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The Siri and Alexa Test

A Principal's Reflections

I share the personal story above as access to artificial intelligence in the form of Siri and Alexa has impacts on the education space. Whereas in the past, knowledge could be readily accessed from encyclopedias and books, this took time. The Internet drastically changed this process by ushering us all into the Information Age.

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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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OPINION: With college enrollment tumbling, new strategies are urgently needed

The Hechinger Report

The result: fewer Americans will have the skills needed to strengthen our democracy, advance our knowledge-based economy and solve the challenges of our time — from climate change to life-threatening diseases to racial inequities. What lessons can educators learn from these examples? Some are already doing so.

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8 Non-Digital Remote Learning Ideas

A Principal's Reflections

Throughout this ordeal, we must be patient, understanding, and flexible as teachers and administrators, with little to no training in this area, do their best to provide an education to students. As such, educators are in need of ideas that can be implemented without the use of technology. Choice leads to more empowerment.

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How Can Communities Improve Writing Opportunities for Students of Color?

Digital Promise

Based on their dedication to improving adolescent writing opportunities, strong community connections, and commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, we selected three district partners from the League of Innovative Schools: Richland School District Two , Socorro Independent School District , and Sunnyside Unified School District.

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What Is Prior Knowledge and Why it Matters?

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Prior knowledge is one of the key concept in educational research that fundamentally reshape our understanding of how learning occurs. discuss two main types of prior knowledge which I want to draw your attention to: declarative prior knowledge and procedural prior knowledge.

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What is Constructivism and How Does it Fit Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Constructivism 1) encourages students to use active techniques (such as experimentation and problem solving) to build their knowledge base and then reflect on and/or talk about how that is changing; and 2) encourages teachers to guide activities that address and/or build on student conceptions. Education applications.