Educators Technology
AUGUST 4, 2018
Yesterday we wrote about tips on how to better collect and manage Google Forms responses and today we are sharing with you another important Google Forms resource which several teachers overlook.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 28, 2018
Each year, the world produces more than 300 million tons of paper. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency , paper typically found in a school or office environments such as copier paper, computer printouts, and notepads, comprise the largest category. Mitigating the use of paper has long been a goal for schools. Every year, a prodigious number of lesson plans center around dwindling rainforests, the shrinking world forests, and the ever-growing waste associated with paper.
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Amy Brown Science
AUGUST 23, 2018
Picture yourself at the end of the school year. You are punch-drunk from having made it through end of course exams, posting final grades, collecting textbooks, and trying to get your classroom packed up for the summer. You are giddy with excitement about the much needed summer break. It's the last day of school and you just want to go home. Every teacher reading this knows this feeling.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 12, 2018
I have written before about the beginning of the school year, Beginning the School Year: It’s About Connections Not Content. I begin all classes focusing on having the students make connections between each other and with me. I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests.
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.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 12, 2018
ClassroomScreen which I will be using at all future learning events. ClassroomScreen basically allows me to ditch my former toolbox of presentation tools as it combines them into one nice, simple place. Just visit classroomscreen.com and you have access to a timer, random number generator, work symbols (i.e. silence, work together, ask a neighbor), QR code, class sound level, and more.
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Educators Technology
AUGUST 17, 2018
Teachers may sometimes feel overwhelmed by the multitude of resources available online.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 8, 2018
Vivek Singh, education professional and contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher, has some interesting ideas on using your native LMS as a social learning platform. He has some great thoughts on breakout rooms, discussion forums, virtual reality, and gamifying lessons. I know you’ll enjoy their thoughts: Earliest forms of learning, dating back to the stone-age, involved storyboarding one’s experiences on rocks.
Amy Brown Science
AUGUST 12, 2018
Welcome Back to School Science Teachers! 18 Secondary Science Authors have teamed up for one ENORMOUS giveaway!! Aug 12, 2018 through Aug 17, 2018 Awww, don't be sad. I know the summer is almost over (or already over if you live in the South!) but we can make "back to school" just a bit easier for you. I know you had a terrific summer, full of rest and relaxation, and quality time spent with family and friends.
STEM Teacher Inspiration
AUGUST 20, 2018
This is the second unit in a high school Forensic Science course. In this unit students begin to master the skills needed to handle evidence. When a crime has been committed and a crime scene is identified, the Crime Scene Investigators (CSIs) are called in to process the scene. Students learn the steps that CSIs take to document and preserve the details at the scene.
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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.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 19, 2018
Cross posted at the #NYCSchoolsTech blog. Learn about the innovative practices going on with some of New York City’s most passionate educators and supporters. The latest #NYCSchoolsTech Podcast was recorded live at our annual #NYCSchoolsTech Summit where NYC Schools most innovative teachers come together to share ideas, network, and learn from one another and about what’s new in the world of ed tech.
STEMx
AUGUST 30, 2018
The National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools was established in 1988, “before STEM was STEM,” its leader says. Since that time, the group has been providing a forum for STEM high schools to share best practices and other information. We contacted Todd Mann, the organization’s executive director, for more insight on his group and its upcoming professional conference: Q: Tell us about the National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS) and how you serve your members.
Educators Technology
AUGUST 16, 2018
With the pervasive spread of the Internet and web technologies, digital media consumption and production practises have acquired new critical dimensions. There is a massive exposure to all types of.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 20, 2018
Many of my most popular articles are about mouse skills. Every year, tens of thousands of teachers visit Ask a Tech Teacher to find resources for teaching students how to use a mouse. No surprise because using a mouse correctly is one of the most important pre-keyboarding skills. Holding it is not intuitive and if learned wrong, becomes a habit that’s difficult to break.
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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!
Magic EdTech
AUGUST 24, 2018
Educators hardly need any evidence that games are extremely attractive for school-age children, as their classrooms daily surge with non-stop conversations about the latest video games. The struggle, however, is how to harness the thrill of games to further your academic goals. Like a mid-day shot of espresso, gamification can facilitate increased learning and deeper levels of content retention in K-12 students.
