Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution
Most teachers I know have used Twitter in their classes either to communicate with parents, share homework with students, for group study, to research on a topic, crowd source ideas with colleagues, or...
View Article5 YouTube Features for Teachers
One of my favorite resources for explaining tech in the classroom is Richard Byrne. In this article, he discusses helpful YouTube Features for Teachers Five Helpful YouTube Features for Teachers...
View ArticleInstagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change
From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for...
View ArticleSocial Media or COVID: Which is more dangerous to students?
Not a surprise that student use of social media is way up since remote learning became de rigeur in learning. Social media limits users to 13+ but doesn’t monitor that. What could sober education’s...
View ArticleIs it Time for a Social Media Awareness Class?
Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to...
View ArticleHow to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year
How to incorporate podcasting into your curriculum this school year School is almost back in session and educators are busy working on curriculum for the upcoming school year that will challenge...
View Article3 Ways To Foster Digital Citizenship in Schools
#ISTE had an interesting discussion on how to foster digital citizenship in schools. This is especially critical because students are spending so much more time than ever before online. Here’s a peak...
View Article7–no 10–OK, 13 Skills I Teach With Blogging
Blogging has become de rigeur in the Grade 3-8 classroom. It is flexible, scalable, and encourages diversity in both learning and teaching. Handled right, blogs can be used for pretty much any need...
View Article7 Tips for Using Social Media for Professional Development
Tell me if this sounds familiar: With the 2023 New Year, you resolved to build your Professional Learning Network–finally, to stop living in the 20th century where your world revolved around a...
View ArticleTech Tip #144: 11 Ways X/Twitter Improves Education
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to...
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