August, 2021

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Book Review–My Secret EdTech diary

Ask a Tech Teacher

My Secret EdTech Diary. by Al Kingsley. 4/5. Al Kingsley’s My Secret EdTech Diary (John Cott Educational 2021) is a big-goaled, meandering overview of edtech (educational technology) available and pertinent to teachers and students. It is almost stream of consciousness told in a friendly, affable voice, where the author starts with a specific topic and then addresses that and many tangential ideas, showing how they are related and interconnect.

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Tons of Ready-made Music Lesson Plans for Teachers

Educators Technology

Soundtrap for Education is an excellent platform that draws on the power of music to facilitate learning across different subjects and grade levels. Soundtrap studio empowers teachers and students.read more.

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IntelliCode Completion In Visual Studio (Preview) 2022

Computer Science Teacher

There is a preview out for Visual Studio 2022 available and since I a) love to try new things and b) am not limited to by what is on the student computers I have been trying it out. Normally, I don’t see a lot in new versions of Visual Studio that impact me personally or me as a teacher. That is not the case with this new version of VS. The new feature is called IntelliCode Completion.

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Offering Electives to Elementary Students

User Generated Education

Electives, as we all know, are classes that students choose to take. 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. In addition to empowering practical skills, electives can help students find hidden talents or passions.

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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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I'm Back! Wellness Ideas for Innovative Educators

The Innovative Educator

Hello innovative educators. I've missed you, but I'm back with a lot of ideas to help you focus on you and your wellness to start this school year off right! During the pandemic, I took the time to reset and take a look at my own wellness. I focused on areas such as diet, exercise, and supplements. I didn’t want to do this alone. So a few girlfriends and I got together with a simple goal: Losing the COVID 19.

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Technology is Here to Stay: Now What?

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, taught for 36 years before retiring. He has some interesting reflections on technology’s place in education: Remember the days of Oregon Trail on the old Apple IIe’s or students drawing pictures with Kid Pix. Much has changed since technology has made inroads into education, and much has not.

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4 Key EdTech Activities for The First Day of School

Educators Technology

The first day of school is always special. It is a time when we get to meet our new students and help them get ready for a successful start of a lifelong learning experience. There are a number of.read more.

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Hexapawn–An Interesting Programming Project

Computer Science Teacher

I'm cleaning up and finding interesting things. Well, actually, interesting books. One find is called "A Collection of Programming Problems and Techniques." Copyright 1972 So obviously, continued cleaning up is on pause while I code up solutions to some of the problems. One of the problems in the book is Hexapawn ( Hexapawn on Wikipedia ) I remember this being a sort of challenge program when I was an undergraduate student.

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Welcome Back to Afterschool

STEM Next

Finding Our STEM Superpower with Family Engagement. Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Ron Ottinger. The afterschool community has stepped up with its superpower in responding to the education, social, economic, and health challenges of the past year and half for different communities. What they’ve had in common is creating deeper partnerships with families.

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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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Wellness for Innovative Educators - Supplements

The Innovative Educator

As the pandemic hit the United States, I found myself working extremely long hours to help our schools move to emergency remote learning. I also spent an abundant amount of time publishing numerous articles around ways to do remote learning successfully. As a result, I was not finding the time to exercise. I was eating convenient (often unhealthy) food.

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POTU Evolution Part 1: From California to Rio Americano

The Blog of Phyz

Encore Post: Originally published February 21, 2020—in the last days of The Before Times. Sigh. UPDATE 2/23/20: Extant course chart added. We plan to launch our Physics of the Universe (POTU) course in 2021-22. Physics of the Universe is the physics portion of the three-course model for Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) implementation. California is where I live and work; Rio Americano High School is where I've taught physics since 1986.

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15 Back to School Resources

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ve collected a series of back-to-school tips that are suited for in-person or remote learning. Pick those that work for you: 8 Tech Tools to Get to Know Your Students for Back to School. 3 Apps to Help Brainstorm Next Year’s Lessons. 11 Back-to-school Activities for the First Month of School. Great Back to School Classroom Activities. Plan a Memorable Back to School Night.

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7 Great iPad Apps To Introduce Kids to Coding and Programming (2021)

Educators Technology

Coding is becoming an essential digital skill in today's classroom. Besides its technical utility in a digitally-focused world, learning coding by implication involves developing a number of other.read more.

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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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IoT, Python, and Raspberry Pi–Oh My

Computer Science Teacher

Trying learn too many things can be a risky proposition. But sometimes it feels like the way to go. Regular readers of this blog know that I have been trying to learn Python and that I have been experimenting with the Internet of Things with Phidget devices. Mixing the two is a pretty obvious step but since I really want to set up some autonomous systems without tying down my laptop, it seems like the Raspberry Pi s I have accumulated would be the way to go.

