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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

The reality is often much more mundane, as classrooms that meet even the most basic of digital information standards still qualify as being a Smart Classroom, Lab, or Lecture Hall. One drawback to LMS platforms is that they are not uniform in the level of technological support that they provide to users. and whiteboard.

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How is a Successful Instructional Coaching Newsletter Created?

TeacherCast

In addition, the newsletter is traditionally made up of the latest and greatest in educational technology, supporting videos, and maybe a few templates created by the tech coach to show off what they can do in the classroom with teachers. In another example, the district might have Future Ready or Digital Learning goals.

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How to Run a Parent Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). Once you’ve decided what type of class to offer, create an agenda that covers the four-six weekly meetings. Here are examples of the class flier: Click to view slideshow.

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What Schools Reopen, It Shouldn’t Be Business as Usual

Edsurge

For example, instead of covering all of the Common Core reading standards for my fourth-grade class, we decided to focus on one standard: identifying key ideas and details in literature and informational text. Some students who may struggle to complete and submit online assignments are regulars during our virtual class meetings.

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School support staffers stuck earning poverty level wages

The Hechinger Report

In November 2021, she was relieved to hear her union was organizing a rally to demand higher wages for teacher’s aides (also known as paraprofessionals) and other support staff, such as secretaries, health techs, campus supervisors and information technology support workers. Considine, 28, was shocked.

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How is a Successful Instructional Coaching Newsletter Created?

TeacherCast

In addition, the newsletter is traditionally made up of the latest and greatest in educational technology, supporting videos, and maybe a few templates created by the tech coach to show off what they can do in the classroom with teachers. In another example, the district might have Future Ready or Digital Learning goals.

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What are Good Tech Goals for Students?

Ask a Tech Teacher

But that’s not what technology is about. Technology supports a curriculum. The metric for measuring technology skills isn’t a rubric with a list of skills (i.e., Assess whether students meet this goal by observing them in class and having other teachers/parents anecdotally report successes (or failures).