Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Let’s dive in!

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 8, 2021

Electives are typically chosen based on interests, passions, a need to learn something new, and/or because of future goals. It is not clear to me why elementary students are rarely offered elective courses. I never understood why elementary students aren’t shown the bigger picture of a lesson, unit, or course.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2024

One night per week, I teach preservice elementary school teachers who serve as paraprofessionals at K-12 schools in Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama and California through Reach University. As Boaler asserts, “Everyone can learn math to high levels. Math is about creativity, making sense, connections, and communicating.”

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Students learn to analyze and interpret data, identify patterns and trends, and make inferences based on the information presented in the graph. Preparation for Higher Education and Careers : Graphing skills are fundamental in many higher education disciplines and careers. You can find her resources at Structured Learning.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Creativity Challenges Provide the Perfect Brain Breaks During Test Prep and Testing Season! This is where creativity challenges come into play, serving as the perfect brain breaks during test prep and testing seasons for elementary students. What are Creativity Challenges?

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2022

Educator shortages continue to be a top concern for many. In a recent National Education Association survey of roughly 3,600 educators, more than half indicated that they were likely to leave or retire from education sooner than planned because of the pandemic.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. The free differentiation tool to help students level up and learn. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. eSpark is free forever for teachers.

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Carly and Adam

AUGUST 18, 2023

Drawing inspiration from our August Happy Hour with Jed Dearybury in the STEM Teachers Club , here are some practical tips for elementary educators to ensure an engaging classroom at the start of the school year. As educators, we might have lesson plans or teaching methods that worked brilliantly in the past. Embrace Change.

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Talk STEM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Engaging students in Math and STEM learning can be difficult at times – and talkSTEM is here to help. talkSTEM resources can work in conjunction with the new Eureka Math curriculum, launched this school year across the Dallas Independent School District, encouraging students not just to learn, but to ask why. Share and Enjoy !

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a fifth-grade class at Redlands Unified School District in California, students sit in pairs, building LEGO® Education robots that hop. Dr. Jenny Nash Head of Education Impact at LEGO® Education, Dr. Jenny Nash, explains, "playful learning brings fun and enjoyment to learning for students, but it’s also about the educational standards.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In an era where environmental consciousness is more important than ever, elementary school teachers have a unique opportunity to instill values of sustainability and creativity in their students. Embrace STEM Through Creative Recycling Projects. Download the STEM Challenge Have more questions or need additional resources?

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The term is commonly used when talking about education and careers. STEM in Elementary Education The STEM workforce is growing at a faster rate than any other field. These positive, promising STEM statistics have caused parents, educators, and administrators to put an emphasis on STEM education in recent years.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 22, 2022

First, I wanted my learners, who are from lower income families, to develop both an entrepreneur mindset and entrepreneur skills along with the creativity and innovation that comes with these skills. ” ( Young Kids Need to Learn About Social Entrepreneurship ). .” Schedule of Learning Activities.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. I had so much I wanted to accomplish but I couldn’t get to the part I was most excited about: using technology to amplify learning. It makes sense.

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STEM Sport

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Benefits of Virtual Reality for STEM Education. In a world with constantly changing and improving technology, parents and educators are uniquely positioned to alter how they educate their children/students. Benefit #1: Support experiential and collaborative learning. Benefit #2: Promotes technology literacy.

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) lessons are foundational to a child’s education. Students begin participating in STEM learning as early as preschool and kindergarten. These frequent touchpoints with STEM curricula lead to STEM literacy, which benefits a child’s educational and personal development.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 12, 2023

It is also a way to provide feedback to students on their own learning. In elementary STEM or science classes, you may or may not be responsible for providing letter grades or an overall percentage for students, but it is still important to share progress with students and their families. Works collaboratively with others.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

With art supplies and worksheets strewn about, and her headphones off most of the time because she found them “tight,” we thought nothing of it — this was remote learning as we knew it. It’s Time for All Schools to Learn How to Support Neurodivergence At the start of this school year, there were about 7.3 She’s not wrong.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

It’s relatively new on the education landscape and I have yet to reach a comfort level with it. Here are her thoughts on the importance of 3D printing in education: The range of possibilities which 3D printing provides is almost limitless. The ability to produce almost any object in 3D is poised to revolutionize learning.

