Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2024

It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary This video discusses using student presentations to enhance speaking and listening skills, aligning with Common Core standards. Highlights Engaging Topic: Student presentations warm up students and foster excitement for learning.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 15, 2019

At DeWitt Perry Middle School in Texas, language arts students collaborated on a WebQuest to find an “iconic” image from their lifetime and reflect on its meaning. Through instructional coaching, the DLP aims to increase powerful and impactful use of technology and improve educational equity. Do this,’” said one DLP teacher.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

In a recent study , students using personalized learning paths improved their test scores by 71%, compared to a 54% improvement with regular e-learning. By focusing on each student’s unique needs, personalized learning is a powerful way to help close achievement gaps. Some kids are zoning out, while others are racing ahead.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 8, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teachers need to know what is happening and how technology (specifically AI) impacts their classroom.) Throughout 2025 I will create episodes for my podcast and radio/TV show that will cover these topics.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 10, 2025

Keeping your students engaged is crucial to effective learning, but how do you know if theyre truly paying attention? Top-rated student engagement tracking solutions can help. With the rise of education technology, tracking engagement has never been easier. So, how do you keep them actively involved?

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ViewSonic Education

OCTOBER 10, 2024

AI refers to technology that can perform tasks typically requiring human intelligence —things like analyzing data, solving problems, or even adapting lessons to student needs. With the global AI education market expected to surpass $32 billion by 2030 , it’s clear this technology is here to stay.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 1, 2020

The overhead projector began to fall out of favor in the early 2000s with advances in technology. It should be noted that in both examples above, direct instruction was followed by some sort of student-centered learning activity. A key consideration is how students will use it in ways to learn that they couldn’t without it.

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Hapara

MARCH 18, 2025

Today, technology is transforming the way students learn and teachers approach instruction, making the K-12 classroom more engaging and personalized than ever. Of course, both the benefits and challenges of classroom technology are worth considering. Five benefits of technology in the classroom 1.

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EdTech4Beginners

DECEMBER 7, 2024

This transformative technology has the potential to drastically streamline teachers workloads, while also making learning experiences more engaging, personalized and accessible for students. Business leaders in all different industries are already integrating the technology into their working practices. In fact, 91.5%

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 4, 2019

CoSN 2019: How to Design an Effective K–12 Technology Evaluation Program. Schools must have robust evaluation if they want to continue to find success in technology integration, said Steven Baule, assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Superior, and former superintendent for Muncie (Ind.) eli.zimmerman_9856.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

Technology Is Key for Boosting Classroom Equity. As the growth in personalized learning initiatives has emphasized, students will exhibit differing aptitudes for subjects depending on their strengths. Innovations in technology may be the key in establishing an equal playing field for students struggling to catch up to their peers. .

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Technology is part of our daily lives. Schools have taken big steps towards using online resources and tools, but we can expect online learning to have a more important role in students’ education due to the pandemic. Blended instruction depends on aspects such as teacher training, access to technology, and funds.

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Neo LMS

JULY 21, 2020

This can come in various shapes and forms, but education technology will always be in the mix. So let’s explore how teachers can harness edtech resources, with a focus on school learning management systems, to maximize their limited time and supplies, while also delivering a more engaging, personalized experience for middle school students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

We know technology is a challenge for veteran teachers. What is surprising is that many teacher programs don’t prepare their graduates well for the rigors of using technology to meet current educational requirements. The student today learns much differently than students did five years ago.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The Promise of Education Technology: Effective Feedback. Giving effective feedback is one of the best ways to improve student learning. Education technology empowers teachers to help students on an individual basis. Assessment. May provide broad comparative data about student learning but no real direction.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Our decisions need to focus on helping students by designing assessments and ways to show what they have learned while also promoting voice and choice in learning. Consider how the method or tool will enhance learning or provide more benefits for students beyond being a way to practice the content or take an assessment.

