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Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career

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As students, technology aids in learning, research, and collaboration, while in the professional realm, it becomes a tool for productivity, communication, and innovation. For instance, a student in the field of data science might initially need a laptop capable of running statistical software for class projects.

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Spotlight: How One Teacher Taught Digital Citizenship Via Student-driven Websites

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Sheila Slawek teaches digital literacy & computer science. I’ve known Sheila a long time and am profoundly impressed by how she passionately and energetically blends technology authentically into the learning lives of her students. Ownership of not only the assigned laptops, but ownership of their learning!

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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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. Today’s tip: What is Digital Literacy?

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169 Tech Tip #101: The Laptop Internet Button

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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. Q: My internet stopped working on my laptop.

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Tons of Online Resources About Classroom Management

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Classroom management tools are useful for teachers to create an organized, productive, and conducive learning environment. 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.

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15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year

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So what are the absolute basics you should learn this summer that will make a difference in your Fall class? Here are fifteen ideas that will still leave you time to enjoy sunsets and hang out with friends: Learn basic tech problems. There’s a lot to be learned from failure. Model good digital citizenship.

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Tech Tip #96: How to Add Zip to a Slow Computer

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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: Maintenance, Security.

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