Computer technology isn’t as hard as it sounds, but it does require consistent use. You can’t learn a skill and stick it on a shelf for three months without it molding. Here’s how you do that: Read this blog. I cover the stuff you will use daily. It won’t get stale. Take my test. Try these eighteen:
Basics
- 7 Education Trends You Don’t Want to Miss
- 8 Education Tools That Are Going Away
- 11 Ways to be an Inquiry-based Teacher
- 12 Tips on Handling Hard-to-teach Classes
- How to be a Tech Teacher
- Mouse Skills
- My Classroom
- New Students? 7 Tips to Differentiate with Tech
Common Core Basics
- 11 Things I Love About Common Core
- Common Core Writing–Digital Quick Writes
- How to Prepare Students for PARCC Tests
- What are Common Core keyboarding standards?
Freebies
Top Classroom Websites
- 149 Websites for K-8 Geography/Geology
- 20 Great Research Websites for Kids
- 20 Programming Websites for K-8
Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum, K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.