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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

Ask a Tech Teacher

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. sharing digitally to build knowledge.

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3 ways to be a better digital citizen, online and IRL

eSchool News

note : Innovation In Action is a new monthly column from the International Society of Technology in Education focused on exem plary practices in education. These tools have increased our productivity and knowledge base in many ways (checking the weather, looking up facts), but these advantages come with a price.

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Learning to learn: A skill set for the 21st century student

Neo LMS

In today’s knowledge-based economy, employees are challenged by new situations at work every day, so they need to constantly learn and improve their skills in order to be successful. The education system sometimes is all about group learning activities, group assignments, and learning together. Collaboration skills.

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10 tips for teaching critical thinking + information literacy

The Cornerstone for Teachers

The Truth for Teachers podcast is doing a two-part series about media literacy this season. Back in episode 216, I spoke with Peter Adams of the News Literacy Project about how educators can be informed media consumers and advocates for truth. One of the questions we’re asking is, “What is education?

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Hyperconnected

Learning with 'e's

The exponential rise in these online activities tells us that many people in the western world live in an 'always on' hyperconnected culture, where we seem to be wedded to our smartphones and laptops. It resonated, with many people sharing and liking the update (itself a measure of interest in the social media age).

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Technology Tools Used in Teaching and Learning

eSchool News

These tools, ranging from interactive whiteboards to educational apps and virtual learning platforms, bridge traditional methodologies with innovative approaches. Embracing these tools not only prepares students for a tech-driven future but also enriches the educational journey with creativity and efficiency.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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