In this episode of EdTech in the Classroom, we welcome Jeff Meyer, the Director of Education for Learning.com.
4 pillars for Learning
Keyboarding
Do we still need keyboarding skills in our curriculum?
When to start teaching Keyboarding Skills
Online Safety / Digital Citizenship
When to start teaching Digital Citizenship
Coding and Computational Thinking
Business Applications
Spreadsheets and Word Processing
STEM Education
Gamifying Learning in K-5
Why Learning.com?
By 2020, it is estimated that nearly 80% of jobs will require some level of technical proficiency. We live in a digital society. Students must be given the opportunity to learn and develop digital literacy skills – starting as early as Kindergarten. From keyboarding and word processing to coding and computational thinking, digital literacy skills are needed more than ever. Learning.com makes it easy to teach students the critical digital literacy skills they must have to succeed.
About our Guest
Jeff Meyer is the Director of Education and is Learning.com’s resident product expert for our digital literacy solutions who works to identify best practices for internal and external audiences. Jeff has 34 years of experience working in education as a public-school teacher and coach, district curriculum and technology director and administrator. He is passionate about the need to transform education using data-based, inquiry-driven approaches and digital resources, especially with urban students and educators. Prior to his eleven years of service with Learning.com, Jeff worked in the Austin and Eanes school districts, Education Service Center, and University of Texas at Austin, Texas.
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