Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 11, 2025

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. A year-long digital citizenship curriculum that covers everything you need to discuss on internet safety and efficiency, delivered in the time you have in the classroom.

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eSchool News

APRIL 24, 2025

Key points: AI’s instant feedback may help students from feeling lost during instruction Most teachers agree AI is a time-saver With AI coaching, a math platform helps students tackle tough concepts For more news on AI and instruction, visit eSN’s Digital Learning hub This press release originally appeared online.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 16, 2025

The Ask a Tech Teacher team has done that with this article on– Is Online Schooling a Good Fit for Teens? Programs like eLearning often offer a mix of live instruction, recorded lessons, and one-on-one teacher support. While guidance from teachers and parents is still important, the learning process becomes more self-directed.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

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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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2025

And it’s increasingly common that we’ve seen school systems literally have to close, send students and teachers home and not even be able to deliver any services whatsoever. But even still, when students and teachers are back in school, it can be weeks, or sometimes even months. And responding to a significant incident.

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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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Cult of Pedagogy

JUNE 22, 2025

Like most language arts/English teachers, I always wanted to share my love of reading with my students. But with the advent of technology, the internet, and cell phones, it seemed like reading for pleasure (not to mention the requisite attention span) had gone the way of buggy whips, writing quills, and powdered wigs. Graphic novels?

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eSchool News

MAY 14, 2025

So whether you’re a district leader, tech director, or classroom teacher, I think you’ll discover how schools are strategically implementing remote options to be something that you might want to think about for your own work. How do you extrapolate that to the to the to the Internet? Have a listen, OK? Speaker It’s.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2025

She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. 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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Teacher Mood

JUNE 11, 2025

In this post, we’re digging into the benefits of using a paper gradebook , especially for new teachers trying to get their systems straight. I’ll share practical ways it helps with common grading and documentation headaches, plus a teacher-tested tip that keeps your paper gradebook in sync with your digital one. Things change.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? Teacher Roles in Modern Education The role of teachers in modern education is evolving rapidly, necessitating a shift from traditional instructor-led models to more facilitative approaches.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 26, 2025

That detector first became popular among professors when the internet made it easy for students to copy and paste information from websites into their assignments. In their report about the survey, researchers attributed this difference, in part, to teachers’ bias.

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Plagiarism Assignments Academic Integrity Writing 117

k12

JULY 18, 2025

Online school students use computer skills to access classes, communicate with teachers, conduct research, review materials, and turn in assignments. This blog lays the groundwork for your child’s digital literacy (and yours too), covering everything from necessary software skills to internet safety. What are computer skills?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 16, 2025

Today’s tip: 7 Netiquette Tips Category: Internet Sub-category: MS Office, Keyboarding Q: What are the most important netiquette tips for students when using the Internet? A: Here’s a poster: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom.

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2025

Most are accompanied with handwritten letters from students extolling the influence children’s television shows had on their journeys to donning the cap and gown — one fresh grad writes that she plans to become an elementary school teacher thanks to PBS.

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eSchool News

JULY 16, 2025

Promoting responsible internet use begins at home, and Savvy Cyber Kids equips parents with the guidance and talking points they need to raise digitally aware and cyber-safe children.” The organization’s mission, under the leadership of Ben Halpert, deeply resonates with me.

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GovTech

JUNE 3, 2025

Inspired by educational animations on YouTube, a senior at Gull Lake High School in Michigan built an AI called KODISC that accesses information from across the Internet to generate videos.

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Teachers Education Internet High School 40

Organized Classroom

JUNE 13, 2025

Even add your own images into the writing (the only caveat to this is that the image must be hosted on the internet somewhere already as you need a URL. While this is probably more suited for students in grades 3 and up, I could see even a Kinder teacher use this as a group project to start talking about story elements.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

Today, the United States government commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month in many departments, and teachers around the country take time to teach students about significant individuals. Use straightforward daily activities, like high school writing prompts , to make each day of Hispanic Heritage Month an important teaching opportunity.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 10, 2025

June is National Internet Safety Month , thanks to a resolution passed in 2005 by the U.S. Here’s a short list of internet cautions I got from an online efriend a few years ago. The goal is to raise awareness about online safety for all, with a special focus on kids ranging from tots to teens.

