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18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom — a Video

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It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: Summary 18 essential digital tools for classrooms, emphasizing their impact on modern education. Highlights Annotation Tools: Essential for digital note-taking. Avatars: Promote digital citizenship and privacy.

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20 Online Resources About Digital Storytelling

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It blends traditional storytelling with digital technologies, allowing stories to be told through various digital formats, including videos, podcasts, blogs, social media, interactive websites, and multimedia presentations. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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#9: How to Look Like a Photoshop Pro–in Fifth Grade

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Let’s start with what Adobe Photoshop is–a grown-up KidPix, and the default photo-editing program for anyone serious about graphics. Adobe Photoshop has an impressive collection of tools to add pizazz to pics. Don’t worry. It’s not hard–just the basics. You might have students open their school picture for this project.

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Adobe Spark — All-purpose Desktop Publishing Tool for the Classroom

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Adobe Spark is a free graphic design app that allows students and teachers with no design experience to create impactful graphics, web stories, and animated videos. Spark, Adobe’s replacement for Adobe Slate and Adobe Voice, is actually three apps in one — Spark Page, Post, and Video — providing three ways to tell a story.

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Top PDF Editors Among Educators

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An Ask a Tech Teacher contributor reviews five options for you to consider: Format PDF Adobe PDF Element Nitro Pro Foxit Phantom PDF Top PDF Editors Among Teachers and Educators In the digital age, the ability to effectively work with PDF documents has become essential for professionals in various fields, including education.

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Class Tech Tips: Teaching Digital Citizenship with Adobe Spark

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Digital citizenship is an essential topic for students to understand. Many schools have adopted digital citizenship curriculums to help introduce students to these concepts. Adobe Spark is a popular suite of creativity tools for students. Connect this feature back to your digital citizenship curriculum.

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An Update on Digital Storytelling

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Best-in-Class Digital Storytelling Tools. 10 Tips for Digital Storytelling You Don’t Want to Miss. And, here are some webtools you may find useful: Adobe Spark Video –digital stories that blend images and audio into a video. Adobe Voice –Show your story; free. Book Creator.

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