Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2021

Written by “Karen Weaver a 3rd grade elementary school teacher and author of the upcoming children’s book “The Magic Pencil”, it covers all the basics. A recent study involving almost 600,000 children and adolescents found that over 65.3% One study showed the effects of habitual computer use in adolescents.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

and the kids agree as studies have indicated. Engagement is strong at the end of elementary school, with nearly three-quarters of fifth-graders (74%) reporting high levels of engagement. Gallup has conducted more than 5 million surveys with students in grades five through 12 over the past several years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

YouTube Video This week's guest Brian Page loves to teach personal finance at Reading Community City Schools in Ohio, where he was named the '11 Milken National Educator Recipient and CNN Money Hero. Homework Hacks Course – Created by Brian Page, this course offers students strategies for effective studying and learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2021

Powerful VOD capabilities enable school district to easily and reliably share high-quality student, teacher, and board-produced videos as medium takes on an increasingly important role. CPS encompasses 12 elementary schools, five upper schools, and three high school programs.

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Neo LMS

MAY 2, 2017

Social media channels provide the digital alternative for the “traditional” social life and support communication within online communities non-stop. They turn to other social media sites , like Instagram, Snapchat, Tumblr, Yik Yak, or Twitter. E-learning supports videos. Everyone is online now.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

It should be no surprise that studies show engaged students retain more of what they have learned. This is just as true for the elementary classroom as it is for the lecture hall. A six-year study of students at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York State is a case in point.

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom. The textbook includes large text, pictures and videos. It includes interactive media, such as videos, and hands-on activities that are also interactive. It’s broken into nineteen 45-minute lessons.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

00:01:25:09 – 00:01:50:19 Debbie Tannenbaum This is my 25th year in education, my sixth year as a tech coach, and during my first year as a tech coach, I'm in elementary school. I incorporate things like video inside of it because I want them to have that agency. So tell us a little bit about your journey.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 16, 2019

One resolution my elementary students and I are setting is to be more healthy with our digital use. Below are some wonderful videos and resources to motivate your students to take breaks and learn how to maintain mental and physical health. Go Noodle is a wonderful resource with several short videos geared for brain breaks!

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Clad in a beanie, university sweatshirt and gold-rimmed glasses, a TikToker who goes by Mimi looks directly into the camera and speaks in a gentle tone as she addresses her viewers on the topics that flash in red-highlighted letters at the top of the video: “TW: Climate Anxiety & Doomism.” Do what you can with what you can.”

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

They’re looking for role models, a sense of community, and plainly enjoy stories in a variety of media. Anyone who studied at least a little bit of Psychology knows that students retain information better when they make a connection between a concept and their personal stories. Digital storytelling is no different. Let’s tell a story!

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Video games? Roughly 3 in 10 Gen Z teens say that gaming is their favorite form of entertainment, according to a Deloitte study , and 70 percent say that gaming provides social and emotional benefits because it helps them stay connected to others. In the classroom? Absolutely not!

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 7, 2019

Recently I observed a great example of this during a coaching visit with Kay’s Creek Elementary School in Farmington, UT. Video displays and interactive activities were also found in each of the main entrances to further engage learners in the theme. Their theme focused on global goals for sustainable development.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

. “Born connected: The rise of the AI generation”, reveals the app use and technology habits of children aged 4-18, detailing trends in screen time, social media and communications, mobile gaming, online entertainment, learning tools, and for the first time in the report’s history, use of artificial intelligence tools.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 28, 2018

I teach gifted students at two Title 1 elementary schools. Internet accessibility, technologies that permit the user-generated media, and social media allow for unlimited potential for learner choice and voice. The use of Destination Imagination (DI) has been recommended by my supervisor for use with gifted students.

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techlearning

APRIL 27, 2018

This post includes a handful of Adobe Spark activities for elementary students! Students and teachers can create movies with Spark Video, websites with Spark Page, and graphics with Spark Post. Download these free graphic organizers to use with Spark Video. Here’s an example hosted on YouTube all about Sea Turtles.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Students then explore these questions through interactive videos featuring real-world visuals fostering a sense of wonder and actively supporting student engagement in the accompanying discussion prompts. . Currently, the company’s Social Studies Techbooks are used in middle school classrooms districtwide.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 3, 2024

in this post, I share with you my perspectives, drawn from my experiences as a blogger, educator, and academic with a PhD in educational studies, on what constitutes the quintessential characteristics of 21st century teachers. In their quantitative study of over 300 Finnish first graders, Nurmi et al., Madda et al., 2011, Nurmi et al.,

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Since 1999 there have been over 300 violent tragedies that have played out from college campuses to elementary schools, and 320K students have been exposed to gun violence. While instances of school violence are on the rise, there is strong evidence to suggest that upstream violence prevention is what’s needed to curb this trend.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 17, 2021

And separate international studies of 15-year-olds and fourth graders indicate that eighth grade reading habits aren’t telling the whole story. Perhaps reading posts on social media and clicking on article links in Google searches are useful types of reading too. First, the numbers. It’s a passive activity.”

