Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 24, 2024

They already visit web-based edutainment sites as early as preschool, use ‘Instagram’ and multi-player XBox games in elementary school, and have made text messaging and Facebook their communication of choice by Middle School. Those who embrace it find the opportunity to differentiate instruction.

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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. Read on to learn how to use technology in the classroom to truly engage students. Groups can be based on interest or ability to differentiate instruction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 2, 2018

I’ll be co-hosting a panel conversation on how I help kids learn how to personalize their own learning, how we can differentiate instruction, and we’ll have an “old fashioned” tool share at 2 pm in the room.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Liberty Elementary School in Tulare, Calif. We made the decision to choose HMH’s Performance Suite to provide our teachers with a holistic teaching solution that brings together critical insights and instructional resources in an intuitive and impactful way,” said Lisa Nelson, Learning Director at Liberty Elementary School. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 19, 2020

This course will teach you how to plan and integrate social media into your classroom. 5 – Technology and Students with Special Needs Students with special needs can thrive if you know how to use the tools to help them succeed. You can best help your students implement these tech tools by learning how to use them yourself.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

But it stands to reason that we must help students know how to effectively use these tools so they do not hinder and that they help But do they know how to use technology effectively? And how much is too much? Around 70% of kindergartners can use educational apps on tablets or smartphones.

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Hapara

APRIL 28, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Whether you teach elementary, core subjects or electives, making digital citizenship part of your instruction is essential for all of your learners. So how can you help kids practice digital citizenship in school? What is digital citizenship in the classroom?

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Hapara

JANUARY 13, 2025

In her upper elementary classroom, educator Kristine Nannini noticed that disorganized students not only had trouble focusing on their own learning but often distracted classmates. Highlights allows teachers to differentiate instruction in several different ways. Educators see distraction play out with their learners.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Through a large-scale, multi-year, federal project focusing on early literacy, we were able to gather feedback from educators on how instruction has been going this school year. Even though kids had iPads, parents were not sure [how to use them for class]. We learned [that] parents were learning as well as the kids.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Key points: Literacy is critical for students–and elementary years are a pivotal time These online tools help students develop essential literacy skills See related article: How efficacy studies improve literacy instruction For more news on literacy, see eSN’s Innovative Teaching page Fall is the best time of year in Montana.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

This is not to say that a teacher using a variety of tools as part of daily instruction isn’t effective, but this is not blended learning. Wells Elementary School in the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD) is one of the best examples I have seen when it comes to effective blended learning at school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Click Here to Learn More This week's guest Todd Nesloney is the Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA). He's Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association, Director of Get Your Lead On.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in elementary education, Hensons career spans multiple grade levels and roles across Texas: teacher, instructional coach, principal and associate superintendent in various districts. We must prioritize early childhood education and not focus just on the tested grades.

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Edsurge

MAY 1, 2017

Piedmont Elementary in Alabama, we decided to finally try it. We realized combining classes could help us integrate science and math standards, while team-teaching would allow us to differentiate instruction. Technology was also providing a surplus of real-time data we still weren’t sure how to best use.

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Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently a fifth grade teacher and Digital Learning Coach at Oak Grove Elementary School in Lexington, South Carolina. Being in an elementary classroom, it is hard to help students understand how their digital habits affect themselves and others. Differentiate between grade levels. para to their teachers.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

One of my favorites is from Kate Wagner, principal of Red Mill Elementary, who says, “ We are no longer teaching to the middle.” 2) Video - Personalizing Learning at Oregon High School Learn how Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin uses technology to personalize the learning experience. Know that we are cheering you on!

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Hapara

MAY 12, 2022

You can also share specific texts with individual students or small groups to differentiate instruction and personalize learning. Learners will read about and discuss rules, decision-making and how to socialize in the classroom. Find out how H?para Kindergarten digital textbooks. Kindergarten – “Myself and Others”.

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iLearn Technology

DECEMBER 8, 2014

How to Integrate MobyMax into your classroom: One of my favorite MobyMax features: it reads each question/problem/challenge for students so that your remedial or ESL students have an additional layer of support. Wonder how we individualize learning every day at Anastasis? Join us for 5-Sigma Edu Con in February!

