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10 edtech experts you should follow

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She also wrote a full guide to online and digital learning, A Teacher’s Guide to Online Learning. . She is a Google for Education Certified Trainer and Educator Level 2, a Microsoft Innovative Educator (MIE) Master Trainer and Expert, a Minecraft Certified Trainer, a Ha?para Lindy has several edtech certifications. Dr. Monica Burns.

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Launching a districtwide computer science program for all grades

eSchool News

Our students are spread across 31 elementary schools, two pre-K schools, and seven secondary schools. Our department combines digital literacy and computer science, so we have four different strands that encompass digital citizenship and computational thinking concepts.

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Free digital citizenship materials for innovative educators

The Innovative Educator

Students interact with music, video, apps, social media and other digital content each day, but do they understand the rules that govern this content? To help teachers with this increasingly relevant topic, Microsoft has released a free curriculum that addresses digital citizenship, intellectual property rights, and creative content rights.

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What to Know About SQL and How to Try it Out

Ask a Tech Teacher

While learning how to code through a book isn’t the best option (coding is better taught through solving problems on the computer), books can be great secondary resources. If you’re planning to work in cybersecurity or IT, you could get a certificate (Microsoft SQL Certifications) before signing up for college. Learn SQL Through Books.

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5 Tips for Digital Portfolios

The CoolCatTeacher

So today we're talking with Tisha Poncho, 21 year veteran educator, about five tips for digital portfolio. So I have worked with students in the secondary classroom for portfolios. Teachers can import those from their Google classroom, from Clever, from Microsoft. 00;00;43;16 – 00;01;02;08. 00;02;19;09 – 00;02;34;17.

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6 Must-reads for This Summer

Ask a Tech Teacher

Microsoft used to be the powerhouse in school technology but today, according to widely-reported studies, more than half the nation’s primary- and secondary-school students use Google education apps and Google’s Chrome browser-based Chromebooks. And, most are free. Why did I pick this book?

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Touch-Typing: Rote vs Integrated Learning or Rote and Integrated Learning?

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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