Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 26, 2022

Venn Diagrams are one of the most visual approaches to showing students the logical relationships between sets and connectivity of data. It uses overlapping circles to show the wholeness of data and then where they overlap other data sets. It’s easy to find templates for them–in MS Office, Google Apps, Canva, and more. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has organized the basics on how to teach Venn Diagrams to elementary-age students: What is a Venn Diagram.

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Educators Technology

JULY 27, 2022

Concentration is a complex brain function. It involves a combination of various cognitive abilities necessary for holding your attention on something without being distracted by anything else. Like any other skill, concentration is something that improves with practice, and what's better than 'solving puzzles' to improve one's concentration? Complete puzzles are usually considered to be large jigsaw puzzles that can be as big as 32 inches.

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Career in STEM

JULY 27, 2022

The world is changing, and staying in the same place is impossible. While this is good news for some industries, it also means that others must adapt to survive. While many businesses are looking for ways to improve themselves technologically, they’re also facing a shortage of qualified professionals who can keep up with their needs. It means that if you want a job as an IT professional or otherwise, you need to think outside the box regarding your training.

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ED Surge

JULY 26, 2022

Many business leaders are asserting that a lack of child care solutions for American employees is a key business challenge that’s threatening the workforce and limiting U.S. businesses’ bottom line performance. Many are also taking action to address child care challenges at their organizations and nationally, after the pandemic brought greater attention and awareness to the issue.

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 29, 2022

I published this about a year ago and have updated it to reflect our current teaching environment. Let me know if this fits your experiences: The biggest reason teachers report for NOT liking internet-based cloud accounts has nothing to do with money, security, or privacy. It’s that they aren’t inclusive enough. Students can’t access cloud storage, Google Classroom, or their LMS for a project they’re working on because of the lack of Internet at home or slow internet serv

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Cool Cat Teacher

JULY 25, 2022

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I've seen many productivity gurus do it — experiment on what works for them. What foods, vitamins, morning routines, and more give them the most energy. I've learned from their experiments but as I adapt my own routine this is what I've learned — what works for them, might not work for me!

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2022

In Secretary Cardona’s vision to elevate the teaching profession, he highlights three priorities: improving teacher pipeline, supporting teacher growth and investing in teacher retention. What this makes abundantly clear is that the future of education depends directly on our commitment to the success of new teachers. From field placement to the critical first three years, K-12 schools and teacher prep programs must implement proven strategies to improve the quantity and quality of support that

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 27, 2022

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: Where did Windows Explorer go? Category: PCs.

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Educators Technology

JULY 28, 2022

NaturalReader is a text to speech application that turns text into natural sounding audio. Using AI Powered Smart Reader, NaturalReader is able to detect and avoid unwanted text including image captions, headers, citations, footers, and URLs thus providing an optimal listening experience. You can either copy and paste text or upload files to NaturalReader and have them read out loud.

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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.

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Computer Science Teacher

JULY 28, 2022

Learning about Jacdac devices was my incentive to buy a Micro:Bit 2.0 The Micro:Bit 2.0 has a number of upgrades and new features from the original. These include a microphone and a speaker among others. That is probably justification enough to get an upgrade but being curious about the Jacdac devices, which requires the newer model, was the deciding factor.

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ED Surge

JULY 26, 2022

Colleges don’t like to think of themselves as businesses, but a growing number these days are facing the harsh reality of falling enrollments and a struggle to make their financial numbers add up. That has forced several institutions to merge in recent months. But two private universities are trying an unusual partnership approach that stops short of a merger while still aiming to restore financial health.

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Defined Learning

JULY 26, 2022

It has been a challenging couple of years for all of us. We’ve all had to adjust in our personal lives as well as professional lives. The routines we had for working, connecting with family and friends, and the many other things we kept ourselves involved in, shifted suddenly in March 2020. From that time onward, it has been a constant work in progress for everyone to figure out how to handle the challenges we faced.

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Educators Technology

JULY 23, 2022

When children are in kindergarten and first grade, the math curriculum focuses on number awareness and identification. Math for third graders can be more challenging since kids have to deal with fractions, decimals, and other complex math concepts that may prove novel. Unfortunately, teachers in the conventional classroom are often too busy to attend to all kids & needs.

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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!

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User Generated Education

JULY 23, 2022

I am quite fond of facilitating physical computing activities with my learners as I’ve discussed in Scratch and Makey Makey Across the Curriculum . For that post I created the following graphic to represent the benefits of physical computing. I think it is important to extend the use of coding and microcontrollers into creating physical objects for the following reasons: Standards Addressed.

