Teaching and Learning
Because living and working are so different now from even a decade or two ago and because things will continue to change, today’s students need new skills to survive and thrive in the future. Education should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before. What does this mean for classrooms? Read the articles below to find out how technology can impact teaching and learning.
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A look at how to use social media for student learning
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Here are resources to encourage critical thinking, complex analysis and problem-solving.
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Here are five qualities of Common Core State Standards.
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What testing for common core standards is appropriate for special needs students?
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Engage your students with the wow factor of video to motivate.
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Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to communicate an important truth to another person.
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In a personalized learning environment, teacher and student roles change and technology plays a major role.
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What rights should students have to use technology in school? Here’s one set of ideas.
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Teachers can use ISTE’s Classroom Observation Tool (ICOT) to promote, support, and model creative learning activities.
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Here’s a unique 1:1 program. It’s different because the districts encourage students to buy their own laptops.
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Blended Learning combines the best of two worlds – face-to-face and online learning.
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A small town in North Carolina launches a new laptop program after extensive planning and professional development.
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Here is a series of activities to help students learn to use digital textbooks.
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Preparing students for real life
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Using a social media tool like Twitter is an excellent way to connect with your students and extend education beyond the classroom.
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HP is the exclusive computer provider for the new NBC school makeover series School Pride, a new NBC school-renovation reality series, focused on tran
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Avatars are being used to address classroom challenges, by helping students contextualize history lessons, by giving teachers more direct training and
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Free web sites with sound educational content are available from federal agencies. The sites here promote math and computer science education.
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How does anyone choose among the Web’s millions of resources? Here are web sites for teaching art and music from the federal government.
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There’s a new lesson plan drive for teachers called Let’s Teach Amazing (enter for a chance to win a mini PC each week) and a new K-12 Twitter account
Technology & Curriculum Integration
The goal of technology integration is to use technology seamlessly so that the technology itself becomes a transparent and integral tool to teach core curriculum.
Learn more about integrating technology into various curriculum areas.
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Question of the Month
Common Core and Technology