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Chillax Science

MAY 3, 2023

If you are not a teacher please visit Education Week and you’ll understand what I mean. Regardless of the reasons, I have noticed an amplified educational pandemic lately. Unfortunately, the majority of these trends do very little in the work of advancing science education. It’s a never-changing process.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

14 Diverse STEM Picture Books for Elementary Students Our classroom libraries and the stories that we share with our students should be reflective of the diversity that makes up our world. Along with each book summary, there are a few hands-on activities to support elementary learners. *This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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ED Surge

JULY 18, 2022

It’s summer time, and the learning is not easy. Entsminger, an elementary school principal outside of Chicago, says his district was not able to serve nearly as many children as usual with its summer program this year, and the reason boils down to staffing. Striking a Balance That summer learning program with the waitlist?

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 16, 2022

If I’ve learned anything from my broken foot, it is that there are things only I can do for myself. Personal interests engage students in learning. Learn how to bring those in for students. Classroom learning can use many games to teach. You can discover how to connect games to learning in the classroom.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JANUARY 24, 2022

154:5 Magnificent Benefits from an Elementary Makerspace Today we take a further look at the magnificent benefits of an elementary Makerspace. I also want to take this moment to let you know that my Makerspace course Mastering Makerspace: From Zero to Amazing is open and accepting enrollment. I hope to see you inside!

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I was personally excited as this was a true example of my penchant for student voice and choice (for more about this see my blog post, Today’s Education Should Be About Giving Learners Voice and Choice ). Develops Logic, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. Some Academic and SEL Benefits of Chess. micro:bit.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 1, 2022

Learning through play can engage students by making learning more hands-on and active. We can introduce students to tools that support play-based learning and provide opportunities for students to use these tools throughout the school day and in a variety of ways. The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk.

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Carly and Adam

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The goal of these programs is to provide additional opportunities for students to explore STEM careers, topics, and challenges through hands-on learning. How do you Start an Elementary STEM Club? There are a lot of grants available for learning beyond the school day. Creativity This is the fun part of the planning!

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PCS Edventures

JANUARY 29, 2024

Johnson, PhD, Holistic Learning Theory and Holistic Education, 2005 What Is Holistic Learning? Holistic educators facilitate learning experiences that nurture learners’ minds, bodies and hearts. STEM educators, does this all sound familiar? There's considerable overlap between STEM and holistic learning.

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STEM Education Shopping

MAY 17, 2023

Today, I want to talk about the latest innovation in STEM education – Cue Robot. Cue Robot provides an engaging platform for learning that encourages exploration, experimentation, and critical thinking while addressing real-world problems. ( KEY TAKEAWAY How Cue robot benefits STEM education?

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 21, 2021

Given my experiential education background, I’ve always been fond of and have used group team building and problem-solving activities with all of the age groups I teach – for example, see Team-Building with Elementary Students. Emotional Check-Ins in a Teaching Webinar Virtual Team Building Activities. Tell Me a Story.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Just making a personal phone call while at work is something that most college-educated professionals take for granted, but it’s incredibly difficult for teachers. And for good reason. So let’s imagine.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

We started with Fornite Creative but now they have moved onto Rocket League and Among Us. I cannot adequately express how grateful I am for educators’ generous and giving personalities as well for the social media platforms where they share resources and ideas. This is their gaming club so they get to decide the game.

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Kid Spark Education

MAY 12, 2022

Starting STEM education early sets students up for educational success in and out of the STEM subjects. With the critical thinking, creative problem solving, and logical reasoning skills learned through early STEM fluency, young learners are able to adapt more quickly and embrace the world around them with curiosity and confidence.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education launched an unusual marketing blitz. And the group found that in the fall of 2020-21, 20 percent of undergraduate teacher-education programs had seen enrollment drops of 11 percent or more because of the pandemic. Earlier this month, the U.S. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. Why learn keyboarding? Here–briefly–is a summation of the research: 1 Why Learn Keyboarding. Improved creative thought. –Type to Learn, 1986. Week 1 (this article). Zeitz, 2008.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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