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MAY 11, 2022

Raising computer-savvy children is complicated, whether you are a geek or a luddite. If you don’t pay attention, they teach themselves and not always the right way. Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some great ideas for you in this next article: How to Raise a Computer-Savvy Generation. Image source: Pexels.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In recent years high schools across the country have been adding computer science courses, and there is a movement to make them ubiquitous. The study found that taking a computer science course had the greatest impact for female students, Black students and those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Maintenance, Security.

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

This week, I’ll post updated suggestions to get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of projects you’ll swear to accomplish in New Year resolutions. Here’s what you’ll get ( links won’t be active until the post goes live ): 8+ Ways to Speed Up Your Computer — December 13th. Clean up your Start Menu.

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week, I’ll post updated suggestions to get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of projects you’ll swear to accomplish in New Year resolutions. Here’s what you’ll get ( links won’t be active until the post goes live ): 8+ Ways to Speed Up Your Computer — December 13th. image your computer.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

It’s called “ ChatGPT and the Future of AI, ” and the author is Terrence Sejnowski, a professor of biology at the University of California, San Diego, where he co-directs the Institute for Neural Computation and the NSF Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center. He is also the Francis Crick Chair at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Simulations and games have grown from rote drills using a computer to challenging learning experiences for students that hone problem-solving and critical thinking skills. They are fun for students, keep them engaged, and teach the foundational pieces of a lesson. What are the Advantages of Simulation in Teaching?

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DECEMBER 4, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, we’re exploring one of the most exciting and relevant topics in education— teaching kids to code. Visit www.coolcatteacher.com/e202 Aditya Batura : Explore simple steps for teaching coding, including unplugged activities.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Believe it or not, most computer problems are simple. I can say that because I’ve run a computer lab for almost ten years. I’ve seen just about every problem there is and have learned this: If you believe your life with computers is a constant state of civil unrest, you’d be right. Is there any sound playing?

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JANUARY 26, 2024

Today’s tip: Fix computer with system restore Category: Problem-solving Q: My computer no longer runs right. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. In these 169 tech situations, you get practical strategies to address many classroom tech situations. What do I do?

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JULY 15, 2022

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to teach keyboarding. Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. Typetastic –also for computers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 4 lesson plans–bundled. Homeschool Keyboarding Kit. K-5 Curriculum. K-8 Curriculum. Middle School Curriculum.

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OCTOBER 19, 2023

Stuart Blythe teaches writing courses at Michigan State University that are officially listed as in-person only. But not every educator who tried hybrid teaching of some kind during the pandemic has continued it. Even vocal proponents of HyFlex admit it’s not widely popular among college instructors.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

When Wendy Schatzberg, an associate professor at Utah Tech University, was teaching introductory chemistry, she thought her students would know how to use basic Microsoft Office tools like Excel and Word. I cannot and should not assume,” says Schatzberg, who also directs the Center for Teaching and Learning at Utah Tech. “We

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MARCH 19, 2024

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. McNabb, an assistant director of teaching and learning engagement at Virginia Tech. “If But one group is often left out of the design process: students.

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JUNE 12, 2023

Objectives and Steps The objectives of this lesson are (use the lines in front of each item to check them off as completed): Understand that computers can be used to visit far-away places and learn new things. _Have students return to their seats and log onto the computer. Discuss why they use a password to access the computer.

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APRIL 23, 2024

Of those five, one left teaching during her third year, and another will resign next month, at the end of the school year. The other three are still teaching and plan to continue. years, I have been teaching Algebra I and geometry for grades nine and 10 at Becton Regional High School. It's hard to teach math, period.

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JUNE 22, 2023

A college probably wouldn’t hire a teaching assistant who tends to lie to students about course content or deadlines. The university has spent many years building its own AI chatbot that it uses as a teaching assistant, known as Jill Watson. But the latest versions of ChatGPT and rivals from other tech giants are even more powerful.

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AUGUST 29, 2023

The Ask a Tech Teacher crew has come up with a foundational list of tips for teaching coding. Share in comments what your secret techniques are: 6 Tips for Teaching Kids Coding If you were around when the internet first came out, you may have seen how coding was a career for specialized professionals.

