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How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. And as learners interact with and manipulate these tools, they become more involved and engaged in the lesson.

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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the sixteen transformative tools, activities, and/or knowledge bases digitally-literate students should be comfortable using: annotation tool. sharing digitally to build knowledge. vocabulary tool–to quickly decode words students don’t understand. sharing digitally to build knowledge.

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Best Professional Development Tools for Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Today we are sharing with you some web tools to help you grow professionally. Free eBooks and Audiobooks To grow professionally you definitely need to invest time and effort in learning new skills and competencies besides enriching your the knowledge base of your content area with new insights and state of the art research.

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Battle of Generative AI Tools: ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing

The Innovative Educator

Created using Bing Image Creator OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing have quickly emerged as leading generative AI tools. These tools are always changing and improving, but as of now, here are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each AI tool. Which is best? Which should you use and when?

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The Siri and Alexa Test

A Principal's Reflections

Educators love using game-based tools such as Kahoot, Quizizz, Blooket, and Gimkit as a means to review prior learning, check for understanding, and close lessons. The rub, however, comes in the form of the types of questions asked as the majority are simple recall or knowledge-based with stems such as who, what, where, and when.

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Relevant Thinking and Learner Success

A Principal's Reflections

The Relevant Thinking Framework is a powerful tool that educators can use to enhance learning outcomes by aligning teaching methods with how students learn most effectively. Educators should use the framework as a dynamic tool to scaffold instruction and assessment while moving to more personalized pedagogies.

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A ‘New Normal’ Requires New Tools for Attendance and Family Engagement

Edsurge

One of Mini’s greatest assets is her ability to learn and build a knowledge base that responds empathetically to questions from parents and students. Our community sees her as a useful tool, a trusted way to get their questions answered quickly. Like Siri or Alexa, Mini is becoming a household name. Yes, she’s a chatbot.

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