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What’s a Backchannel and Is it Right For Your Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

A backchannel refers to a secondary, often informal, communication channel that runs parallel to the main communication channel. This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: What is a backchannel in your classroom? What are some options you might use?

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5 tools to amplify student voice

eSchool News

Post-secondary schools and employers are looking for students and a workforce that can communicate effectively, work collaboratively, think critically, problem-solve, and use creativity in various settings. Adobe Spark is a user-friendly web-based tool with a drag-and-drop interface and quite a few customizable templates.

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22 Classroom-Focused Resources on AI from Teachers Everywhere

The CoolCatTeacher

I do a Substack called The AI School Librarian that gives examples of good tools and how to use them in schools and libraries. Generative Video Free Lesson My friend Thomas Ho shared a generative video free lesson in his tweet. This means that you write the text and the video is generated for you by AI. Human vs. AI Test.

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5 tools for student voice

eSchool News

Post-secondary schools and employers are looking for students and a workforce that can communicate effectively, work collaboratively, think critically, problem-solve, and use creativity in various settings. Adobe Spark is a user-friendly web-based tool with a drag-and-drop interface and quite a few customizable templates.

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Station Rotation Model in Action (Video)

Catlin Tucker

In a previous blog post titled “ Create Small Learning Communities with the Station Rotation Model ,” I described many of the reasons I use the Station Rotation Model in my secondary classroom. I often use tools like StudySync , Vocabulary.com , and flipped videos to create my online stations for my Station Rotation lessons.

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Three Questions to Center Equity in Your Edtech Procurement

Digital Promise

However, according to the Edtech Genome Project , 85 percent of edtech spending may be wasted on tools that are either a poor fit or not implemented properly [in classrooms]. What Edtech Tools Do You Already Have at Your Disposal? For example, you will want to track the kinds of experiences that your tools offer (e.g.,

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How to Compare and Contrast Authentically

Ask a Tech Teacher

Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic (6-8 Reading Standards–Science) . Compare and contrast the varieties of English used in stories, dramas, or poems (5th grade Language Standards).

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