April, 2020

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , I run a column called Dear Otto where I answer teacher questions about how to integrate technology into their classes. Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” with a close cousin, “I am the tech integration specialist. How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?

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Using Comic Strips in Education: Teachers' Guide

Educators Technology

Comic strips and cartoons are two effective instructional tools to use in class with students from different grades. They are effective because they engage students in meaningful learning experiences.

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Ideas for Staff to Feel Connected When Working Remotely

The Innovative Educator

In these unprecedented times, it is important for staff to be intentional about staying connected and supporting the social-emotional needs of their staff. To follow are ideas that have worked well for my colleagues and I. Personal touch At least once a month, send a personal note to those who report to you checking on how they are doing. Follow up with a video chat for those that ask for it.

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Teacher Appreciation — We Love Our Teachers!

PCS Edventures

To celebrate and acknowledge all the hard work and dedication teachers pour into our students both in and out of the classroom, we held a special giveaway just for them during Teacher Appreciation Week in May of 2020. To be entered into the giveaway, a teacher needed to be nominated in the comments on this page. All nominations included details on who the teacher was , what school they represented and what grade or subject they teach.

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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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75: Virtual Classroom Management

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

75-Virtual Classroom Management An e-learning environment can be a shift for teachers who are used to a traditional classroom setting. Yet, there are some things that we need in both- classroom management. I hope you will join Leslie Dunn and myself as we talk about virtual procedures and routines. Links Mentioned in the Show: Gratitude Journal for Kids for Distance Learning Would You Rather (Team Building) For Distance Learning Attention Getters by Leslie Dunn (Teaching Dunn Simply) Instagram:

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What You Might Have Missed in March

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of March: Tips to avoid plagiarism. College classes in blended learning. New book from Ask a Tech Teacher: Iquiry and PBL. How to Eteach in a COVID-19 Pandemic. 2020 Edtech trends. Why teach poetry? 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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Kids Friendly News Websites

Educators Technology

News reading is an important literacy practice that, among other things, helps students become responsible citizens, raises their critical media awareness, and connects them to the global world. News.

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Support English Language Learners & families with free @MicrosoftEdu translation tools for #RemoteLearning

The Innovative Educator

Microsoft has free tools (in 65+ languages) to communicate to English Language Learners and their family members that speak languages other than English. This is essential in places like New York City where nearly half of the population speaks a language other than English at home ( census bureau data ). These tools are great for student learning, parent/teacher conferences, group discussions, and more while engaging in remote learning and beyond when teachers incorporate digital learning into t

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5 Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners Remotely

National Institute for STEM Education

It’s great that some of the same powerful strategies that support native-speaking students also assist English language learners (ELLs), even when they’re at various stages of English acquisition.

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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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50 Years of Earth Day! - How Environmental Engineers are helping the planet Vol.6 #15

Bright and Smart

Our Posterity = Our Children. Enhancing our children's S. T. E. A. M education is imperative to their success and will help them become innovators of the future. S.T.E.A.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Hands-on activities helps us to cognitively and visually see how things work. By creating things with our hands, we can understand and appreciate the importance of its existence.

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74: The T in STEM

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

74: The T in STEM Today we are talking all about the T (technology) in STEM. So much fun! Anita Goodwin and I sit down and talk about the power of integrating meaningful technology. Anita Goodwin on Instagram Goodwinnovate on Facebook Goodwinnovate on Twitter Goodwinnovate on Pinterest Goodwinnovate Anita Goodwin on TpT Podcast Response Mega Bundle by Trina Deboree STEM Con 2020 Taking the T in STEM makes an incredible impact on students in the elementary classroom.

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18 Easter Sites For Students

Ask a Tech Teacher

Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. To non-Christians (or non-traditional Christians), that event signifies a rebirth of spring that is filled with joy and gifts — and chocolate! Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. The date depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox.

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Citizen Science: Fostering the Joy of Science and Making a Difference.

Get Caught Engineering

April showers bring May flowers. April also brings us Library Week, Children’s Book Day, National Pet Day, Earth Day, and Citizen Science Month. Of all those interesting events, Citizen Science Month is our favorite thanks to a myriad of scheduled activities that celebrate the world of science. Most are designed with nonscientists in mind. With so many schools now closed for the rest of the school year, Citizen Science Month events give students and families an approachable way to learn about nu

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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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Graduation 2020 - Ideas When #RemoteLearning

The Innovative Educator

Graduation in 2020 will be unlike any graduation before it. While the thought of losing the traditional pomp and circumstance is difficult, there are some innovative options available. Minecraft! Elementary school students in Japan created a Minecraft graduation. Inspired by that, college students took it to a new level. Fortnite is another option. Get Social Celebrate each graduate on social media with specific information such as a quote, memory, what they'll miss, and what's next.

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Teletherapy and Telecommuting Agreement Templates

Informed K12

Our team meets at the end of every day to talk about what we’re seeing. There is truly so much to learn right now and it has been inspiring to see the creativity and ingenuity coming from everyone making it work despite the unexpected. I know that we’re all facing the need to adapt and prepare for new contingencies quickly.

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How add Text Effects to your Word documents

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher

Text effects are a way to elevate your text. I made this short video for my students as a reference and wanted to share in case it could be useful to you or your students. This post originally appeared on The Tech Savvy Science Teacher [link].

