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JULY 24, 2024

Teachers no longer lecture from a dais with student learning contained within the schoolhouse walls. Thanks to the pervasiveness of easy-to-use and free web-based tools, most teachers have one or more computers in the classroom with internet access. Education has changed. Students have become digital citizens. So why change?

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

Today’s tip: Category: Parents Here’s a poster with five tips that will help students as they use the internet for research: Review these with students when they’re ready for each tip. By the end of fifth grade, they should be well-versed in all five of these. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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MAY 13, 2025

For many students, school may be the only place where they have access to reliable internet, a quiet space to learn, or even a working device. DonorsChoose DonorsChoose connects teachers directly with donors who want to help fund classroom projects. Target audience: Small or rural school districts with limited access to STEM resources.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Reliable internet sources are the same as those you would search for in the library. They have a bias, but it shouldn’t be motivated by money These next three require subjective interpretation from researchers and a cursory investigation into their information: net networks, internet service providers, organizations–traditionally.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 5, 2025

Instead, I’ll focus on tech teachers–what I do. It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher. Here are a list of the types of tech problems tech teachers in your school are more likely to face. Technology teachers are t he teaching professions version of these nerdy individuals.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2022

In the fall of 2021, the Center for Internet Security’s Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center ( MS-ISAC ) reported an expected 86 percent increase in cybersecurity incidents targeting K-12 school systems over the course of one year.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Moreover, he points to the product’s assessment strategies focused on student outcomes, employing a combination of automated evaluations and teacher-led assessments to ensure comprehensive learning assessment. 00:00:35 Speaker 1 The math teacher. 00:00:36 Speaker 1 Or the science teacher or the librarian.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

Videoconferencing, esports and screen casting from digital whiteboards are all common parts of the modern K–12 curriculum. Inconsistent internet access meant teachers could not plan for lessons that integrated technology until the school districts upgraded to Wi-Fi 6.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 4, 2023

This helps schools to better meet students’ interests, while combatting teacher shortages.” The program features small class sizes, certified teachers, and flexible scheduling with coursework that is accessible anywhere students have internet access.

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AUGUST 25, 2022

How to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year. School is almost back in session and educators are busy working on curriculum for the upcoming school year that will challenge students, improve their communication skills and provide a platform to express their thoughts and interests. Why podcasting?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2022

There is currently no standardized cyber safety curriculum being taught in primary, elementary or intermediate schools. Cyber Legends intends to change that with engaging, curriculum-aligned lessons, masked as a fun video game. Cyber Legends also comes with tons of free resources to help teachers, parents, and children.

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JULY 22, 2024

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my teacher education blog, Ask a Tech Teache r. Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared.

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eSchool News

JULY 3, 2020

In partnership with eSchool News, Illuminate Education is spotlighting teachers in a series recognizing educators, the way they have moved instruction online during COVID-19, and how they have prioritized the needs of their students. ESL Teacher. At the school, I am a half-time ESL teacher and a half-time Instructional Support Coach.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

“The truth of the matter is education is political,” says Tinisha Shaw, a social-emotional specialist and former history teacher for Guilford County Public Schools in North Carolina, during a recent webinar on textbook standards, organized by Social Studies Network , a Facebook group for educators. So these are politicians, not teachers.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

ClassVR, the company’s solution, is a full turnkey VR and AR offering for classrooms, teachers, and education. The aim is to make it easier for teachers to integrate VR and AR resources into their existing instruction by equipping teachers with the tools they need to be able to teach within that environment.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

Many teachers and educational institutions have even gone as far as to ban ChatGPT due to concerns of cheating and academic integrity. While there are legitimate concerns about ChatGPT and cheating, let’s not forget that educators had similar worries about the use of the internet in classrooms just 20 years ago.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

