I have a favorite activity in the computer lab that works on all 4 C's at once - Unplugged Coding with Robots

Part of a technology coach’s role these days is to convince teachers that their job description has changed. The industrial model of education is well past its expiration date, and the genera…

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By: Diane Kashin, Ed.D, RECE. Four years ago, I entered the realm of social media for the purposes of professional learning. It has been an amazing experience as I have expanded my knowledge, my ne…

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As we have pointed elsewhere, ' in a digitally focused world, education is getting more and more digitized pushing us, teachers and educators, to re-conceptualize what it really means to be a teacher in the 21st century. Whether you are a technological determinist or a digital instrumentalist, technology has become an essential force shaping much of our teaching and pedagogy. It has also placed a number of demands and exigencies on us and to meet these exigencies we need to develop a set of key digital skills '. The visual below, based on a chart we shared in the past, features what we believe are some of the fundamental digital skills every 21st century teacher should possess. We invite you to check it out and share with us your feedback in our Facebook page. Feel free to download, print, or share the visual the way you want provided you credit our blog as the source.

Here are eight great games, activities and tech tools to help your students learn to collaborate in the classroom. Build your student community!

This blog post is about Using Pictures and Videos to teach Inferencing. It has a freebie included. Students can learn about using observation, prior knowledge, and what they infer as they see pictures and short videos. This is perfect for students in grades 3, 4, and 5

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Welcome to the era of 21st-century learning, where traditional education meets the demands of a rapidly evolving world. In this digital age, it's not just about memorizing facts and figures anymore; it's about cultivating skills that empower students to navigate a complex and interconnected global

Explore these 21 things every 21st century teacher should be doing right now in the classroom

Looking beyond the "academic" skills to emotional intelligence, grit, perseverance, an intrinsic desire to learn, and the capacity to empathize with others.

SAMR is a truly useful tool for helping teachers identify their current comfort zone in order to build expertise in designing efficient and effective student learning experiences. To reach higher levels on the SAMR ladder, teachers can make some planning and instructional shifts.

Time to get APPy friends! Today I am sharing a technology tool that is not quite an app. However, you can press the sharrow and add to home screen to create an app for it. The tool of choice is called, PADLET. Think of an online bulletin board. Instead of students posting sticky notes on a wall, they can post on a virtual wall. At this time, my students are writing expository pieces. I wanted to make sure the kids truly understood what an expository piece was. The class was asked to post what they wanted their topic to be, and after the OK from me, they could begin. This was great for the kids that didn’t understand because it allowed me to provide a refresher for them. This Padlet asked a STAAR-based question from a former STAAR passage. Kids input their responses as if it were an open-ended question. We then analyzed our answers with the answer choices provided. Teaching grammar? Grammar lessons can tie in very nicely with a Padlet. You could integrate this into a KWL chart for not just grammar, but famous people in social studies, science concepts, and much more. We recently ended out geometry unit, and this […]

Looking for techniques to teach visual literacy? Read on to learn about the OPTIC strategy for rhetorical analysis of visual texts and images.

Expand students' views of the world with these eleven ways to use technology in the classroom. Share your ed tech ideas on the forums at ReallyGoodTeachers!

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Nearpod is an absolutely amazing tool for the 21st century classroom. Check out my favorite features of Nearpod and how I use them in the classroom!

Help students learn 21st-century media literacy skills with these lesson ideas. Check out this blog post.

Everything you need to know about SAMR model: Substitution, Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition for integrating education technology easily into your classroom and utilizing digital edtech tools to fulfill pedagogical requirements of Bloom's taxonomy. SAMR model doesn't suggest that technology will make every lesson easier, it simply shows you a process to evaluate your use of technology to make better decisions about digital resources you are integrating into your classroom, which will support your instruction planning and ultimately, support your student’s learning.

Using technology to create an alternative workspace for learners has some challenges as teachers may sometimes have limited resources, other times learners are not as tech-savvy as we expect them to be, or we are simply afraid of stepping out of our comfort zone to experiment with alternative learning and assessment tools. However, integrating technology into our lessons not only motivates students to work on assignments, but it also gives them the opportunity to show what they know in different

Paperless, painless planning for teachers. Explore this Lesson Planning Apps and Websites Top Picks list of 30 tools curated by Common Sense Education editors to find relevant and engaging edtech solutions for your classroom.

Learn how you can get started with using green screen technology in your classroom. Lots of low budget options, apps, and software are shared!

Explore our comprehensive collection of classroom resources, including classroom posters, engaging activities, classroom management techniques, and more. Enhance your teaching and inspire your students with these valuable insights.

Along with creativity, collaboration, and communication, critical thinking is one of the four components of learning in the 21st century. Unlike the other three, critical thinking is often difficult to reduce to bite-size pieces of understanding and challenging to teach to others.

January , 2017 In today's post we are revisiting one of our popular infographics in 2016. The visual features 10 important tasks teachers should be able to do on Classroom. These include: invite students to join a class, manage multiple classes, invite co-teachers to a class; create or modify an assignment, create an announcement, quick exit tickets and polling, create a class resource page, grade and return an assignment, set class permissions’ and transfer grades to Google Sheets or to a CSV file. The content of this inforgaphic is based on instructions provided by Google Classroom Help. Feel free to download, print, and share the visual the way you want provided you credit our blog as the source. This post originally appeared in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning ( www.educatorstechnology.com ).

Help students learn 21st-century media literacy skills with these lesson ideas. Check out this blog post.

Bloxels: Game-Based Learning at Its Best! Technology in the Classroom and MakerSpace. Bloxels is a platform that allows students to create their own video games without any coding knowledge. Come learn ways you can incoporate it into the curriculum!

Incorporate fairy tale elements with technology in the classroom with these before, during and after reading activities that you can use with the children's book, Once Upon a Time Online. An important message about digital citizenship is shared. Technology in the classroom