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

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For example, at many post-secondary institutions, a teaching space is considered to be a Smart Classroom if it merely comes equipped with nothing more than a microphone, computer, video projector. Given the surge in Smart Classroom technology requirements, the demands on these IT professionals gets ratcheted up ever further.

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The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education

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Understanding Assistive Technology Assistive technologies are software or hardware systems with technical components that enhance the learning capacities of students with disabilities. They aim to support students’ engagement and communication so they can understand lessons and adapt to their learning environments efficiently.

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How Technology Can Help Deepen Students’ Learning

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For example, if we taught students the elements of the periodic table, gave them a multiple-choice test afterward, and then moved on to another topic, that would be surface-level learning. Fortunately, technology tools can provide support for each stage. Technology-Supported Surface-Level Learning.

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Touch-Typing: Rote vs Integrated Learning or Rote and Integrated Learning?

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When learning piano for example (apt for typing), you learn where to place your fingers, to keep your wrists raised to ensure easier movement rather than resting them on the desk, how to interpret what you read or hear and translate that into music. This isn’t equitable teaching; it is convenient teaching.

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Should you Teach Typing? And Does it Work?

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For example, you could just look at a map and do some measurements, or you can get out there with a trusty surveyor’s wheel and chart a space and learn real applications. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, James Lovelock, discusses this: Explicit typing, simulated application and practical application – Why is this not a thing?

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Two Models for Leveling Up How You Integrate Technology and Teaching

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At those two levels, teachers are using technology in ways that allow students to create content for themselves, share that content with each other, explore subject matter, and communicate with one another in ways that aren’t possible in a more traditional environment. At this level, teachers are redesigning tasks via technology.

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Classroom Tech Can Drive Student Engagement—But Schools Need to Choose Wisely

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Instead, the district opted to facilitate the collaboration with a far more cost-effective solution: flat-panel TVs and screen mirroring software. “By The technology was supposed to let teachers share their screens without being tethered to a desk. Vivi’s hybrid hardware/software model is another big plus for Rugg.