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DECEMBER 11, 2023

This week, I’ll post updated suggestions to get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of projects you’ll accomplish in the New Year. Adding new publications or items efriends would like to know about? The ones you read last year, consider a reminder! Have you changed focus? Switched jobs?

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JUNE 4, 2024

It is perfect for private schools, independent schools, charter schools, public schools–any school with a 1:1 program, multiple computer labs, or classroom computer pods. As many as the school wants.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. Long list of websites by grade. 10 Unusual Projects. 6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities. Scratch Jr.

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JUNE 9, 2022

public speaking. In this class, take students through the six steps required to move from dream to publication: brainstorm. Start with a discussion on 1) the difference between an amateur and professional writer, 2) what it means to be ‘published’, and 3) publication options. how to download favorite songs onto their computer.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Homeschooling is a progressive movement where parents educate their children instead of sending them to public or private schools. Families will choose this option for various reasons, including dissatisfaction with public education, constant relocation, or a bad social environment. . Traditional Homeschooling. Final Thoughts.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Some researchers are exploring one that might sound trivial but actually could be quite thorny: What should these computer-generated educational assistants look and sound like? Mayer believes that as the computer-generated voices get more lifelike, the impact of voice tone, “gender” and other features will become more significant.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

With the volume of time kids are spending online, on computers, mostly unsupervised by adults, protecting their privacy and safety has become of huge importance. When your child uses a public or home internet, their exposure to online content can be dangerous. So let’s get started: Use an Encrypted Network. Schedule Time Limits.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

This week, I’ll post my updated suggestions for three holiday activities that will get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of teaching that starts after the New Year. Adding new publications or items efriends would like to know about? For new readers, these are like body armor in the tech battle. Switched jobs?

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JUNE 2, 2022

It is perfect for private schools, independent schools, charter schools, public schools–any school with multiple computer labs, classroom computer pods, 1:1 programs. All of them, no matter whether they’re in a classroom, the library, one of the tech labs. As many as the school wants. Benefits of a School License.

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MAY 19, 2023

Gutenberg Project This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). Open Library Open Library is a curated list of over 20 million books (and growing) that are available worldwide to all age groups whether from the public domain or under copyright protections.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Public Policy and the Executive and Legislative Branches Quiz. Public Policy Flashcards. Public Policy Matching. Legislative and Executive Branch Quiz. Legislative Branch Qualifications. Legislative Branch Quiz. Legislative Branch Vocabulary. Powers of Congress. Su preme Decision. Three Branches of Government Review.

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JULY 15, 2024

Read the Full Story: National Public Radio (5/11) –image credit to Deposit Photo Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. While typing offers efficiency, research suggests that the tactile process of handwriting engages the brain more deeply, fostering better comprehension and retention.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week. At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers. Tree House.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

When Meta held its annual conference at the end of September, the tech giant announced it is betting that the next wave of computing will come in the form of smart eyeglasses. When it’s proving hard enough to regulate the appropriate use of smartphones, what will it be like to manage a rush of kids wearing computers on their faces?

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MAY 14, 2021

Usually, that meant desktop computers, iPads, and laptops, either in small groups or 1:1. This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). This includes not only public libraries but colleges and universities. Gutenberg Project. Open Library.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

ChromeSpeak Free apps/extensions At the time of this publication, Chrome offered twelve apps and extensions for reading-challenged users. JAWS Software Fee-based JAWS is one of the most popular screen readers for computer users whose vision loss prevents them from seeing screen content or navigating with a mouse.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Goel, a professor of computer science and human-centered computing at the university leading the creation of Jill Watson, devised an unusual plan. The experimental chatbot is in use this summer in three online courses — Introduction to Cognitive Science (taught by Goel), Human-Computer Interaction, and Knowledge-Based AI.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

I recently retired from public school teaching after thirty-six years as both a US History teacher and TOSA. Those first years of the excitement of having a computer for one class in which students would perform of what we would consider a primitive use of gaming seemed so distant.

