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10 Ways Any Teacher Can (and Should) Use Technology

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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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What Happens When Technology Fails? 3 Work-Arounds

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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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6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program

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With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. As they work, students “…construct viable arguments and critique reasoning of others…” More specifically (Common Core Appendix C): introduce claim. how to read ebooks from an iPad. Educational Links.

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9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day

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It’s become clear that for most of them, adding technology to their lessons means layering more work on top of their already overburdened lesson plans. Despite the claims of tech gurus that technology makes the job of teaching easier, few educators see it that way. First: Only use technology when it expands your teaching.

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Pearson CEO Fallon Talks Common Core, Rise of ‘Open’ Resources

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Pearson has been criticized for everything from its deployment of curriculum in districts’ 1-to-1 technology programs to the prominent role it plays in high-stakes testing. Technology is not a panacea, it’s just a tool, and its primary value is in enhancing the power of teaching to reach more people.

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Subscriber Special: February

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The 21 st Century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. These can be adapted to any writing program be it 6+1 Traits, Common Core, or the basic who-what-when-where-why. How Technology Makes Differentiation Fast and Easy. The Tech-infused Teacher.

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Kids become teachers: Helping out at a Senior Center

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A popular service learning endeavor is teaching technology skills to those who don’t have them. In this lesson plan, students will teach a group of seniors how to use common technology to help them manage their life and relationships better. Use technology and digital media strategically and capably. Value evidence.