RCS Tech Share

"Course Description Ignition - Digital Literacy & Responsibility™ combines the power of cutting-edge instructional design, rich media, and simulations to educate teens and empower them with the skill set to leverage technology safely and effectively. The four-hour curriculum is designed for students in grades 6th - 9th and informs students on both "nuts and bolts" of how technology works and an introduction to STEM careers, while also placing them in virtual environments to tackle issues including privacy, security, cyberbullying, digital relationships, and the viral nature of the web."

"Administrators and teachers are urgently looking for a proven system that will guide them through the complexities of Web 2.0. Too often, events like cyberbullying, sexting, plagiarizing and hacking push litigious chaos into the forefront of technology adoption, essentially stunting the development of digital citizenship progress. In response to this real and palpable need, iKeepSafe offers you these resources..."

"how-to text on creating authentic tasks, rubrics, and standards for measuring and improving student learning."

"The technology is being put to seemingly good uses, but some researchers disagree."

"Since 2012, the New York Code + Design Academy has been teaching code and user experience design to hundreds of students without any prior experience in tech. "

"To prove why you shouldn't let your style guide go by the wayside, we're going to take a look at 50 stunning and detailed examples of style guides that are sure to encourage you to begin compiling your own."

"Many parents worry that "screen time" will impair children's development, but recent research suggests that most of the common fears about children and screens are unfounded. "

"As with so much else in life, moderation in our digital world should be the hallmark of a healthy relationship with technology."

"Providence Day School believes that there is a responsibility to train our students and faculty to be engaged, ethical, and productive digital citizens which why our resource guide has been updated. Each chapter now has a Take Action section to guide Educators to meaningful ways to engage their students."

"the goal is not constant focus, but a short period of distraction-free time every day. "Twenty minutes a day of deep focus could be transformative," Rock says." The steps: 1: Do creative work first. 2: Allocate your time deliberately. 3: Train your mind like a muscle.

"'Effective multitasking' is sort of an oxymoron. "The human brain doesn't really multitask," says Art Markman, cognitive psychologist and author of Smart Thinking (Perigee, 2012). "What the human brain does is what I call time-sharing.""

From a dyslexic, very tech savvy, high school student: "Here's a list of my favorite iPad apps and how I use them to help me both in and out of the classroom."

Boost reading and writing confidence. Offer support for Google Docs/web to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.

Boost reading and writing confidence. Offer support for Google Docs/web to students with learning difficulties, dyslexia or ELL/ESL.

Assistive reading app with variable speech rate, multiple voices, and ability to limit text display to just a few lines. $9.99

OCR of captured images on your iPad. Can also perform text-to-speech on them. $9.99

Free and very customizable QR code generator. Just be sure to test your more outlandish designs to ensure they are actually readable...

Check out the tutorials (this page), then look at the other really useful information there!