Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2016

Nearpod is described as a mobile app that allows teachers to create and share interactive multimedia presentations in 1-to-1 device classrooms. Google Apps For Education. It’s misunderstood because its widely hailed as a social media tool, but no one bothers to explain why and how to use Twitter effectively as a teacher.

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Shake Up Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Share photos and videos of your Hour of Code event on social media. CS First (Google). Khan Academy tutorial: Learn how to draw with code (Javascript and ProcessingJS). Print certificates for your students. Print “I did an Hour of Code!” ” stickers for your students. All modern browsers, iPad.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Then there was the infamous anti-diversity memo distributed by Google engineer James Damore and leaked to the press this summer that charged that efforts the company (and the industry more broadly) had taken to address diversity were misguided as women are biologically ill-suited to computer science – which is, of course, totally b t.

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MSEDTechie

JANUARY 26, 2015

Our students now in elementary school have never had a time in their lives where mobile technology wasn''t present. Students can use computers, laptops and mobile devices such as tablets and cell phones. Students can receive “likes,” and the videos can easily be shared to social media, or by a web link.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Of course, teachers have utilized social media sites for years to launch various side-hustles — speaking gigs and “ brand ambassadorships ”, for example — as well as to facilitate their main hustle — you know, teaching. The incident, she added, had also made her aware that “Pearson is monitoring all social media during PARCC testing.”

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MSEDTechie

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

20 years ago we never would have imagined that the position as a Social Media Manager would be an actual job, and just about every company or organization would need to have someone manage their social media accounts. Social Media is a huge way to incorporate technology that students use everyday in the classroom.

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Hack Education

JUNE 8, 2018

“ Khan Academy launches free Official LSAT Prep ,” says the Khan Academy blog. Via Techcrunch : “ Udacity and Google launch free career courses for interview prep, resume writing and more.” ” Via the Google blog : “ Teaching coding , changing lives: Google.org supports MolenGeek.”

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