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The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. By EdTech Team Updated on march 2, 2015 : The original list that was created in 2011 comprised 33 skills , after reviewing it we decided to do some merging and finally ended up with the 20 skills below.

The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have

The 21st century teacher should be able to : 1- Create and edit digital audio Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill :Free Audio Tools for Teachers 2- Use Social bookmarking to share resources with and between learners Here are some tools for teachers to develop this skill : A List of Best Bookmarking Websites for Teachers. Three Good Interactive Visuals on SMAR Model for Teachers.

July, 2014 In today's post I am sharing with you three interactive visuals on SAMR model created on ThingLink.

Three Good Interactive Visuals on SMAR Model for Teachers

Besides providing iPad apps that fit in with each of the categories of SAMR: redefinition, augmentation, modification, and substitution, these apps are also hyperlinked so you can access them with one click and right from the visual itself. For more resources on SAMR please see this page. For those you not yet familiar with SAMR model, SAMR was developed by Dr. Ruben Puentadura as a model for technology integration into the classroom. It is presumed to help teachers make a better leverage of technology in their teaching. SubstitutionThis is the stage where you use technology to substitute what you could have done with pen and paper. one popular example of this is using word processor to type a story instead of handwriting it. MOOCs. Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level. One of the hardest things to teach, in my opinion, is research.

Doing Internet Research at the Elementary Level

10 Tech Skills Every Student (and teacher) need to have. Last month, I wrote “10 Important Skills Students Need for the Future.”

10 Tech Skills Every Student (and teacher) need to have

After reading a few articles about specific tech skills, I thought I write what I think are the 10 Important Tech Skills Students Need. 1. Internet Search - students need to know how to do a proper internet search, using search terms and modifiers. This skill is needed for school, work and life in general. Online Courses & Virtual Learning Sites. Twas The Night Before Testing... Tech Tools & Sites For Teachers. Free Math Worksheets, Problems and Practice. Free online OCR. #digcit Archives - Gone Virtual. Wolfram Education Portal: Free Resources and Materials for Teachers. 16% of Cellphones Have Poop on Them. Worried your cellphone may fall into the 16% with poop on it?

16% of Cellphones Have Poop on Them

You should be scared — not just of the germs lurking on your mobile, but on all your favorite tech gizmos. Before you type anything else into your keyboard, consider this: Keyboards, on average, are five times dirtier and have 60 times more germs on them than toilet seats. They are 150 times over the acceptable limit for bacteria. This infographic, created by Keeping It Kleen, reveals the specs of our tech gadgets we don't really want to know. For instance, the dirtiest device in your house is the TV remote. If you want to keep your mobile out of the 16%, take some relief knowing you can keep your tech clean with sanitizing wipes, UV light cleaners, rubbing alcohol or microfiber cleaning cloths. Top 12 Ways Technology Changed Learning. In the 21st century, technology has changed the ways in which we communicate and go about our lives.

Top 12 Ways Technology Changed Learning

Very few educators would disagree with the notion that technology has dramatically changed the teaching and learning process. With the help of some fellow teachers, here is a short list of the top 12 ways how technology has changed education: Communication Evolution Because we text, our students have learned a dialect that we don't always understand. Kids communicate in many different modalities as a result of technology. Expanding Audience Students' sense of audience is completely different. Effective teachers are always on the prowl for new and exciting teaching... As December rolls by, the holiday hype has most likely invaded your classroom.... Restorative justice has been helping educators entirely rethink the way they... How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had. Kodak has finally formalized what had been expected for years — it's gone bankrupt.

How Kodak Squandered Every Single Digital Opportunity It Had

In the past 15 years, digital technology changed photography dramatically, and Kodak, a former heavyweight in the analog film business, got left behind. That's the story of Kodak in the broadest of strokes, though it doesn't capture the full (if you'll forgive me) picture. In fact, Kodak missed the boat on digital not once, but at least three times. Besides never capitalizing on the digital-camera tech it helped create, Kodak also gravely misunderstood the new ways consumers wanted to interact with their photos, the technologies involved, and the market forces surrounding them. "It's sad because they still have good people there," says Jeffrey Hayzlett, who was Kodak's Chief Marketing Officer from 2006 until 2010.

The recent economic downturn was a factor in Kodak's demise, though other companies managed to weather it without going bankrupt. Worksheets and Kodachrome: Lessons in Kodak's Bankruptcy. This week Eastman Kodak filed for bankruptcy.

Worksheets and Kodachrome: Lessons in Kodak's Bankruptcy

Is there a lesson for educators about what happens when you lose touch with your customer? First some personal background. I'm from Rochester New York - "The Kodak City. " My dad worked at Building 29 - right at the heart of the business. Rotating through round-the-clock shifts, literally working in the dark, he mixed the chemicals that became film.

Of course, Kodak could afford to be generous to its workers (and extremely philanthropic to the Rochester community).