July, 2020

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Over 200 Free Google Slides and PowerPoint's Templates to Use in Your Presentations

Educators Technology

SlidesMania is a platform that provides access to a wide variety of pre-made templates that you can use on your Google Slides and PowerPoint. I have spent sometime going through its content and.read more.

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We Landed on the Moon July 20 1969

Ask a Tech Teacher

On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to place foot on the moon. Commemorate that this year with an exciting collection of websites and apps that take your students to the Moon. Here are some you’ll like: Apollo 11: Countdown to Launch via Google Earth. Apollo 11 VR. Google Moon –see the Moon in 3D with your Google Earth app.

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Technology Chat: Make Sure Your Students Are Ready for Digital Learning

Amy Brown Science

Returning to school after summer break is stressful in the best of times. I think we can all agree that this is pretty much the WORST of times and that this year's return to teaching will be unlike any other. We teachers have faced many challenges before, but the challenges before us now are unprecedented. Whether you will be teaching virtually, in-person, or somewhere in between, you will find yourself in need of digital resources to support your curriculum.

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Anti-Racist Activities for Upper Elementary and Middle School Students

User Generated Education

I am planning to do anti-racist activities with my elementary students (5th and 6th graders) this coming fall. When you’re essentially [teaching] a kid to be anti-racist, you’re deliberately encouraging them to talk about race and Racism. You’re deliberately teaching them that all the racial groups are equals. You’re deliberately showing them, yes, there are different colors and there are different cultures.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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.

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Today: Preparing to Switch Between On-Site & Online Teaching

The Innovative Educator

Join me today, Monday, July 27th at 4:00 pm to hear educators discuss how to switch between on-site and online teaching. We will listen to a panel together, then myself and co-moderator Laura Ogando with lead participants in a discussion about what we've heard and how it applies in our own context.

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10 Great EdTech Websites for Teachers and Educators

Educators Technology

One of the key elements in an effective integration of technology in education is having access to appropriate EdTech resources. This is not easy particularly for teachers who, because of their.

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Happy July 4th (and Happy Canada Day)

Ask a Tech Teacher

It’s America’s birthday and I’m celebrating. My Army Sergeant son is in Japan–Okinawa. My Navy LT CDR daughter’s in the DC area. I thank both of them and all those soldiers who fought for America’s uncertain future so long ago. God be with all of us. I want to include all my efriends from Canada in the celebrations though I’m a few days late for Canada Day: July 1 is Canada Day.

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Cybersecurity Education on the Rise

Start-Engineering

Eric Iversen. An example from history About 20 years ago, the idea of K-12 engineering education struck many people as bizarre. It registered as little more than a gleam in the eyes of a small number of educators seen as fringe by most of their colleagues, a few policy-makers worried about the technology innovation ecosystem, and scattered engineering professionals involved in outreach events to kids in their local communities.

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A Beautiful Boy

User Generated Education

During Fall 2020, I taught gifted education at the high school on our south-side. The south-side is known for its low income housing and its primarily Hispanic population. As an itinerant gifted education teacher, I work at several schools. Our district has extremes of schools – high income communities at one extreme, that have the characteristics of private schools, to the other extreme of Title 1 schools with 100% free and reduced lunch programs.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

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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Daily Summer Learning for 3K - 2nd Grade on WNET - PBS

The Innovative Educator

Starting Monday, July 13th at 12 pm summer episodes of # LetsLearnNYC will air on Thirteen WNET New York. Lessons will be for students aged 3 - 8 and will air every weekday. If you miss an episode or don't get WNET, you can catch the episodes after they air at: thirteen.org/programs/lets-learn-nyc. Episodes include a mix of foundational reading skills, literacy, math, social studies, and science.

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Comment on What’s So New or Different about STEM? by Brian Clair

Stem-by-Design

The craze for STEM Learning has now significantly increased in young students. The universities are coming up with various STEM Learning Programs in collaboration with other institutions & researchers. The STEM Learning Ecosystems have a vast potential to teach the young students in masses. Every year students are applying for these programs in a big number because of the real-time practice and to represent their talents.

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Here Is A Good Tool to Help You Remove Backgrounds from Your Videos

Educators Technology

Unscreen is a good web tool that allows you to easily remove backgrounds from videos. The process is simple and easy: upload your video to Unscreen and click to convert it to a background-free.read more.

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Tech Ed Resources–Mentoring and Coaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

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 all stakehol

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

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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87: The Power of Integrating Writing Into Science AND Science on a Budget

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

87: The Power of Integrating Writing Into Science AND Science on a Budget Integrating content areas into the ELA block allows more science to be taught to students using valuable skills such as writing. That still leaves teachers with hands-on science activities to accomplish. How can you include all the materials you need? That's where science on a budget comes in.

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Digital Science Resources 2020

The Science Penguin

As an uncertain school year approaches, I want to take an opportunity to update you on everything from The Science Penguin that is now available as a digital resource. If you previously purchased something in printable format, any digital updates are included. Just re-download for your free update. Not all printable resources include a digital update.

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Today: The Future of Teaching & Learning Post-COVID-19

The Innovative Educator

Join me today, Friday, July 29th at 4:00 pm to hear education experts discuss the future of teaching and learning post-COVID-19. We will listen to a panel together, then myself and co-moderator Laura Ogando will lead participants in a discussion about what we've heard and how it applies in our own context.

