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MAY 20, 2022

This site provides thousands of digitized books, audio recordings, DVDs/CDs from the public domain (or out-of-copyright). 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. Gutenberg Project. Open Library.

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MAY 8, 2024

In a time when technological advancements shape our daily lives and drive economic growth, focusing on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in K-12 schools is not just a trend but a necessity. EdSurge: What experiences laid the foundation for your role as a leader in STEM education in NYC Public Schools?

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MAY 15, 2024

Inclusive STEM programs widen job opportunities for the growing technology sector, support students in building digital literacy skills and empower young people to become creators — not just consumers — of technology. STEM+CS instruction will always be bringing new technology into the K12 classroom.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Fair use/Public domain. 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. Digital rights and responsibilities. Digital Passport. Fact Checking.

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MARCH 29, 2024

Signups for the annual Raytheon Technologies Invention Convention US Nationals start March 29, 2024 (that’s today–publication day for this article). Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. RTX Invention Convention U.S.

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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. public speaking. In this class, take students through the six steps required to move from dream to publication: brainstorm. analytical thinking. citizenship/ethics/etiquette. critical thinking. persuasion.

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MARCH 18, 2024

Since ChatGPT was released in November 2022 and exploded into public discourse, the emergence of generative AI tools has been met with both excitement and concern, across virtually every industry, ideology and age group. The fervor around AI was on full display at the SXSW EDU conference held in Austin, Texas, during the first week of March.

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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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NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Department of Education about 2,370 kindergarten teachers from both public and private schools around the country, the study found that when a higher percentage of students are absent from the classroom, teacher job satisfaction trends downward. For public sector education jobs, the recovery in employment from the COVID-19 crisis was slow.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Plurking, tweeting, and playing with your wiki in public are acceptable behaviors. 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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JANUARY 9, 2023

Public schools are online just as much as their students, it seems, with profiles across social media. For instance, it is increasingly recognized that predictive policing companies regularly collect and utilize public social media data.”

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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. ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. ” Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Use Secure Networks The use of public Wi-Fi is one of the biggest security threats for average digital citizens, with the potential for leaks and malware seeping through to your system. Avoid accessing sensitive information, like banking apps, or email accounts while using public Wi-Fi networks.

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JANUARY 11, 2023

We’ve added about ten more since publication. offer parent technology classes. 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 10, 2024

Dragon and Lion Dances: Traditional dragon and lion dances are performed in streets and public spaces to bring good luck and prosperity to the community. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Temple Visits: Many people visit temples during Chinese New Year to pray for good fortune and make offerings.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2024

Educational technology adoption has grown significantly in the past decade, and it’s clear that K-12 schools are now comfortable with and embrace the new technology norms. Susan Uram Director of Educational Technology at Rockford Public Schools But effectively evaluating edtech products is no small feat.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

News literacy is fundamental to preparing students to become active, critically thinking members of our civic life — which should be one of the primary goals of a public education,” Kim Bowman, News Literacy Project senior research manager and author of the report, said in an email interview. “If

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JULY 19, 2022

It blends all pieces into a cohesive, effective student-directed cyber-learning experience that accomplishes ISTE’s general goals to: Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

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JULY 19, 2024

It updated Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the law that requires state and local governments to supply equal opportunity — including in services like public schools, community colleges and public universities — for people with disabilities. Non-text content should have an equivalent text alternative.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

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 more, check out the K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Teachers lack the structure and career development of other industry and professional jobs and this is important because it is one major factor in creating a broken public education system. Public school teachers are often limited geographically by pensions, so moving across state lines means forfeiting your hard-earned retirement benefits.

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AUGUST 9, 2024

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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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? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Switched jobs?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Technology should make this easier. — Technology should make this easier.” Iowa’s new system is a recent and sophisticated example of what modern technology can do to improve families’ experience of finding child care. It shouldn’t be that hard. Amy Smigielski “Why is it a fist fight to find child care?” The facility is great.”

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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. 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. As many as the school wants.

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OCTOBER 11, 2022

Interesting move and wonder about use of student data from Brightbytes in the greater ecosystem of google products,” wrote edtech expert Jin-Soo Huh on Twitter, in one of the only public comments on the deal from the edtech industry. Google has silently acquired a widely-used K-12 data and analytics company.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Meanwhile, new technologies seem to flow out in an unstoppable stream. Some educators connect AI to broader changes that they perceive have been harmful to students, says Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education. For the past couple of years, unrelenting change has come fast. And last year, the U.S.

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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. HumanWare Hardware HumanWare offers assistive technology for people who are blind or have low vision. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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JUNE 21, 2022

In a recent article in the publication EdSurge , teacher Tyler Rablin lamented on losing battle with students’ cellphone use in schools. Having used the content myself while teaching an elective technology class, I found them effective and eliciting necessary discussions about cyber safety. –images from Deposit Photo.

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OCTOBER 2, 2024

Yet few are likely to grow up and establish careers in technology. Just one in 10 tech workers are Latino, and while Latino college students are choosing STEM fields in college more frequently , they earn only about 12 percent of undergraduate degrees awarded in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Elvir-Ray said.

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MAY 2, 2024

While many publications wrote about the announcement at the nation's second-largest public school, details about what the $6 million system actually does have been thin. After all, the technology is prone to so-called “hallucinations,” meaning that chatbots sometimes present information that sounds correct but is made-up or wrong.

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APRIL 9, 2024

The hope is that the immersive technology will provide a shift of perspective that’s simply impossible in the physical world, but can be simulated in emerging virtual reality spaces.

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DECEMBER 9, 2024

AI readiness ensures that students can thrive in the future as informed users and developers of emerging technologies, including AI. Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) embraced AI technology by launching a K-12 AI Ready pilot in 2019, embedding AI Ready learning across content areas through the lens of the AI Learning Framework.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Established by presidential proclamation more than 25 years ago, this annual public awareness program encourages citizens young and old to think and learn about the significance of place and how we affect and are affected by it. Each year more than 100,000 Americans actively participate in Geography Awareness Week.

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MARCH 29, 2023

There is no question that today’s schools are filled with digitally savvy children who have grown up with technology and the internet of things. Such skills can include media literacy, visual literacy and technology fluency , depending on the class age and context. Need help getting the WiFi booster to work properly? Ask a student.

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JULY 15, 2024

But last month, just a few months after the fanfare of the public launch event, the district abruptly shut down its Ed chatbot, after the company it contracted to build the system, AllHere Education, suddenly furloughed most of its staff citing financial difficulties. Related document: Contract between LAUSD and AllHere Education.

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