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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

Know how to use the digital devices available in your class. Your school probably uses a variety of hardware (laptops, iPads, Chromebooks, and more) to access class websites, blogs, online grade books, and/or an LMS (like Otus, Google Classroom, or Edmodo). Model good digital citizenship. Insist your students do the same.

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How to Take Digital Citizenship Schoolwide During the 2016-17 School Year

Edsurge

Full integration of digital citizenship (or DigCit) curriculum into every class and every content area—at every grade level—should be the goal to meet this need. Keep in mind that most teacher-prep programs do not incorporate digital citizenship alongside the other elements of teacher education.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. If so, invest in online classes or webinars to inform your knowledge of those areas. Include your facility with 1:1 programs, carts, and other approaches to using technology in classes.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

These could be writing resumes, preparing an online curriculum vitae, connecting digital device to local LANs and WiFis, and managing the security of their personal device and information. This includes taking online college-level classes and enriching learning through webinars. To engage in remote learning. But it goes beyond.

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PASCO Motion Sensor–A Must for Science Classes

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Their products are wireless, Bluetooth- and/or USB-connectable, and their SPARKvue software runs on Mac and Windows platforms, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and Android. can of soda, and smart enough to automatically sync with your desktop, smartphone, or iPad. It can detect movement within a range of 15 cm to 4 m. Plug it in to charge.

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Tips for Successful Digital Parenting

The CoolCatTeacher

This episode, blog, and webinar are sponsored by Bloomz , my favorite tool for parent communication. They are sponsoring April’s free webinar, 5 Habits to Start Now to Thrive in the Fall. Register now for the free webinar. How to Turn Blue Light Off on Your Phone and iPad – a quick tutorial. Listen Now.

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Technology Resources For Early Childhood Learning

The Web20Classroom

Tiggly are manipulatives used in conjunction with apps for the iPad. She will sit with her letters making words and then, the best part, she can create a digital story using the words she learned. ( ) Now, my background isn’t in Early Childhood. So in my spare time I am always on the hunt for ways to support her as a learner.

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