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Tech Tip #165 My Program Disappeared

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Today’s tip: Find a lost program Category: Problem-solving If a program disappears, here are two quick ways to find it more than half the time (on PCs ): Look around the screen Check the taskbar Sign up for a new tip each week or buy the entire 169 Real-world Ways to Put Tech into Your Classroom.

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13 Tips to Solve Unusual Problems

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Today’s tip: Solutions to unusual problems Category: Problem-solving Whether you follow Habits of Mind, Common Core, Depth of Knowledge, IB, or another K-12 learning strategy, every student must learn problem-solving to become a functioning, contributing adult.

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Invention Convention 2024 is coming

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Invention Convention Worldwide is a global K-12 invention education curricular program mapped to national and state educational standards that teaches students problem-identification, problem-solving, entrepreneurship and creativity skills and builds confidence in invention, innovation and entrepreneurship for life.

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19 Online News Resources for Kids

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Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] “The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduction, or incorporation into any artificial intelligence training or machine learning systems without prior written consent from the author.”

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Graphing–9 Lesson Plans + 6 Online Resources

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Problem Solving : Graphs provide a way to solve problems and make predictions. Whether it’s analyzing trends in data, finding optimal solutions in optimization problems, or understanding the behavior of functions, graphing is a valuable tool for problem-solving.

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Tech Tip #41 Fix Computer with System Restore

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Today’s tip: Fix computer with system restore Category: Problem-solving Q: My computer no longer runs right. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. What do I do?

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12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students

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By enabling teachers to craft or curate videos tailored to their curriculum, these tools make complex subjects more digestible and engaging for students. Through interactive lessons, they can tackle real-world problems, like learning how to use a proxy with Selenium , enhancing their problem-solving skills.