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eSchool News

APRIL 3, 2025

Students, especially in the middle and high school years, have more opportunities than ever to cheat using AI tools, such as writing assistants or even text generators. As educators, it is important to understand the underlying causes of this behavior and develop assessments that encourage academic integrity.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Interactive whiteboards are a technological leap similar to the leap to the first blackboard, and is set to revolutionize education. In fact, interactive whiteboards have astonishing potential to make learning more engaging and effective in many surprising ways. Classroom display board technology is a powerful thing.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

2 – Designing Online Assessments As you assess learning online, you’ll want to use the research-based best practices for online assessments. Feedback using your formative and summative assessment tools is also essential. Check out Designing Online Assessments for Students — a course that can help you in this area.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Technology Can Give All Students a Voice. Holly Clark believes there are three simple things teachers should be doing with technology in order to use it to its fullest: make student thinking visible, give every student a voice and easily share work. People used to ask me, ‘How do you know all this technology stuff?’

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Course: Designing Blended Learning for Student Engagement and Achievement “By the end of the course, you will be able to design and implement meaningful blended learning experiences with objective-aligned assessments and activities that foster core 21st-century skills.”

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 9, 2020

A recent Chalkbeat article highlighted the results of some surveys that alluded to this issue: And engagement with schoolwork was relatively low across the board, reflecting the challenges of keeping students engaged in a chaotic time and of teaching from a distance.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] While edtech tools are in most classrooms, not every educator understands how to use technology in meaningful ways. Student engagement was the main driver to teaching the learning outcomes, and Heather helped educators do this with technology.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 11, 2020

She is passionate about community involvement and utilizing educational technology. Megan Reynolds Instructional Designer @ Advancement Courses Megan Reynolds is a former Title I teacher from Lexington, KY, and a current Instructional Designer for Advancement Courses.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Recently, I met with two education leaders to discuss how to improve teacher and student engagement through creativity. Creativity is about giving students room to play and grow while recognizing that individual students may grow in different ways and at different paces, and that’s actually desirable.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2021

Students must share the responsibility for learning. That means they need to be able to flex their metacognitive muscles by setting goals, tracking and monitoring their progress, reflecting on their learning, and assessing their own work. Lessons that encourage conversation and collaboration are more likely to be engaging for students.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 3, 2021

My recommendation for anyone who has not experienced hybrid learning is to develop a routine that helps you minimize the loss of instructional time that happens due to balancing the technology, making sure all students are in class, and completing other clerical tasks. How do I assess students ?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Personalized Learning: AI allows educational content and instruction to be tailored to individual students’ abilities, needs and interests. This promotes better student engagement and accelerated learning. This helps students move through material at their own pace, whether faster or slower.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Joseph Valver and his fellow instructional technology facilitators at Hamilton Township School District in New Jersey were providing numerous options for educators in their district to learn how to use education technology, but something was holding educators back. . “As 5 Steps to Build a Technology Professional Development Framework.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 12, 2020

Education technology helps make this happen in my own classroom. An LMS allows teachers to create and deliver content that can be easily accessed by students. It also allows you to monitor student engagement and participation, assess student knowledge and track their performance, even outside the four walls of a classroom.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics to online platforms and digital whiteboards. However, with the sheer amount of technology available, it can be challenging to identify those resources, products, or tools that tick all the boxes.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We need to build in mechanisms into our lessons to collect formative assessment data. In my previous post, I focused on strategies teachers can use before a lesson to assess prior knowledge. I recommend leaning on technology whenever possible to streamline this process. Poll the Class with Mentimeter. Post a Picture on Padlet.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 21, 2020

In 2017, we partnered with Google and EdTechTeam to launch the Dynamic Learning Project (DLP), a classroom-based coaching program with the goal of increasing educational equity and the impactful use of technology. We also led a corresponding research study to assess the impact of DLP coaching on teachers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The Role of Assistive Technology in Promoting Inclusive Education Persons with disabilities may struggle with coordination problems, short attention spans, and limited mobility, which may or may not be obvious. Among the services they provide is guidance on assistive technology in schools. What are the benefits? What are the drawbacks?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2024

can help transform traditional quizzes or tests into more engaging, game-like experiences. It will help mentors assess student level and understanding so the instruction may be tailored as the need arises. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Individual Classroom Technology Use. Technology has become an integral part of day-to-day classroom activities, used for everything from improving personalized learning initiatives to cutting down on unwanted behavior. Characterized by bandwidth of 100Kbps per student and one wireless access point per 1.5 by Calvin Hennick.

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