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Internet Reading Curriculum Intelligence 145

Organized Classroom

JUNE 3, 2025

New technology in the classroom is always super exciting for the teachers who get the joy of adopting new materials! Not to mention the instructor also needs to figure out WHERE in the classroom the technology will be housed safely.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 2, 2017

With the advent of more device-agnostic digital classrooms, many tech-savvy teachers and schools are taking a step back and reevaluating how best to use technology to support their goals. A more seamless classroom flow and better time management for teachers? Increased student engagement? The ability to facilitate differentiation?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2017

As teachers and administrators, our goal is compliance. According to one of our Grade 6 teachers, Shannon Diven, her students could read but could not pull out details from the text to expand answers, explain answers, or to develop a piece of writing around the text (basically, reading comprehension).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Teacher Preparation. Start the first senior class by introducing the student teachers and adult supervisors. use the internet. taskbar disappeared, can’t find a program, or the internet window too small). use the internet. taskbar disappeared, can’t find a program, or the internet window too small).

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2018

I had a very knowledgeable teacher, but lecture slides were available online, and they covered almost all of the material for the course. This issue is more prevalent today than ever because—thanks to the internet—I have the ability to learn close to anything that I want, by myself, without the high tuition prices and homework.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 28, 2017

Because pictures searched through Sway are from the public domain, students may not realize that all Internet pictures aren’t free to use. I didn’t see any caution by Sway that this is not the norm for 90% of pictures found on the Internet. 8 Educational uses for Sway.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. Teachers didn’t know how to use the digital tools and there was never enough training to untip that balance. teachers didn’t have training in the tools. But that quickly became cumbersome. Where is the tool?

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Technology Math Curriculum Evaluation 191

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

But here at EdSurge, we believe the teachers who taught those ‘90s kids deserve a walk down memory lane, too. So we rounded up the most beloved edtech tools of the ‘90s for your scrolling pleasure, from early internet sensations to the hottest hardware you just had to have. Internet sminternet. Pretty much the entire internet.

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Teachers Gamification Internet Math 289

Edsurge

JULY 3, 2025

Since the program launched, a patchwork of legislation across several states criminalizes teachers to varying degrees for what they say about sexual orientation, gender identity or racial ideology in an educational context. Limits of Privacy The types of censorship librarians are experiencing is also true of teachers.

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eSchool News

APRIL 23, 2025

Teachers can modify the activity by adding conditionals (e.g., “If the robot encounters an obstacle, turn left”) or loops (e.g., “Repeat this action three times”). Scratch : Scratch is an excellent platform for younger students to begin coding, and it provides an offline mode for use without internet access.

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Teaching Critical Thinking STEM Science 203

Ask a Tech Teacher

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 an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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Intelligence Internet Curriculum Testing 153

eSchool News

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Go Guardian : With a device in the hands of each student, we want to be sure they’re staying on-task and not wandering around the internet. Kids Discover also has a single-sign on feature that can be used with Google accounts. The Go Guardian system sends us email alerts if a student is on an unapproved site.

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Edsurge

JULY 6, 2017

Open up a new tab, and do a quick Google Search for “The Internet is full of…” I’m guessing your autocomplete looks similar to mine: “The Internet is full of lies.” “The The Internet is full of false information.” “The The Internet is full of jerks.” “The The Internet is full of terrible people.”

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Internet Students Curriculum Feedback 200

eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Doug Brubaker : The (FCC’s) Lifeline program has been expanded through ESSA in order to provide at-home high-speed internet for kids. We’re watching it because we have some concerns about sending devices home with kids who might not be able to use them because they don’t have internet at home. That takes time and money.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Do all students have access to the internet? The good news is school and state leaders can leverage CK12’s free and easy-to-understand data to better navigate the market when negotiating new internet contracts — giving them the information they need to obtain better rates for their budgets and better connectivity for their classrooms.”

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eSchool News

JULY 13, 2022

MINNEAPOLIS, July 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today, Jamf (NASDAQ: JAMF), the standard in Apple Enterprise Management, rolled out Jamf Safe Internet to K-12 education customers across the globe. Jamf Safe Internet values student privacy by applying prevention over inspection principles.

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Internet Learning Students Accessibility 254

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

I was a chemist, not a teacher. I beat the national average of 3-5 years for high school math and science teachers. Meaningful opportunities for teachers to build expertise and leadership beyond their classroom add to a sense of professionalism and fulfillment. Not teaching. Maybe exploring the world. He hired me anyway.

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