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 5, 2014

Using a blog hits many important curriculum areas, such as differentiating instruction as well as meeting many Common Core Standards (see here & here for examples). These posts are both technical in nature as well as writing focused. Many teachers use the blogs for such things as an outlet for student free-writes.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Instead of differentiating instruction by giving different practice problems to different students, which is a common approach in U.S. Teachers made their own decisions on how to weave in a review of middle school concepts that students needed for algebra. Better teachers might have volunteered to teach them.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Students were selected at random from elementary schools of varying demographics and asked to test different electronic devices by performing activities such as: reading online text and responding to prompts. These field tests proved crucial, especially those with students, a surprisingly overlooked stakeholder in the purchasing process.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

We often don’t reflect on how professional development—both in-person and virtual—can be better, more relevant, more applicable and more appropriate for teachers. OTIS really helped our teachers meet our district’s goals in using technology to deliver high quality instruction. Microsoft Teams Overview. Sharing a Google File.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Middle school students are still at the elementary level, and upper elementary students are still figuring out the basics of numeracy. For that success to happen, however, ELLs need individualized, differentiated instruction to close the math gap—but challenges abound.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

As the visual arts teacher at an elementary school in Brooklyn, N.Y., I teach art via a program called Teaching for Artistic Behavior, which values student choice and agency and aligns perfectly with trauma-informed instruction. Following a how-to-draw video and typing out the character’s day is another.

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Hapara

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Supporting a diverse population of learners Joliet District 86 includes fifteen elementary schools, four junior high schools, one early childhood center and one alternative school, serving over 9,600 learners. Veronica Hatch, a fifth grade educator at Isaac Singleton Elementary School agrees. Marshall Elementary School.

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Math mystery puzzles An elementary educator in Texas created interactive math activities for learners. You can also share it with a single learner, a group or the entire class for differentiated instruction. How do you learn how to use Google Sheets? How do you learn how to use Google Sheets?

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2023

Each post will focus on a practical strategy for using ChatGPT and will include ideas for both elementary and secondary school teachers. ChatGPT can provide personalized language instruction to students and can adapt to their individual needs, interests, and proficiency levels. Sign up for our AI Cohort.

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Edsurge

JULY 29, 2019

And when we walked in and saw that one of the Allendale Six were implemented with fidelity—students doing research on technology, peer collaboration, differentiating instruction to meet students' needs—we celebrated with gift cards donated by local businesses and teacher of the month awards. How did you support your teachers?

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2019

This past semester I had the opportunity to observe two elementary classrooms using technology in new and exciting ways. One was a fifth-grade class at Whelan Elementary School in North Providence, Rhode Island, that had just agreed to begin a commercial personalized learning program. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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Buncee

JUNE 11, 2021

Ever wonder how to make writing have more of an impact on students? Barbie Monty received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education (Cum Laude) from Mississippi University for Women. With the current situation in the world, Differentiated Instruction is now necessary more than ever! Wonder no more!

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wwwatanabe

MARCH 15, 2012

This was our first year with iPads in the elementary classrooms, purchased with Title funding. How I see them used in the classrooms After Tony Vincent helped us get started, we''ve become more comfortable with using them, and we''re at the point where we were figuring out new ways to use them. Shelly then tried this with the students.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2017

Thousands of students in Plymouth public elementary schools participate in Hour of Code, a lynchpin in our technology curriculum for the past three years. I am passing the torch that was unknowingly passed to me back in 1983, when my father taught an 8-year-old girl how to code.”. Sign up here for our newsletter.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Register for my free Differentiating Instruction with Technology webinar sponsored by SMART Learning Suite next Thursday, February 9 at 4pm. Listen to last week’s tech tools show about iPads in the Elementary Classroom with Karen Lirenman and Kristen Wideen. Get a 45-day free trial of SmartLab Game-Based Learning Software.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Now this group of teachers is like, ‘If you come into my class, I am teaching you how to read.’. The outside of Truesdell Elementary in Washington D.C. The inside of Truesdell Elementary in Washington D.C. Our belief is, the research says, that everyone can learn how to read, so we have to be held to that accountability.”.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 21, 2021

Not only are podcasts a great way to build students’ content-area knowledge, but audio instruction also helps strengthen their listening comprehension skills. . Monica shares examples of how teachers are incorporating podcasts into their instruction. Audio can be a tool for equity and differentiated instruction.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2018

But for others, the teacher is still central to the picture, using technology as a means to support differentiated instruction. School leaders hope that the support and understandings shared by people they view as experts will help teachers learn how to perfect personalized-learning instruction.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 31, 2022

Currently, Monica serves four elementary schools in her district. Monica explains how teachers can personalize learning through Lumio lessons. Providing whole class instruction, small groups, assign differentiated instruction, collaborative work, or individual practice. Going Global in the Classroom.

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