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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing Whether to Use Software or Technology to Enhance Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial explaining how to use technology to create graphics and visuals to enhance documents and presentations. A brief audiovisual presentation identifies types of visuals, and another audiovisual presentation describes how and when...
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TES Global

Tes: Using Museums to Inspire Design & Technology Projects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Design Toolkit for Teachers from theVictoria and Albert Museum is a guide to using museums to inspire design and technology projects. It includes information on why to use a museum to support the design...
Article
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center: Teens, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the findings from a research study on how teens use popular social media and social networking sites. The study looked at the different sites, tools, and apps that are being used, with Facebook ranking the highest. It also...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Using Technology to Support Struggling Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In an increasingly complex world, all students need to be scientifically literate. While some students may go on to pursue advanced careers in the sciences, basic scientific literacy is critical for all students.
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City College of New York

City Technology: Fantastic Elastic

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore engineering technology with this unit. Students will study how to design and execute two types of homemade vehicles using elastic.
Primary
Other

Ncte: Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the National Council of Teachers of English, "this document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use." Use this site to help you...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Using Assistive Technology to Support Writing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Technology-and especially the subset of technology tools known as assistive technology-can be an effective element of the writing curriculum for students with disabilities. Assistive technology (AT) can be defined as a technology that...
Article
THEJournal

The Journal: Teachers Report Educational Benefits of Frequent Technology Use

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discusses a report on the use of technology in schools. The report surveyed over a thousand American educators for their thoughts on technology use. Teacher support and training were found to be key factors to successful integration of...
Article
Other

Gartner: 10 Ways Technology Will Change What It Means to Be Human

For Students 9th - 10th
An article from Campus Technology magazine that discusses how technology is changing the human condition and many of these changes are driven by the wants, needs, and interests of people. For example, artificial emotional intelligence...
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University of Minnesota

Univerity of Minnesota: Global Rem: Border Control & Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource uses articles, images, and videos that describe the use of sophisticated technologies to control migration at the border between the United States and Mexico. The goal is to encourage students to understand how technology...
Handout
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Energy Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the many sources of energy used around the world.
Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Lesson: We the Digital Citizens

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, 2nd graders explore the amazing possibilities that come with using technology. They'll also learn from the Digital Citizens, who take a pledge to be safe, responsible, and respectful...
Article
Other

Thales Group: Digital Dividends: The Positive Effects of Id Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This article provides a pro-business perspective on the adoption of digital identification of citizens by governments around the world. It looks at how governments can better serve their citizens by using this technology, its economic...
Article
Other

Mit Technology Review: Zig Bee Takes It Easy

For Students 9th - 10th
Article describes ZigBee wireless communication, its uses and features, and one of its first targeted applications - cheaply installed portable light switches, thermostats, and security systems in the home. (Published August 19, 2004)
Article
Time

Time: 5 Trends That Will Change How You Use Social Media in 2015

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at potential changes in 2015 in how people use social media. These include tools to make financial transactions, new types of networks, shopping features, social networking features on more smart devices, and the demand for more...
Article
Other

Training Virtual Teams Using Desktop Video Conferencing

For Students 9th - 10th
Technology does improve team communication and this article tells how.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: Nccos: Exploring New Ways to Communicate Scientific Results

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the many types of media technology that scientists have available today to communicate the results of their research. These include social media tools, educational web pages, videos, virtual worlds, and podcasts. Many examples...
Article
Other

I Scoop: Industry 4.0 to Society 5.0: Big Societal Transformation Plan of Japan

For Students 9th - 10th
Society 5.0 aims to tackle several challenges by going far beyond just the digitalization of the economy towards the digitalization across all levels of the Japanese society and the (digital) transformation of society itself. One of the...
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Other

Florida Gulf Coast U.: Technology Skills Orientation: Power Point 2013 Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a dynamic tutorial that is image and text-based and allows you to proceed with a step-by-step tutorial, or to jump to the sections you want to focus on.
Lesson Plan
TryEngineering

Try Engineering: Hand Biometrics Technology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson probes how biometrics technologies have been used worldwide to address security and identification systems. After exploring different biometric techniques, students work in teams to find their own hand geometry biometrics, then...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Book Reviews, Annotation, and Web Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to write group book reviews after reading texts in literature circles. Students also learn about research and documentation as they put together their reports. In addition to objectives...
Article
Other

Temple Univ.: Pick Me! Choosing the Right Technology Tools for Your Courses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article discusses three criteria teachers should consider when choosing digital tools that will engage their students: students should be able to personalize the tool, they want tools that will connect their learning to real-life...
Article
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center: Stories From Experts About the Impact of Digital Life

For Students 9th - 10th
While many technology experts and scholars have concerns about the social, political, and economic fallout from the spread of digital activities, they also tend to report that their own experience of digital life has been positive. This...
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 17. Creative Communications

For Students 9th - 10th
Communication involves listening and speaking as well as reading and writing clearly and creatively, and technology provides opportunities for expressing yourself digitally. In these Quests, students learn about different software...

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