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ED Surge

JULY 28, 2022

Native communities are in desperate need of quality child care. And yet, they are the least likely demographic to get it. Tribal leaders have long known that access to child care is essential to making sure their members can work. That was true four decades ago, when researcher Linda Smith—now director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Early Childhood Initiative—was starting her career in early childhood education by establishing a child care center on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Montan

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Magic EdTech

JULY 25, 2022

2020 and 2021 were tough years for education tech adoption. District and school leaders have seen firsthand some of the benefits of having digital technology supplement in-person learning. Two of the biggest benefits of using technology for learning are the engagement it brings to classrooms and the data it offers on student progress and achievement.

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Educators Technology

JULY 25, 2022

Financial literacy is one of the key literacies that have long been disregarded in mainstream k-12 education. Empowering students with the necessary know-how to effectively cope with with money matters is just as important to students' overall-growth and personal development as any other (standard) literacy. According to investopedia , financial literacy is "the ability to understand and effectively use various financial skills, including personal financial management, budgeting, and investing.

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Middle Web

JULY 25, 2022

Effective class management begins with dynamic planning and engagement, writes instructional specialist Miriam Plotinsky. Teachers who focus not just on delivering information but responding to student feedback in the moment can avoid “helicoptor teacher” syndrome. Here’s how. The post For New Teachers: How to Keep Kids on Task first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Surge

JULY 29, 2022

Hope that school might return to normal in the fall is quickly dimming as new COVID-19 variants threaten to pummel communities throughout the country and COVID hospitalization rates increase. Many districts are dusting off COVID-19 safety and cleaning protocols and shoring up remote learning options. All signs point to record teacher and staff departures at schools across the country.

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Smore Science

JULY 23, 2022

You may be surprised, but your skeleton tells stories about your life. From your bones, scientists can identify your age, where you’re from, and if you’re a boy or a girl. Your skeleton also shows if you’ve broken bones or had cavities. In our research laboratory, we attempt to learn these things from the deceased – but with a twist: Our bones are 3D scanned and 3D printed!

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PCS Edventures

JULY 27, 2022

There’s a certain power that comes from knowing how your body works. Like a mechanic and a prized hot-rod, when we learn about the human body — how our muscles move, why our cells divide — we’re not only better able to diagnose our systems that aren’t operating correctly, we’re able to better those systems. Just like how you can’t change the oil in your car without first learning how to do it (and more importantly, why you should change your oil), learning about our bodies is the first step towa

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Middle Web

JULY 27, 2022

Whether it’s our students or our colleagues, the mentor relationship is a win-win for mentor and mentee. As mentors, we can realize a unique personal fulfillment and grow as a listener, a coach, a friend, a leader. And one day, our mentees may decide to “pay it forward.”. The post Paying It Forward: Why We All Need Mentors first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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STEM Discovery Education

JULY 28, 2022

Get ready for back to school with the latest from DE! Whether you prefer made by DE or made by you, we’ve made it easier—and more intuitive—to find, build, and deliver compelling lessons that capture students’ attention, no matter what you’re teaching. Easily Find Time-Saving Resources for Daily Lessons. From game-like interactives and ready-to-use activities to instructional strategies and professional learning support, easily find just what you need, right when you need it.

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Box Light

JULY 27, 2022

Financial Analysts provide guidance to individuals and businesses on investments such as stocks and bonds. To help their clients’ growth, they keep up with current economic trends, business news, and company strategies.

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STEM Everyday Podcast

JULY 29, 2022

Mathematics illuminates the patterns that abound in our world. Kids need opportunities to experience math beyond the textbook. One such opportunity is the National Museum of Mathematics, founded to enhance public understanding and perception of mathematics. Its dynamic exhibits and programs stimulate inquiry, spark curiosity, and reveal the wonders of mathematics.

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The Blog of Phyz

JULY 25, 2022

I recently came across a video of Tape Measures "racing" along a board of wood as they retract. Who doesn't love extending the tape as far as you can and recklessly letting it fly in. It obviously accelerates dramatically. Like any physics minded person I got to wondering if the force is constant. How might we assess? I'm home for the summer, a summer I desperately needed, and away from some of my usual tools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2022

A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share one of the most popular posts from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams. . Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have.

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Online Math for All

JULY 23, 2022

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