So Many Edtech Choices, So Little Time: How to Make Wise Edtech Decisions (CMTC 2023) by Tolu Noah

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To prepare students for life

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To expose students to new ideas, collaboration and problem solving.

Beliefs

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I believe the purpose of education and our role as educators is to create students who are critical thinkers, empathetic humans, concerned citizens, and ready for the future.

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Students feel seen and appreciated so they are motivated to keep learning

Values

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Integrity, student voice, imagination, collaboration, inference, reasoning, and critical thinking

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Teacher needs to model skills and learning process.

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I want to make sure students are using technology that will be useful in life as well as school and that it is safe for them.

Decisions

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It is hard sometimes to embrace tech, such as AI, and find ways to still encourage student creativity and know they maintain integrity with their finished products.

Screencastify

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-- Students can create how-to demonstration videos

-- Students can do a voice over for a visual presentation

-- Students can have a debate supported by facts and images

-- Students can create stop motion films and use Screencastify to provide dialogue

Edpuzzle

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Students create video to go with questions.

Students create questions to go with video. Students create both.

Students share the “bottom line’ of piece.

Ask follwup questions

Canva

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Student created newsletters

Graphic design

Infographics

Custom banners, etc that represent diverse students