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APRIL 4, 2025

Students can use Google Earth to take a virtual tour of a zoo or a blog to collaborate on class research. How do you teach kindergarteners to beware of the digital neighborhood, the home of Legoland and virtual pets? How do you teach fifth graders to be careful when the cool middle schoolers aren’t?

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JANUARY 7, 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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JANUARY 24, 2025

Basics While immersing themselves in a topic they love, Genius Hour also teaches students how to pursue a goal important to them. Create a list of five research questions to guide inquiry including where to find the answers. Enjoy the research. On Project Presentation Day, present research and take audience questions.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Many even created special offices or programs in the hopes of teaching students how to talk with people they may disagree with. This year, that number has grown to 122 campuses, says Mylien Duong, senior director of research at the institute. This may be tense, but that’s ok. Let’s be comfortable with the uncomfortable.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

High school students contemplating a military career should research extensively, speak with recruiters, and perhaps participate in preparatory or introductory military programs to make an informed decision. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. military academies (e.g.,

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MAY 24, 2023

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. 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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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Research shows that approximately 1.27 Over the last 40-plus years, my work has been trying to make fluency a more central element of our reading curriculum. The science of teaching reading is less clear than the science of reading itself. The science of teaching reading is less clear than the science of reading itself.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still teaches honors algebra at Breakwater, a pre-K-8th independent school in Portland, Maine. Its not the conventional way to teach the subject, Fisher says. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play.

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JUNE 25, 2024

Writing a great research paper involves more than just retelling what you’ve read. The foundation of any good paper is solid research. At the center of any decent academic effort is a heaping pile of solid research. Solid research lays a great foundation for any piece of writing.

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OCTOBER 30, 2024

Citizens are expected to research their options and then vote for the candidates most qualified to fulfill the country’s goals. The first few explain elections in general and the next teach the process through gamification. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. House of Representatives and the U.S.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. digital search/research. Exhibit leadership in teaching and living as a digital citizen. Teach Writing with Tech. Topics include: copyrights, fair use, public domain. netiquette.

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MARCH 25, 2021

This month: Research. 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. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here.

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MAY 19, 2022

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: Google Apps, Keyboarding.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

For individual needs such as casual reading, personal research, or anything else that requires significant amounts of reading, there is help. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Most prominent educational testing centers (like SAT, ACT, PARC, and SBACC) make these available for most of their tests.

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APRIL 11, 2025

Dont teach them! Murray emphasizes that this is an ideal time to be involved in teaching technology, whether or not one considers themselves a tech expert. The discussion begins with an introduction to Murrays extensive experience in education, focusing on technologys role in lesson delivery and integration into the curriculum.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. Liljedahl has developed a strategy for teaching that he says greatly improves how many students in a class are actually thinking about course material.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

Pew Research recently reported that about half of Americans regularly get their news from social media. So when it comes to research, are you still directing kids toward your grandmother’s resources — encyclopedias, reference books, and museums? So why do students turn to it for news?

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MAY 16, 2023

This post will introduce you to some quick tips for writing a research paper along with the importance of samples. Simple Steps for Research Paper Writing and the Importance of Samples Research papers are academic writings that offer rigorous analysis, evaluation, assessment, and interpretation of a specific topic.

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JUNE 18, 2024

Adding monthly giving projects to STEM classes helps students learn important skills like problem-solving and teamwork while also teaching them to care about their communities. As educators and society recognize the importance of nurturing well-rounded individuals, monthly giving projects are gaining traction within STEM curriculums.

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JANUARY 10, 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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MAY 22, 2024

Here are three from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 3 Creative Teaching Resources That Save You Time and Money Educators are increasingly expected to do more with less – ensuring that the next generation gets the quality of teaching they deserve while keeping budgets in check and making up for shortfalls in classroom resource availability.

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APRIL 8, 2025

Try NAPS 11 Ways X/Twitter Improves Education LOTS of Resources for Kids Online Research Celebrate Pi Day and Maths Day 9 St. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Interested in the Military?

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning. It simply means teachers include games in their lesson plans to teach curricular concepts.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Teaching financial literacy to teens can be made more effective and engaging by using real-world examples, such as interactive apps and hands-on activities like budgeting classroom dollars or planning events within a fixed budget. So, they need to research prices and plan a shopping list that stays within their budget.

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MARCH 12, 2025

They take time, require proper research, and somehow always seem to be due right when everything else is piling up. The biggest term paper writing service benefits come from having a solid referencesomething well-researched, properly formatted, and structured the way a professor actually wants. But term papers?

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JANUARY 29, 2025

But in essays, research papers, and reports, you need a strong command of the language. Meanwhile, free courses guide students on everything, from sentence structuring to common vocabulary used in research papers. Ivory Research is an online platform for educators and academic consultants who will make a structure for your paper.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Describe research you did to make your Minecraft world more realistic and workable. I’ve found throughout my teaching career that the most effective lessons are those with real-world applications. You’ll put long hours in researching, studying, managing, and few will thank you. Do you see what I’m doing?

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NOVEMBER 25, 2024

If traditional publishing is your goal, research literary agents and publishers that align with your book’s theme. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. They allow you to retain creative control and reach global audiences. Final Thoughts Writing a book isn’t just about the final product—it’s about the journey.

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JANUARY 21, 2025

But by the time she was heading up her own elementary school classroom in Chicago, she found herself missing the library and longing to teach media literacy again. She teaches concepts as wide-ranging as American Sign Language, critical thinking, typing, conducting research and writing in cursive. So then she retired.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How do we teach students to read? When it comes to teaching children to read, there is no one-size-fits-all solution. We need to equip educators with the tools and the expertise (and the freedom) to teach reading and customize it to every child.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Research has shown that hands-on tasks improve problem-solving abilities, focus, and confidence. Exposing kids to trades isnt just about preparing them for jobsits about strengthening their minds and teaching them valuable life skills. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

I quickly realized that the curriculum resources we provided to our students and staff would be critical. I dont expect teachers to be curriculum developers I want them to be curriculum implementers. We track where children are while ensuring our curriculum is highly integrated and intertwined.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. Well help you integrate tech into your curriculum, teach digital citizenship, differentiate for your learners, and more. We wrote the books. Ask Jacqui Murray at askatechteacher at gmail dot com.

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MARCH 29, 2022

If your school doesn’t teach personal economics but would like to, there are many online sites that address the topic as mini-lessons. It is a fast-paced, interactive game that engages students in football strategy while teaching money management skills. Websites that Teach Your Kids About Money. Here are some I like.

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From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. book that is new? So what are you waiting for?

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Researchers have shown that districts around the country dont use the same criteria when grouping students into higher or lower math classes. But these hierarchies affect students belief systems and also tend to lower teachers expectations of students labeled worse at math, Nguyen says. That was true in San Francisco, Nguyen says.

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