STEM Teacher Inspiration
AUGUST 2, 2018
I like to use a timeline project to replace a ‘History of ……” lecture in any course. For many students (and teachers!), going through a long list of dates and discoveries in science is important for perspective but can be laborious. I decided a few years ago to take this material out of my lecture discussions and assign a timeline project instead.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 26, 2018
Looking for a time efficient and effective way for classes to reflect upon what they've learned that works for introverts and extroverts alike. Then you might want to try this fun reflection sign technique. At the conclusion of a workshop, class, or unit, ask participants to speak in pairs or small groups about what they learned that they are excited to put into practice.
STEMx
AUGUST 24, 2018
Last year, we announced the 2017 STEMx Challenge Grants and proudly awarded South Carolina, New York and West Virginia. Each state received up to $15,00 to “develop solutions to pressing STEM education issues in their states that were relevant to all members, regardless of state or geographic location.”. The intent of the challenge grants was to aid STEM leaders in addressing a particular issue.
CTE Learning
AUGUST 14, 2018
You’re never too old or too young to learn a new skill and start a new career. Few career fields are growing as quickly as web-based jobs. Getting an industry certification in web design and development will get you noticed in this competitive industry. These two fields look particularly attractive. This is because of the job security, freedom and opportunity for creative thinking.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 27, 2018
Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in September: What to Consider When Assigning Homework. More for Back to School. Tech Ed Resources for your Classroom. Differentiate with Personalized Learning. New Ways to Gamify Learning. Print vs. Digital–the lowdown. Positive Reinforcement in Class. Teaching Critical Thinking.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 16, 2018
*ClassDojo Portfolios is live and FREE for all teachers!!! ClassDojo the widely used (free) tool for behavior management and communication for education now offers digital portfolios. ClassDojo Portfolios is a great and safe way for students to share digital stories, projects, classwork, etc. Best of all, this is done through the innovative ClassDojo app/web interface where the teacher moderates/approves all of the their student's work and the parent sees only their own child's work.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 18, 2018
Ken Robinson once famously said, “Students are educated in batches, according to age, as if the most important thing they have in common is their date of manufacture.” (Ken Robinson, The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything ). I have the privilege of working with 2nd through 6th graders in my gifted education classes and Kindergarten through 6th grade in my summer STEM and robotics camps.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 2, 2018
This week #NYCSchoolsTech educators attended the #NYCSchoolsTechSummit where they learned all sorts of fresh ideas, techniques, and strategies to implement in the classroom this fall. What did they learn? That's the topic of the August #NYCSchoolsTechChat where we'll discuss the first 5 days of the school year. What protocols do you implement to start your school year off on the right foot?
STEMx
AUGUST 17, 2018
September 12, 2018: 4-5 p.m. (EST) . Register. To honor astronaut Pete Conrad, Nancy Conrad created a special yearly event open to students across the world. In September, Wes Hall will chat with Nancy about the program’s scope, impact, and how your students can get involved. The Conrad Challenge brings science and technology studies to life in a student-driven, project-based approach.
Magic EdTech
AUGUST 13, 2018
Digital transformation and automation are the topmost initiatives in the corporate world, affecting every business function across industries. Management and publishing of content within the corporate world is no exception – given the explosive growth of content and its significance in sales, marketing, technical, research, HR, compliance, and knowledge functions.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 22, 2018
A new school year is a fresh start. For students, that means a different teacher and new classmates. For teachers, it’s another chance to make an impact on the lives of kids, turn them into life-long learners or at least let them experience the joy of learning. In the chaos of getting ready for that all-important first day, it’s tempting to “do things as they’ve always been done” — like lectures, quizzes, student plays, and posters — but more and more te
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 7, 2018
ClassPad is a new free online tool for Math. It acts as your digital scratch paper where it lets users have all the tools they will ever need to solve/work through Math problems. I like to think of it as the ultimate "Swiss Army" knife for Math. Also, it has all the functions of an advanced graphing calculator allowing students to plot points, formulate equations, and more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 15, 2018
Back to School night is a time-honored ritual where teachers and parents meet, with or without children, and preview the upcoming school year. Teachers share information about their teaching style and methodology, how they grade, what students can do to thrive, and how parents can connect to classroom activities. It’s a way of easing everyone back into the education journey after a long summer break and is arguably one of the most impactful days in the school year.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 24, 2018
Wikispaces, one of education’s standout collaborative websites, closed at the end of June 2018. Thousands of teachers have used the free Wikispaces platform to share materials with students and colleagues, to run online classrooms, or as the virtual arm of a blended course. Its robustness and versatility allowed teachers to engage in discussion boards, forums, share all sorts of media, and create a personalized environment that could be tweaked to adapt to individual needs.
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