EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

So can technology support higher order thinking? I would say YES it can SUPPORT and even ENCOURAGE higher order thinking. Ask them to work on Google Docs so that you can guide them through comments and feedback and encourage application of knowledge. A good tech tool to support this would be graphing software.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2018

Feedback: One teacher in Northern California told my team that when her class started using personalized learning software, her students were “just click, click, clicking away.” So much of today’s educational technology supports students in mastering new skills and standards, but few tools facilitate inquiry- or project-based learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 13, 2018

Leah: Well, I think that both of them — and really any technology that I would use — there is that beginning time period where it’s like sandbox time where they’re just learning how to use it. I always think of giving my students that sandbox time so that they can play a little bit with the software. Whatever works.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 3, 2018

Much of the current rhetoric about technology and education relates to devices and software programs—what types schools should purchase, how much money districts should spend on them, how they should be integrated into classroom learning, and what return on investment they should produce.

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Edsurge

MAY 29, 2019

I can’t count the number of technological tools that were marketed directly to me during my 14-year teaching career. And the number of education-specific apps, services, and software I actually used consistently? If the technology supports this, it meets the primary requirement. Those I could easily count on one hand.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Feedback: One teacher in Northern California told my team that when her class started using personalized learning software, her students were “just click, click, clicking away.” So much of today’s educational technology supports students in mastering new skills and standards, but few tools facilitate inquiry- or project-based learning.

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eSpark

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Feedback: One teacher in Northern California told my team that when her class started using personalized learning software, her students were “just click, click, clicking away.” So much of today’s educational technology supports students in mastering new skills and standards, but few tools facilitate inquiry- or project-based learning.

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