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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Gamification of Education This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: –summarize with NoteGPT Summary Jacqui Murray discusses the integration of technology in K-8 education, focusing on gamification to enhance learning.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students. 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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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Can a high school freshman be goal-oriented? And high school requires the ringing of many academic, social and economic bells. Often contradictory, choices must be made early in the high school regarding ambitions, focus, and intents. ‘No It’s hard the summer before high school, but she’s trying.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. Technology Integration: Essential for implementing Common Core standards without adding extra layers. summarized by NoteGPT This video is from a series I taught for school districts.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

National STEM Day is November 8, 2024, the unofficial holiday that celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. 49 STEM Activities for Students On November 8 th , we will celebrate National STEM Day to get kids excited about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

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JANUARY 30, 2025

Literacy Read Rosemary Wells acclaimed book, Emilys First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days. If you prefer, read The Night Before the 100th Day of School about one boys struggle to find 100 of anything to bring to class for the 100th Day project.

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JANUARY 17, 2025

How to use Digital Quick Writes This video is from a series I taught for school districts. By integrating technology and allowing students to use a range of mediumssuch as audio, visual, and written formsquick writes not only reinforce writing skills but also enhance problem-solving, creative thinking, and communication abilities.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Walberto Flores EdTech Coordinator, Highlands International School San Salvador Artificial intelligence has entered our classrooms — sometimes invited and other times not — leaving educators to ask essential questions about its implementation and impact. It’s not about doing things faster but about doing the essentials and doing them well.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

But, not at school). 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. Distinguish ads from content on sites. What did they learn?

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OCTOBER 22, 2024

Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner Cyberbullying occurs on not just social media like Twitter, Facebook, and topical forums, but multiplayer games and school discussion boards. But what about cyberbullying? Exponentially worse.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

Here’s the outline for a seminar I teach in schools before the holiday break, to excite teachers about what they can accomplish “the second half” of the school year: Every year, I make New Year resolutions and ignore them. I usually offer them during lunch or after school. What’s with that?

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MAY 23, 2024

When ChatGPT emerged a year and half ago, many professors immediately worried that their students would use it as a substitute for doing their own written assignments — that they’d click a button on a chatbot instead of doing the thinking involved in responding to an essay prompt themselves. And it’s still a concern.

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OCTOBER 14, 2024

Grade-Specific Topics : Digital citizenship is taught progressively from kindergarten to middle school. summarized by NoteGPT This video is from a series I taught for school districts. 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 5, 2024

The Role of Phosphorus Properties in Sustainable Technology for Classrooms When you think about how to educate the next generation, what do you hope to see? A school classroom of the future, one equipped with technology for students to learn and grow, is also designed to be sustainable.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2025

This is a topic dear to my heart–non-college options for high school grads. As Dr. Kelly Lambert , a professor of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Richmond, explains, hands-on work can stimulate cognitive growth and enhance decision-making skills. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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AUGUST 29, 2024

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to BTS resources from Microsoft BTS resources from Teachers Pay Teachers Back to School Survival Kits BTS Toolkit from Education.com Make a class photo in Pixton EDU –image credit Deposit Photos ([link] We write about back to school often on Ask a Tech Teacher.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

I have written in the past about parent questions concerning technology in education , but always from the perspective of a teacher at the classroom. Now, I teach grad school classes online to practicing teachers and want to see if those questions are the same. Here are the top issues: How much screen time is appropriate for my child?

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JANUARY 24, 2025

An after school setting follows these basics, but adapted to a full-time exploration of the topic. 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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JUNE 26, 2023

In this article, discover how high school education is shifting towards personalized learning. The Future of High School Education: Navigating the Shift to Personalized Learning High school – a time of excitement, curiosity, exploration and growth. Technology advances and education evolves at an unprecedented pace.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Tim Lum “I've talked to a lot of other students who went the traditional or conventional path — that came to the university right after high school — and 99 percent of them, I feel like they don’t appreciate it, or they don't realize how many resources are available to them,” he says. Sign up for our newsletters.

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JANUARY 10, 2025

And when did so many high school students start taking community college courses (and what does that mean for college access)? Professors Try Restrained AI Approach to Help Teach Writing By Jeffrey R. Experts say dual enrollment has grown so popular because its good for all parties involved: students, colleges and K-12 schools.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Veteran multimedia producer and professor Lynn Rogoff has long experimented with ways to bring history alive for young people. If this is for a high school audience, I definitely want them reading journals and looking at primary resources more, and not engaging through the filter of a chatbot.”

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

As a result, I’ve come up with fun ways to support learning while students power through the last few days of school. At the end of the Challenge, the team with the most points gets a prize appropriate to your school culture. Post the poll on your class screen, class blog or website, or school blog or website.

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JULY 17, 2024

In response to the challenges of COVID, a dissatisfaction with local in-person schools, and increasingly diverse needs of the high school student population, enrollment in US virtual schools is now over 300,000 with about 20% of students taking at least one online course. There are pros and cons of attending class via computer.

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OCTOBER 24, 2024

The study , which looked at a rich set of high school and college data in Texas, found that Black and Hispanic students and those in low-income families who lived more than 30 miles from a public two-year college were significantly less likely to attend college.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2025

During Engineers Week, engineering societies, universities, companies, and other organizations organize workshops, competitions, seminars, outreach programs to schools, career fairs, and networking events. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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APRIL 18, 2024

School absenteeism has been one of the small but chronic problems in the past. Since the pandemic, it is so much more, to the point it is a front-of-mind issue that schools scramble to address. 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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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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JUNE 4, 2024

June 4th-6th: Buy any K-8 School License get 2 free print books of the grade level you purchased (Please note: new orders only; domestic or freight-forwarders only) Usually, you get one desk copy for each grade level included in your school license. What is a school license? As many as the school wants.

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JANUARY 27, 2025

Certainly in our school systems, she adds, were paying attention to a lot of testing and cognitive measures, but nobody really knows where our kids are with regard to relationships. The third factor is technology. This is actually an interesting question that you're asking. She has these dual researcher and practitioner hats.

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JUNE 9, 2022

With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. The goal during the after school tech club time is that each student will publish their first ebook–or at least give it a good start. Research, speaking and listening, technology. Genius Hour.

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MAY 13, 2024

High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

As teachers and professors look for ways to guard against the use of AI to cheat on homework, many have started asking students to share the history of their online documents to check for signs that a bot did the writing. Show your work has taken on a new meaning and importance in the age of ChatGPT.

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MARCH 14, 2025

The competition measures speed in arithmetic and numeracy skills on the Live Mathletics platform and runs for 48 hours and is open to all schools around the world. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Students compete online with other students and top scores are displayed on a live Hall of Fame.

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JANUARY 17, 2024

Implementing Mindfulness Practices in Schools In recent years, mindfulness has gained significant traction, not just in adults’ lives but also in educational settings. Incorporating mindfulness practices in schools has proven beneficial for students’ well-being, emotional regulation, and academic success.

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JANUARY 16, 2024

Choosing Tech That Grows From Your Schooling Into Your Career Starting a career is an exhilarating journey, and in today’s tech-driven world, the technology you choose during your school years can be a foundational step toward your professional tech arsenal.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Webinar panelists included Patrick Kyllonen from ETS , Candace Thille from Stanford Graduate School of Education , Eugene So from JFFLabs and Temple Lovelace from Assessment for Good. Candace Thille Associate Professor, Stanford Graduate School of Education Students must know what is being assessed. There should be no confusion!

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