Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2019

If you missed this article over at ReadiLearn , here are my thoughts about teaching technology in kindergarten: Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. When I started teaching technology almost twenty years ago, I taught K-8, three classes in each grade every week. I was buried under lesson plans, grades, and parent meetings. I remember suggesting to my principal that he ease my schedule by eliminating tech for kindergartners.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 20, 2019

Have you ever observed a person playing a video game and witnessed the intense range of emotions, extreme task commitment, engagement, and focus they experience? You must have as a lot of people play digital games. Imagine if this level of passion and excitement can be diverted into learning!! How impactful it will be…. Games have the potential to engage students in deep learning.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 17, 2019

I always start off the school year focusing on connections – my connections to the students, their connections to me and the other in the class. Too many classes, all grade levels, begin the school year with getting down to academic business – starting to cover content, discussing expectations regarding academic requirements, giving tests, and other academic information provided by the teacher to the students in a mostly one-way communication.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 20, 2019

Forget inbox zero. For most, that's not practical these days. Unfortunately, today, much of what gets to email is junk, other, clutter, and/or spam. With hundreds or thousands of emails piling in, they're also, frankly difficult to keep track of. Also, more and more email providers are starting to charge you for email once your accounts begin to bloat with all this junk you will be asked to fork over a monthly fee.

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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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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2019

Organizing Your Classroom Today we will be talking about all things organization. This topic can be pretty tricky for those of us who are not necessarily gifted in this area. {I do like to keep the following quote in mind when my space gets less than tidy. LOL} If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk? ~ Albert Einstein On the other hand, when you have to spend your time looking for things, it is less time you have to be productive.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 16, 2019

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of

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Bright and Smart

AUGUST 27, 2019

Our Posterity = Our Children Posterity comes from Middle English posterite, from Anglo-French pusterite, from Latin posterus ("coming after") “Tweet others the way you want to be tweeted.”. ? Germany Kent Most of us monitor our children's screen time, but are we monitoring how they are navigating through cyberspace? Are we confident they know more about being online than gaming or posting pictures and videos?

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 6, 2019

Consider visiting a website just to realize it is off limits to you because you have a physical or intellectual disability. Online content is crucial for delivering information; with today’s technological advances, there is no reason anyone should be excluded. Government lawsuits have made it clear with fines and allowing major lawsuits to proceed that all users have a right to access, experience, and navigate online content ensuring inclusion for all.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 4, 2019

Haben Girma speaking to an audience of educators at an Accessibility Expo in Brooklyn, NY. View the video of her speaking. Are you doing everything possible to create an inclusive environment for your students? Haben Girma , author of Haben: The DeafBlind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law spoke to educators at an Accessibility Expo in New York City. She shared advice for making schools more accessible for students.

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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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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 22, 2019

Classroom Set Up Classroom set up requires a great deal of intentional thinking. Where is your furniture? Can you get around quickly? Do you offer an alternative seating option? Do you have a cool down spot? Remember that proximity is the key. Start with how you plan to set up your classroom. You will want to keep two major issues in mind. You will need to be able to see all students at all times.

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STEMx

AUGUST 29, 2019

Click. here. to download a copy of the 2019-2020 Conrad Challenge poster. How did the Challenge begin? . The Challenge is named for my late husband, Pete, an Apollo astronaut and Moon walker. Pete had a passion for entrepreneurism that aligned with my passion for education transformation. He was creative and bold. We both understood the need to combine STEM education with the spirit of entrepreneurship.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 23, 2019

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: Basics of Internet Safety. Category: Internet.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 27, 2019

Stick Pick is a nice iOS app that replaces the "old" popsicle sticks on a teacher's desk by helping teachers guide classroom instruction in a nice convenient way. Not only does Stick Pick let teachers easily and track which students they are calling on, it records student's progress and lets teachers assess and differentiate instruction on the fly. I highly recommend checking out Stick Pick by clicking here !!!