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JUNE 17, 2024

Asymmetric Encryption: Employs a pair of keys – one public (for encryption) and one private (for decryption). These include: Homomorphic Encryption: This allows computations on encrypted data without needing to decrypt it first. In turn it supports privacy-preserving analysis directly in cloud environments.

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DECEMBER 17, 2020

This week, I’ll post my updated suggestions for three holiday activities that will get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of teaching that starts after the New Year. Here’s what you’ll get (the links won’t be active until the post goes live ): Speed Up and Protect Your Computer. Have you changed your focus?

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age.

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MAY 15, 2023

Technologists have long dreamed of this vision of a “computer-assisted” tutor. In fact, Patrick Suppes, a Stanford University philosophy professor and pioneer of computerized tutoring, said in 1966 that students would someday have “the personal services of a tutor as well informed and as responsive as Aristotle.” So how can that work?

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AUGUST 19, 2020

We might also do that for our computer literacy students learning to take dictation. How, then, does finger dexterity transfer from piano keyboarding to computer literacy? How, then, does finger dexterity transfer from piano keyboarding to computer literacy? When editing we can also run-on sentences by adding punctuation.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems which I share with you. Find Public Domain Images. Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2020: Top 10 Tech Tips. Here are the Top Ten tech tips from 2020.

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MARCH 7, 2024

The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young people.

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MAY 8, 2020

13 Bits of Wisdom I learned from my Computer (humor). Find Public Domain Images. Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in May: Teacher Appreciation Gifts (for the geek). 12 Tech Tasks to End the School Year. College or Career? Check out These Articles. Memorial Day Websites.

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JULY 6, 2015

Mike Daugherty is the director of technology for a high-achieving public school district in Ohio, an occasional contributor to AATT (see his last post, 5 Things You Need to Know About 3D Printing), and the author of Modern EdTech Leadership , a discussion on how today’s administrators handle the blending of tech and ed.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The pandemic has largely changed public perceptions about the appropriate use of technology for young people, argues Katie Davis, associate professor in the information school at the University of Washington. If you think of a computer, an analogy to a computer, they have just smaller CPUs than we do as adults.”

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Any device such as a smart TV, computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc. First, the website will request your IP address, information about your computer, your location, and more. What can be used with a VPN? There are even routers with built-in VPNs. Why exactly would you want to use a VPN?

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APRIL 13, 2023

As expected, though, the new nonprofit will also continue to manage the Open edX platform , the open-source system that hosts edX courses and can also be used by any institution with the tech know-how and the computer servers to run it. Phil Hill, a longtime education consultant and blogger, criticized the planned pace of spending. “I

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MAY 23, 2023

Students and professors affiliated with most colleges have unlimited access to large collections of scholarship such as JSTOR and HeinOnline, because their institutions subscribe to site licenses. To everyone else, though, those and many other scholarly publications are locked, or can only be read by paying hefty per-article fees.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from the digital device, recognize that critical thinking and problem-solving apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

Ray Salazar has been teaching high school Journalism and English in Chicago Public Schools for over twenty years. Maxey has spent over two decades in public education, both in the classroom and at the administrative level. School districts and educators have responded in a variety of ways.

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JULY 25, 2023

Computers & Mobile Devices Computers and mobile devices like smartphones and tablets are the primary way learners access the internet. Where this isn’t an option, they can use school computers and tablets—a viable option as 94% of U.S. public schools provide students with computers.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example, at Columbia University, professors are creating and using virtual reality tools to help students gain empathy across racial lines, learn dentistry techniques and examine molecules in 3D. Virtual reality could also create new career opportunities for students. “The A Digital Divide — Or Bridge?

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JANUARY 5, 2022

The year 2021 pushed us all to learn new lessons in unexpected ways, from deciphering public health statistics about vaccines and masks to refreshing our memory for the Greek alphabet thanks to emerging COVID-19 variants. A math professor makes the case for using class time for active learning. Coursera Is Now a Public Company.

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APRIL 2, 2020

Colleges offer countless possibilities for networking both with professors who are experts in your field and with fellow students. At first glance, it seems that programmers, software developers and other tech professionals need little more than a computer with an Internet connection to develop their skills. More on college and career.

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