Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 25, 2018
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #28: My Sound Doesn’t Work.
PHYSICS! BLOG!
JUNE 28, 2018
In refreshing the design of my 10th grade Physics course, one thing I have been attempting to do is find new ways to replace worksheets or problem sets with different sorts of activities, especially ones that promote more group work and discourse within groups. (See kinematics card sort , momentum card sort.). For my Balanced Forces unit, I replaced the Newton’s 1st Law problem solving with a set of lab stations.
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The Innovative Educator
JUNE 17, 2018
When you enter Dr. Lou Lahana's Tech Cafe at PS/MS 188, you aren't entering a classroom with a teacher preparing students for the future. Instead, you enter a space where social activists are working hard doing the real work of making the world a better place today addressing causes about which they are passionate. Lahana is a self-described passionate educator in search of technology to support talent development and social action in teens.
CTE Learning
JUNE 30, 2018
Read more about our updated Web and Mobile Game Design Curriculum for the 22-23 school year. One of the first exposures that kids have to computers, coding and technology is in video games. It ranges from educational app games on the iPad to watching Grandma and Grandpa play solitaire on the computer. As a result, interest in becoming a game developer or designer is on the rise.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
STEMx
JUNE 28, 2018
As STEM educators and supporters of STEM schools, you work with the inventors of the future — your students. What do you tell a student who has drawn up plans for a promising innovation? What’s the next step? How did the great U.S. inventors grapple with the triumphs and failures of innovating and still persevere? Being innovative can spark many questions, and the U.S.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 6, 2018
Summer can be a challenging time not just for parents but kids. They are accustomed to cerebral challenges that keep them motivated and summer arrives with its sports, naps, and vacations. If your kids miss the thrill of problem-solving or if you worry about them sliding backward without the mental exercise that is integral to school, ORIGO has come up with seven fun math activities that use a blend of popular math apps and everyday activities (like cooking) to fill the summer break with the exc
PHYSICS! BLOG!
JUNE 30, 2018
In my Physics 10 update/upgrades, I built a new paradigm investigation for the Constant Acceleration Particle Model. The activity described here gets at the same things as my older activity , but it allows groups to do the investigation rather than the entire class together, and it gives more structure and space to the discussion. The students do more of the talking (and more of the students do talk) in this version, too.
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 10, 2018
While Internet Explorer has joined the " product graveyard, " Microsoft Edge has entered the scene as more than the standard web browser. Innovative Educators will appreciate the learning tools and extensions proven to improve reading comprehension, strengthen writing, level the playing field for struggling learners and help teachers personalize learning in less time.
CTE Learning
JUNE 7, 2018
US DOE In today’s reality, anything you bring up or mention about any statement made by any politician or appointee seems to be spun back to some political stance by whoever is quoting said politician or appointee. I am not making a political statement. However, I am trying to spark a conversation about CTE and STEM education. Regardless whether you are Red, Blue, Purple or Grey, I believe that when it comes to education, the mantra must be “do what is right.
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Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.
STEMx
JUNE 18, 2018
Over fifty years ago, the “Junior Science and Humanities Symposium” (JSHS) held its first national competition, sponsored by the U.S. Army. The Navy and Air Force quickly joined the team, making JSHS the premier high school STEM symposium sponsored by the Department of Defense. Now, Battelle and the Tri-Service partnership is looking for an experienced manager to lead one of the nation’s premier STEM research competitions.
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 21, 2018
"i Know it just keeps getting bigger and better! Currently, there are more than 22,000 interactive math questions live on the site! Sign up for a free account, and you'll see why iKnowit.com is the next best thing for your classroom!" I Know it is running an online contest where any person over 18 yrs of age can win a collection of 6 Math Board Games.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 13, 2018
It’s becoming more common to take online classes or blend traditional with online learning. Ila Mishra, a specialist in both LMS and virtual classrooms, has this informative explanation of how teachers can increase their social learning while teaching online classes: Social Learning is defined as learning through observing behavior, attitudes, and outcomes of those behaviors.
PHYSICS! BLOG!
JUNE 29, 2018
After the success of my balanced forces problem-set-replacing mini lab practicum stations , I wanted to design a similar activity for my unbalanced forces unit. One might think that this would be more challenging (or even impossible) to do since these stations need to involve objects with changing velocities (so the handy flip-up index cards wouldn’t work for checking answers).
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These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 24, 2018
Have you ever noticed a post on Facebook where rather than seeing responses to the post, instead the thread is cluttered with folks indicating "following" or "f." Stop doing that. Instead, just turn on notifications. This way the content stays rich and clean and you get straight to the information you were trying to learn. Here's how. So, if you don't want to come off as the bad guy, just share this post in a group where this is an issue and help all those passionate group members get to the hea
CTE Learning
JUNE 4, 2018
May 31, 2018, in Anaheim, California – El Rancho Charter School is celebrating four of its students, the first middle school students in the U.S. to receive the Certified Web Designer Novice International Industry Certificate from the Web Professionals Association. Middle School Certificates are also available for Web Development and Design , Web Technologies with Apps, Sites, Games and VR , Web and Mobile App Development New Professional Industry Certificate to engage STEM Middle School Lear
STEMx
JUNE 6, 2018
As the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy begins to re-frame a new STEM Education Strategic Plan, Director Wes Hall will be in the room, representing STEMx. Read the full post from Battelle announcing the participation of STEMx and other Battelle networks in the meeting. Battelle STEM Experts to Attend White House Meeting. Science, technology, engineering and math serve as the foundation for .
