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APRIL 4, 2025

Learning has no temporal or geographic borders, and is available wherever students and teachers find an internet connection. This used to mean limiting access to the internet, blocking websites, and layering rules upon rules hoping (vainly) students would be discouraged from using an infinite and fascinating resource.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2015

This may include: Google Apps for Education and/or Google Classroom–this serves as a basic digital portfolio for students, a collaborative tool with classmates, the teacher’s inbox, and her tool for returning graded and analyzed student work. The traditional classroom vs. paperless is like a cell phone vs. an iPhone.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Across the country, there’s a growing movement to provide computer science education to every student, in every school, at every grade level,” said Learning.com CEO Keith Oelrich. Lenovo also introduced a new collaborative feature for its LanSchool Air classroom management solution.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last school year, our school started a one-to-one Chromebook initiative for sixth-grade students. That meant our incoming seventh-grade students would not only have Chromebooks, but they would know how to use them. Rhode Island-based 7th-grade math teacher and education blogger. by Raymond Steinmetz.

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MARCH 31, 2015

According to Education World , a Curriculum Map is… … a process for collecting and recording curriculum-related data that identifies core skills and content taught, processes employed, and assessments used for each subject area and grade level. – Education World: Virtual Workshop: Curriculum Mapping. student needs.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

Learning has no temporal or geographic borders, and is available wherever students and teachers find an internet connection. This used to mean limiting access to the internet, blocking websites, and layering rules upon rules hoping (vainly) students would be discouraged from using an infinite and fascinating resource.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

You used to be a first grade teacher or the science expert or maybe even the librarian and suddenly found yourself the tech person, like the one down the hall you were always in awe of, the one responsible for classroom computers, programs, curriculum, and everything in between. Scaffold your lessons with what they teach.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Designed for grades 3-12. Give students a couple of class periods–one to research bridges (using their internet search and research skills) and a few to build the virtual bridge. This project works for grades 4 and up, but competition entry is limited to older students. Easily adapted to grades 3-12.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It used to be simple to post grades. Here are factors I consider when I’m posting grades for my tech students: Does s/he remember skills from prior lessons as they complete current lessons? Does s/he show evidence of learning by using tech class knowledge in classroom or home? Does s/he use core classroom knowledge (i.e.,

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MARCH 11, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. Internet connection.

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APRIL 28, 2025

Too many students don’t reach grade-level metrics and no one can agree on the cause. They had a lot, but this one I thought I’d cover first: Is the Traditional Classroom Becoming Obsolete? Something broke in American education these past years. I went out to our international contributors for ideas.

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AUGUST 21, 2024

Currently, I see close to 700 students, grades 1-6. You can tweak it, depending upon the grade you teach. Both are fine and will inform whether you unpack this lesson: In the grade-level classroom In the school’s tech lab As you face a room full of eager faces this coming year, remember that you are a guide, not an autocrat.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

The pandemic has changed teaching in many ways–remove vs. in-person vs. hybrid for one, the need for internet access in homes for another. Starkville High School student Peyton Willoughby sat in his 10th grade English class Thursday not worried about struggling to hear his teacher because of new technology installed in the classroom.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The personalized academic and classroom management practices involved in this approach are no small feat, especially for teachers coming from traditional backgrounds, but in order to really know their students and determine which approaches will work best for each, this staff is committed to the hard work set out for them.

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JULY 24, 2023

Pros: Accessibility: Being an online PDF editor, FormatPDF.com allows users to access their documents from any device with an internet connection, eliminating the need for software installations. Cons: Internet Dependency: As an online tool, FormatPDF.com requires a stable internet connection to access and edit PDF files.

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APRIL 11, 2025

She talks about how to establish a foundation of digital citizenship by making students aware of online safety and etiquette from early grades. Key Insights Digital Citizenship is Essential : Murray highlights that its crucial to integrate discussions about digital citizenship into lessons at every grade level.

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JUNE 19, 2020

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. Internet connection.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

That was a relief because—as you probably know–using technology in the classroom can be frightening, whether you’re a grade-level teacher or in charge of the lab. Classroom Management (40). Internet (32). Sub-category: Classroom Management. What if the computers break? Chromebooks (14).

