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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

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digital devices–such as laptops, iPads , Chromebooks , or desktops, for daily use. social media. Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. backchannel device. class internet start page. class website or blog.

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6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy

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If we humans aren’t giving away our personal information (as we do on FB, Tiktok, Instagram, Twitter and every other social media account), we’re having it stolen without our permission or knowledge and sold to those who mean us harm. And, if your digital device of choice is a laptop, when you finish, close it.

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10 Tips for Teaching Remotely

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Here’s what I currently use to teach from home or can easily arrange: Have necessary apps on iPads and smartphones. This includes your LMS, virtual meeting tool, cloud accounts, email, scan, social media, and sharing. Instead, I loaded the document onto my iPad (or laptop) and interacted with it there.

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Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do

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School digital devices used to be primarily PCs, but now there are Chromebooks, iPads, Macs, Surface Pros, laptops, and more. In this section, also include all of your social media contacts. Include your facility with 1:1 programs, carts, and other approaches to using technology in classes. Devices you can use.

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5 Benefits of Technology in the Classroom

ViewSonic Education

In a fairly short time, amazing innovations like iPads, laptops, and smartphones have opened up a new world of information for students of all ages. Outside the classroom, students love to share their experiences on social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Snapchat.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

Edsurge

In the past year, colleges have seen a rise in students skipping lectures , and some reports indicate that students are more prone to staring at TikTok or other distractions on their smartphones and laptops during lecture class. Most had the lecture slides up on their laptops or iPads, or were using paper notebooks and pens.

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iPad Pro vs. Microsoft Surface Pro 4: First Impressions on the Tablets That May Replace Your Laptop

Reading By Example

My interest in this technology stems from the promise both companies make: This is the tablet that will replace your laptop. In my eyes, both Microsoft and Apple are not only looking to replace the laptop, but to actually merge it with a tablet to create something that is the best of both worlds. Preference: iPad Pro.

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