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January 4th-9th

the 56-page PDF, “25 Digital Tools for the Classroom”

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“25 Digital Tools for the Classroom” is a thorough discussion on which are the most useful tools in a K-8 classroom, organized by grade level. This includes popular digital tools such as blogs, backchannel devices, vocabulary decoding tools, avatars, digital portfolios, digital note-taking, as well as others you may not have thought of. Here’s what you do:

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of October, including:

1. Freebie for history teachers
2. Digital Citizenship Week
3. 100+ Digcit websites
4. Assistive technology tools for writing
5. Dyslexia Awareness Month
6. Bully Prevention Month
7. Exercises to Strengthen Fingers for Keyboarding
8. Teacher Tech Training is Critical
9. HS Curricula and Career Education
10. Websites to Explain Elections

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in November:

• Choosing the right Computer Science specialization
• Free Hour of Code Lesson Plans
• National STEM/STEAM Day
• Tech Tips
• Apps for Curious Students
• Thanksgiving Break!

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of August:

1. Tech Ed Resources–Coaching
2. How to Thank a Teacher
3. Benefits of a Short Course
4. Notetaking and Study Apps
5. Free Keyboarding Posters
6. Essential Tech Tools for History Class
7. Habits of Mind
8. Which Digital Device Should I Use
9. Lessons Learned my First 5 Years of Teaching
10. Incorporate Podcasting Into Your Curriculum

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in September:

• More Free Posters
• 8 Tips to Become Tomorrow’s Teacher
• Apps for Curious Students
• Fall Websites
• How to Evaluate Apps

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of July:

1. 9 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day
2. Tech Ed Resources–Lesson Plans
3. 25 Websites for Lesson Planning
4. Tech Ed Resources for your Class–K-8 Keyboard Curriculum
5. 40 Websites to Teach Keyboarding
6. EdTech’s Top Blogs to Follow–Yep, We’re On It
7. Tech Ed Resources for your Class–Digital Citizenship
8. We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969
9. HS Financial Training Classes
10. Here’s How to Get Started with Ask a Tech Teacher
11. The Case for PDFs in Class Revisited

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in August:

• What to know before studying abroad in the US
• How to showcase your skills when applying for your first job
• Tech Ed Resources–online classes
• Tech Ed Resources–Mentoring and coaching
• Free posters
• Habits of Mind

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of June

1. June is Internet Safety Month
2. World Environment Day: Living Responsibly with Nature
3. Tech Tip #91: Rollback Windows Updates
4. What you Need to Know about Evaluating Apps
5. 6 Tech Activities for Your Summer School Program
6. Looking for Summer Activities? Try These
7. 15 Skills To Learn this Summer and Use Next Year
8. 6 Websites that Teach Letters
9. Need a New Job? Here’s What You Do
10. 9 Websites to Address Social Media

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in July:

• 17 Ways to Add Tech to your Lessons Without Adding Time to Your Day
• Top PC Shortkeys
• Tech Ed Lesson Plans
• Free Posters
• Habits of Mind
• We Land on the Moon
• Mentoring
• How to get Started with Ask a Tech Teacher

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of May

1. Tech Teacher Appreciation Week
2. Encourage Creativity in the Classroom
3. #CUE22 and Trending Edtech
4. 12 Tech Tasks To End the School Year
5. 5 Ways to Involve Parents
6. 3 Websites on Architecture/Engineering
7. 13 Websites That Provide Lots of Digital Books for Summer Reading
8. Kiddom’s Newest Feature–Lesson Launch
9. How to Clean Up Google Classroom for the Summer
10. Memorial Day Websites and Projects

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in June:

• Mindfulness in the Classroom
• Internet Safety Month
• Subscriber Special
• Tech Tips
• World Environment Day
• Apps for Curious Students
• Evaluating Apps
• Tech in your Summer School Program
• Summer Activities
• Need a New Job?

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of April

1. National Library Week April 3-9
2. Preparing for College or Career
3. Long-Term Benefits of Bilingual Education
4. How to Become a Tech Teacher
5. Tech Tools for Reading Fluency
6. Assistive Technology in Colleges
7. Resources to Teach Taxes
8. How to Make a Program Easy to Find
9. 18 Easter Websites and Apps
10. Earth Day Classroom Activities

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in May:

• Kiddom’s New Lesson Launch
• Websites on Architecture and Engineering
• End of School Year Tasks
• 5 Tips to Involve Parents
• Does MS Word Have ‘Research’?
• Memorial Day Websites and Projects
• Must-have Apps for Curious Students
• Digital Reading for Summer

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of March

1. Social Media or COVID: Which is more dangerous to students?
2. 5 (free) Posters about Learning
3. Websites that add sparkle (and learning) to Spring
4. Guiding Students through the Crisis in Ukraine
5. A Lesson Plan for Addressing What’s in the News
6. Invention Convention is coming
7. Celebrate Pi Day and Maths Day
8. Using VR to Visualize Complex Information
9. 23 Websites on Biomes, Habitats, Landforms
10. 7+ Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in April:

1. Preparing for College or Career
2. How to Become a Tech Teacher
3. Tech Tools for Reading Fluency
4. Resources to Teach Taxes
5. Easter Websites
6. Earth Day Activities
7. Digital Literacy
8. Create a Macro
9. Websites on Architecture/Engineering

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of February:

1. Groundhog Day and the 100th Day of School
2. #WorldReadAloudDay February 2
3. Simulations as a Teaching Strategy
4. Model Teaching–How Today’s Educators Learn
5. Translate Webpages In a Second
6. 14 Valentine Sites For Students
7. How Does the Metaverse Fit into Education?
8. Random Acts of Kindness Day
9. Track Your Stuff
10. Logitech Pen–No Setup, No Batteries, No Problems

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in March:

1. Subscriber Special
2. Social Media or COVID: Which is more dangerous to students?
3. Free Posters
4. Invention Convention
5. Pi Day
6. Apps for Curious Students
7. St. Patrick’s Day REsources
8. Resources for Architecture/Engineering
9. World Backup Day
10. How Twitter makes you a better writer

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Here are the most-read posts for the month of January

1. Public Domain Day and Happy New Year!
2. How to Change the Dynamics of Peer-to-peer Learning with Tract
3. Top 10 Hits and Misses for 2021
4. Ready To Go Back To School? 7 Fun Lesson Ideas To Start The New Year
5. 4 (free) Posters About Reading
6. Practices of Tech-savvy Teachers
7. 23+ Websites on Animals
8. 5 YouTube Features for Teachers
9. Google Earth Lesson Plans
10. How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up in February:

• Groundhog Day
• World Read Aloud Day
• Simulations as a Teaching Strategy
• Grading Practices
• 3D Printing Websites
• Tech Tips
• Valentine’s Day Online Resources
• Free Posters
• The Metaverse and Education
• President’s Day Activities
• Teacher Training: Model Teaching
• Random Acts of Kindness Day
• Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change