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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

At the time, I thought this was a novel approach to address the lack of technology for students. While already aware of the effects smartphones had on students’ attention, I tried to keep a balanced approach to using technology in my classroom. Seven years ago, I proposed a day without technology to the site administration.

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How Using Slack Can Improve Socratic Seminars

Edsurge

Our interest in academic discourse, and by extension Socratic seminars, stems from our work as Hollyhock fellows at Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. The fellowship is a two-year program of professional development designed to combat the teacher retention problem, primarily in low-income schools.

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A Gullible Population Is a National Security Issue

The CoolCatTeacher

Army War College National Security Seminar that caused this response. For the curious, one requirement for attending the Army War College National Security Seminar is “non-attribution.” System Overview of Cyber-Technology in a Digitally Connected Global Society. ” I cannot, however, quote any individual.

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Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach

Ask a Tech Teacher

Then I ran into Dr. William Morgan on one of the education forums I frequent and was thrilled that he knows a lot about them and was willing to share his expertise to kick-off a mini-seminar in classroom keyboarding. National Association for the Education of Young Children , International Society for Technology in Education ).

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How not to write about HyFlex or online learning

Bryan Alexander

I’ve seen this for decades in the ed tech space, commentators speaking or writing as if they’ve been the first to come across or reflect on a given technology or problem. A second problem comes in the article’s view of who’s involved in post-secondary teaching. I also enjoyed the DeLillo passage.

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Elevating Innovation – SULS0205

Shake Up Learning

The site offers hundreds of free standards-based ready to teach lesson plans, immersive educational experiences, and professional development courses to help educators learn new skills, feel more confident with technology integration, and have the opportunity to earn research-backed micro-credentials. © Shake Up Learning 2023.

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22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation

TeachThought - Learn better.

Paideia Seminar. You can read more about the Paideia Seminar here. Socratic Seminar. You can read more here in What Is A Socratic Seminar? This one is more of a technology tool than a learning strategy, but it also very much functions as a learning strategy if used strategically. Seed Discussions. Pair & Share.

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