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Archive for October, 2013

Happy Halloween!

October31

Happy Halloween from Edutech for Teachers! Enjoy your Friday following Trick or Treat night! Yeah, I know—good luck with that! Thanks to artist Mark Anderson for the hexting humor and to the Teaching Resources Facebook page for sharing this comic! This one is just too, too funny!

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The Digital Citizenship Survival Kit

October28

OK, so national Digital Citizenship Week is officially over, but that doesn’t mean the celebration has to end! That’s right! With the plethora of resources available for teachers, there’s no reason we—as educators—have to stop promoting the importance of behaving safely and responsibly in the digital world. I personally find visuals and concrete examples to […]

Why Do We Have to Write Today?

October28

In addition to the start of Digital Citizenship Week, last Monday was also the National Day on Writing. So besides working on a digital footprint project and related writing activities, I also posed the following question to my Language Arts students: Why do we have to write? Sounds like the type of question students would […]

Diigo Weekly Update

October27

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your lessons and activities! » 3x3Links A handy web-based tool for creating an Internet start page that can be used to share links with […]

Think Before You Click!

October23

Digital Citizenship Week is not only the perfect time to acknowledge that our students need digital citizenship skills, but it’s also a great time to engage students in activities about how to be safe and respectful online, and most importantly—why behaving responsibly is so important. That said, my Tech Club students have begun a digital […]

Celebrate Digital Citizenship Week!

October21

Whether it’s a profile update, tweet, post, file download or YouTube video, our students are confronted every day with making important decisions related to social media and other digital networks. The question is—which choice will they make? A responsible one, or one that could have lasting negative consequences? To ensure your students create a positive […]

Diigo Weekly Update

October20

What’s new this week in my Diigo bookmarks? Check out the links shown below for some of the latest and greatest “Cool Tools” and/or web resources that can be integrated into your lessons and activities! » Typing Monster A fun game in which users try to avoid the monster’s fireballs by typing the correct magic […]

We’re Wild About Technology!

October19

For the second consecutive year, my Tech Club students were selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Education Excellence Fair on October 17 in Hershey, PA, at the joint conference of the Pennsylvania School Board Association (PSBA) and the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA). During the three hour event, two of my 22 tech savvy […]

Edu-fun Friday: Fair Selection?

October18

As Quincy Jones once remarked, “I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.” That said, Edu-fun Friday is a series devoted to adding some humor to the lives of teachers who visit this blog. After all, there’s nothing better than ending the week […]

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Edu-fun Friday: Fair Selection?

October18

As Quincy Jones once remarked, “I’ve always thought that a big laugh is a really loud noise from the soul saying, “Ain’t that the truth.” That said, Edu-fun Friday is a series devoted to adding some humor to the lives of teachers who visit this blog. After all, there’s nothing better than ending the week […]

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