Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2022

Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2021: Top 10 Tech Tips. Because Ask a Tech Teacher is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. Tech Tip #34: My Program Froze.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 5, 2022

I read some great (and not so great) books in 2021! Here are my top few (and why)… My top book for 2021 is Difference Making at the Heart of Learning , by Tom Vander Ark & Emily Liebtag. I can’t believe I hadn’t somehow heard of Marko Kloos before November of 2021! Books I read in July 2021. Related Posts.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

That was the crux of the 2021 Future of Education Technology Conference that itself took place last week in a virtual environment for the first time. With polished remote presentations at its center, FETC in many ways had an advantage many schools did not: It…

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

As part of the virtual TCEA 2021 conference that kicked off this week, three experts in educational technology discussed the biggest challenges for K–12 schools during the pandemic, the lessons they hope schools will remember and what advice they would share with district leaders.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Digital Promise is thrilled to announce 37 districts—including 26 new districts and 11 returning districts—will join the ranks of the League of Innovative Schools for the 2021-2022 school year. In April 2021, the district launched monthly parent advocacy meetings focused on restorative justice, literacy, and college and career readiness.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Books I finished reading (or rereading) in October 2021… Aftershocks , Marko Kloos (sci fi). Books I read in January 2021. Books I read in March 2021. Books I read in March 2021. Kings of Paradise , Richard Nell (fantasy). Kings of Ash , Richard Nell (fantasy). Kings of Heaven , Richard Nell (fantasy).

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Neo LMS

JUNE 17, 2021

A version of this post was originally published in Education Technology , on April 14, 2021. The post 5 E-learning trends for 2021 and beyond appeared first on NEO BLOG. Covid-19 has given a boost to edtech and digital learning, and I believe this will last well beyond the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

CTO Victor Valdez, Senior Systems Engineer Ben Smith and Senior Network Engineer Michael Bohler discussed the initiative in “The Art of Making a District Safe,” at this year’s virtual TCEA 2021 conference. The impetus for analyzing and improving…

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 26, 2021

Join me and other education innovators on February 4, 2021 From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Join me and other education leaders at the upcoming online conference Engage 2021 sponsored by Kognity. This post is sponsored by Kognity , sponsor of Engage 2021. Engage 2021 Topics.

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Education Elements

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Now at the end of 2020, I’d estimate that +95% of all K-12 students took some form of an online class, and most likely this trend will continue into 2021. Even as of May 2019, there were people pointing out the failure of this prediction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week which occurs November 15-19, 2021: Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 10, 2021

Educators who rose to the many challenges presented this past year often did so with the aid of educational technology. Many K–12 districts adapted to new learning styles, sometimes more than once, as the year progressed.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

As we approach the end of 2021, we at Digital Promise also wanted to reflect on the year that was. Below, Digital Promise staff share reflections, lessons, and learnings from 2021 and offer hopes for education in the new year. How 2021 has changed the way we view our role in education. What has inspired us over the past year. ??Juliana

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Students may now be learning from home, but many teachers still think in terms of the classroom, whether it’s a virtual one or in a brick-and-mortar building. That’s why collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams have become so valuable during the pandemic.

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EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2021

In 2020 and 2021, educators pioneered ed tech tools for their classrooms at an overwhelming pace. Districts with more than 1,000 students accessed an average 1,449 ed tech products online each month during the 2020-2021 school year, according to research conducted by LearnPlatform.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 29, 2021

Ransomware, poorly updated software and insider threats: When something happens, who’s ultimately responsible? According to Lenny Schad, the CIO and chief innovation officer for District Administration magazine, the answer is, “not just the IT team.”

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 27, 2021

Challenges of leadership have been at the center of the education discussion over the past year, as the pandemic has reshaped lesson plans, timetables and classrooms. There’s been constant concern about students being left behind.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic upended education in 2020, sending more students home to learn virtually and bringing new concepts such as hybrid learning to the mainstream. Experts say to expect more of the same this year and beyond as schools mull how to safely return students to the classroom and maximize technology — both in person and online.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 28, 2021

Trying to adapt to learning environments that are both remote and hybrid in nature can create a lot of disruption for classrooms in the short term. In the long term, however, it creates opportunities to build stronger technologies that can reinvigorate the educational experience.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2024

percent increase from the 2021-2022 school year and a nearly 190 percent increase from the 2018… But, with so many software applications, devices and other technologies on the market, it’s easy for teachers to become overwhelmed with the array of opportunities available to them. This is a 1.7

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Despite school closures continuing into the 2021 school year, librarians have also worked to…

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 27, 2021

Add in the number of kindergarteners whose parents have opted to hold them out this fall, and it’s no wonder experts are concerned about young learners’ reading skills heading into the 2021-2022 school year. Literacy is foundational to childhood education. In fact, one study suggests that literacy in early childhood directly…

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 13, 2021

I do a lot of those same things in my Spanish classes as well because I love all the possibilities that are out there,” says Poth, one of EdTech’s 2021 K–12 IT influencers. “My My students were seeing some of the augmented and virtual reality, and they’re like ‘Why can’t we…

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 22, 2022

high schools, only 51 percent offer computer science coursework, according to the 2021 State of Computer Science Education report by Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Esports came to Modesto City Schools in Fall 2021 when two seniors asked administrators to unblock a gaming website.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

While some districts stuck with remote learning for the entire 2020-2021 school year, others opened their doors to students and teachers last August. These schools…

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 28, 2021

For example, 3,600 education jobs in Illinois remain unfilled, teacher retirements are up 38 percent year over year in Oklahoma, and teacher vacancies in Florida were up 67 percent in August 2021 compared with the same time last year. Other states, too, are reporting problems hiring teachers and substitutes.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 28, 2021

Sponsor: Join me at the upcoming insightful online conference, Engage 2021 sponsored by Kognity! I’ll be sharing my 50+ ways to use technology in the classroom updated with new tools and tips for the challenges of teaching in 2021. Engage 2021 is a must-attend online event for educators. Stream by clicking here.

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EdTech Magazine

MARCH 29, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking’s “Driving K–12 Innovation: 2021 Hurdles + Accelerators” report describes digital equity as three interrelated concepts: digital foundations, learning conditions and meaningful learning opportunities. Digital equity is a complex topic. To begin a conversation around it, we must first define the term.

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 19, 2021

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) has identified its top three tech enablers as part of the next report in its Driving K–12 Innovation series, set to be released in early 2021. Based on its…

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