EdTech4Beginners

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

I recently wrote for Teach Primary Magazine. The article was about a range of tech tools that make assessment a whole lot easier. Please subscribe to Teach Primary Magazine to view the full article. Tagged: afl , assessment , edtech , education , online quizzes , teaching , teaching ideas , tech tools , technology.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 18, 2024

People might understand K–12 education, and people might understand IT. But in today’s K–12 landscape, you need to understand both.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech. Today we are talking to Mandy Froelich about Flipsnack. I’ve also seen it used kind of in the same way as a sports magazine, it was a sports literature course that was using it.

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Edthena

MARCH 4, 2021

In this article from Langauge Magazine, Adam Geller, founder and CEO of Edthena, details how video coaching can provide English learner educators with the specific feedback that they need. Read more at: Language Magazine: The Importance of Feedback.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 30, 2018

EdTech , Focus on K12, magazine has announced their 2018 edition of the 50 Must Read K-12 IT Blogs. There are some great blogs on here that I follow (including my own) and some new ones that I didn't know about that look really great. The site is an awesome free resource itself with articles, interviews and videos about Edtech.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 24, 2016

I recently wrote an article for the International Teacher Magazine about simple ways to use Minecraft in the classroom. Click here for the full article. Have you used Minecraft in a lesson? Please leave any comments below.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 27, 2024

Over the past few years, schools and policymakers were focused on one digital divide in K–12 education: unequal access to technology. However, the Office of Educational Technology, a team within the U.S. Department of Education, recently updated its National Educational Technology Plan, and this year’s NETP goes deeper.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

At first, I thought it had to do with finding something exciting about the dreariness of post-Christmas January but when I counted school days from Labor Day to the hundred-day mark (skipping weekends, two weeks at Christmas and a week at Thanksgiving), that put me in the second week of February. How to celebrate.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Keene, NH – Acclaimed Early Learning furniture brand Whitney Brothers® today announced its new Live Edge Collection of furniture for preschool and kindergarten environments received a 2023 Best of Year Honoree award from Interior Design magazine.

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NeverEndingSearch

MARCH 24, 2020

Pandemic Magazine Covers. Frank’s gathering of March 2020 Pandemic Magazine Covers offers a simple and powerful way for us to engage learners in deconstructing media messages shared by covers from the U.S. Deconstructing Magazine Covers (Center for Media Literacy) Five Key Questions of Media Literacy (Center for Media Literacy).

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2023

The honor recognizes a collection of five stories she reported and wrote last year about the financial difficulty many educators face, the strategies they use to make ends meet, and possible solutions for improving compensation for teachers. “In But I wondered, could we afford to keep them?”

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 4, 2023

Screen time is on the rise worldwide, according to a recent study published in JAMA Pediatrics, which reviewed the screen habits of about 30,000 children aged 3 to 18 between Jan. Others might be strategizing in an online game, and still others may be using a school-issued device to do homework or research. This is not uncommon.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

On average, a player on a professional team could make around $74,000, according to SUPERJUMP, an online video game magazine. To learn more about the ways K–12 esports programs can prepare their players for a career in esports, we talked to Ivan Curtiss, also known as OG KING CURT,… Top-earning esports athletes in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The Hechinger Report, in partnership with The Boston Globe Magazine, analyzed a 264-letter sample to get a sense of both sides. OF BERLIN This analysis about “divisive concepts” laws was produced by The Hechinger Report and the Boston Globe Magazine.

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EdTech4Beginners

APRIL 7, 2017

I recently wrote for the International Teacher Magazine. The article was about the ethos of respect for teachers which is prominent in Thai culture. In the piece, I explore this and compare my experience of teaching in Thailand with my experience of teaching in the UK. Click here for the full article.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2020

At first, I thought it had to do with finding something exciting about the dreariness of post-Christmas January but when I counted school days from Labor Day to the hundred-day mark (skipping weekends, two weeks at Christmas and a week at Thanksgiving), that put me in the second week of February. How to celebrate.

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The Thinking Stick

JULY 24, 2023

On this episode Dr. Rachel Kowert busts myths about gaming. If you are skeptical about what games can offer us, give this conversation some time. In her current work, she serves as one of the primary investigators on the first grant-funded project from the Department of Homeland Security about games and extremism.

