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How can innovative design skills and computational thinking impact the writing of elementary students?
Byadmin February 23, 2022January 1, 2024

Change is inevitable in education. Every aspect of education is dynamic, subject to change to reflect the ever-shifting trends in curriculum, political climate, funding, organizational structures, teaching and learning, culture, demographics, and in the last several decades, technology. Technological innovations have reconfigured our patterns of living, working and learning (Neumann, Dion & Snap, 2021). Consequently,…

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Inquiry-based Learning and Digital Literacy
Byadmin February 10, 2022October 26, 2023

Inquiry-based Learning “Inquiry-based learning is an approach to teaching and learning that places students’ questions, ideas and observations at the center of the learning experience” (Boiko & Nastas, 2017). Instilling curiosity or the eagerness to learn is the bedrock of inquiry-based learning. In an inquiry classroom, students are the ones who do the ‘heavy lifting’…

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How can we develop reading fluency using digital tools?
Byadmin January 23, 2022October 26, 2023

Reading fluency is one of the building blocks in developing successful readers. It is the link, or the bridge, between decoding and comprehension (Reading Rockets, n.d., Rasinski, 2019, 41:39). Rasinski (2014) defines reading fluency as having two main components: automaticity in word recognition and expression in oral reading, which is also known as prosody. As…

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Our Well-being as Digital Citizens
Byadmin December 11, 2021October 26, 2023

Digital Well-being: Technology and our Daily Lives “Technology is, not so much as a necessary evil, it’s a necessary good that can go either way.” www.wellbeing.google The Pew Research Center’s report called “The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World” (Anderson & Rainie, 2018) presents interesting perspectives on how digital technology has impacted humanity and…

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What does digital citizenship look like in an international school setting?
Byadmin December 5, 2021October 26, 2023

An Ethics Audit Report I have the privilege of working in an international school in Southeast Asia. This school is located in one of the major capital cities in the region. Technology education is an integral part of the school’s academic program, from helping students understand how to be digital citizens in the elementary school,…

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Leveraging Technology for English Language Learners
Byadmin November 2, 2021October 26, 2023

English Language Learners (ELLs) are students whose native language is not English. Every year, teachers welcome many English language learners in their classrooms around the world. In the United States, ELLs represent the fastest growing group of students (Erben, 2009). When working with ELLs, issues regarding access to curriculum and to resources are always in…

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Understanding Digital Wisdom, Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship
Byadmin October 19, 2021October 26, 2023

How do we build a culture of honesty and authenticity in the digital world? How do we promote honesty among our digital citizens? Driving up and down the freeway, I can’t help but notice the guardrails in place. What do guardrails do? By definition, a guardrail is a railing, or a barrier set in place…

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How can we help students develop digital accountability?
Byadmin October 5, 2021October 26, 2023

When I ponder how technology has transformed my way of living, I have to admit that it is far-fetched to imagine life devoid of technology. It has pervaded our entire society. Technology has transformed how I live – how I express my faith, how I communicate, how I interact with loved ones, how I raise…

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