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The Four C's = non-negotiable in technology education! 

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The Four C's = non-negotiable in technology education! 

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Can't wait to use this new LMS in the upcoming 2020-2021 school year!

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When you have your parent access code, go to: app.schoology.com/register.php.

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Technically, yes. However, most schools and districts using Schoology Learning have opted to have just one LMS to increase consistency and productivity throughout their organization.

Technically, yes. However, most schools and districts using Schoology Learning have opted to have just one LMS to increase consistency and productivity throughout their organization. Schoology Learning also provides additional features, including standards mastery tracking, parent engagement, support for younger learners, and an enhanced overall look and feel of course layouts that Google Classroom does not support.

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Schoology Learning K-12 learning management system makes it easy to implement hybrid learning and integrate your favorite teaching and learning tools.

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38 amazing Edtech tools

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38 Amazing Edtech Tools for Student Creation and Innovation - The Tech Edvocate

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Spread the loveAre you looking for edtech tools that will allow your students to tap into their creativity? We got you covered. In this article, we will profile 38 amazing edtech tools for student creation and innovation. Guess the Code: While this app is presented as a game, it is actually a great way for children to look at patterns and sequences, and try to figure them out. The app generates different color combinations, and it is up to the user to decipher the pattern and enter the next color. SimplePhysics: Physics can be a daunting subject, but the new […]

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I had so much fun creating mine! I can't wait to make a new one for the upcoming school year..

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If you want to create a Google Meet or Agenda slide like mine (or something similar), you can keep the default page dimensions and move onto Step 2.

If you want to create a Google Classroom header, change the page dimensions to 1,000 x 250 pixels by going to File -> Page Setup in Google Slides or Design -> Page Setup in PowerPoint. Just a warning though: When you upload your banner on Google Classroom, you'll get this frustrating dark overlay on your image. It's an accessibility thing and can't be changed, so just keep that in mind and try to keep everything as bright as possible.

To create a custom Google homepage, you'll want the dimensions somewhere in the neighborhood of 15 in x 8 in.

Next step is to collect the images for your scene.

For mine, I used posters from ECHO-LIT (my favorite poster shop) and a variety of Google Images. All Google Images were found using the "labeled for reuse" filter (more on that in a minute). I also want to note that I reached out to the creator of ECHO-LIT for permission to use her posters in my scene. Please do the same if you decide to include something similar.

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How to Create a Virtual Bitmoji Classroom in Google Slides or PowerPoint - Hello, Teacher Lady

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Learn how to make your own virtual Bitmoji classroom using Google Slides or PowerPoint with these step-by-step directions.

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* A REMOTE TEACHING MUST HAVE! *

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Common Sense Education provides educators and students with the resources they need to harness the power of technology for learning and life. Find a free K-12 Digital Citizenship curriculum, reviews of popular EdTech apps, and resources for protecting student privacy.

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The future of class discussions are out of this world on this platform!

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Parlay is an AI-powered instructional platform that helps teachers facilitate meaningful, measurable, and inclusive class discussions. Join over a million teachers and students. Start using Parlay for free in your class today.

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Definitely plan on putting these posters around my classroom =)

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Looking forward to creating some interactive online games using the "Team Mode" feature!

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Kahoot! | Learning games | Make learning awesome!

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Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that brings engagement and fun to 1+ billion players every year at school, at work, and at home.

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Critical Thinking Strategies and Ted Talk

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Critical Thinking Strategies and Ted Talk

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Excellent video to show my students the importance of higher-order thinking

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If we want children to thrive in our complicated world, we need to teach them how to think, says educator Brian Oshiro. And we can do it with 4 simple questions.
This post is part of TED's "How to Be a Better Human" series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone in the TED community; browse through all the posts here.
We all want the young people in our lives to thrive, but there's no clear consensus about what will best put them on the path to future success. Should every child be taught to code? Attain fluency in Mandarin, Spanish, Hindi and English?

Those are great, but they're not enough, says educator and teacher trainer Brian Oshiro. If we want our children to have flexible minds that can readily absorb new information and respond to complex problems, he says, we need to develop their critical thinking skills.

In adult life, "we all have to deal with questions that are a lot more complicated than those found on a multiple-choice test," he says in a TEDxXiguan talk. "We need to give students an opportunity to grapple with questions that don't necessarily have one correct answer. This is more realistic of the types of situations that they're likely to face when they get outside the classroom."

How can we encourage kids to think critically from an early age? Through an activity that every child is already an expert at - asking questions.

1. Go beyond "what?" - and ask "how?" and "why?"

Let's say your child is learning about climate change in school. Their teacher may ask them a question like "What are the main causes of climate change?" Oshiro says there are two problems with this question - it can be answered with a quick web search, and being able to answer it gives people a false sense of security; it makes them feel like they know a topic, but their knowledge is superficial.

At home, prompt your kid to answer questions such as " How exactly does X cause climate change?" and " Why should we worry about it?" To answer, they'll need to go beyond the bare facts and really think about a subject.

Other great questions: " How will climate change affect where we live?" or " Why should our town in particular worry about climate change?" Localizing questions gives kids, says Oshiro, "an opportunity to connect whatever knowledge they have to something personal in their lives."

2. Follow it up with "How do you know this?"

Oshiro says, "They have to provide some sort of evidence and be able to defend their answer against some logical attack." Answering this question requires kids to reflect on their previous statements and assess where they're getting their information from.

3. Prompt them to think about how their perspective may differ from other people's.

Ask a question like "How will climate change affect people living in X country or X city?" or "Why should people living in X country or X city worry about it?" Kids will be pushed to think about the priorities and concerns of others, says Oshiro, and to try to understand their perspectives - essential elements of creative problem-solving.

4. Finally, ask them how to solve this problem.

But be sure to focus the question. For example, rather than ask "How can we solve climate change?" - which is too big for anyone to wrap their mind around - ask "How could we address and solve cause X of climate change?" Answering this question will require kids to synthesize their knowledge. Nudge them to come up with a variety of approaches: What scientific solution could address cause X? What's a financial solution? Political solution?

You can start this project any time on any topic; you don't have to be an expert on what your kids are studying. This is about teaching them to think for themselves. Your role is to direct their questions, listen and respond. Meanwhile, your kids "have to think about how they're going to put this into digestible pieces for you to understand it," says Oshiro. "It's a great way to consolidate learning."

Critical thinking isn't just for the young, of course. He says, "If you're a lifelong learner, ask yourself these types of questions in order to test your assumptions about what you think you already know." As he adds, "We can all improve and support critical thinking by asking a few extra questions each day."
Watch his TEDxXiguan talk now:

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Critical thinking is a 21st-century essential - here's how to help kids learn it

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This post is part of TED's "How to Be a Better Human" series, each of which contains a piece of helpful advice from someone in the TED community; browse through all the posts here. We all want the young people in our lives to thrive, but there's no clear consensus about what will best put them on the path to future success.

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55 useful tools to use in the future

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Discovering content is the easy part. Managing it all is the challenge.

The gallery below by Shirley Williams is a strong collection of tools to better discover, manage, and share digital content. And with the imminent death of Google Reader, several of these apps could help fill that huge hole (though not the one in your heart).

Have a browse and let us know if you find anything exceptional.
55 Better Content Curation Tools To Discover & Share Digital Content

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55 Content Curation Tools To Discover & Share Digital Content

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Discovering content is the easy part. Managing it all is the challenge. The gallery below by Shirley Williams is a strong collection of tools to better discover, manage, and share digital content. And with the imminent death of Google Reader, several of these apps could help fill that huge hole (though not the one in your heart).

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Accurate representation!