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4 ways we can use edtech for engaging, high-quality learning experiences

eSchool News

Here are four areas we can start: Rapidly Train Our Teachers to Harness Tech Amid historic challenges, with no roadmap and often no experience in remote learning, educators worked tirelessly to keep students learning during the heigh of the pandemic. But it’s not the fault of teachers – they weren’t trained for remote instruction.

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Make Parents Comfortable with Tech for a Successful 1:1 Program

EdTech Magazine

Each student has a brand-new laptop and has easily mastered Google Classroom and the other educational apps you carefully chose for them. Use Social Media and Events to Keep Parents in the Know. You can send newsletters, put it on your website, announce it on Twitter or Facebook — all of those are great channels.

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How Much Screen Time Is Too Much for Kids?

Edsurge

If there is any trend, it’s a recognition of the importance of focusing on teacher training to ensure that tech investments are used well. What I am seeing is increasing anxiety about students' own phones in the classroom and the distraction that brings, and skepticism from parents about the value of laptops for homework.

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9 Must-have Tools for Ed Conferences

Ask a Tech Teacher

iPad, Chromebook, Laptop, Netbook, or Smartphone. Almost as bad is using one of those big clunky laptops. apps for Twitter/FB/G+/LI–or whatever your social media of choice is. Test drive it so you know where the buttons are, then use it to find meeting rooms, changes in schedules, and updates. Any ideas?).

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A Thinking Person’s Guide to EdTech News (2017 Week 33 Edition)

Doug Levin

Tagged on: August 18, 2017 The Value of Bringing Drones to the Classroom | The Atlantic → As drone-related employment opportunities expand, a Kentucky educational cooperative is finding ways to offer students the relevant training. Tagged on: August 17, 2017 Do Laptops Help Learning?

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5 Must-have tools for Ed Conferences

Ask a Tech Teacher

Almost as bad is using one of those big clunky laptops. apps for Twitter/FB/G+/LI–or whatever your social media of choice is. Don’t attend a conference with a paper and pencil–really. You’ll stand out like Windows at a Mac convention. And they won’t have a pencil sharpener anywhere.

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What parents should ask teachers about technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

So it’s a legitimate question: Who teaches students how to use the school’s digital devices and what training do they get to support that responsibility? This might include a desktop/laptop computer, Wifi, and an ereader, as well as software, apps, extensions, and bookmarked websites used to complete schoolwork.