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Tips and Strategies to Get Started

• Technology and Teaching: Finding a Balance: Look at three tools that can serve as technology-integration entry points, and discover advice on how to balance technology use with the teaching of critical, information literacy skills. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)
• 3 Tips for Integrating Technology at the Start of School: Start slow and steady when introducing your students to all the wonderful tech tools you learned over the summer. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2013)
• 10 Free Apps and Tools for Starting Out (and Staying Organized): Pick out a few tools from this list as you develop your system for staying organized this school year. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2016)

Standards, Models, and Frameworks

• How to Integrate Tech When It Keeps Changing: Read about models and frameworks that can help guide technology integration in the classroom, including TPACK and SAMR. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)
• Redefining Learning Through Screencasting: Consider a specific technology like screencasting through the lens of the SAMR model. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2013)
• : Check out the new , and reference a list of the skills and qualities that will enable students to be successful in a connected, digital world. (ISTE, 2016)
• : Review functional and critical thinking skills related to information, media, and technology within the Framework for 21st Century Learning. (Partnership for 21st Century Learning)

Finding, Evaluating, and Selecting Technology Tools

• Quality vs. Quantity: Choosing Your Back-to-School Apps: Focus on your learning goals, only pick a few, and don’t forget to have your students join the process! (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2016)
• Matching Edtech Products With Neurological Learning Goals: Ask some of these relevant, critical questions. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2016)
• Neuromyths and Edu-Ca$h-In: Vetting the "Expert" Claims: Determine whether the research is factual and relevant, who conducted it, and who has actually used and benefitted from the product. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2016)
• The Epic BYOD Toolchest (51 Tools You Can Use Now): Discover a wealth of apps and platforms that can facilitate teaching and maximize learning within a BYOD classroom. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)

Using Technology for Feedback and Assessment

• 5 Fantastic, Fast, Formative Assessment Tools: Learn more about tools like Socrative, Kahoot, Zaption, Chatzy, and Plickers and how to use them for immediate feedback on student understanding. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2015)
• Using Tech Tools to Provide Timely Feedback: Explore ideas and resources for using technology to facilitate assessment and provide meaningful feedback on student work. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2012)

Using Technology to Empower Student-Creators

• 4 Technologies to Help Students Find Their Voice in Your Classroom: Help students find their voice by allowing them to explore different platforms and find the ones that suit them best. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)
• Cardboard Box Tools: Find out how digital learning tools can fuel the free play of imagination, just like an empty cardboard box. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)

Using Technology to Connect Students to the World

• A Guidebook for Social Media in the Classroom: Discover 12 positive ways to use social media in the classroom. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, Updated 2015)
• Collaborative Learning Spaces: Classrooms That Connect to the World: Promote global collaborations among classrooms of the world by connecting physical and virtual learning spaces. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2015)

Managing Technology in the Classroom

• Back-to-School Technology Checklist: Reference a back-to-school checklist to ensure that your classroom is technology ready. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2012)
• Introducing Mobile Technology Into Your Classroom: Structures and Routines: Review a few simple structures and routines that can help launch a successful 1:1 classroom. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2013)
• Striking a Balance: Digital Tools and Distraction in School: Teach self-management skills in order to address the problem of digital distraction in school. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)
• Classroom Management Tips for the Technology Rich Classroom: To alleviate common technology challenges, consider some of these strategies from Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú’s community. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2015)

Teaching Digital Literacy and Citizenship

• How to Teach Internet Safety to Younger Elementary Students: Explore tips for teaching young children how to protect themselves online. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, Updated 2015)
• Modeling Constructive Online Behavior: Model thoughtful use of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and blogging to help teens create a positive digital footprint. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2015)
• What Your Students Really Need to Know About Digital Citizenship: Unlock the "9 Key Ps" of digital citizenship with this helpful planning framework. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2014)
• Social Media at School: Teaching Safety on the Virtual Playground: Find activities to teach students lessons about their digital footprint and the responsibilities that come with using social media. (Â鶹´«Ã½Èë¿Ú, 2015)

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