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EduLab Capital Partners and Allos Ventures Lead $3.8 Million Round? of Seed Funding for Codelicious

Ellipsis Education

The computer science curriculum-as-a-service company will use the new investment to expand its efforts to empower educators to teach K–12 students with an always-current curriculum. BOSTON (August 5, 2021) — EduLab Capital Partners , a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on learning and workforce technologies, and Allos Ventures , a venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage technology companies, today announced that they have led a $3.8 million round of seed funding for computer s

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142: OTT: How to Create a Labor Day Activity With Kids

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

142: OTT: How to Create a Labor Day Activity With Kids Celebrating holidays and teaching children the history of special days in America is a great way to get kids excited about history and holidays! Today, we talk all about Labor Day. I hope you will join me. Links Mentioned in the Show: All About Labor Day Interactive Reader Bundle (Print and Digital) Labor Day LabBook Celebrating holidays and teaching children the history of special days in America is a great way to get kids excited about his

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How to create a walkSTEM tour on YOUR site

Talk STEM

Are you a school or other organization interested in creating a walkSTEM tour of your very own? After school learning spaces, universities, museums, zoos, cities, and corporate offices are all examples of sites that have created their own walkSTEM tour for their communities. We’ve compiled a list of resources here to make the process as easy as possible!

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5 Tips for Helping Children with Homework

Ask a Tech Teacher

Often, students are expected to work independently at school and on their homework. That is a great idea for learning if you provide simple guidelines that allow them to be more effective, less frustrated. Here are tips to help your children get more out of homework time: Helping Your Child with Homework: 5 Tips to Help Kids Get Better Grades. Homework is a key part of the school experience.

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7 Great Educational Websites for Music Teachers

Educators Technology

For those of you teaching music or are interested in music education, the websites below are good platforms to start with. They provide diverse music curricula and teachable materials that you can.read more.

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Playing With Code–Recursion

Computer Science Teacher

Recursion was never a big part of my toolbox but I am starting to appreciate it more recently. Regular readers know that I have been writing about and writing code for some older, simpler cryptography systems. For one of them I needed a list of letter in the alphabet without duplicating previous letters. I needed to take a letter from the alphabet (I had a string of it) and see if it was in a list of used letters.

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Robots Everywhere

STEM Education Works

When you think about robots, maybe you picture some kind of highly advanced android straight out of science fiction. Or maybe you imagine that little robot toy you got for Christmas when you were young. Regardless, robots are everywhere in our culture. Robotics in Entertainment and Art. Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been going to Disney World with my family on vacations.

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Autumn STEM Guide

How to STEM

Welcome to the Autumn 2021 edition of our seasonal STEM guides! It contains: STEM related autumn events and themed days/weeks Quick, easy website and activity suggestions for how to get involved (click on the pictures to find out more) Autumnal STEM resource recommendations. Diaries at the ready! The events listed below are a really good way to help theme your STEM activities and help children to make real-world links.

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STEM Everyday #212 | STEM Collaboration | feat. Marla Rosenthal & Christine Dixon

STEM Everyday Podcast

Marla Rosenthal & Christine Dixon are K-8 STEM educators in southern California, with a big focus on innovation, design, and making. They took their teaching to the next level during the pandemic by working together across district lines to help their kids have even better STEM learning experiences. Their choice boards & STEAM lesson starters are great resources (find them here: [link] ).

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12 Websites for High School Drivers Ed

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to reinforce Drivers Ed in High School courses: Crash Test Simulator. Driver Education and Training Videos. Edriving –driving simulations. Operation Lifesaver. Simulated driving (fee). Driving and Texting. It can wait — video showing simulation of driver distracted by texting. Texting etc–Chicken Road YouTube.

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Checkology Provides Educational Resources to Help Students Become News Literate

Educators Technology

Checkology is an excellent website that provides educational resources to enhance the teaching of news literacy and to help students become informed digital citizens. These resources include.read more.

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What the Critical Race Theory Debate Could Mean for STEM Education

CSTEM

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. You have probably seen the term critical race theory (CRT) a lot lately. Unfortunately, the issue has become highly divisive and politicized. However, we need to focus on proposed changes’ impact on today’s students, future careers, and our communities. The Debate Around Critical Race Theory. What is critical race theory, and why has it become a hot topic?

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139: OTT: How to Rock the First Week of School: Tips for Back-to-School

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

139: OTT: How to Rock the First Week of School: Tips for Back-to-School Back to school can be a struggle for sure. But not if we have just the right procedures in place AND we have the winning mindset. Join me today as I talk to you about rocking the first week of school! Links Mentioned in the Show: Trina Deboree Thinking and Learning on TpT Back to School One Tired Teacher Episode 43: First Week Activities for Back to School Back to school can be a struggle for sure.

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4 things children should know about innovation

How to STEM

It is hard to ignore the global demand for innovation. Governments are dedicating departments to innovation, citing the acceleration of innovation as central to promoting prosperity and growth. Innovation centres are popping up at universities around the world to link academics with industry. Companies are placing innovation at the heart of their vision and mission statements.

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Solving Word Problems With Three Reads

Accelerate Learning

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Here’s a Preview of September

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in September: What is Genius Hour and Why Should I Love it? teacher-Authors. Free Posters. Websites to teach Chemistry. 9/11… Mouse Skills Webtools. Tech Tips. 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.

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SolveMe- A Great Website to Help Students Learn Math through Puzzles

Educators Technology

SolveMe is a math resource I discovered through a blog post from Tcea which I am adding to our math resources section here in ETML. SolveMe engages students in hands-on math learning experiences.read more.

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