Educational Technology Guy

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As technology changes and schools upgrade software, add new apps, change hardware or operating systems, and more, faculty, staff and students need training and support. The Office 2010 course is great and I am sharing it with our users to help them transition from Office 2003 to Office 2010 because of the different menu system.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2020

But the education system has done a terrible job preparing us to live in a world where such number crunching is more important than ever, according to Conrad Wolfram, co-founder of Wolfram Research Europe. Living through the COVID-19 pandemic requires some serious math literacy. Wolfram is steeped in math tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Keep your antivirus software active. If you have an automated system, skip this. Update any software that needs it. Upgrade yours to the max your system will take.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 17, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Keep your antivirus software active. If you have an automated system, skip this. Update any software that needs it. Upgrade yours to the max your system will take.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 1, 2015

If a software company wants to give its product away free to educators, that’s a good thing for schools, teachers and students, right? But IT professionals and school administrators we speak with tell us they’re starting to worry about the very real risks and pitfalls associated with free systems in education for five main reasons: 1.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

MAY 6, 2024

Best eBook Hosting Platforms to Explore in 2024 KITABOO Lulu IngramSpark Blurb Draft2Digital Google Play Books Amazon KDP Barnes & Noble Press II. Using BookWright, Blurb’s bookmaking software, you can design several types of books, ranging from business books to travel books. Let’s get exploring! Table of Contents: I.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2019

I won’t take time in this article (I’m at about 1000 words right now) for a how-to on each activity so if you don’t know how to complete one, check with your IT folks or Google it: Make sure your firewall and antivirus programs are working. Update software. External storage is cheap. Empty the trash.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2017

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Google Earth and Celestia?) If you use Gmail, you can email up to 20 MB (or more through your Google Drive).

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing. A Comprehensive Overview of Popular Plagiarism Checkers Efficient plagiarism software needs advanced technology with integration capabilities, the newest algorithms, and databases. But only PlagiarismCheck has integration with Google Classroom.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2017

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Keep your antivirus software active. If you have an automated system, skip this. Update any software that needs it. Upgrade yours to the max your system will take.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

The second conflict-of-interest related news story (set of stories, really) involves New America and Google/ Eric Schmidt. Google – which maintains close ties to the think tank – was alleged to pressure New America to push out a scholar and his team after they made a series of sharp statements about the behavior of the company.

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ViewSonic Education

JUNE 5, 2019

The process of rejuvenating an educational system set up a few hundred years ago will take generations to redefine. Creating a new system that will fit the needs of students for the next century will be a multifaceted endeavor. When building a contemporary education system choosing which educational model to use will be a challenge.

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EdTech Magazine

JULY 30, 2018

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. Do the same for apps and software. Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Google Earth and Celestia?) If you use Gmail, you can email up to 20 MB (or more through your Google Drive).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Celestia?) If you use Gmail, you can email up to 20 MB (or more through your Google Drive). I love that.

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Hapara

MARCH 13, 2023

In order to protect learners, it’s essential for a K-12 district or school to use web filtering software. With her years of experience, she’s able to provide invaluable insight to districts, schools and technical teams when setting up and managing their web filtering software. Should schools have web filters?

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2024

The students came up with the project themselves and designed a Google form to track their phone time, including which apps they used most. They also determined the research questions they’d ask of the data — such as whether social media use during class reduces comprehension and retention.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 19, 2018

This week, I’m sharing three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. I forget which software I have (sure, I remember MS Office, but what about Celestia?) If you use Gmail, you can email up to 20 MB (or more through your Google Drive). I love that.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 18, 2019

The term “workaround” became popular in the latter half of the 20 th century as a method to circumvent a software problem but today, it applies any time you need to find an unusual and creative solution to a problem. #5: I spent about fifteen minutes trying to Google a layperson definition of this term and failed. 7: Garbage collect.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Update any software that needs it. If you get Google alerts, set them for weekly (unless you really must know when someone posts on the term ‘Labrador puppies’). If you have social media, let them notify you of activity once a week instead of daily. Upgrade yours to the max your system will take. don’t look back.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 12, 2016

This week, I’ll share three holiday activities that will get your computers, technology, and social media ready for the new year. Keep your antivirus software active. If you have an automated system, skip this. Update any software that needs it. In the System Configuration window, click the Startup tab.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 12, 2019

The term “workaround” became popular in the latter half of the 20 th century as a method to circumvent a software problem but today, it applies any time you need to find an unusual and creative solution to a problem. #5: I spent about fifteen minutes trying to Google a layperson definition of this term and failed. 7: Garbage collect.

