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MARCH 16, 2023

That’s why this article from EdSurge caught my attention: Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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JANUARY 2, 2024

million views and 2901 comments from about 11,500 followers who read some or all of our 2,454 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] –image credit: Deposit Photos Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

I’m reposting this article for my readers. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. Even a decade ago, technology was an extra class in student schedules where now, it is a life skill. Kindergartners love technology.

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JULY 22, 2022

CNBC has a great article on one of their blogs on this subject you’ll appreciate: High schools, scrambling to prep Gen Z for the real world, are teaching students to make and manage money. Check out these articles: April is Financial Literacy Month. Check out these articles: April is Financial Literacy Month.

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APRIL 17, 2024

Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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JANUARY 5, 2022

million views from visitors, about 10,000 followers who have read some or all of our 2,731 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. How to Teach Digital Citizenship in 3rd Grade. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Facebook: [link] . Instagram: @AskaTechTeacher.

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MARCH 14, 2022

Here’s an excellent article from eSchool News about using VR to better understand topics traditionally considered complex: VR helps students visualize complex information. In this commentary, they describe how using VR technology can answer the question students often ask: “When will I ever use this?” VR Resources.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

I don’t write enough about special needs so when Rose contacted me with an article idea, I was thrilled. In this article, Rose writes about a little-known problem that students may unknowingly suffer from that may make it look like they are plagiarizing when–to them–they aren’t.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Common Core tells us: New technologies have broadened and expanded the role that speaking and listening play in acquiring and sharing knowledge and have tightened their link to other forms of communication. The underlying theme can’t be ignored by teachers any longer: A 21 st Century learner requires technologic proficiency.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Our primary focus is to provide technology-in-education-related information for educators–teachers, administrators, homeschoolers, and parents. They include topics on classroom management, digital citizenship, the future of education, how technology blends into the classroom , and more.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Here’s an article from Hechinger Report , a national nonprofit newsroom that reports only on education, that’s pretty interesting: Can an AI tutor teach your child to read? Here are a few articles you may find interesting: Digital Assistants in the Classroom. 8 Practical Ways to use AI in Learning.

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MAY 31, 2023

It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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APRIL 14, 2019

Because students are inevitably exposed to the online world, it is important that adults teach them how to be responsible digital citizens — to protect both themselves and their peers. MORE FROM EDTECH: Check out these top three elements of digital citizenship. Students Learn Best from Each Other. by Jennifer Brown.

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OCTOBER 26, 2022

Here’s a good article from Yahoo Finance on that: Why Teaching Tech to Teachers Is More Important Than Ever. With technology, it’s not all or nothing,” says Williams. “It’s Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. It’s about how to make learning meaningful.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Edsurge has an interesting article, How to build empathy among students , that shares one teacher’s experiences: Lessons in empathy often are taught with a focus on the individual, rather than the collective community, writes Ka’ua Adams, a ninth-grade English teacher at Kealakehe High School in Kona, Hawaii.

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APRIL 16, 2024

Cybersecurity threats in K-12 schools are a growing concern as educational institutions increasingly rely on technology for teaching, learning, and administrative purposes. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

This week, I’ll post my updated suggestions for three holiday activities that will get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of teaching that starts after the New Year. Update grammar and spelling in old posts –start with the most-visited articles (under Site Stats) and work your way down (in case you run out of time).

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JULY 15, 2024

An article on NPR caught my eye. Now for NPR’s excellent article: Why writing by hand beats typing for thinking and learning Handwriting’s cognitive benefits, including enhanced memory and learning, are under scrutiny as digital tools replace pen and paper in schools and workplaces. Audio even?

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JANUARY 11, 2023

The heading will click through to a more detailed article on the tip: Tech Tip #167–How to Evaluate Apps. offer parent technology classes. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Ask a Tech Teacher has a book of 169 tech tips to energize your classroom. We’ve added about ten more since publication.

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APRIL 20, 2022

Yes, teachers know students don’t have all of the skills they need for the technology required in education, but who has time to teach it? Newsweek has an interesting article addressing exactly that: How Schools Can Find the Time To Teach Digital Literacy Skills. This is a common complaint in my grad school classes.

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JUNE 29, 2022

If anyone thought technology wasn’t here to stay (I see a few hands up), the pandemic and remote teaching exploded that vision. Teaching from homes has shown many how ill-prepared we are to use even the most intuitive technology in the education field. Technology improvements can also make their work easier when utilized well.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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MAY 23, 2024

Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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AUGUST 15, 2022

Check out this article from The Tech Edvocate with a list of six ideas, including: Google Keep. Check out these articles for more ideas: OneNote–the all-in-one digital notetaking, classroom app for educators. 5 Programs That Make Digital Note-taking Easy. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

With everything going on–remote and hybrid teaching, worries about COVID safety, stress of adapting to seminal changes in education–it’s easy to forget that technology is a huge plus. APN News has a great article on tools that make that possible. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Signups for the annual Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals start March 29, 2024 (that’s today–publication day for this article). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. RTX Invention Convention U.S.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

If you missed this article over at ReadiLearn , here are my thoughts about teaching technology in kindergarten: Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. Kindergartners love technology.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

We don’t seem to know how to fix the dropping math scores (and reading but that’s for another article). If you’d like to understand this trend more, check out Education Week ‘s article: Young Adolescents’ Scores Trended to Historic Lows on National Tests. We can’t even blame it on COVID!

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JANUARY 5, 2024

” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. . ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Here’s a great list of shortkey helps for keyboarding on the Internet, software, or anywhere else: More articles: Computer Shortkeys That Streamline Your Day. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs.

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MARCH 22, 2022

I author a K-12 Technology Curriculum. Technology is the norm, but teacher training isn’t. Students have been raised on digital devices. Using technology is no longer what ‘geeky’ students do. More teachers want to try technology authentically. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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AUGUST 7, 2024

It includes K-5 tech curriculum (including problem solving, productivity software, critical thinking, share/publish, mouse skills, image editing, Google Earth, Photoshop, web tools, and more), keyboarding and digital citizenship curricula, classroom posters, pedagogic articles on tech ed topics, tips and tricks, and more.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Interesting that this article is about a US school in a UK newspaper, Metro 50 : School district asks parents to house teachers amid high cost of living. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Copyright ©2022 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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JUNE 10, 2022

I’ve collected the most popular AATT articles on how to spend your education time this summer. Since I covered a mixture of books in a past article , many on pedagogy, this time, I decided to concentrate on content that could facilely move from my reading chair into the classroom. I came up with six.

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MAY 15, 2020

Here’s a quick decision matrix to help you through these options: For more information, check out the plethora of articles Ask a Tech Teacher has on preparing for college or career: MS Career Planning: Moving in the Right Direction. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Here are great ways to celebrate in your classroom including websites, games, activities, printables, quizzes, audios, songs, interactive maps, crafts, flashcards, videos, webquests, books, posters, trading cards, lesson plans, word searches, puzzles, speeches, articles, animations, biographies, and more (click the titles for the link): 1.

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APRIL 26, 2021

For more detail, visit Ask a Tech Teacher and the article, “15 Ways to Speed up Computer Use”. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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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