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Do you need a fancy microphone to deliver remote lessons or CPD?

Fiendishly Clever

I was delivering CPD online for STEM learning and one of my delegates told me the sound was a little quiet. I had not had a delegate mention this before, so I fiddled with some settings and went away to do some investigating (what we scientists do best!) I had been using a very good … Continue reading "Do you need a fancy microphone to deliver remote lessons or CPD?".

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Formative Assessment Design in eLearning

Magic EdTech

Does the word assessment remind you of the nerve-racking time you had in the school and college? Despite all this, I am sure you will agree you would not have learned the way you have if there were no assessments. It holds true at every level not only for kids in school but for teenagers doing higher studies as well as adults going through the skill-based training.

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Here’s a Preview of August

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in August: How to get started with Ask a Tech Teacher. Tech Tips. College Credit Classes. Music, Academics, and Keyboarding–Transferable Skills. More free posters. Curriculum-based Assessments–Powerful Diagnostic Tools. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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86- Three Spectacular Tech Tools for Remote Learning

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

86- Three Spectacular Tech Tools for Remote Learning Kristin and I met in a presenter group for Whole Teacher EclecticCon that begins July 27th. After listening to Kristin’s session titles you are going to want to join us! Click here to join WTE. Kristin is a teacher from New York who shares her passion for technology and science. Kristin shares some excellent tools to take with us into remote or distance learning.

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MII-STEM supports me on my future path of education

MII-STEM

My name is Xuan and I am a third-year student at the Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, in Vietnam. I would like to share my thoughts and experiences of the MII-STEM course, which is a collaboration between the University of Dundee in Scotland and three Universities in Southeast Asia countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, and … Continue reading "MII-STEM supports me on my future path of education" The post MII-STEM supports me on my future path of education first appeared

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#CampYouTube for Summertime Activities for Youth

The Innovative Educator

In many places traditional summer camp is not in session, but that doesn't mean that summertime activities have to stop completely. YouTube is bringing #CampYouTube to everyone this summer. This helps alleviate the burden for parents and educators wanting to provide young people with fun and educational activities. There are daily updates on the site which includes the following: Adventure-themed camps STEM, Arts, Sports, and Adventure themed camps are designed to help youth learn new skills, st

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TeachVid

Technology Tidbits

TeachVid is an amazing online tool for learning foreign languages that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. TeachVid reminds me a tad like EDpuzzle where educators use interactive videos to assess student's learning. Also, educators can create a "virtual" classroom and create assignments that contain: videos, worksheets, etc. Finally, TeachVid makes it easy to flip a classroom or lesson and let student's learn at their own pace.

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Our Commitment to Combating Third-Degree Racism

Informed K12

The recent murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks at the hands of police brutality have rekindled our nation’s neverending fight against racial injustice. These murders have forced us to reexamine the ways in which we contribute to racism both directly and indirectly.

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How Educators Can Empower Students Through Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. I don’t mean phone apps and games. I mean the basics of how to use the tech tools that are driving learning. Dr. Paul Perry, former teacher, administrator, and nonprofit exec, has put together a brief guide for educators looking to expand learning opportunities for students using technology.

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85-Increasing Social and Emotional Learning Through STEM

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

85-Increasing Social and Emotional Learning Through STEM The social and emotional components in learning are such an important part of the whole child. Today Claire Meschkat from Vivify STEM and I sit down to talk about how to cover these important SEL elements through STEM instruction. I hope you will join us. Links Mentioned in the Show: 82: The Magic of Hands-On Integrated Units in the Classroom 83: How to Engage Students Online and How to Ensure Equal Access 84: How to Add More Science Into

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MII-STEM supports me on my future path of education

MII-STEM

My name is Xuan and I am a third-year student at the Faculty of Physics, Hanoi National University of Education, in Vietnam. I would like to share my thoughts and experiences of the MII-STEM course, which is a collaboration between the University of Dundee in Scotland and three Universities in Southeast Asia countries: Vietnam, Indonesia, and … Continue reading "MII-STEM supports me on my future path of education".

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A Better Plan for School Reopening This Fall

The Innovative Educator

Districts around the country are sharing plans for the reopening of schools this fall. In many cases the plans are rather complex and impractical for working families. For example, many have schedules in which students attend school part time, which could involve being in school buildings two to three days per week or having schedules that require being in the building for just the morning or afternoon.

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binumi

Technology Tidbits

binumi is a wonderful site for creating beautiful looking presentations/digital videos. This is done through a easy-to-use drag-n-drop interface and educators can use for digital storytelling or project based learning. Best of all, binumi can be used for collaborative and remote-learning and a finished project can be embedded into a site or blog. I highly recommend checking out binumi by clicking here !!!

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CSULA and GEAR UP Program Bootcamps Inspire Los Angeles Students

CTE Learning

As organizations scramble to find ways to connect with middle school and high school students through summer bootcamps and afterschool programs , the partnership between the California State University Los Angeles (CSULA) Pathways program and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) GEAR UP program has been immensely successful, even in the age of COVID-19.

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Subscriber Special: July

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. July–10% Discount. Subscribe to our newsletter– sign up here. Get 10% off your next purchase! Questions? Email askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. 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.