As a teacher-author, this is a bigger deal than most because: we have copyrighted files that provide us an income. . DuckDuckGo is a powerful ad-free internet search engine that collects no personal data on you, which means it sells nothing. I don’t share it much because it runs off of the data in my Cox internet account.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Similarly, recent research shows that while 88 percent of district leaders, teachers, parents, and students rate life skills as very important, only 57 percent of students believe their schools adequately teach the life skills needed for future success.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. JAWS provides speech and braille output for PC-based documents in Microsoft Office, Google Docs, Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Edge, and more. Read & Write Chrome Extension This free-to-teachers extension will read passages aloud to users.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Lack of curriculum resources Since there is not always a clear answer to the question of what graduates should know after completing a computer science course, finding resources can be very difficult. Often this choice falls on the teachers themselves. There is no single program; no resource requirements.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Educational disparities can exacerbate existing inequalities, and it’s essential that school leaders and teachers address these issues to promote a level playing field. Schools should invest in providing devices and reliable high-speed internet access for students who lack these resources at home.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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. And for the teachers, also.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2024

It’s a bit different than a classroom teacher. The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. Which brings me to the gist of this article: Teacher Appreciation Week, the first full week in May, this year, May 6-10, 2024.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Gen Z is the first truly internet-dependent generation – getting their entertainment, information, and socialization online, oftentimes from social media. This doesn’t mean teachers need to utilize Instagram Reels or TikTok, bur rather use technology strategically to engage students in their learning.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 3, 2020

The family was looking for a teacher to homeschool their three children with a progressive curriculum, customized according to their interests. Teachers have their own reasons for being interested. Overworked and Underpaid Teachers have long been underappreciated. If a teacher has six kids in a pod, that adds up quickly.

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eSchool News

MARCH 30, 2021

The challenges of an abrupt shift to virtual and hybrid instruction shed light on socio-economic disparities, the struggle for internet and device access, and the difficulties in getting resources to students with special needs. The survey comes from nonprofit ebook library Bookshare.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

And if you listen to social media , where teachers often express themselves freely and anonymously, Rachel is far from alone. Selena Carrión Everything Is Not OK There is a certain TED Talk that teachers on social media sometimes reach for to describe the toxic positivity mentality. They are never enough unless they are perfect.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 12, 2021

This is a how-to article from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor describing clever ways to make remote teaching work. A recommended read if your remote program isn’t working as you’d hoped: Tips for incentivizing your teachers team while working remotely. Image Source: Pixabay. Implement an incentive program.

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JUNE 2, 2025

Resize and move to fit on page Test picture effects available If you use pictures from the internet, be sure theyre royalty free. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2020

It’s an opportunity for the future teachers who are enrolled at the college to apply what they learn in class in a practical setting, testing out lesson plans with real elementary students. Some kids have no internet. Most teachers simply don’t know how to teach online. Few teacher preparation programs in the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Ask a Tech Teacher has a passel of online resources to help you introduce, teach, and reinforce digital citizenship to your students. A year-long curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, check out K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. 46 lessons. 46 projects. 46 lessons.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Teacher Training Pathways offers educators a free platform for professional development. Expansion of Verizon Innovative Learning Schools program to include additional student connectivity and teacher professional development for Title I schools.

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eSchool News

JULY 2, 2024

Meanwhile, the century-old industrial model that most schools operate demands compliance so teachers can push students through standardized content at a uniform pace. Netflix’s early streaming service offered a limited selection and required a reliable internet connection at a time when high-speed internet was not widespread or robust.

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JULY 19, 2022

Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. Today: K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum — 9 grade levels. internet safety. The Ask a Tech Teacher crew. 46 lessons. netiquette.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

We have an early learning specialist and a curriculum specialist who are both working in that area coaching teachers. As part of our Parents as Teachers program, we have a director and six full-time teachers who go into kids’ homes once a week beginning at about age two.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Teachers are putting more of their educational content online and streaming it to their students, administrators are storing more student information in the cloud, and district officials are automating more of the schools’ operations. There is the Internet of Things, digital signage, and video being used to monitor cafeterias.

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OCTOBER 9, 2023

Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has several resources for you to consider when you’re looking for case studies that relate to your next project: Case Study Resources for Modern Teachers Introducing case studies in your course can help prepare your students to deal with real-world situations. 2001, October 5). link] Bio: Maggie S.

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