Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2015

More simply, it’s: …an extended group of knowledgeable people you reach out to for answers, and trust to guide your learning. How to build a PLN. Now that you’re convinced you need a PLN, how do you build one? Join a professional group like ISTE or CSTA. Keep your professional social media pure.

How To 150

How To Social Media Twitter Facebook 150

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2023

The state education agency also established a committee to advise the state on how to bring the TEAACH Act to life in schools and produced a webinar series to support the mandate’s implementation. As a PD facilitator, Hurh says she prioritizes modeling how to incorporate Asian American history in a way that treats the community with dignity.

Training 154

Training Advocacy Resources Instructional Materials 154

MindSpark

JUNE 7, 2022

When I became a teacher, I knew I wanted to create engaging, creative, and rigorous learning experiences for my students but it wasn’t until I read Doctor Adeyemi Stembridge’s Culturally Responsive Education that I felt I knew EXACTLY how to do it. Why should you read this book?

Student Engagement 40

Student Engagement Education Learning Social Media 40

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2016

After all, many of us would agree that the students are the ones who are usually the most knowledgeable, up-to-date resources for what is the latest and greatest with technology, so why not tap into their large knowledge base and cultivate their leadership potential? Here’s how it happened.

iPad 60

iPad Digital Citizenship Elementary Knowledge Base 60

techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

All of our teachers have had ample professional development in writing process and pedagogy, which helps to provide a strong knowledge base around the most effective practices,” says Gale. The district is seeing great results from its investment in technology-based tools and in training teachers to use them.

Laptops 63

Laptops Khan Academy iPad Google 63

MindShift

OCTOBER 7, 2015

When a group of kids from a Delhi slum figured out how to navigate the Internet in English simply by playing with a computer for a few days, it was the beginning of a movement to harness the power of self-organized learning. They own the knowledge so much more, even though they know that I came up with the question.”.

How To 28

How To Classroom Learning Robotics 28

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Jennifer, Darren, and I will talk a bit about big picture issues, like making time for instruction on digital literacy, and how to teach kids to think critically about conspiracy theories when those conspiracy theories are widely believed among the community you teach in. Teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think. What is school for?”

Mobility 98

Mobility Laptops Video Accessibility 98