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12 Ways to Update Your Online Presence

Ask a Tech Teacher

Update your online profile –on your blog, your gravatar, FB, X/Twitter, professional groups, your PLN. Surveys are unanimous: Pictures and videos draw in readers. Check the appearance of your blog on a smartphone and iPad. Here’s a short list of items that won’t take long to accomplish. Have you changed focus?

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Kindergarten Kindness Superheroes and the DNA of Kindergarteners

The CoolCatTeacher

Laurie McIntosh on episode 374 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. She also shares how she surveys student’s DNA (dreams, needs, and abilities) and a touching story about the impact this has on the classroom. Twitter: @lauriesmcintosh.

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

You can do this by gathering a focus group of teachers from a district or school, by handing out surveys or by observing them while they work. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter. Hundreds of teachers are interacting daily through Twitter, Reddit, Quora etc.

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#4: What does research really say about iPads in the classroom?

eSchool News

Popular mobile devices may come and go, but the iPad has remained a hit in the K-12 classroom. But even though they’re in schools, our work with teachers has led us to understand that while many of them would like to use iPads meaningfully in their classrooms, they can’t because of time, access, and training. Great idea, right?

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What Students Are Actually Doing Online

Securly

We surveyed 400+ students to find out just how kids ages 9-18 are using their display devices. On average, students spend about 5-10 hours per day on their device(s) (smartphone, iPad, laptop, etc). Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr also have a large following of adolescent subscribers. So are we.

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Guest Post: A Technophobe’s Guide to Modern Teaching

EdTech4Beginners

Now, you’ll see many private schools that encourage the use of iPads in the classroom. A study from the University of California Medical School even said that students who used iPad for studying scored 23% higher than students who used a traditional approach. Make your students write about technology.

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Great Activities for the First Week of School

Ask a Tech Teacher

She includes a video and a template you can use of her survey. What better way to teach students how to use their new school iPad or Chromebook than by taking a selfie, embedding it into an art program, and then sharing it with new classmates. Of course, this activity is only for students old enough to responsibly use Twitter.

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