a Tech Teacher who specialize in online learning and educational technology (more on Ilya’s bio below). If a problem seems confusing or the application of a concept seems blurred, a student can get prompt assistance in a flipped classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

When students see too many apps, they: decide technology is confusing. A colleague considers technology “as approachable as a porcupine” Don’t let students think of the apps you’re so excited about as porcupines! These sorts of digital tools are not more complicated to use or more expensive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2016

Screencast tools may be web-based, software, or a browser add-on and include some or all of the following: a spotlight for the mouse. Provide video evidence of class activities in a flipped classroom. Offer a fun, unique approach to digital storytelling. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

You’re technophobic, but lately feel like teaching without technology is like looking at a landscape through a straw: You’re missing a lot. Technology in education is the greatest show on earth. ” Education’s fix requires technology. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2016

We experimented with some of the hottest tech tools available for the classroom such as Google Apps, differentiation tools, digital storytelling, visual learning, Twitter, blogs, Common Core and tech, digital citizenship, and formative assessment options. They failed and tried again. Asked questions.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 17, 2017

PowerPoint is the iconic leader in slideshow-type digital tools. It’s considered the most feature-rich, flexible, and diverse of all presentation tools and where everyone goes first (or wants to go first) to create presentations. Designer Tool. Digital tools to create slideshows. Ink Equations.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Today, done well, they become real teaching tools that use optics to communicate ideas, unpack granular concepts, and connect students to information. For many teachers, though, there’s the rub: How do they use this tool to agilely and effectively deliver content? More on videos as a classroom tool: How to teach with videos.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 21, 2015

Sessions were run like a flipped classroom where attendees accessed daily topics, read/watched materials, tested their knowledge, and experimented with projects. How to work tech tools into their unique student groups. How to embed materials into digital portfolios. Another popular tool: Thinglink. How to use GHO.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2015

It was run like a flipped classroom where class members picked 60% of daily topics, then they read, tested and experimented. Often, students reached outside their comfort zone to try tools they either had never used or thought they couldn’t use. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 18, 2023

The web now is teeming with all kinds of educational podcasts covering various topics from politics to science and digital citizenship. Why use podcasts in the classroom? In the field of education, podcasts are used for a wide variety of purposes including: Teaching online or in a hybrid or flipped classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 5, 2017

But often, these offerings are too basic, a lite version of a paid program that isn’t terribly robust, confusing, or created by people who don’t really understand how to blend technology and education. Flipped classrooms where video content underpins lessons, in preparation for the next class. I found that.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 26, 2017

Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. Blended learning occurs when an education program combines Internet-based media with traditional classroom methods. But blended learning is more than simply replacing lectures and books with web-based technology. But that has changed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2016

Nepris , a cloud-based platform that connects STEAM subject experts (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) with teachers and classes, wants to turn that around. Set up your class (optional, but this allows you to share out archived Nepris sessions with students, say, for a flipped classroom activity).

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

DECEMBER 2, 2012

With all the focus on standardized testing and the discussion of the flipped classroom in education today, it is interesting to return to Howard Gardner''s interview with Edutopia in 1997 and reflect on then and now. Consider these questions: How do digital tools tap into students'' multiple intelligences?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 18, 2016

This is especially useful in flipped classrooms where students review videos to prepare for class. Teach digital citizenship. Use Twitter to teach students how to behave in the digital world. How Do Students Access Twitter in the Classroom. Twitter in the Classroom (lesson plan).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

Finally, this approach is not well-suited to webinars, a flipped classroom, or any other teaching method where students view resources without the opportunity to question them. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. Socratic seminar in a 2nd grade Common Core class. A high school Socratic seminar explained.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2016

Buncee is a web- and iPad-based creation tool for both teachers and students. Students can write interactive digital stories, easy-to build presentations, and more. It’s the rare tool that blends simplicity with suave well enough that all stakeholders can feel proud of their work. Lesson plans. Slideshows.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Welcome to the fifth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Take a moment and try one of my twelve ideas and tools.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Why not have students vote on what attributes are most important using a survey or polling tool such as Poll Everywhere ? Students are great at digital collaboration! Check out my Booking Page .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

Take a few weekends this summer to set up a class blog and class website and get comfortable with the digital side of your school. digital portfolios for students–this can be accomplished with whatever LMS you use, Google Apps, Google Classroom, or even Dropbox. Tools to communicate student knowledge.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In fact, we should use this technology to our advantage and add more ways that teachers and parents can work together face-to-face in helping every student succeed. If some parents don’t understand the technology you’re using in class, pool the conference slots and have groups of parents come in for personalized training.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Today’s classroom requires teachers build how-to videos that are used on class websites, in flipped classrooms, and for professional development. Tools include: an abbreviated Student Information System to go along with the class set-up data. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. Tools to communicate student knowledge.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Welcome to the fourth post in a series designed to support the use of technology for differentiated learning… in and beyond the PBL classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

One of the biggest indicators of a successful program is intentional technology use. Whether creating digital resources and activities or planning a large purchase of student devices, the technology should support the learning, not the other way around.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 20, 2015

First, to ensure you do not miss a valuable post or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. A flipped infusion just might be the answer. Technology makes this very basic scenario a real possibility.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Learning Models, Theories, and Technology: A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers. Purpose: Improving our chance for a common language in discussing existing and emerging learning trends, model, and technology in hopes of innovation in classrooms, and collectively, education at large. by Terry Heick and TeachThought Staff.

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Graphite Blog

JULY 3, 2015

Common Sense team members and certified educators presented on a range of practical and engaging ways to use specific technology tools for learning as well as our latest and greatest digital citizenship offerings. . DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP Digital Passport: Digital Safety for Elementary School Kids .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2015

From there, it’s intuitive to use with many of the same browsing tools students are used to from other programs. This web tool applies well to space units as well as research requirements addressing outer space. All of these websites are free and easily-accessible to students from a wide variety of digital devices.

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MIND Research Institute

MAY 18, 2021

What tools are you using? Another new tool this year is ST Math. I present regionally on innovative practices in education, topics such as the flipped classroom or using social media to build relationships for families. I think this all might be the push we’ve needed to harness technology to accelerate learning.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Formative – Not all feedback tools are the same. This is a tool that can be part feedback, part game, and part group brainstorming. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 5, 2017

It is now easier than ever to integrate coding into the classroom with curricula like those on Code.org, and learning tools like Wonder Workshop ’s robots Dot and Dash. James and Robin suggested trying unplugged activities that don’t require technology or devices to teach concepts of coding like sequencing, looping, and events.

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