UWCSEA East has been requiring students in grades 6 and above to have laptops for learning since 2011. Since then, we’ve learned a lot about how students learn with technology, and we continue to push our pedagogical practices to ensure that technology is leveraged in the best ways possible to enhance student learning. We also…
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Reducing Distractions on Digital Devices
Distractions are as old as time. Think back to high school when perhaps you were doodling on a pencil case or passing notes to friends. What is different is that the very tools that allow us to access such wonderful learning and communication opportunities, can also have the power to distract us. In the presentation…
Learning to Manage Distractions
One of parents’ biggest concerns around student use of technology is that of distractions. The same tool we use to create and learn, can be used to entertain and derail productivity. So what are our options, as teachers? As parents? We could create elaborate structures of control (blocking certain websites, turning off wifi etc), but that…
Student Guest Author: Does technology make traditional education better or worse?
Student Guest Author: Does technology make traditional education better or worse? Thank you to 10th Grader Zara Curtis for Sharing this Essay with us! Zara composed this essay as part of her Global Perspectives Coursework. Today, six billion people have access to mobile phones worldwide (Wang). To put that into perspective, only four and…
Parenting in the Digital Age – When I Was a Kid…
Life was so much simpler when I was a kid. I used to wake up on a Saturday morning and after having a quick breakfast, I would be left to my own devices. The weekend was ahead of me and there were so many possibilities. Sure there was homework to be done, but that could…
Digital Bytes April 16, 2018
Newseum Looking for a great place to find primary resources to support your students’ media literacy and examine current and historical events? Check out Newseum where it is free to sign up and access great content. Free Music A reminder that we have access to all kinds of free music in the Creator Studio part…
Learning How to Focus
Take a look at the photo below. What does it tell you? What do you notice? It tells me that with close to 60 tabs open, this student was so distracted by the extension that he/she wasted a significant amount of time being off task. The worrying thing is that if this student continues these patterns…
Parenting in the Digital Age – The Conversation Continues
Being the first group of people to parent the iPad generation certainly is an adventure. On the one hand, we are amazed by their capabilities to navigate between applications, create movies, build websites and FaceTime their grandparents. On the other hand, we may feel anxious about buzzwords like ‘screentime’, ‘game-addiction’, ‘distractions’ and ‘cyber bullying.’ Keep…
Digital Bytes – May 16, 2016
Great Apps for Book Creator Book Creator is a fantastic app and one that we use across many of our grade levels. This page shares 11 great apps that you can use in conjunction with Book Creator. There are some great examples like creating animations in Explain Everything and then importing those movies into Book…
Digital Bytes August 24, 2015
This week’s digital bytes includes articles about using safari reader view to get rid of distractions on webpages, 14 essential search tips for students when using Google and teachers sharing their thoughts on how to develop student digital portfolios.