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AUGUST 8, 2015

It’s not difficult–but there are steps you must take that are different from a grade-level or subject-specific classroom. How to create a class internet start page–and why. Digital note taking in the classroom. Blogging in the classroom. Grading technology. Flipped classroom. Digital citizenship.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

As part of the partnership with the Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair Refugee Education Fund, and for the first time ever, Discovery Education will collaborate with local organizations in Lebanon to provide access to high-quality digital learning resources aligned to the Lebanese curriculum for students in Grade 8 – 12.

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DECEMBER 5, 2016

He teaches 7th grade social studies in Highland Park, Illinois. Otus , which he describes as a student performance platform—a learning management system that also spans classroom management, curriculum, and assessment. Chris Hull is a busy guy. He also helps run. Wikispaces. I’d be able to differentiate for every student.

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JULY 31, 2018

Do a quick internet search for “whole-brain teaching” and it will pull up a string of videos of young students repeating words back to a teacher in unison, waving hands or conducting other movements, and turning to their neighbor every few minutes to share. In some ways, these classrooms look like organized chaos.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Too many online learning environments focus on student work that is auto-assigned, -submitted, and -graded. While Cikumas can do that, its goal is to replicate the interactions that occur in traditional classrooms while automating the functions that take away from teaching time. Grading is done electronically. What I like.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

In MTI 562 The Tech-infused Teacher, you will use a suite of digital tools to make your lesson plans pop while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research.

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MARCH 11, 2016

Those geeky tech tools that we adults like to avoid are taking over the classroom. Every year, students face new iPads, apps, online grading systems, webtools, digital devices, LMSs, cloud-based homework, digital portfolios, and more. Here are the top 22 digital tools your colleagues are using in their classrooms: annotation tool.

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JANUARY 6, 2019

In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding. Guide students in safe and effective internet search and research. Internet connection.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. With other classroom tools, I have to collect the data myself. And the data usually boils down to student grades,” York explains.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Then enforce it by suspending privileges, warning abusers, or whatever works best in your classroom climate. Here’s one for a first-grade class to get you started. Here are my ten favorite uses of Twitter in my classroom: Answer tech problems. Check out the Twitter streams of other educators before starting.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

How to Teach Digital Citizenship in 1st Grade. Use the SAMR Model to Spearhead Technology in Your Classroom. They cover websites on lesson plans, math, keyboarding, classroom management, cloud computer, digital books, teacher resources, free tech resources, and more. Here are the Top Ten tech tips from 2018.

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JUNE 27, 2017

Like many other cross-platform webtools, OneNote can be used offline and will then sync when the Internet is available. This is great for students who don’t have access to the Internet (or WiFi) at home. Once recorded, any item (be it text or drawing or another) can be dragged-and-dropped anywhere on the page.

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JULY 30, 2015

Currently, I see close to 700 students, grades 1-6. You can tweak it, depending upon the grade you teach. Both are fine and will inform whether you unpack this lesson: In the grade-level classroom. List websites on a class internet start page. You mention this in Volume I, but I want to hear more! daily lesson.

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MAY 26, 2017

When the Internet arrived, I — as did my colleagues — adopted it mostly for two reasons: 1) research — in place of the library, and 2) rote drills, such as supporting math practice. Using the Internet in classrooms has morphed from optional to organic. But that has changed. This is a two-step process.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

According to the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education Research Review and Resources , no matter income or background, students with involved parents are more likely to have higher grades and test scores, attend school regularly, have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school.

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JULY 7, 2016

Way back in 2002, when Friendster was the biggest social network and people were gathering in Internet cafes, the State of Maine implemented the first 1:1 laptop initiative in the country. All 7th and 8th grade students, and their teachers, were provided with Apple 12-inch iBooks.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

It gets worse every year as the Internet plays an increasingly dominant part in student lives at home and school. receive poor grades. Discuss this topic with your child (or students) every year, starting as soon as they use multi-player games (often as young as second grade). His body was found later by his older sister.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

An LMS — Learning Management System — is a digital tool that tracks a wide variety of student-teacher interactions such as homework, grading, sharing of resources, parent communication, assessments, and more. Features include: ability to grade, distribute, and collect assignments and materials. Did I miss it?

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JANUARY 15, 2018

6 Ways to Make Classroom Typing Fun. 67 K-8 Hour of Code Suggestions–by Grade Level. 13 Reasons For and 3 Against Technology in the Classroom. 22 Digital Tools You Must Have in Your Classroom. Chromebooks in the Classrooms–Friend or Foe? Between these ten, they had over 174,000 visitors during the year.

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