I’ll be taking a few weeks off to edit/format my website, work on projects with a deadline, prioritize life, and wish my two adult military children could come home to visit. I may drop in on…

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21.12.2024

New Year, New Mindset

Here’s the outline for a seminar I teach in schools before the holiday break, to excite teachers about what they can accomplish “the second half” of the school year: Every year, I…

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19.12.2024

A Shout Out for My Donate Button

Ask a Tech Teacher is a small group of tech-ed teachers with a big goal: provide free and affordable resources and insight to anyone, anywhere on how to integrate technology into education. It&#821…

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17.12.2024

Where did Christmas Come From?

Watch this video and come away educated:

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14.12.2024

14 Holiday Websites and 5 Projects

Need a few websites to fill in free minutes? Here are holiday websites that will keep students busy while teaching them (click for updates to list): 12 Days of Christmas 55 Christmas Project Ideas …

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12.12.2024

Holiday Gifts for Teachers

Holiday gifts for teachers are a challenge. If your child has many teachers, it’s difficult to find a personalized gift for each that is both affordable and valued. For me, as a teacher, I am…

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11.12.2024

Five Must-Do Skills to Accomplish During High School

Lou Holtz, the University of Notre Dame’s erudite ex-coach, entrusted with turning UND football players into graduates, once exhorted, “How you respond to the challenge in the second half will dete…

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10.12.2024

7 Online Resources About Creating a #MakerSpace

A school-based makerspace is a hands-on, creative environment where students can explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and other interdisciplinary subjects. These spaces empower…

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07.12.2024

Three Projects to Kick Off the Holidays

Click to enlarge lesson plan A Holiday Calendar Kids love making this calendar. They get to talk about their upcoming vacations and hear what their friends are doing. It’s simple enough for t…

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05.12.2024

Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog for writers. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month here. In my prehistoric fiction, my characters must squat bec…

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04.12.2024

What You Might Have Missed in November–What’s up in December

Here are the most-read posts for the past month: Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology 26 Online LMS Resources 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites National STEM Day Nov. 8th A Da…

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03.12.2024

Subscriber Special: Free PDF with your print book purchase

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. December 2-5, 2024 Special limited time offer from Structured Learning A Free PDF of th…

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27.11.2024

Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

Ask a Tech Teacher is officially on Thanksgiving break so I’m going to pop in here with two posts from our international team that just couldn’t wait: Top 5 Game Development Platforms f…

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26.11.2024

From Blank Page to First Chapter: A Beginner’s Guide on How to Start Writing a Book

Ask a Tech Teacher is officially on Thanksgiving break so I’m going to pop in here with two posts from our international team that just couldn’t wait: From Blank Page to First Chapter: …

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23.11.2024

Happy Thanksgiving! Taking a Break Nov. 23-30

I wish you and all yours a wonderful Thanksgiving on November 28th as well as a restful break. Enjoy your family and friends, take time to rest. I’ll be around only in a limited way, then, ba…

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22.11.2024

#20: A Holiday Card in a Drawing Program (like KidPix)

Create a holiday card for Thanksgiving or Christmas in KidPix or another drawing program and reinforce early writing skills while teaching mouse skills, toolbars and tool use:

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21.11.2024

A Thanksgiving Poll–What does ‘Turkey’ mean?

A few years ago, I did a poll on the meaning of the word ‘turkey’. This was to demonstrate how powerful symbols are to your students and do so with an authentic use of technology…

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20.11.2024

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

Teaching the days before big holidays is challenging. Students and teachers alike are ready for a break. Both struggle to pay attention regardless of how innovative and engaging are the lesson plan…

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19.11.2024

Tech Tip #150: Google as a Dictionary

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 …

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16.11.2024

14 Apps and 2 Projects for Thanksgiving

Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving websites that will keep students busy and still teach them (click for updated links): Berenstein Bears Give Thanks (app) C…

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15.11.2024

4 Critical Pieces of Every Lesson and How to Gamify Them video

Gamification of Education This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: –summarize with NoteGPT Summary Jacqui Murray di…

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14.11.2024

How to Put Kindness in Your Classes

World Kindness Day, celebrated on November 13th each year, promotes kindness across the globe and emphasizes compassion toward others. This day encourages us to look beyond boundaries, religions, a…

