Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2020

If you have a school or district license on the app, software, or webtool, skip this one. Many classroom learning apps are aligned with LMSs like Google Classroom, Schoology, and Canvas. . Trust that your IT folks have already determined it will fit their budget and is a good value for the money. Will it work with my LMS?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2021

It uses tools already popular in your school — Google Classroom or MS Office 365, a browser, and an app (iOS or Android). If you haven’t tried this yet, a good basic how-to can be found in WeVideo’s Digital Storytelling Toolkit. Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego. Like social studies.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2021

One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some tips on how to make it properly. How To Make A Family Story Video With Your Child? A good place to start research is ‘Google’ Google might have the information even your adults might not. Google Slides. What Is A Family Story Video?

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 24, 2021

The post How to “Fake” Blogging in the Classroom (FREE Template) – SULS0124 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Lisa shares a great Google Slides template and lesson idea — The Fake Blog Post! How to “Fake” Blogging in the Classroom (FREE Template from @TechChef4U). Tech Chef 4 U).

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 10, 2018

A strong understanding of digital citizenship is essential for students of all ages to be able to make smart choices online and in life. The new, free K-12 Digital Citizenship Curriculum from Common Sense Education has lessons for all ages to address the current technology landscape. About the Presenters.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2018

A few weeks ago, I got an email from Nancy with a great suggestion for an article topic: Google Classroom. In Google Classroom many educators like me found a great additional functionality and apps, which allowed managing the workflow efficiently, leaving more time for the teaching. Questioning the students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 9, 2020

Not knowing how something works may leave you frustrated, and the mechanics the plagiarism checkers keep under the hood may seem tricky. How exactly does this piece of software know if the work is original or plagiarised? And how should students know if they can trust a checker? Is the report it gives all that accurate?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Because the camera head is attached (firmly) to a flexible neck, you can bend or twist it to view difficult-to-reach places such as the back of a computer (to show students how to plug peripherals in) or to move around oddly-shaped items (like an ant farm). How to get started. Curious about the quality of the camera? HUE Animation.

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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. For podcasts to reach audience they need to be distributed through a hosting platform such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, etc. What is a Podcast?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Augmentation: Technology not only replaces a traditional tool but adds functionality, e.g. using Google Earth to explore the setting of a story rather than a map. e.g. using virtual meeting tools (like Google Hangouts) to include housebound students in a class. He also offers a Digital Breakout Template that can be downloaded.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2021

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. Update software. External storage is cheap. Empty the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

We also offer online Summer PD on a variety of topics from specific skills (how to use Google Forms, how to use Tellagami–that sort) to overarching concepts (how to differentiate, how to scaffold learning, how to build a curriculum map). How to… use Google Apps in your classroom.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Based on what they told us, we deployed a new firewall, upgraded all the software applications in our system and set up the system so it would notify us of any suspicious traffic. Assign logins and teach users how to construct strong passwords. Just learning about how to apply appropriate patching routines can pay for itself.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2019

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. Update software. External storage is cheap. Empty the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

Students are expected to collaborate and share online as young as kindergarten when they read digital books or draw pictures using iPad apps. By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Digital Citizenship. The lesson is an even, stead pacing. Multimedia projects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Make sure students are technologically proficient in their use of a variety of digital devices, especially the devices they will use for the test. Make digital devices and tech solutions available at every opportunity–for note-taking, backchannel communications, quick assessments, online collaboration, even timing an activity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

How to train your robot –a lesson plan from Dr. Techniko. Google Spreadsheets–decode and fill in color coded pictures. How do you program a robot –BBC’s version of this topic; includes a video, game, and more. Squeakland –build etoys with downloaded software. Here’s a how-to for one example.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Here are exactly 10 BYOD concerns, and some corresponding suggestions on how to overcome them. BYOD deepens the digital divide. Besides BYOD funding programs, and allowing kids to use school devices, more measures can be taken in order to standardize the software students use. Top 10 BYOD concerns: 1.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 18, 2015

To students, knowing how to ‘compare and contrast’ sounds academic, not real world, but we teachers know most of life is choosing between options. Besides using compare-contrast to select digital tools, it is also useful in teaching concepts that are otherwise confusing, like the difference between software and online tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

They teach students how to think critically and solve evidence-based problems. Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. free software is an intuitive way to graph motion, rate of change, and slope.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2017

This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Track your progress via a Google Spreadsheet (link provided).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 20, 2019

In that class, we think of physical stuff — not digital — like running and exercising. But kids love technology’s apps and software. With the addition of Google Cardboard, you feel like you’re kicking that final soccer kick. The one corner of K-12 learning that is not so obvious is PE — Physical Education.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This year’s event featured more than 800 sessions on various topics such as leadership, mathematics, STEAM, digital citizenship, literacy, English language arts, and more. A better understanding of the latest projection technology along with the why and how display size impacts learning in classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Update any software that needs it. Don’t know how to create a desktop folder? If you get Google alerts, set them for weekly (unless you really must know when someone posts on the term ‘Labrador puppies’). If you use Gmail, you can email up to 20 MB (or more through your Google Drive). Empty the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 5, 2017

This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share. Track your progress via a Google Spreadsheet (link provided).

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The post Protecting Students in a Digital World – SULS0143 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Kasey and Al discuss how to protect students online and the ever-growing need for digital citizenship skills. Part of teaching students digital citizenship is the expectation of video conferencing etiquette.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 2, 2017

Here are fifteen ideas that will still leave you time to enjoy sunsets and hang out with friends: Learn how to handle basic tech problems. Know how to solve all of them. Here’s more detail on how students learn from failure. Submit homework digitally. If you need help, add a comment at the bottom.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

There are a growing number of ways to help students push their technology interests further by earning industry-recognized certifications or using their digital schools for community service projects. Administrators should learn more about original equipment manufacturers’ certifications and self-maintainer policies. In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.)

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 30, 2019

There are a growing number of ways to help students push their technology interests further by earning industry-recognized certifications or using their digital schools for community service projects. Administrators should learn more about original equipment manufacturers’ certifications and self-maintainer policies. In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.)

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 27, 2019

There are a growing number of ways to help students push their technology interests further by earning industry-recognized certifications or using their digital schools for community service projects. Administrators should learn more about original equipment manufacturers’ certifications and self-maintainer policies. In 2011, Bethlehem (N.Y.)

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Monitoring software can track what students say and do online, sometimes even on students' privately owned devices or social media accounts. In some cases schools might even use tools like location tracking or facial recognition software. Many students might not realize just how invasive some digital safety measures have become.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

So it’s a legitimate question: Who teaches students how to use the school’s digital devices and what training do they get to support that responsibility? How does the school handle an unexpected tech need — say, programming for December’s Hour of Code? Who teaches digital citizenship? .

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 29, 2018

Take a class of thirty students, tell them they are going to learn how to type only by using it in searches on google and creating reports in Microsoft Office. Anyone who has been instructed in learning a musical instrument knows that before you can start performing songs you have to learn how to play the instrument.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 8, 2016

This three-week course (July 11-July 31) is a follow-on to the introductory class, Tech-infused Teacher , digging into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning. Use blogs, wikis, discussion forums, Google Spreadsheets, and Google Hangouts to collaborate and share.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2018

Mediawiki, the engine behind Wikipedia and Wiktionary , is a free software application written in the PHP programming language and well-suited to large online presences. A big plus: EditMe is the only Wikispaces-alternative I found that offered a walk-through on how to migrate from Wikispaces. Google Classroom. Google Drive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2018

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: Google Apps. What do I do?

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