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5 (free) Shortkey Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired.
This month: Shortkeys
–for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here
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.
5 (free) Mouse Skills Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired.
This month: Mouse Skills
–for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here
5 (free) Keyboarding Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired.
This month: Keyboarding
–for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here
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.
169 Tech Tip #164 Parts of a Website
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 scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education.
Today’s tip: Parts of a Website
Category: Internet
Share with students the four most important parts of a website (see inset):
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169 Tech Tip #100 Top Ten Internet Shortkeys
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 scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education.
Today’s tip: Top Ten Internet Shortkeys
Category: Internet
Sub-category: Keyboarding
Here’s a poster with ten favorite shortkeys students will love when using the internet:
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12 Favorite PC Shortkeys
Here’s an update to my Favorite PC Shortkeys poster:
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.
What’s Tomorrow’s Student Look Like
Just as the teacher’s job has changed from ‘sage on the stage’ to ‘guide on the side’, so too has the student’s job. Take a peek into the near future at tomorrow’s student. Today, you’d call this child the ‘techie’ minority. Tomorrow, s/he’ll be the majority.
S/he is no longer a passive observer of his/her educational journey, expecting a teacher to impart knowledge that will shape his/her future. Tomorrow’s student takes charge of their learning, sifts through available options and selects what works for them, spirals up or down when required, asks for scaffolding when it’s lacking, accepts accountability for their progress as a stakeholder in the process, adapts to change as needed. They look for rigor in their learning environment and rise to the challenge when required.
These future students expect to collaborate, share, publish, contribute, and participate in a community of learners.
In some cases, the future has already arrived
What’s all that mean? Let’s add detail.
What’s the Classroom of the Future Look Like?
Education is changing. Teachers no longer primly lecture from the front of the class. Students don’t fervently copy the instructors words down, read text, and memorize material for a test.
And the classroom itself has changed.
If these reforms have your head spinning, hold on to your sensibilities because lots more are coming. You thought Smartscreens at the front of the class linked to a computer, students storing schoolwork in the cloud rather than a personal file folder, homework submitted electronically, parents signing up to volunteer on something called ‘Sign up Genius’ was cutting edge? By the time your new born baby enters kindergarten, here’s what they’ll find at their school house:
Weekend Websites: 25 Keyboarding Websites
If summer is when your children are absolutely positively going to catch up on keyboarding, here’s a list of 32 keyboarding websites for all ages (be sure to view the full post–I have a free poster for you):
- ABCYa–Keyboard challenge—grade level
- Alphabet rain game
- Barracuda game
- Big Brown Bear
- Bubbles game
- Dance Mat Typing
- Finger jig practice game
- Free typing tutor
- GoodTyping.com
- Keyboard practice—quick start
- Keyboarding practice
- Keyboarding—lessons
- Keyboarding—more lessons
- Keyboarding—must sign up, but free
- Keyboarding—quick start
- Keybr–Online practice
- NitroTyping
- Online typing lessons — more
- Touch Typing Progressive Program
- TuxTyping
- Typing Club
- Typing Defense—fun word practice
- TypingTest.com
- TypingWeb.com—a graduated course
- Web Institute Keyboarding for Kids
Subscribers: Your Special is Available
Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching.
This month:
50% off Tech Posters for your classroom
This is one of the most popular products at this time of year for teachers. You can see all of them in the thumbnails below. They’re in two groups:
Both are on sale for about half price (give or take a few pennies). But hurry–special ends September 21st, 2013, at midnight.
Questions? Email me at askatechteacher@gmail.com