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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

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. I’m reposting this article for my readers. They arrive with bad habits.

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OCTOBER 18, 2024

Google Earth works with PCs, Macs, iPads, and Chromebooks (with the app). 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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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 15, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In todays ever-evolving educational landscape, technology continues to redefine how we teach and learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 5, 2020

Today’s tip: 13 Tips for Using an iPad. Category: iPads. Here’s a poster with thirteen basics tips to share with students new to iPads: Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Emily Lynch talks about how to use iPads in the classroom to differentiate instruction. So many good ways exist to use iPads but how can we personalize it and make it unique? Today as our ongoing spotlight this week on K-2 education, we focus on iPads with younger students and differentiating instruction with them. Listen Now.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Powerful Learning First, Technology Second From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Powerful learning first technology second. ” And in the blank insert Chromebook, iPads, BYOD, or laptops. Show Notes: What we need to do when we purchase new technology? Let me make a point.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

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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NOVEMBER 12, 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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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 10, 2018

Sean Nank’s research shows that the single biggest method for improving learning with iPads is to use online formative assessments. This intriguing research is a must listen for any school with access to technology. You do not need iPads to implement and learn from this research. Formative assessment on the iPad that Works.

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MARCH 13, 2025

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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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There has always been technology in the classroom, even if it hasn’t always been welcome. Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education. Continue reading to learn everything you always wanted to know about technology in the classroom. . There has always been technology in the classroom.

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ViewSonic Education

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

There are many benefits of technology in the classroom, so we’ve picked five of the most significant for this handy list. Read on for the top 5 advantages to technology in the classroom or visit our education solutions page for more insights on EdTech. But for those who embrace it, the advantages are virtually limitless.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When a Hammocks Middle School seventh grader was selected as the winner of the Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent’s Holiday Card Award in December, it was hard to believe her artwork, “ Holidays by the Beach ,” was created on an iPad. They, too, used their iPads to create their winning designs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2024

Technology enables it to differentiate authentically for the diverse group of learners that walk across your threshold. Until the day of, the technology that is its foundation fails. All that matters is an effort to use technology to add rigor and excitement to a tired lesson plan fails, leaving the teacher more technophobic than ever.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 21, 2021

First, a very cool stylus called the Logitech Crayon doesn’t require pairing and can be used on any iPad. Second, the Logitech Rugged Combo 3 Touch is made for iPads with a place to store a stylus and features a trackpad and keyboard allowing touch screen devices to turn into a laptop-like experience. The Logitech Crayon.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 25, 2024

Because after all, when you understand your unique teaching style, you can choose how to best integrate technology into your classroom. To help accomplish this goal, I loved finding new ways to use technology in my classroom to reach every student. But what does this look like in action?

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JANUARY 15, 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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Digital Promise

MAY 4, 2020

The students, as well, I think especially with technology. Before schools closed, Madrid teachers noted how the iPads empowered students in the classroom. The post Empowering Students with Technology through Verizon Innovative Learning Schools appeared first on Digital Promise. Applications for Cohort 8 open on May 18.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

We’d look at another school that has technology, and we’re like, ‘Wow … I wish we had those possibilities.’”. In addition to technology and access, Verizon Innovative Learning Schools receive extensive teacher training, support, and the opportunity to engage in a unique, immersive curriculum to leverage technology in their classrooms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2021

But one change has revolutionized their use: They can now be projected from your iPad. It’s similar to web-based options like Miro with two dramatic differences: It works through a iPad and can be mirrored to a computer (and from there, the class screen). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2019

When the Verizon Innovative Learning schools initiative came to Jefferson County Public Schools in Louisville, Kentucky, principals and teachers knew things were going to change as their students experienced the benefits of technology in the classroom. Technology allows for more personalized learning. Wyatt explained.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here are the most-read posts for the month of August: 13 Tips for using an iPad. Typing Timesavers for iPads. Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. The Most Important Skill Students Need. Teacher-Authors.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. 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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SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

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. TypeDojo — word lists, 10-key, and more. Typing Arena –lots of games to teach typing. Typing Mentor.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 15, 2017

I resent the magnetic pull that iPads and apps have on their time and attention. As I write this, I do appreciate the irony of the tech enthusiast educator resenting my own children’s clear adoration of technology. Recently, my children discovered Dragon City on the iPad. Not all screen time is created equal. .”

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AUGUST 9, 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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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2017

“We need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” Lensoo Create is an iPad and Android app to record what happens on a tablet’s whiteboard. ” – David Warlick.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Favorite tools like iPads and Chromebooks change. 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. Educational philosophies change. ” x.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 6, 2022

At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you teach technology, it’s likely you were thrown into it by your Admin. Can you please-please-please fix my iPad? Be a problem solver Technology often comes with technical challenges and glitches. Use your iPhone as a timer for a speed test or the iPad for reading. Let me start by saying: Don’t worry.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Lots of kids think technology is technical, another word for complicated/difficult/math-like. from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Morphi — for iPads, Mac, Windows. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Click image to enlarge if it’s blurry. Image Edited? Check here.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. C-STEM Studio –download to teach computers, science, technology, engineering and math with robotics. Cargo-Bot —logic iPad game. Move the Turtle –programming via iPad for middle school. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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ViewSonic Education

JANUARY 18, 2019

Referred to as assistive technology (AT), these devices are often decidedly low tech. Defined by the Assistive Technology Act of 1998 , AT is “any item, piece of equipment, or product that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.” Engage with teachers. . #2.

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