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Tweens and Tech: Our Guide to Getting Them to Open Up
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.In this episode of our podcast:We kick off a month of podcasts on kids and technology! Exciting!We talk with listener Dierdre...
View ArticleA Classroom Activity for Tweens and Teens Everywhere
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.A few weeks ago, we had a conversation with 16-year-old Grace about her smartphone. She inspired Dierdre Shetler, a middle...
View ArticleA Parent's Guide to All That 'Ed Tech' In Your Kid's Classroom
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.A challenge for you: Ask a 4-year-old about their day in school. Ask what they did, who they played with, what they learned....
View ArticleA Glossary of Useful Ed Tech Terms
There are a lot of buzzwords in education technology — including the phrase "education technology!"We've rounded up some of the most common, and we'd welcome your suggestions on what else we should...
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Blind Kids, Touchscreen Phones, and the End of Braille?
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.Today's show has a lot to do with audio and sound, so we encourage you to listen to the full episode! Hear it in the player...
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Half the Teachers in America Use One App to Track Kids
This story is part of New Tech City's series on education and technology.Do you remember how many gold stars you got in second grade? Can you recall how many times you were sent to the principal's...
View ArticleKids and Tech Finale: 3 Core Principles
From the mouths of babes:"You should only put limits on the amount of useless stuff you do on the Internet. If you're doing something useful... keep going by all means. If you want to spend your time...
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Judging Your Originality in a Cut and Paste World
Welcome to the only site on the whole World Wide Web with the words: “They were friends forever and lived happily ever after." At least, the only one as far as a giant database of student papers,...
View Article9 Things We Learned About Phones From a Teenager (Reprise)
Classrooms in 2015 are full of gadgets, apps and devices that their teachers (let alone parents), did not grow up using themselves. Kids learning on these tools will most likely be using different...
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