Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Award-winning educator, presenter, and teacher-author Alice Keeler says, “ Paperless is not a pedagogy” What she means is: Go paperless not to save trees but to improve the education experience. Apps used in your lessons should improve learning rather than just being a cool app kids might like.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Use Templates: Designing templates for your lesson plans, worksheets, and presentations can be a big time-saver. Here are a few suggestions: Learning Management Systems (LMS): LMS platforms like Google Classroom, Moodle, or Canvas are a teacher’s best friend. Online Assessment Platforms: Platforms like Kahoot!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 17, 2023

This is important because simply having technology at our disposal doesn’t automatically lead to enhanced learning experiences. It’s about strategically incorporating digital tools into teaching and learning processes to improve and enhance educational outcomes. First, I explored what technology integration really means.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 24, 2015

If you are presenting, what do folks really think about your message? If you are flipping, did they watch your lesson? Have they learned? Now, a number of programs address the notion that our presentation and lessons need not be one-way events and they do it all, eliminating the need for mashup. Have you engaged them?

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Turning Learning On Its Head

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To answer this question, there is a word that I would like to take out of the vocabulary of flipped classroom teachers. That word is watch — as in: “Students are supposed to watch a video at home and then come to class prepared to learn.” Adobe Presenter 10. Microsoft Office Mix. Interacting.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Improves student learning & drives engagement. This is a must in an age when Bring Your Own Device practices reign supreme and every classroom is inhabited by a mix of Google, Apple, Android and Microsoft devices. This flexibility is evident in the array of classroom subjects that wePresent has been used for.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

There is a word that I would like to take out of the vocabulary of flipped classroom teachers. Students are supposed to watch a video at home and then come to class prepared to learn. Students watch Batman, they watch The Voice, but we don’t want students to watch flipped class videos. Adobe Presenter 10.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

To answer this question, there is a word that I would like to take out of the vocabulary of flipped classroom teachers. That word is watch -- as in: "Students are supposed to watch a video at home and then come to class prepared to learn." Use the built-in quizzing feature in your school's Learning Management System.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

They invited me to their school to share my flipped classroom journey. They are well into their journey to bring blended and flipped learning to all classrooms. In this post, I wanted to share some of what I learned from the school. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful.

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wwwatanabe

MARCH 21, 2013

Collaboration Coaching is modeled after the research-based Microsoft Peer Coaching Program , developed by the Peer-Ed Team. Coaching Chronicles There are six fantastic "Coaching Chronicles" inside this Prezi created by the coaches at each of the schools sharing their "story" of 21st century learning and collaboration at their campuses.

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Buncee

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Learn more about Patricia in her bio below! As I was walking the aisles searching for the hottest new trend, I came across a vendor who was explaining a new and different type of presentation software called Buncee. The software seemed similar to Microsoft presentation software. My how things change in four years!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach centred on the premise that classroom time should be allocated to hands-on and inquiry-based activities and exercises while learning subject content takes place at home. You can trim, cut, and delete parts and share your final video presentation as MP4.

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techieMusings

MAY 19, 2016

They invited me to their school to share my flipped classroom journey. They are well into their journey to bring blended and flipped learning to all classrooms. In this post, I wanted to share some of what I learned from the school. Touring their learning spaces was eye-opening and insightful.

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techlearning

APRIL 13, 2018

We need to become the COO of our classrooms, the Chief Opportunity Orchestrator. I first heard ‘sage on the stage’ and ‘guide on the side’ early in my teaching career when I decided to try The Flipped Classroom™. Through my flipped classroom failure, though, I did learn how to create a student-centered classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Actively Learn is a freemium online education platform that allows students to read a book (or some other document), make comments, answer questions posed by the teacher, and even collaborate with others. What is Actively Learn. Actively Learn is a high-functioning ereader for ELA, social studies, and science students in grades 2-12.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Now is especially the time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. I have some powerful online interactive workshops and webinars that can be used to engage learning in this new environment. Thanks so much.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

You can use these apps to create and share interactive whiteboard presentations, record screencasts, brainstorm ideas for a project, create mind maps, and more. To learn more about this whiteboard Android app, check out Jamboard's full review for teachers. In this post I share with you some of the best whiteboard apps for Android.

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TeacherCast

JULY 18, 2022

In this post, we will take a look at the Weekly Email Newsletter and how Instructional Coaches can use them effectively to not only communicate with their colleagues but create several weeks of ongoing professional learning for their entire school districts. Some provide the option of acting both as a newsletter and presentation tool.

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TeacherCast

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

In this post, we will take a look at the Weekly Email Newsletter and how Tech Coaches can use to them effectively to not only communicate with their colleagues but create several weeks of ongoing professional learning for their entire school districts. Some that provide the option of acting both as a newsletter and presentation tool.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

I’ve tried to apply some of what I learned in my free time about Nudge Theory to my classroom, but I would love to see more work done by the professionals on how it can be applied to schools. Could we learn from Google’s employee retention strategy and apply it to our teaching force? I find it fascinating. There you have it.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 29, 2021

It was one of the first models, along with the flipped classroom, that I could employ in my low-tech classroom. In the early days of my transition to blended learning, I had one Chromebook, which I received after writing a Donor’s Choose project. I have a soft spot for the station rotation model. I was hooked!

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

You can use these apps to create instructional tutorials, step by step guides, video presentations, demos, training videos , screencasts, and many more. To learn more, check out Android Help. The app's interactive whiteboard is also great for recording screencasts and explainer videos to use in flipped classrooms.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

These tasks are perfect for learning across the curriculum and especially for librarian-led learning. Facebook Argument : Students consider the relative strength of evidence that two users present in a Facebook exchange. Among the learning experiences on ten pages packed with lessons are: Civil Rights Movement in Context.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Use ChatGPT as an innovative pathway in education For students and educators alike, allowing for creativity in new types of learning in the classroom should always be encouraged. No–not if we’re viewing it as a lens to further support learning and broaden the scope of topics that can be covered. Is this a problem?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 4, 2015

…Self-direct their own learning. Depends on what they’re learning, of course. iPad/iPad Mini, Nexus 7 , Nexus 9, Microsoft tablets (e.g., browse the web, use common apps, access inexpensive games for game-based learning, stream video content). Learn to read: Phonics. Learn to read: Comprehension.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Tony Bates looks at “Brexit and online learning in Europe.” ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. From the edX blog : “How to be a Better Learner: Determine Your Learning Style.” ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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