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Is it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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Catching Up With Our Earliest EdTech Influencers 

EdTech Magazine

Before there were influencers, and before there was TikTok, there was EdTech: Focus on K12 magazines Must-Read IT Blogs. These ed tech pros had cultivated large fanbases of blog readers and social media followers, and EdTechs annual list connected them to even

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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

You can connect with Tom on social media. The post US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day.

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5 Edtech tools to try out this year

Neo LMS

5 Edtech tools to try out this year. Read more: Can EdTech enable Social Emotional Learning (SEL)? The post 5 Edtech tools to try out this year appeared first on NEO BLOG. When I look to use technology in my classroom, I always start with the purpose behind it. What do I think it will help me to do better as a teacher?

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Choosing an Edtech Framework

A Principal's Reflections

While I firmly believe in the merits of digital learning, it comes with a caveat, which I recently shared on social media: Technology is just a tool and is definitely not a silver bullet. The more difficult mental hurdle is that using any digital tool is just another thing added to an already crazy workload.

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4 Ways to Discover the Best Edtech

Digital Promise

While we’ve come a long way from the “grasping at straws” syndrome, educators continue to ponder the worth of many educational technology (edtech) products and struggle with the best and most efficient means of choosing these products. So how does a teacher find new edtech products suitable for their classroom and determine their value?

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Videoconferencing and Social Media Boost Reading Engagement

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez Collaboration tools allow students to interact with their favorite authors.