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13.11.2024

Geography Awareness Week: November 11-15, 2024

Promoted by National Geographic, here’s what you should know about Geography Awareness Week: Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or…

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12.11.2024

A Day to Remember Veterans

As many of you know, I have two wonderful children–one a CDR in the Navy and one a SFC In the Army. I also have a long family history of relatives who fought for America. So today, I salute t…

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09.11.2024

National STEM Day Nov. 8th

National STEM Day is November 8, 2024, the unofficial holiday that celebrates science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education throughout the United States. Many add ‘art&#82…

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08.11.2024

Tech Tip #138: 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites

169 tech-centric situations—tech topics most important to your teaching as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations Today’s tip: Evaluate websites Category: Pare…

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07.11.2024

Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

As you prepare for the holiday break and then a new year, it’s a great time to think about resources available in your classes for students with special needs. Ask a Tech Teacher has a long l…

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07.11.2024

26 Online LMS Resources

Here are 26 resources to help you select the right LMS for your school (click for updates to list):

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05.11.2024

What You Might Have Missed in October–What’s up in November

Here are the most-read posts for the past month: ASVAB or a Service Academy? You Decide. Warm-ups–Watch the video Compare-contrast Digital Tools 70+ Online Resources to Gamified Education Digital C…

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02.11.2024

Subscriber Special: November Great Deal on Coaching

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free D…

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31.10.2024

4 Websites that Explain Elections

In about half the world–mostly those where people live under socialism, communism, dictators, or autocracies–law and order is decided for the people. In the 1700’s, when the brand…

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30.10.2024

Goal Setting for a Fourteen-year old

Can a high school freshman be goal-oriented? Should they—or is this too early? Though many deliberate, no one yet has invented a time machine to unring the proverbial bell. And high school requir…

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29.10.2024

Tech Tip #135: 5 Tips on Internet Research

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26.10.2024

Halloween Projects, Websites, Apps, Books, and a Costume

Three holidays are fast-approaching–Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students. Here are ide…

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25.10.2024

Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams: Surprisingly, 15-20% of the popula…

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24.10.2024

13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom

No one disagrees with the importance of the visual in communicating. The problem usually is creating it. Most teachers aren’t adept at matching colors, picking fonts and font sizes, and then …

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23.10.2024

National Bullying Prevention Month

October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Bullying is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and of…

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22.10.2024

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free to Ask a Tech Teacher subscribers: Summary Thi…

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19.10.2024

Tech Tip #64 Google Street View

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How to Teach Digital Citizenship in Kindergarten

Understanding how to use the internet has become a cornerstone issue for students. No longer do they complete their research on projects solely in the library. Now, there is a vast landscape of res…

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Happy Holiday! See You Jan. 2nd!

New Year, New Mindset

A Shout Out for My Donate Button

Where did Christmas Come From?

14 Holiday Websites and 5 Projects

Holiday Gifts for Teachers

Five Must-Do Skills to Accomplish During High School

7 Online Resources About Creating a #MakerSpace

Three Projects to Kick Off the Holidays

Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

What You Might Have Missed in November–What’s up in December

Subscriber Special: Free PDF with your print book purchase

Top 5 Game Development Platforms for Young Coders

From Blank Page to First Chapter: A Beginner’s Guide on How to Start Writing a Book

Happy Thanksgiving! Taking a Break Nov. 23-30

#20: A Holiday Card in a Drawing Program (like KidPix)

A Thanksgiving Poll–What does ‘Turkey’ mean?

Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

Tech Tip #150: Google as a Dictionary

14 Apps and 2 Projects for Thanksgiving

4 Critical Pieces of Every Lesson and How to Gamify Them video

How to Put Kindness in Your Classes

Geography Awareness Week: November 11-15, 2024

A Day to Remember Veterans

National STEM Day Nov. 8th

Tech Tip #138: 7 Ways to Evaluate Websites

Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

26 Online LMS Resources

What You Might Have Missed in October–What’s up in November

Subscriber Special: November Great Deal on Coaching

4 Websites that Explain Elections

Goal Setting for a Fourteen-year old

Tech Tip #135: 5 Tips on Internet Research

Halloween Projects, Websites, Apps, Books, and a Costume

Teacher-Authors: What’s Happening on my Writer’s Blog

13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom

National Bullying Prevention Month

Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video

Tech Tip #64 Google Street View

How to Teach Digital Citizenship in Kindergarten

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