Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

In my summer digital citizenship classes, the biggest question I get is how to control student cell phone usage. Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom?

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 7, 2014

As a practitioner I am always looking to learn how to better assist educators at all grade levels. Superintendent Scott Rocco provided me with a great opportunity to not only work with teachers in his district, but to also push me outside my comfort zone, which has always been secondary education.

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myViewBoard

APRIL 26, 2021

In this post we will explain how to get the most out of myViewBoard Classroom, our web-based distance learning solution, and what makes it unique. These two elements are simplified and presented in Classroom with two browser tabs/windows – the primary one is the digital whiteboard, the secondary one displays the students.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 15, 2019

elementary and secondary schools teach the subject, maybe because there are so few curricula available for students. AI-in-a-Box retails at $2,999, according to ReadyAI’s website, and includes several Cozmo robots, tablets, laptops and game controllers. But few U.S. However, the company has loaned the robots to the Boys and Girls Club.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

30 deadline to commit dollars from the second of three stimulus packages — and a year later, another deadline to spend the third, largest, and final installment of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund, the unprecedented federal infusion of money to help schools recover from COVID. It was really hard,” Sanders said. “A

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 8, 2020

And instead of using a school bus, students use technologies like laptops, iPads, and digital platforms like Zoom and Schoology to come to their teachers. And in the hope that the pandemic does not squash the ability to learn and grow all together, educators are implementing an entirely new style of learning.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2016

Dressed in suits and armed with pens, notebooks, and laptops, the superintendents had one specific goal as they fanned out across the classroom, interacting with students: to look for evidence that a geometry lesson was aligned to the new state math standards. The post How to help principals do a better job? Photo: Jackie Mader.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

School IT teams must also be competent and well-trained so they know how to deal with problems ranging from login problems with the LMS, improper device configuration, to device synchronization errors. Teachers Today’s teachers know how to use Excel to compute grades or Word to create documents, but that’s not enough.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

Ramos would connect to the library’s Wi-Fi — sometimes on her cellphone, sometimes using her family’s only laptop — to complete assignments and submit essays or tests for her classes at Skyline High School. Ramos’ parents promised to buy her a laptop eventually, but bills mounted and it wasn’t in the family’s budget.

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Hapara

MAY 19, 2022

History class: By the end of class, students will be able to explain how technological advancements during WWI affected soldiers, as evidenced by creating a main claim and supporting that claim with primary and secondary source documents. You will also want to note any materials (laptops, pencils, paper, videos, etc.)

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MindShift

MAY 11, 2020

Their solutions included switching to a pass/incomplete system at secondary schools and focusing on narrative feedback at elementary schools. For the fourth quarter, San Leandro’s secondary students will receive a “pass” or “incomplete” instead of a letter grade. aside postID=”mindshift_52813″ hero=”[link].

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

As districts across the United States consider how to get student learning back on track and fortify parent interest in public schools, they’re asking the same question as Steve Joel: What should we keep after the pandemic? I think we’ve learned how to more individualize and differentiate instruction,” says Dr. Joel in Nebraska. “I

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 23, 2012

In 2002 I was so enthused by the idea that a school could provide one laptop for every child in its school that I launched a major research programme to study one of the first schools in the UK to achieve that goal for each of its 41 Year 6 pupils. You can read more about the Cedar School iPad project on Fraser's blog.

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iLearn Technology

JANUARY 2, 2017

How to integrate Adobe Spark in the classroom: The collection of tools in Adobe Spark are perfect for students and teachers alike. Tips: If you have laptops, the web version of Adobe Spark is best, otherwise download the app! Whether you begin with inspiration or not, you’ll be feeling an extra burst of creativity in no time.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

The “Great Dome” on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is hosting an experimental program to recruit physicists, engineers, chemists, linguists, biologists, neuroscientists and other experts and train them to be primary and secondary school teachers. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. CAMBRIDGE, Mass.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2018

Doug: Kids walk in there.They hand them a Mac laptop. We need to teach students WHEN to divide, not how to divide. After teaching chemistry, physics, and computer science, I became an administrator for the next 30 years with experience at the secondary, central office, and elementary levels. Vicki: Give us some examples.

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The Electric Educator

JULY 8, 2016

The experience is interesting as it is a bit weird to be accessing The Google Play Store on laptop. The Google Play Store recognizes my Gmail account and will not allow me to switch to a secondary account; something that I can do on my phone or if I visit the Play store via the Chrome browser. What questions would you like answered?

