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. Some had been teaching for thirty years and still enthusiastically embraced everything from twitter to the gamification of education. They were curious. They wanted to get it right, see how it worked.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter We educators need to rest and recover this summer. Classroom Technology Just because we have technology tools doesn’t mean it is being used effectively or in a pedagogically-sound way. So many of us are exhausted.

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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. They chatted with colleagues on discussion boards, blogs, and Twitter. Some of the problems students faced down: How to use twitter. How to use GHO.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2017

This 18-hour course provides participants with first-hand experience leveraging technology as a strategic tool when teaching academic topics. In this way, teachers will be able to select the strategic tech tool appropriate for audience, task, and purpose in their own teaching. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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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. save teacher time because s/he can automate instruction where possible using tech tools. But that has changed. Online Course delivery system.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Why not have students vote on what attributes are most important using a survey or polling tool such as Poll Everywhere ? You may find that digitizing a “Making Thinking Visible Tool” from Project Zero at Harvard could be powerful.

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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. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Take a moment and try one of my twelve ideas and tools.

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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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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. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Discover even more DI tools for reading and writing in these past posts.

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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, As always, I invite you to follow me on twitter ( @ mjgormans ). Project Based Learning and Flipped Classrooms: There Really is a Connection – Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 9, 2016

Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Formative – Not all feedback tools are the same. This is a tool that can be part feedback, part game, and part group brainstorming. Happy New Year! Mike Gorman ( https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/ ).

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. Sometimes an LMS discussion will help and other times integrating with another tool can be beneficial. Look for Part 2 of this post soon, with tech tools for PBL in a blended learning environment. Welcome to the Future!

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Every year in March the edtech world descends on Austin for SXSW EDU, a conference that’s become as much about classroom practice and implementation as entrepreneurship and tech innovation. Computation & Kids: High School Digital Humanities : Computational thinking seems like the new must-have 21st century skill.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 11, 2016

Those geeky tech tools that we adults like to avoid are taking over the classroom. Every year, students face new iPads, apps, online grading systems, webtools, digital devices, LMSs, cloud-based homework, digital portfolios, and more. class Twitter account. digital devices. digital note-taking.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 1, 2014

Geo-educators can join the community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter, Facebook, and the secure educator site, Edmodo ( www.geo-educatorcommunity.org ). Thursday, April 3rd at 8pm #Globaledchat , Topic: Building a Global Citizenship Program at Your School. Join us for this live Twitter discussion.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

If you want to follow those tweets, you can either track the conference hashtag #ticalsls14 or you can follow the Learning Revolution Twitter account at @learnrevproject. Reed 11:00am Making a Better World: Digital Citizenship Resources for K-12 - Kelly Mendoza, Sr. Johnson, M.A.E.,

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 29, 2014

For over two decades, CoSN has provided leaders with the management, community building, and advocacy tools essential for success. In addition, panelists will share ways they reach out to the parent community to share concepts of digital citizenship and to empower parents to become partners in the process of educating our students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 13, 2016

This 18-hour course provides participants with first-hand experience leveraging technology as a strategic tool when teaching academic topics. In this way, teachers will be able to select the strategic tech tool appropriate for audience, task, and purpose in their own teaching. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 12, 2015

This 18-hour course provides students with first-hand experience leveraging technology as a strategic tool when teaching academic topics. In this way, teachers will be able to select the strategic tech tool appropriate for audience, task, and purpose in their own teaching. Also, teachers will embed web tools (i.e.,

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TeacherCast

JUNE 22, 2021

ScreenFlow also has a powerful Background Removal tool that can be used to help you create video thumbnails. Screencasting simple How-to videos and creating standards-based flipped classroom videos is one of those skills that every teacher should have in their back pocket. How Does ScreenFlow Fit Into The Curriculum?

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TeacherCast

JUNE 22, 2021

ScreenFlow also has a powerful Background Removal tool that can be used to help you create video thumbnails. Screencasting simple How-to videos and creating standards-based flipped classroom videos is one of those skills that every teacher should have in their back pocket. Standard 3: Model digital age work and learning.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Claims on Twitter : Students read a tweet and explain why it might or might not be a useful source of information. News on Twitter : Students consider tweets and determine which is the most trustworthy. Claims on YouTube: Students watch a short video and explain why they might not trust a video that makes a contentious claim. .

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TeacherCast

MAY 27, 2019

For the last 8 years, I have been a dedicated user of Telestream ScreenFlow and all of it's powerful and easy to use tools to create the majority of video projects found on our TeacherCast YouTube channel. As two of the popular “4C’s,” video editing tools promotes creativity and collaboration between teachers and students.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Will What adult language learners learn from children by Leo Selivan 4:00pm 10+ Techniques for Empowering Students to Becoming Globally Connected Educators and Content Creators - Noel Feria Facilitating Inquiry - Heidi Siwak Integrating the Four Skills and Tech tools in the English Classroom: Get your students to read, write, listen and SPEAK.

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