Graphite Blog

MARCH 8, 2022

" Pressing play on the YouTube video will set third-party cookies controlled by Google if you are logged in to Chrome. See Google's cookie information for details. Digital media and technology are increasingly a part of our lives, but it's important that we're conscious of the media choices we're making.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 1, 2019

To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality. The code symbols are a bit small for a smartphone screen and become hidden under the iPhone’s lower coping. . kids who love fiddling with mobile devices.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2017

Share it in a teacher-provided summer activity folder (this should be quick to use, maybe through Google Drive if students have access to that). Kids will love having a valid reason to use Mom’s smartphone camera. Make an audio recording of your thoughts (using a mobile app like Audio Memo ). Any age: Read ebooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2015

Here are five tools that will make you look and act like the Diva of Digital: Google Maps. Bring the latest version of the Google Maps app on your smartphone or iPad, complete with audio directions. If friends are looking for a Starbucks or Dunkin’ Donuts near the conference, Google Maps will find one.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2016

To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. 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. These include Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs. Digital textbooks.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2016

A digital story is a series of images connected with text and/or a narrated soundtrack — captured by a digital device such as an iPad or smartphone — that tell a story. Google Storybuilder. Google Storybuilder tells a story with text and music through the eyes of specific individuals.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

To kickstart your paperless digital classroom requires a modicum of preparation. 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. There are lots of options for digital note-taking, including Evernote, Notability, and the omnipresent Google Docs.

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Baker's B.Y.O.D.

MAY 30, 2013

While students can create projects, take quizzes, write responses digitally via BYOD and 1:1 using Google forms and docs, I''ve been missing a digital method for close reading of texts in my bag of instructional tricks. I signed out the mobile lab and a class set of headphones, and assigned an act a day. Where''s Jason?

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Analysis Assessment 162

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 2, 2015

60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom. Google Classroom is quietly becoming the most powerful tool in education technology. It also uses Google’s familiar template that many teachers have used for years. So below are (at least) 60 thing you can do with Google Classroom. 60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

With smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices, students have 24/7 access to news, information, and opinions—not all of which are well-informed or well-intentioned. In an age when students get the majority of their information from the internet, how can we make sure they know that not everything they find online is reputable?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2023

She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

” BYOD programs allow students to use their own technology (usually smartphone or tablet) in a classroom. Digital Citizenship. Karen Mossberger, Associate Professor at University of Illinois at Chicago, defines digital citizenship simply as “the ability to participate in society online.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2022

App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Apps Geyser. Game Salad.

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Robotics iPad Coursera Digital Citizenship 303

Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2021

App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Build an App. Apps Geyser. Game Salad.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 5, 2020

App Inventor –build Android apps on a smartphones; from MIT. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Animatron –design and publish animated and interactive content that plays everywhere, from desktop computers to mobile devices. Game Salad. Coding Curriculum. Hour of Code.

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Educational Technology Guy

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In fact, explicit instruction in digital citizenship , online learning, and online safety may benefit students as they prepare for an increasingly digital future. Content Recent reports indicate that moving learning into the mobile realm could open up pathways to explore new educational content.

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Graphite Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

How can digital citizenship lessons help me get the most out of teaching with technology? now include at least one mobile device. At a moment's notice, they can add a quick bullet point to a Google Slides presentation, read and quickly respond to a classmate's ideas, or even just check for upcoming assignments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 9, 2018

It can be used as a Chrome extension, with Google Docs and MS Word, on the web, and on your desktop. The mobile apps are free. The only downside of Grammarly is the lack of smartphone apps. While it works on most platforms, it requires a separate tool for Google Docs and Firefox. Free/Pro; all ages. Language Tool.

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Adobe Analysis Facebook Digital Citizenship 155

TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 12, 2015

” by Dawn Casey-Rowe , Smartphone Owner And User Of Analog Clocks. With one click of the phone, kids solve complex problems, Google their research, collaborate with others, and share out their results to the world. Today, many parts of the world and certain demographics are skipping right to mobile phones. Inconceivable!

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

CLASSLINK ONECLICK ClassLink OneClick technology enables access to Web-based, Windows, and Google applications, and instant access to files at school and in the cloud. Accessible from any computer, tablet, or smartphone, ClassLink is ideal for 1:1 and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) initiatives.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

." Tagged on: August 23, 2017 Inside the Kids' Privacy Zone | CommonSense Kids Action → This report examines five "pressing" privacy developments: smart toys and smart homes; virtual and augmented reality; digital citizenship; targeted ads; and, edtech. Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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Doug Levin

AUGUST 28, 2017

." Tagged on: August 23, 2017 Inside the Kids' Privacy Zone | CommonSense Kids Action → This report examines five "pressing" privacy developments: smart toys and smart homes; virtual and augmented reality; digital citizenship; targeted ads; and, edtech. Today, just about everybody uses it for everything.

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