Author name: TechnoHella

Hella Comat, Curriculum Writer - Hella Comat is a dedicated professional, who has taught in the education system for more than 30 years. As a pioneer of technology integration in Ontario public schools she was one of the first teachers to introduce the internet, video conferencing, web design, and multimedia learning activities to teachers and students in the Halton Board. To inspire teachers to use technology, she has led sessions for the Touch Technology program, ran workshops at education conferences, and sat on numerous advisory committees related to technology-issues. In recent years she taught the Computer in the Classroom course, at York University. Her lifelong commitment to teaching and learning was acknowledged when she was honored as the recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in Science, Technology, and Mathematics. Hella's contribution to the blog includes entries about the importance of technology integration. Drawing from her in-depth knowledge of technology in the classroom Hella writes about teaching strategies and useful resources that can benefit your practice. In addition, she provides innovative lesson ideas that you can implement into your own curriculum.

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TechnoMe Course – New Digital Literacy Activities for Kids

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TechnoKids‘ all-new TechnoMe course features exciting updates. Thanks to valuable feedback from teachers, we’ve added more digital literacy activities to better support your students. There’s now a strong focus on promoting responsible digital citizenship, helping kids make wise choices and collaborate effectively. Plus, we’ve introduced an entirely new session dedicated to computer science, designed to […]

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Parsons Problems: A Powerful Tool to Build Coding Skills for Students

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Here’s an innovative and fun approach when teaching coding skills for students. Parsons puzzle-style problems can make learning to code resemble a game. This method asks students to write code to complete a task. Students must choose from a selection of code fragments, either putting them in order or picking the correct code fragment to fill

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How to Export and Print a List in Scratch

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In the upcoming artificial intelligence project TechnoChatbot AI, students create an order chatbot. This unique virtual assistant will ask questions of the customer, help with purchasing decisions, and store the answers. It simplifies the task of transactions such as a school fundraiser for items such as cookies, flowers, or team shirts. And, it will work

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Empower Savvy Students: A Simple History of Chatbots

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Educators’ concern and interest in artificial intelligence led TechnoKids to create TechnoChatbot AI. This is a technology project in which students become chatbot developers. They use different programming apps to create a variety of unique and useful virtual assistants. An extension activity in the project explores the history of chatbots. The purpose of the assignment

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AI Chatbots: Get Ready to Make Your Own Virtual Assistant

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At TechnoKids, we are currently working on an exciting new project: TechnoChatbot AI. Students will use it to become chatbot developers, creating their own unique chatbot assistants to perform common, real world tasks. Using Scratch and free, open-source software called Bot Libre, they build a variety of conversational chatbots. In this project, students use these

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Digital Marketing and Selling Tactics

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At TechnoKids, we have been focused recently on DQ or Digital Intelligence. Part of DQ is digital literacy, which includes information and media literacy. In the newly released project TechnoAd, students build these skills as they play the role of digital marketers. They create a marketing campaign with a unique video ad. But first they

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Media Exposure Calculator for Students

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TechnoKids recently released TechnoAd, in which students became digital marketers. In this project, high school students develop media literacy and video production skills as they plan, film, and edit footage to produce a video ad. To start, we wanted to create awareness of how much media exposure they experience. Here is an extract from an

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How to Empower Students to Become Digital Changemakers

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There was a time when IQ was considered the sole gauge of success. Then Emotional Intelligence, or EQ, with an emphasis on empathy and social skills, was acknowledged as an additional and necessary component of intelligence. And now DQ, digital intelligence, has been added as an essential skill for success in an increasingly digital world.

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New Release from TechnoKids: Media Literacy and Video Production Project

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Attention middle and high school educators! TechnoKids’ most recent release is TechnoAd. This project teaches media literacy and video production skills with a fun, digital marketing challenge. Students critically examine commercials and the techniques used by advertisers. Then they apply this knowledge to plan, film, edit, and create their own video ads to promote a

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