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Computer Skills for Online Students: Build Confidence and Boost Success

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This blog lays the groundwork for your child’s digital literacy (and yours too), covering everything from necessary software skills to internet safety. In many public schools, keyboard and computer navigational skills have been a standard part of the curriculum since the 90s. Computers and the internet are evolving rapidly.

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18 Hispanic Heritage Month Activities for Any Classroom

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Hispanic Heritage Month Daily Agenda Slides | Attendance Questions, Editable by Teacher Noire Grades: 5th-8th Themed attendance questions serve a dual purpose in your middle school classes. First, they allow you to combine the act of taking attendance with daily journal or discussion prompts.

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What is Microsoft Sway?

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It is best-suited for Middle School and older, though I’ve seen lots of youngers successfully create engaging presentations. Because pictures searched through Sway are from the public domain, students may not realize that all Internet pictures aren’t free to use. How to get started. 8 Educational uses for Sway.

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How the Internet Neighborhood is Like Any Other Community

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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. But before we open the floodgates to the fascinating world that is the internet, students must understand what it means to thrive as a citizen of that community.

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4 ways to use ChatGPT in your STEM classroom

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Using Desmos was seen as being particularly egregious, as educators feared that students may have access to the internet and may surf the web while they should be learning or during summative assessments. A few years later, the discussion changed to an argument about the pros and cons of using a Desmos calculator on their classroom iPads.

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Technology in rural schools: Addressing digital equity

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The goal of digital equity is to ensure that all students have access to devices, high-speed internet, and opportunities to learn both in school and out. Challenges.

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3 tips for connecting students to internet resources during summer

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In “ Closing the Homework Gap: Equity of Access for All Students Outside of School ,” Rhonda Schroeder, EdD, principal, Arthur Elementary School, Oklahoma City, OK; Mike Cory, EdD, principal, Gettys Middle School, SC; Barbara J. Gettys Middle School in Easley, South Carolina in the School District of Pickens County.

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