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OCTOBER 8, 2024

And he hasn’t had to abandon teaching. I just get to do the fun part now: teach,” he shares. “I When I was studying to become a teacher, I had to choose a major and a minor, and I picked social studies as my major and computer science as my minor. If they said, ‘So you don't teach kids anymore?’ What does that look like?

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AUGUST 16, 2023

Basics Practice Touchpad vs Mouse 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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APRIL 11, 2023

I knew I had a lot of good, productive years still in me, but that I couldn’t do it teaching. I knew I had a lot of good, productive years still in me, but that I couldn’t do it teaching,” says Sherlock, now 62. For a long time, I lived and breathed teaching. Julie Sherlock She meant it, too. I wanted to be good at it.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2024

If you teach technology, it’s likely you were thrown into it by your Admin. Now that’s you–the go-to person for tech problems, computer quirks, crashes and freezes, and tech tie-ins for classroom inquiry. You’ll learn by doing, just as we teach students. Scaffold your lessons with what they teach.

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DECEMBER 8, 2022

The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve. Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from digital device, recognize that these skills — critical thinking and problem-solving — apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand. algorithms.

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JANUARY 5, 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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APRIL 20, 2022

Yes, teachers know students don’t have all of the skills they need for the technology required in education, but who has time to teach it? Newsweek has an interesting article addressing exactly that: How Schools Can Find the Time To Teach Digital Literacy Skills. teach computer science as part of the curriculum.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

More and more teachers are using online coding environments to teach computer science. I used one myself to teach Advanced Placement Computer Scie3nce Principles. Yes, remedial computer usage! It seems like IT departments are often the biggest obstacle to teaching computer science. Let me explain.

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MARCH 31, 2024

This is one that isn’t connected to your local computer so can’t be compromised if you get a virus. It’s good to always backup data to cloud drives or a different drive on your computer but once a year, do the entire collection of data files to what is called an ‘air gap’ drive–one that is separated from any internet connection.

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MARCH 19, 2024

How do I teach keyboarding? So I enthusiastically answered every question the producer had with my thoughts from thirty years of teaching. In a macro sense, teaching keyboarding must take into account maturity, fine motor skills and age-appropriateness Can children’s hands move around the keys well enough? The list goes on.

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JULY 31, 2021

5 (free) Posters on Teaching I. Tech Tip #44: Computer Safety. 9 Websites for Comics in Teaching. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. A Year to Remember, A Year to Reflect: Pandemic Instruction. 11 Websites for Thinking and Learning. We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969.

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MAY 15, 2024

In 2013, the STEM and Computer Science (STEM+CS) team was created to implement an interdisciplinary grades K-12 STEM program outside the grade-level core disciplines of ELA, math, science and social studies, and separate from the standard Career Technical Education (CTE) programs to reach all students.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Q: I teach Spanish and need a quick way to add accents to words. Credit: Computer Hope You probably always wondered what that key was to the left of the ‘1’, under the tilde.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Maybe the cord that connects the keyboard to the computer is loose or fell out. Sometimes the stuff in the computer’s boot-up sequence that makes the keyboard work gets lost.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

It teaches us problem-solving skills, logical reasoning, and the ability to think abstractly. Mathematics: The Language of Computer Science Theoretical Foundations At the heart of computer science lies a rich tapestry of mathematical concepts. But what makes mathematics the lingua franca of computer science?

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MAY 3, 2021

The teaching profession has our own version of these nerdy individuals, called technology teachers. Understand that tech teachers often think trying to teach colleagues to tech is like solving the Riemann Hypothesis (many consider this darling of mathematical problems impossible). So, do try to fix your broken computer yourself (i.e.,

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. What is the best age to start teaching keyboarding? How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding? What is the best way to teach keyboarding? As soon as students use a computer.

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JULY 26, 2021

The community support makes it very easy for kids to learn computer science with Python. For instance, Matplotlib is used for plotting charts and graphs; SciPy for engineering applications, science, and mathematics; Beautiful Soup for HTML parsing and XML and NumPy for scientific computing.

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JUNE 9, 2022

While immersing themselves in a topic they love, Genius Hour teaches students how to pursue a goal important to them. The teacher will make arrangements with interested senior centers for students to teach weekly classes. how to download favorite songs onto their computer. how to solve computer problems (i.e.,

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