Tech Tip #142: Encourage the use of audio notes

In 169 Tech Tips, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address class tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and the subtext to daily tech-infused education.

Today’s tip: Encourage the use of audio notes

Every opportunity, encourage students to use the audio mike (instead of the keyboard) to record their ideas, thoughts, and notes. Why? It will suit some students perfectly and differentiate for needs you may not even be aware of. Of course, if everyone used audio notes, the class would get quite noisy.

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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, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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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, an Amazon Vine Voice, 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.

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