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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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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 16, 2019

Print Books are passé and today it has become essential to increase the reachability of the content by making it downloadable for the readers. The way new digital content is produced and consumed is going through significant changes. EBooks technically means digitally available books but through EPUB3 conversion, it can be changed into ‘enhanced eBooks’ also known as Interactive Digital Books.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 25, 2019

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law Five Star Review! I was blown by the wisdom, fearlessness, and insights of Haben Girma. After hearing her speak, then meeting her at an Accessibility Expo hosted by the New York City Department of Education, I couldn't wait to read her book. After spending a day devouring this book, my advice as a seasoned educator and administrator to every educator, parent, abled person, and person with (or knows someone with) a disability is this: Read this

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 15, 2019

Back-to-School Procedures, Procedures, Procedures Procedures and routines are such a vital part of a well-run classroom. Without them, everything falls apart. For real! Every time I have ever disliked a time in my school day it has all come down to what procedure I had in place during that time. Systems really are that crucial. Classroom routines train students to carry out procedures with a minimum of wasted time.

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STEMx

AUGUST 6, 2019

When a frustrated teacher needs a colleague’s encouraging support, professional advice or reassuring hug, he or she might seek out another educator teaching the same subject or grade level in the school. But what if no one else in the building handles the same curriculum? Computer science teachers often can be the only one teaching that course in a school, or even an entire district.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 1, 2019

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. One I discovered this summer and have fallen in love with is Sunburst’s Robo Wunderkind. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. The robot starts in about thirty pieces (there are so many, I didn’t really count them).

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 7, 2019

Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for educators looking for printables, worksheets, puzzles, activities, and much much more. Also, all items are labeled if they are aligned to Common Core Standards and there are even generators/wizards for users to create their very own worksheets/puzzles/etc. Best of all, teachers can use STW for any subject and browse through 1000's of educational resources that can work for them.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 26, 2019

Digital technology adoption is the process of accepting new digital technology into our personal or business lives. There are five types of technology adopters; each type says “yes” to new digital technology at a different speed. The “innovators” are the inventors—those individuals and organizations that actually conceive of and create new digital technologies.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 11, 2019

Amanda Guest works with teenage art enthusiasts who are a part of ArtsConnection. T he organization provides students with engaging and authentic art experiences such as exhibiting their work in fancy New York City offices. I had the opportunity to meet Amanda's students as they were planning an exhibit to be displayed where I work. We discussed some ideas for displaying art in a way that is accessible.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back-to-School Motivation Today we talk all about getting into the right mindset for back-to-school. When we know that what we do has a purpose, we have to find ways to motivate and inspire ourselves to do the job well. In today’s episode, I share my God driven moments in teaching as well as some inspiring quotes from some brilliant people. I hope you will join me Also, I would love to hear all about your back-to-school journey.

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CTE Learning

AUGUST 14, 2019

Thank you ACTE for this terrific infographic that demonstrates the value of CTE.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2019

I teach a lot of online classes and as such, have used many different platforms. It’s clear to me that the course design–how I lay out the mix of resources, homework, classwork, and more–affects how students absorb and share knowledge. One of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors knows a lot about how course design impacts learning. He’s boiled it down to three suggestions.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 26, 2019

while True: learn() is an innovative new iOS game that educators can use to not only integrate Game Based Learning into their teachings, but introduce STEM skills such as: programming, coding, and logical thinking. This is done through a fun game where a cat has learned how to code but not speak, and it's up to the player to communicate w/ the cat and solve the problem by creating a speech system.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 6, 2019

Consider visiting a website just to realize it is off limits to you because you have a physical or intellectual disability. Online content is crucial for delivering information; with today’s technological advances, there is no reason anyone should be excluded. Government lawsuits have made it clear with fines and allowing major lawsuits to proceed that all users have a right to access, experience, and navigate online content ensuring inclusion for all.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 6, 2019

Haben Girma , author of Haben: The DeafBlind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law spoke to educators at an Accessibility Expo in New York City. She explained why we should avoid phrases like special needs. Avoid the term special needs Girma explained the reason terms like "special needs" or "differently abled" should not be used is because every child (and every person) has special needs.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 1, 2019

3 Surprising Reasons Back-to-School Decor Matters Big Time Getting your classroom ready for back-to-school can often feel like a daunting and overwhelming task. I mean you have back-to-school decor and decorations to figure out, open house, beginning of the year essentials and back-to-school printables to prepare and copy. The list could go on and on!

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