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JULY 25, 2023

Things like calculators, spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets, and other data analytics software are all useful in getting learners to test techniques like hypotheses and regression analysis and make predictions. Where this isn’t an option, they can use school computers and tablets—a viable option as 94% of U.S.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

National Science Teaching Association The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA) offers an extensive knowledge base for science educators. You can use search engines, like Google, to search for case studies you need for your class. So, no matter the field of study, you will find a relevant case in the Harvard collection.

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APRIL 4, 2019

Common Sense Media’s award-winning Digital Passport is the gold-standard in teaching digital citizenship to grades 3-5 (or Middle School). This free-to-schools online program mixes videos, games, quizzes, and the challenge of earning badges to teach students the concepts behind digital citizenship : Communication.

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OCTOBER 11, 2016

If they don’t understand a term, expect them to use readily-available digital vocabulary tools (right-click tools, a resident dictionary program, and/or a dictionary browser app or extension like the Google Dictionary Chrome extension) during literacy classes to decode unknown words.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Whether the student’s skill level is novice or master, it doesn’t matter because soon — by fifth grade probably — handwriting is replaced by digital writing. These skills are part of their knowledge base for word processing. They type their name, a word, maybe even a sentence. This includes: keyboarding.

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Assessment Common Core Analysis Digital Citizenship 156

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults. How to Create a Tech-based Curriculum Using the SAMR Model. Google Apps Support Bloom’s Taxonomy–Take a Look. Let’s Talk About Habits of Mind.

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JUNE 30, 2015

You may never meet them in person, though you likely collaborate through Google Hangouts, Skypes, or pre-arranged TweetUps. It takes more than joining Google +’s 112,000-strong Education Technology Community or showing up for Twitter’s every-other Wednesday #digcit TweetUp. Why build a PLN. How to build a PLN.

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