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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

This December will again host the Hour of Code , a one-hour introduction to programming designed to demystify the subject and show that anyone can be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Last year, almost 300,000 students (age 4-104) participated from over 180 countries and wrote almost 20 billion lines of code. The 200,000+ teachers involved came away believing that, of all their education tools, coding was the best at teaching children to think.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

October 31, 2017 The integration of Google Maps with Google Drive made it super easy for anyone to create and share maps with others. The process is simple and does not require any software.read more.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

pI often read via social media about the importance of student centered, student-driven instruction. I wholeheartedly agree. My blog post is called User-Generated Education for a reason. I also believe one of the roles of an educator, in the context of maker education, is to scaffold learning experiences so the end result is students becoming self-determined learning.

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PHYSICS! BLOG!

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

I’ve been making major updates and changes to my materials in the intro physics course this year. It is the first year we are teaching a yearlong physics class to everyone (10th graders) in my school as the result of a big curriculum redesign in science, and the first time back to teaching a course like this in a few years for me. I will try to update this blog with each of the new activities and changes as I have time.

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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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Informed K12

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Justin is the director of School Success. When he is not hiring or training new employees, he researches potential partners for Informed K12, researching innovative, solution-seeking districts that are passionate about district operations and efficiency.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Coding–that geeky subject that confounds students and frightens teachers. Yet, kids who can code are better at logical thinking and problem solving, more independent and self-assured, and more likely to find a job when they graduate. In fact, according to Computer Science Education , by 2020 , there will be 1.4 million coding jobs and only 400,000 applicants.

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Educators Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

Looking for some good websites that provide curated educational documentaries? The collection below features some of our favourite options. These are platforms where you can get access to a plethora.read more.

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STEMx

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

No matter where you are in the STEM education world, it always seems like the National Science Foundation is just around the corner. Everyone knows that they support cutting edge scientific research, but since when have they been involved in STEM education? . The first National Science Board in 1951. The short answer? About 70 years. . NSF’s first Chairman James Conant highlighted education early.

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CTE Learning

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

NEWS: Hays High School Introduces New CTE Programming to STEM Education Classes HAYS, Kan. (Nov. 6, 2017) – Hays High School became the first school to integrate CTe Learning’s newly updated iVGD (Video Game Design) program earlier this fall and instructor Lindsey Hart says it has simplified her lesson planning significantly. “Teaching the iVGD course has been great for me and my students,” Hart said “Having the curriculum all set up for me is amazing.

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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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Informed K12

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

A report released last year by IDC Government Insights estimated K-12 IT spending to be $4.7 billion dollars with 46% of school districts expecting to increase their technology spending.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

How should we measure the benefits of technology in schools? For the most part questions revolve around asking if technology will: increase student achievement make students smarter result in better test scores No. It won't. Innovative educators understand that those are the wrong questions to ask. A better question to ask when looking at the advantages of technology in school is this: “How is technology helping students make the world a better place?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Zapzapmath is a free gamified ecosystem that teaches math skills aligned with many national and international standards. Its format is engaging, music lively, and layout colorful. The over 180 games spanning 900 difficulty levels are fast-paced and interactive and cover over 180 math topics. Zapzapmath has been awarded a plethora of education accolades and is ranked in the top 10 of the education category in 58 countries including the US and China.No surprise when you look at all the topics in

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Wisconsin Science and STEM Education

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

As noted in the previous post, performance tasks provide a means to more authentically assess students’ ability to think and work like scientists (3D learning in NGSS parlance). Ideally, students shouldn’t feel like they’re “taking a test.” Authentic assessment allows them to show their learning in a meaningful context that’s part of the flow of daily instruction—it’s not a “drop everything and test” approach.

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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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STEMx

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

What job skills should be taught in a STEM-based curriculum? What knowledge is in demand in the workforce? Answering those questions can be tricky, as educators and trainers are not always on the same page as employers. To bring these groups together for the benefit of workers is the aim of the Hope Street Group. The nationwide organization is trying to bridge the gap between the skills that are taught to future employees and the skills that are needed on the job so that workers are better prepa

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Gimlet is a excellent new site for creating quiz style games that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's great blog. Gimlet reminds me a lot of Kahoot where a teacher creates a quiz (or converts a Quizlet), has students join on their device via unique code and then take the quiz. A teacher can see all student's results in real-time and then differentiate instruction.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

I teach gifted students, grades 2 through 6, part time at two Title 1 schools. I pull them out of their regular classes for 3 hours of gifted programming each week. Sadly, but predictably, even though they are classified as gifted, they lack some basic skills in language arts and math (ones like basic grammar and math that they should have by this time in their educational timeline).

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

In the days of email, attachments were all the rage. Those days are gone. It's time to say RIP to old-school attachments and start using links instead. Wondering why? Here's a comparison. Functions Links Attachments Place on webpage Yes No Share in form or application Yes No Add to document Yes No Use up storage space No Yes Send in any text messaging / chat service Yes No Make you seem out of touch No Yes Device agnostic Yes No Need more convincing?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

December 4-10, 2017, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to students on coding, programming, and why they should love it, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Throughout participating websites, you’ll find a variety of self-guided tutorials that say “anybody can do, on a browser, tablet, or smartphone” You’ll even find unplugged tutor

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Coding–that mystical geeky subject that confounds students and teachers alike. Confess, when you think of coding, you see: …when you should see. It feels like: When it should feel like: December 4-10, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one-hour introduction to coding, programming, and why students should love it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

If you’re a history teacher, here’s a great tie-in between history and Hour of Code: During WWI, the Choctaw language had been used to transmit U.S. military messages. With this thought in mind, Philip Johnston, the son of a missionary grew up on a Navajo reservation and spoke the Diné tongue fluently, brought the suggestion of a similar code to General Clayton Vogel early in 1942.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

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: #59–Alt Keys Add Symbols. Category: Google Apps.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving websites that will keep students busy and still teach them: Canadian Thanksgiving. Online/Offline Thanksgiving activities. Plimoth Plantation –a field trip of a Pilgrim’s life. Included on this real-life site is a video of the Pilgrim’s crossing to the New World. Starfall–Silly Turkey.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 1st-15th: Spend $25 or more on Structured Learning , get a free copy of the. Hour of Code bundle. Click to view slideshow. Spend $50 or more on Structured Learning , get a free copy of the. Hour of Code Bundle and the STEM Bundle. Click to view slideshow.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the most-read posts for the month of October: 9 Resources for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. 10 Great PowerPoint Changes You Probably Don’t Know About. 10 Tips About Using Images in Your Classroom. How NOT to Assess Student Writing. How to Grow Global Digital Citizens. Should You Unschool? Visible Learning and John Hattie. What is Standards-based Grading?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 11, 2017

In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship c

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Every year in December, Hour of Code inspires thousands — tens of thousands — of students to fall in love with problem-solving, coding, and programming. Like a favorite web-based game, students are presented with a problem (for example, get your bot to say On vacation! ) and are challenged to use the tools available to solve it. There are endless examples, from games to robots to programming.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

I’m taking next week off. I’ll be preparing for my daughter’s holiday visit from her home in DC and my son who’s visiting from virtually from Okinawa Japan. I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back November 27th. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 15 years.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Visit the article her e. The New York City Department of Education has come a long way since 2012 when I took a risk and criticized the city's conservative approach to social media. It wasn't long after that I was brought on to help New York City schools embrace social media for teaching and learning. We started by developing guidelines "with" students and staff and offered related learning opportunities throughout the year.

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