Technology Tidbits
JUNE 19, 2018
Math TuThor is a wonderful mobile app (iOS/Android) for student's working on their basic Math skills (i.e. multiplication, division, etc. ). Math TuThor is ideal for integrating Game Based Learning in the classroom and has students using answering questions while defeating enemies using the Norse god himself, Thor. This game has super-high replay value, sporting over 30 levels and monsters to defeat, and 9 characters to choose from.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 18, 2018
When I started teaching a decade ago, Type to Learn was the MS Word of typing programs–everyone used it. The game-based keyboarding program was fun, engaging, and actually worked. Students graduated from the thirty-forty lessons (that took about a year to get through) with the skills they needed to become fast and accurate typists who could use the keyboard as an effective tool in both classwork and homework.
PHYSICS! BLOG!
JUNE 24, 2018
In connection with the AAPT summer meeting , the AAPT HS Physics Teacher Camp will be held on Sunday July 29th at the American Center for Physics near Washington, DC. The cost is $25 for the day and includes food. You don’t need to be a current member of AAPT or attend any other part of the summer meeting (though we encourage you to look into both—especially the HS Physics Teacher Day on Monday if you’ve never been to an AAPT meeting before).
The Innovative Educator
JUNE 6, 2018
Join us for our monthly #NYCSchoolsTechChat on Thursday, June 7th where we'll be giving ourselves a report card: How do you think you did this year? Join the #NYCSchoolsTechChat as we discuss the good, bad, and the ugly from the 2017/18 school year. #NYCSchoolTech teacher Eileen Lennon moderates with me throwing in my two cents. You can prepare for the conversation by thinking about answers to these questions: Chat details are below: Date: Thursday, June 7 Time: 7:00 pm Topic: #NYCSchoolsTech Su
CTE Learning
JUNE 10, 2018
It’s true what they say that every child starts out as a scientist. Every rock you find them chewing on, glass of water they knock over or time spent sorting Skittles by color is really a mini science experiment where they learn physics, biology, addition and subtraction. Bringing your child’s natural inclinations together with a thoughtful lesson as a parent and home school provider is fun and almost effortless at first.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 5, 2018
You’ve probably read my reviews of Zapzapmath and Zap Zap Kindergarten Math, as well as the constant updates they make to their free (and freemium) app. This gamified math ecosystem is popular with students because it’s fun and teachers because it ties into many national and international standards (like Common Core). Its format is colorful and engaging, music lively, and layout intuitive.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 20, 2018
I am honored to be selected as one of TutorFair’s Top Ten Education Blogs for 2018 ! Without a doubt, the credit goes to my readers. I am proud that the resources, reviews, and materials I curate for you resonate with your teaching needs. Do check out their full article to see all ten selected blogs. It includes names of edtech experts you already follow and a few you’ll want to add to your list.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 15, 2018
The biggest reason teachers report for NOT liking cloud accounts has nothing to do with money, security, or privacy. It’s that they aren’t reliable. No matter how many redundancies are in place, if a student can’t access their cloud storage for a project they’re working on, if a teacher can’t get to lesson plan resources, or if a student started a project at school and can’t finish it at home, the excitement of learning melts away like ice cream on a hot day.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 8, 2018
Summer has a reputation for being nonstop relaxation, never-ending play, and a time when students stay as far from “learning” as they can get. For educators, those long empty weeks result in a phenomenon known as “Summer Slide” — where students start the next academic year behind where they ended the last. “…on average, students’ achievement scores declined over summer vacation by one month’s worth of school-year learning…” ( Brookings ).
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 11, 2018
As you may already know, Wikispaces is shutting down. For years, they have hosted the additional free resources included for anyone purchasing the SL/AATT K-5 Technology Curriculum. As a result of the shutdown, we are moving that site to this new address: Weekly Resources for the K-5 SL Technology Curriculum. The new site still includes all the weekly videos, vocabulary, and explainers on skills used in the curricula.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 4, 2018
World Environment Day is June 5th. Catherine Ross, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great suggestions on how to celebrate that with children and students in a way that shows th em how to be responsible stewards for the only planet we have. I think you’ll enjoy her article: We live in a millennium where technology has disrupted many of the traditional systems and ways.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JUNE 1, 2018
June 5th-10th: BOGO. Buy one grade level school license; get the second free. Just in time for summer preparation for the new school year! xx. A School License is a PDF of one grade level tech curriculum or keyboarding curriculum that can be installed on any digital device in your school–iPads, Chromebooks, laptops, library computers, classroom computers, 1:1, Google Classroom–you name it.
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