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Educational Technology Guy

JUNE 12, 2012

EdTech Magazine is a great, free website that has tons of articles, resources, product and service reviews, information and more about edtech topics and products. It is a great resource for any educator, educational technology specialist or director, or technology personnel.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Now, districts have to worry about ransomcloud attacks, in which hackers try to breach cloud service providers such as G Suite and Office 365, encrypt data and emails, then demand a ransom. The pervasive threat of ransomware has taken on a new dimension in the past two years.

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Edthena

MAY 3, 2021

In this article from District Administration Magazine, Adam Geller, founder and CEO of Edthena, outlines five ways ed tech will revolutionize educator professional development post-pandemic, including more flexible PD.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That question is the topic of a new book out this month by James Lang, called “ Distracted: Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. You may have seen Lang’s writings about teaching before. Can you talk about some of your research methods? The other came about kind of serendipitously actually.

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techlearning

MAY 25, 2018

My sisters and I spent several days creating various publications with construction paper and markers, including magazines. Now, creating a digital magazine is much easier. Superhero Activities to Empower Students ] Class Magazine Flipsnack supports digital magazines with audio, video, text, images, links and voice-over.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Social bookmarking helps students visualize and personalize their learning in boards, magazines, or walls! Cube for Teachers is a new web tool I recently learned about. Flipboard is a web tool, iOS app, and extension to curate bookmarks into a digital magazine. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

Cybercriminals are becoming relentless in their efforts to gain access to critical school networks that hold confidential student and staff data. According to the K12 Security Information eXchange, over the past six years, there have been 1,619 cyber incidents in K–12 schools in the U.S. That’s more than one cybersecurity event every school day.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 1, 2023

Some educators may dismiss augmented and virtual reality in K–12 education, but not the career and technical education leaders at school districts in Virginia and North Carolina. At Fairfax County Public Schools’ West Potomac Academy, students interested in healthcare careers are getting realistic simulations of what it’s like to work in the field.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2019

I’ve learned to use free web tools to design headers on different social networks, graphics for books and digital badges, banners, flyers, parent newsletters, programs, digital magazines, book covers, logos, and more! Canva also helps you learn more about graphic design with tutorials and free design courses and tips!

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 24, 2021

After having devices in their possession for a year, students returning to classrooms are, in many cases, handing over their school-issued tech for the first time. Because districts went into emergency mode when the pandemic began, many IT leaders have not seen these laptops or tablets.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2024

Kindle –read ebooks, newspapers, magazines, textbooks and PDFs on an easy-to-use interface. Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day , annually held on March 2nd to coincide with the birthday of Dr. Seuss.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

When schools went remote in 2020, the demand for laptops and tablets skyrocketed. This depleted inventories, accelerated the need for computer chips and created sustained shortages. Read on to learn five reasons this situation persists. Why Does the Chip Shortage Matter?

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EdNews Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

By the Editorial Team at (ET) Magazine This is something school districts have talked about for years. They have dreamed about it. They have pulled their hair our worrying about it. They have danced around it. They have spent billions to warehouse it.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The nearly 100,000 public K–12 schools in the U.S. sit on 2 million acres of land and are among the largest public energy consumers, according to K12 Climate Action. The Aspen Institute initiative launched in 2020 with the goal of enacting changes in schools that can help move the U.S. toward environmental sustainability.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 26, 2021

Today's guest Coach Victor Hicks talks about how he's used the curriculum for grades kindergarten and up. His work was featured in Forbes Magazine and he received the Educator of the Year award from InspireEDU among others. Sponsor: Today's podcast includes sponsored content from Google and their Applied Digital Skills Curriculum.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 2, 2021

Email spam has long been a security scourge for IT managers. It’s not just because of the wasted time and resources, but also the potential for threats, such as phishing messages, to come riding in along with unwanted advertisements.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 15, 2020

Listen to Dr. Kim Shonert-Reichl Talk about Helping Kids Be Healthy from Home Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Amy Cranston and her brother award-winner actor Bryan Cranston , and joined by remarkable students and WE Volunteer Now campaign participants, Tyler and Jameson.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

“It allowed us to move the conversation forward about how to use technology to better educate our kids because we no longer have to have these discussions about everything else,” CIO Robert Smiley says. . by Ryan Petersen.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2023

It’s a free AI chatbot that can spit out long-form answers to just about any question, in a way that sounds eerily human. A headline in the Atlantic magazine put it bluntly: “Will ChatGPT Kill the Student Essay?” By now you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Disaster Recovery as a Service is a simple way to ensure a school district’s operations can continue during unexpected events. Here are five questions to ask potential providers. Is the Service a Good Match For My IT Portfolio?

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