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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I promise you will find some wonderful information coming your way in the posts that follow…So sign up now and please pass this on with a retweet. Also remember you can book me for a conference or your school district with workshops that are informative, engaging, and practical. tools, iPad apps, and droid apps.

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From pencils to pixels: Tech is shaping the future of education

eSchool News

Students would laugh as the teachers mumbled about the annoyances of technology. Now think about how far the classroom has come since then–schools stocked with iPads and tablets, interactive touchscreens, and even virtual reality headsets. Undoubtedly, the pandemic accelerated the shift to technology adoption in schools.

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6 Super Science Edtech Ideas: Using Technology to Level Up Science Classrooms

The CoolCatTeacher

So we use the Paper 53 app on our iPads. So when I first got my iPad, I was asking my fifth graders to create cartoons and create books and do things that were more literacy based. Then I had some success there and started to break out using iPads more in the lab setting. I really got into that. Blog: leahlacrosse.blogspot.com.

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Why Single Sign-On Has Teachers Cheering

Edsurge

Sheryl Abshire: A lot of people think I’m all about technology. But my job and my prime objective are to support learning, and this technology supports learning. Education opens up a myriad of doors for students—and technology supports that. Can you tell us more about how the technology supports learning?

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How to Run a Parent Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

help them understand how technology supports the school’s mission and overarching curricula (such as Common Core or Everyday Math). how to read ebooks from an iPad. how to search for information. how to decode domain-specific language associated with technology, i.e., cloud . how to use email.

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In an Extremely Challenging Year, Innovative STEM Educators Shine to Win 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Awards

eSchool News

The 2021 Vernier/NSTA Technology Award winners include: Category: High School. By providing technology-supported learning opportunities, in part using Vernier data-collection solutions, physics teacher Jacob Bowman has greatly increased student enrollment in physics classes. For more information, visit www.vernier.com.

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Classroom Tech Can Drive Student Engagement—But Schools Need to Choose Wisely

Edsurge

With a tool designed specifically for education, teachers can share their screens wirelessly from any device with any operating system—laptop, iPad, smartphone, etc. They can also write or draw on what they share to highlight important details; students then capture that information. And of course, factor in long term costs.