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73: Distance Learning, STEM, and Educational Reform

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

73: Distance Learning, STEM, and Educational Reform This powerful episode discusses the significance of knowing the difference between distance learning and in-school learning as well as the importance of teaching STEM through either platform and how all of this thinking can and should lead to the realization that we need to knock it all down and build something new and extraordinary.

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3 Apps That Energize Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

Let’s face it. Teachers juggle an exhausting schedule of parent conferences, administrative tasks, and specialized student needs. They take work home evenings and weekends and often are forced to choose between family and job when it comes to allocating a finite quantity of time over what surely seems to be infinite needs. The teachers I know want to be more organized, work more efficiently, use available tools to complete tasks faster, and prioritize needs.

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How Educators Can Make The Most of Distance Learning

PCS Edventures

The thought of school being closed for the remainder of the school year is a terrifying idea. Without the daily routine or face-to-face interactions that students are accustomed to, how do you guide and instruct them from a distance? Do they have the tools they need to succeed outside of the classroom? What about day to day necessities? As you begin to ask yourself all these questions, know that you’re not alone.

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Tech-Infused Lessons and Activities for Spring Break Fun

The Innovative Educator

Innovative educators wanting to provide tech-infused, quality activities and lessons for their students can find a treasure trove of resources for each day. Visit [link] There you'll find resources from companies such as PBS/WNET, Common Sense, EverFi, Thrively, Angela Maier's: Genius Matters. They have compiled lessons, activities and resources for every grade, aligned to all the Spring Fun themes outlined by New York City's Chancellor this week.

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At-home Learning in Crisis Times (with the Cat in the Hat)

Start-Engineering

Eric Iversen. Largely at a loss Nobody has any very good answers amid the anxiety and trauma of these COVID-19 times. The best efforts might be those that circle back to simple truths about patience, caring, and gratitude. Mr. Rogers’s famous counsel to see all the people trying to help is as good a place to start as any, and efforts in education along these lines have been voluminous.

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Science Education: Facing a Choice

National Institute for STEM Education

The outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States has been hard on all of us. That’s for sure. Schools have closed for extended periods of time, some indefinitely, and parents are at their wits’ end trying to balance the regular demands of managing households while providing school-like structure and normalcy for their children.

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COVID-19 and Its Lasting Impact On Education

Magic EdTech

Not since World War II have so many countries around the world seen schools and educational institutions go into lockdown at the same time and for the same reason. While we know that the effect of this virus will be far-reaching, what will it mean in the longer term for education? For a while now, educators around the world have been talking about the need to rethink how we educate future generations.

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15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

When kids read that America’s $23 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Do they understand the consequences of unbalanced budgets? The quandary of infinite wants vs. finite dollars? Or do they think money grows on some fiscal tree that always blooms?

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Tennessee educators produce thousands of protective face shields to help local medical workers

STEMx

As U.S. health-care workers struggle to treat the growing number of COVID-19 patients, they’re also struggling with a lack of personal protective equipment on the job. Aware of medical workers’ critical need for facial protection against the coronavirus, a team of educators in southeastern Tennessee sprang into action to help. The group, bolstered by local experts and 3D-printing technology, is quickly producing thousands of plastic face shields to distribute to local health workers and first re

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Go Team! @MicrosoftEdu Updates #MicrosoftTeams for #RemoteLearning

The Innovative Educator

Microsoft Teams has established itself as a leading business alternative for Slack, but when it comes to working with students, it still needed some work. Until now. Teams has several new upgrades that have (or soon will) roll out to make Teams a great option when for digital education and video conferencing. Here's what you can expect: Rolled out in April: ü End meeting for all participants ü Custom video background ü Attendance reports for meetings ü Raise hand ü 3x3 video support ü Only Educa

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Quizlet Teacher is available for Free through June, 30, 2020

The Tech Savvy Science Teacher

During the current outbreak of COVID-19, Quizlet’s goal is to support teachers and students in all impacted areas. To help with remote teaching and student engagement while schools are closed, they are providing free access to Quizlet Teacher through June 30, 2020. Quizlet Teacher includes Class Progress, a formative assessment tool that can help track students' progress.

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Using Video Conferencing Tools

National Institute for STEM Education

One thing is for sure—there are a lot of great tools that support learning online! In fact, there are so many online resources, it can be hard to know where to start or what to look for as you plan for online instruction.

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71: Distance Learning: What are the Trials and Treasures?

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

71: Distance Learning: What are the Trials and Treasures? The best/worst thing all at once is it shows how American teachers and students can turn on a dime and revolutionize education delivery in A WEEK! Wow! We have adapted so quickly so that is the best! Teachers have come together and worked to make creative solutions! The hard part is we did it without budgets, training, or materials.

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The Challenge of Connecting in the Age of COVID

Ask a Tech Teacher

I met Kiana Berkman in this traumatic time of moving teaching home through an invigorating discussion on education and how it’s changing. Kiana and her tutoring agency ( Berktree Learning Center ) were already ahead of the curve on that. I asked her to share insights on how COVID-19 is affecting her students and their passion for learning. I think you’ll like what she and her husband, Daniel (partner in the tutoring business) have to say: There is a popular saying that applies to lea

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Due to COVID19 – Teachers are asking for early access to new curriculum

CTE Learning

Helping out through the COVID19 crisis with Free Early Access to curriculum is just common sense. Students get free early access to the courseware We were talking with an educator yesterday, and she mentioned that what would help her out would be if she could start her course now. Her school has adopted one of our courses for the fall, but she said she was in need now of content to teach with.