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The curriculum – including YouTube videos of the lectures – is also available for free to any teacher who wants to use it. Whether focused on media literacy or data literacy, research suggests a need for this type of education in general. Teaching students these strategies has yielded positive results in recent studies.

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Edsurge

MAY 6, 2020

This message has perhaps been clearest on social media, where many parents overseeing their children’s educations are suggesting teachers be paid more.) A Simple Note Is All It Takes Susanna Stratford, third grade teacher at Maple Hills Elementary in Renton, Wash.: See more: Want to Show Teachers You Appreciate Them? We hear it!

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eSchool News

APRIL 26, 2019

The study shows that almost 60 percent of responding students want teachers to be more creative in the classroom. About 32 percent say adding humor to STEM courses–through channels such as videos and projects–will do the trick. on how to increase student interest, understanding, and performance in math and STEM subjects.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The assertion is supported by countless polls and recent studies. I had parents write me and say, ‘I watched your video, that was amazing. The experience was so impactful, Finlaw decided to share it on social media. For some classes, the pandemic’s impact is more complicated. So much fun. This looks like a great project.’

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Product Review: Features, Lesson Plan Ideas, and Tips From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Adobe Premiere Rush is a simple to use video creation tool that includes powerful camera features, video editing, and publishing features. Video is the modern essay. Here’s how.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 15, 2022

News and Media Literacy begins with the foundational skills and strategies students need to think critically about the news stories, images, and videos they see online. Elementary News and Media Literacy Lessons Let's Give Credit. The web is full of photos, and even videos, that are digitally altered.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Are you studying Mars? Make books, send the link to parents and even include audio and video. This is a perfect idea for special ed teachers and parents who want to use today’s show and make books Book Creator will let you record audio and video AND share the link with parents. Why not let students go live there?

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Edsurge

JUNE 22, 2020

They had been out of school for a month, and it was not one of those cases, Turner later explained, where word got out on social media before school staff could address it internally. That felt initially uncomfortable to us” on the video call. Most had not heard about their classmate’s death.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2023

It deftly, artfully captures just how inundated children — specifically, three girls over the course of one year — are these days, thanks to social media and all the other byproducts of carrying a small computer in your pocket everywhere you go. Pairs well with: the recent film adaptation of Judy Blume’s 1970 (but timeless!)

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Through this multi-year collaboration, educators and students in the district’s elementary and middle schools will return to the classroom this fall with access to award-winning digital resources supporting science instruction. Paul and serves students across 16 elementary schools, 4 middle schools and three traditional high schools.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 27, 2020

and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. They are advocating for core curriculum changes in social studies — specifically American history — classes. To her, antiracism education in elementary school starts with students’ awareness of themselves, of others and of how those interactions play out.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

One of the components of the Homestead School’s reopening strategy involved the creation of a video. The video took families through the newly established arrival process at school, showing them where and what their kids would do when they were dropped off. decided to show them. Did it take time to construct those messages?

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techlearning

JULY 31, 2018

The recently-added content empowers educators to create dynamic digital learning environments that support social studies, life and earth sciences, social and emotional learning, and more. When integrated into classroom instruction, these videos reveal for students the wonders of our natural world.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

In late March, Mindful Schools created a free mindfulness series for kids, in response to Covid-19, which was shared 87,000 times on social media, a record for them. A student in New York City practices emotional awareness after completing an online guided meditation video for kids. Credit: Sarah Garland / The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2023

Caitlin Mercado works with her second-grade students at Ritchie Park Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland. Caitlin Mercado teaches her second-grade students with the help of a document camera at Ritchie Park Elementary School in Rockville, Maryland. A deluge of similar clips ended up in her feed.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Facebook, the premiere social networking site, is used by hundreds of thousands of students all over the world. While the site has become somewhat of a nuance for most teachers—they distract from valuable study and class time—some schools are embracing the social media site with welcoming arms.

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Graphite Blog

JANUARY 27, 2021

Unless you teach current events or social studies, most of the day's news probably won't make it into your classroom. Tips on addressing news and current events in your classroom Kids often see and hear more of the news than we realize, whether it's at home, from friends, or on social media.

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