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edWeb.net

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a similar way, a laptop or cell phone can be used to translate during a parent-teacher conference, and if there’s a meeting with a group of parents who speak different languages, they can all use cell phones or other devices to see or hear what is being said in their native language. This edWebinar was sponsored by Microsoft Education.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

I'm not an advocate for ed-tech; I'm not here to sell you on a new flashcard app or show you how to use the learning management system more effectively. They typically require a student show photo identification to their laptop camera before the test begins. Not everyone experiences Brandeis the same way. I'm an ed-tech critic.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 23, 2020

Something that many had not been planning to do mid-semester was having to help students get laptops and the technology that they need to work remotely. It’s just harder to take care of people and to figure out how to best accommodate people.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 23, 2016

The idea is a holdover from the Soviet era and one that the country intends to keep even as it continues to grapple with how to modernize its schools and further shrink the already small achievement gaps among its students. They logged in to their laptops and signed on to a program to practice addition.

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EdTechTeam

JUNE 12, 2017

The revised AAP guidelines now focus on support and guidance for parents about how to use technology responsibly with children of all ages. How much is too much screen time? Set firm and practical media rules: Keep computers and laptops out of children’s bedroom and keep them in a family area.

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techlearning

JULY 19, 2018

Kids develop an understanding of how to learn from failure and setbacks in order to experience eventual success. PBL Clearing House – This University of Delaware site provides some interesting possibilities for secondary schools and PBL. High Tech Elementary – Their high school projects are awesome. Enjoy the PBL journey!

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 15, 2018

As more and more jobs require some education beyond high school, Pedro Martinez, who joined the San Antonio Independent School District as its superintendent in 2015 urges all students to consider earning a college or post-secondary credential. Madisyn, already thinking about how to market her freelance work, had been listening closely.

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MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

“We don’t have to focus on math, because they’re already good at math,” said Yoon Jeon Kim, a research scientist in MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab who is monitoring the effort to see how well it works. “We So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. So we can concentrate on how to teach.’ Yoon Jeon Kim, MIT Teaching Systems Lab.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

It’s beneficial for students because, The use of the flipped classroom model means pupils become more familiar with technology and how to use it in a professional environment, rather than to solely communicate with their friends or play games. Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools.

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eSchool News

MARCH 13, 2024

We also are 1:1 with our devices–our students do take their HP or Lenovo laptops home. We have to take us older-school education people and retrain our way of thinking about how to deliver [instruction]. Teachers need extensive training on how to actively expand and use technologies in their classrooms.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward.

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Doug Levin

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

You know how to reach me if you want to talk… Note to self: When deleting tweets in bulk, remember not to delete my keybase proof. Tagged on: September 21, 2017 Hampton school making do without stolen laptops | Daily Press → After 100 laptops were stolen from George P. I’ll be a bit more tidy going forward.

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Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 25, 2019

I made what was probably the clearest statement of my vision for the future of learning materials in my Shuttleworth Fellowship application several years ago: My long-term goal is to create a world where OER are used pervasively throughout primary, secondary, and post-secondary schools. Let me explain again in two points. First point.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

When their mom died of Covid pneumonia, they joined more than 140,000 children in the nation who lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid between April 2020 and June 2021. Like this: how to write paragraphs and stuff. And simple, basic things like, you know, how you have like they, them, they’re, and their and all that stuff?

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 31, 2021

Circumstances are really kind of secondary. I don’t adhere to expectations and norms about how I should be using my time. I am able to teach you all how to be free from those expectations because I myself am closer and closer to free. Leading by example is always my intention.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 22, 2023

During the edLeader Panel, “ Focus and Engage: How EdTech Hardware Can Boost Student Outcomes ,” EdTech leaders described how to begin re-envisioning three aspects of classroom settings to enhance student interaction, engagement, and success with technology.

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Doug Levin

MARCH 19, 2017

But the iPads will be discontinued next year in favor of the Dell Latitude Education Series (3160) touchscreen laptop computer. But school district leaders are not of one mind of how to best spend the money. That's a lot of computers. emailed W-2 forms and employee information to a person posing as the superintendent.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Google has been working to bridge the gap between the tablet and laptop by allowing us to use Android apps on a Chromebook. It is one of the new flip Chromebooks with a stylus that allows you to use it as a laptop with keyboard or flip it around and use the touch screen with a stylus. How to Install Android Apps on a Chromebook.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 7, 2021

Jennifer, Darren, and I will talk a bit about big picture issues, like making time for instruction on digital literacy, and how to teach kids to think critically about conspiracy theories when those conspiracy theories are widely believed among the community you teach in. Teach kids HOW to think, not WHAT to think.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Applicants can now watch videos that explain how to fill out each section and, if they qualify for a fee waiver, request an online mentor. The biggest thing that underserved students need is someone to navigate the application process and understand how to put their best foot forward and how to present themselves.”.

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