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eSchool News

JUNE 16, 2022

The flexible K-12 learning platform is designed to work within the school systems’ existing infrastructure and workflows and provides safe, secure, simple access methods for educators and students. www.discoveryeducation.com , and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through? Twitter and? LinkedIn.?.

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PlagiarismCheck

APRIL 24, 2023

Let’s explore plagiarism software features, pros and cons, and pricing. A Comprehensive Overview of Popular Plagiarism Checkers Efficient plagiarism software needs advanced technology with integration capabilities, the newest algorithms, and databases. But only PlagiarismCheck has integration with Google Classroom.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 21, 2013

As many of you know, here at New Milford High School we have been at the forefront of adopting social media and the latest technologies to improve the way we run our educational and extra-curricular programs. Android apps Beeonics Google Play iOS iTunes mobile learning devices New Milford High School'

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Download.com says this about Spybot: The program checks your system against a comprehensive database of adware and other system invaders. Keep your antivirus software active. If you have an automated system, skip this. Update any software that needs it. In the System Configuration window, click the Startup tab.

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The Jose Vilson

MAY 3, 2020

Contrary to my own public activism and advocacy, I propose that we move the nation’s largest public school system into a completely online endeavor forever and a day. Their YouTube views, Instagram likes, and other social media metrics must be off the charts. I too am impressed by the efficiency. Sure, I had dreams, too.

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 11, 2021

Some APIs for web maps include Google Maps API, OpenLayers, ArcGIS, and Mapbox. If you were looking for help in choosing the best mind mapping software for your kids or classroom, head on over to other article. Import data from Excel, Google docs, or CSV to create and publish interactive maps. Looking For Mind Mapping?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2019

You can find us on Apple Podcasts , Overcast , Spotify , Stitcher , Google Play Music or wherever you listen. Johnson’s story is about second chances and falling in love, the surprising parallels between his work as a correctional officer and his work as an educator and what it means to reinvent the system that failed him.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 22, 2015

By middle school, they work in online groups through forums, wikis, and Google Apps. Doing a project that uses Google Docs or MS Word doesn’t mean students will apply that knowledge to the year-end PARCC and SB tests. Let’s face it: Students are on social media or will be soon. Internet use.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2019

That charge, by Brian Goegan, clearly struck a nerve with students around the country, leading to memes on social media portraying the professor as a hero fighting corrupt university officials, as well as t-shirts with the slogan: “ my homework was more expensive than this t-shirt.” I’m so tired of spending just pointless money.”

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 6, 2020

She actually sent me a meme that's been going around on social media that captures how she feels in general. Specifically, the system can watch quiz-takers through their webcam and then its algorithm flags if they do something like talk to someone off camera who could be helping them. It's half on us, half on the institution.”

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Educational Technology Guy

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

The rest of the files I need to use that are not in Evernote or Google Drive are setup in my Dropbox so that they are synced on my home and school computers and my smartphone. Google - I know this is kind of vague because Google has so many services, but I use a lot of them. Google Chrome is my browser of choice.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

There are numerous DRM software available in the market, and you can take your pick depending on the kind of security measures you need. Platforms like Amazon, Apple, Google Play, and Adobe apply their DRMs for the eBooks on their platform. Utilize social media platforms like Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Goodreads, etc.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

From facial-recognition cameras to web and social media filtering software, surveillance technologies are finding their foothold in schools across America. From Courtroom to Classroom: An Inmate’s Tale : If prison is supposed to prepare inmates for society, then the current system is in dire need of improvement.

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ProfHacker

DECEMBER 5, 2017

.” Now, when I saw “app,” I assumed it would work on my phone, but it was not on Google Play store, so when I went to their website, I discovered it was an app for Windows, Mac and Linux. The first thing that struck me when adding apps is that this is a “messaging” not a social media tool.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 12, 2016

You can’t have a traditional education system (that sometimes feel like it belongs to the dinosaurs era) become a modern educational system overnight. The educational system needs pioneer schools to test the waters of BYOD and share what they find with everyone that wants to follow suit. You just can’t.

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