October, 2020

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SEO for Online Teachers and Coaches

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you’re an online teacher who offers professional development classes to educators, this article from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor will help you understand the basics of using SEO to reach those who need your expertise. It explains SEO, discusses the importance of keywords and backlinks, and more. . SEO Tips for Online Education | Reach Students With SEO.

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5 Good Tools for Visual Note Taking

Educators Technology

Have you considered the power of visual note taking in your online instruction? Well, if you have not you should. Visual note taking will help enrich your teachable content and facilitate your remote.

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Video Games for Relationship- and Team Building

User Generated Education

I had the privilege of taking a workshop on Fortnite Creative facilitated by Steven Isaacs. I decided to take this workshop because I knew that many of my students (3rd-7th grade gifted students) were playing Fortnite. The idea of using a violent game during classes was not appealing to me so when I heard about Fortnite Creative, I got excited about learning more.

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Anatomy of a Killer Class or Webinar Agenda

The Innovative Educator

Great facilitators have killer agendas. This is the place where students can go to find anything they need to support their learning. Do your agendas include the five elements listed below? 5 Elements of a Killer Agenda Title The agenda has a title that clearly conveys what the session is about. Brief overview Provide an overview of the session that includes what students will know and be able to do following the session.

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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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The Do’s and Don’ts of Creating Accessible Websites

Magic EdTech

With various anti-discriminatory laws coming into action globally, website accessibility is no longer a choice, rather mandatory! It is a prime legal requirement for web developers as the spotlight is now fixed on providing digital content and interfaces that can be used by all sections of society. “The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives.” ?

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Traveling to America’s Heartland!

Ask a Tech Teacher

I am out of pocket the rest of this week and next. I’m visiting my wonderful sister in the rural Marion Indiana. I can’t wait to live a measured, natural life for at least a week where we can veges, check on her bee hives, and eat indoors at a restaurant! I probably won’t do much commenting until next weekend but then, I’ll get everything caught up.

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Education In The New Normal- Technologies That Are Driving Remote Learning

Educators Technology

When the pandemic first broke out, the world came to an abrupt standstill. Offices and retail stores across the globe closed down to curb the spread of infection. Educational institutions quickly.

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100-5 Genuine Components of Developing a Maker Mindset

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

100-5 Genuine Components of Developing a Maker Mindset Today we are talking all about the genuine components of developing a maker mindset. A maker mindset begins with believing in the possibilities of making. Most importantly we need to remember that the space and tools don't define a makerspace. It is actually the ability to see the possibility. Links Mentioned in the Show: Today we are talking all about the genuine components of developing a maker mindset.

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Gesticulation As A Strategy to Engage Learners

The Innovative Educator

Whether a lesson is pre-recorded, live video, or face-to-face, one simple, research-based idea to engage learners is to use gesticulation. This means using gestures, especially dramatic ones, instead of speaking or to emphasize one's words. Here are some ways to do that. Props Props are a great way to help with this. Big glasses, hats, wands, etc. You can hop on Amazon and search photobooth props and get lots of packages that don't break the bank.

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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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The Do’s and Don’ts of Creating Accessible Websites

Magic EdTech

With various anti-discriminatory laws coming into action globally, website accessibility is no longer a choice, rather mandatory! It is a prime legal requirement for web developers as the spotlight is now fixed on providing digital content and interfaces that can be used by all sections of society. “The one argument for accessibility that doesn’t get made nearly often enough is how extraordinarily better it makes some people’s lives.” ?

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Super Teacher Worksheets for Fall and Halloween

Technology Tidbits

Be sure to check out STW for all their Halloween ideas such as: educational games, poems, activities, and more!!! Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.

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Long-needed and Welcome Table Tool From JotForm

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education has changed. No one knows yet if it’s for better or worse but we all understand that nothing’s as it once was. That means many traditional teaching tools are no longer the best choice for the new norms. Over the past few months (well, since March), I’ve spent a lot of time reinventing my teaching protocols, doing a rigorous evaluation of whether my standard practices are best suited for the new best practices for teaching at home and school (click here for lots of inf

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2020 Challenge Grant Awards and Our New Look

STEMx

Members win new funding to create, share best practices plus our new website. We're proud to announce $30,000 in funding for new programs to expand high-quality STEM education. Through the 2020 STEMx Challenge Grants, leading organizations in three states will invest in new, promising practices. Then, they'll share plans, resources, and lessons learned with our complete national network of 24 organizations in 19 states.

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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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How to Teach Growth Mindset and Failing Forward

Vivify Stem

How to Teach Growth Mindset and Failing Forward By Claire Meschkat Students need to experience failure in our classrooms. They may not think so, but learning from those failures is what helps them grow. Read on for ways to empower your students to learn from their failures, aka. fail forward, with a good dose of growth mindset! Growth Mindset Growth Mindset is a belief that abilities can be developed and improved with hard work and dedication.

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STEM Subscription Coupons & Promotions

Top 10 Sciencekits

The holiday season is coming, and with it come the SALES online! Brands selling STEM subscription boxes also have promotions available, most of them have promotions available throughout the year, but usually as the year progresses towards Christmas, the promotions get even better. Is this post, i made the effort of collecting the best promotions & promo codes for online subscription boxes (also knows as crates or kits).

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6 Free STEM Resources

STEM Supplies

At STEM Supplies, we know STEM is more than a collection of amazing robots, 3D printers, and exciting makerspace supplies–it’s a full-fledged curriculum that demands unique teaching skills. That’s why we developed free STEM resources to inspire and help formal and informal STEM educators overcome the hurdles of implementing STEM practices into their teaching spaces.

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Rabbids Coding

Technology Tidbits

Rabbids Coding is a super-fun iOS app that uses the popular Rabbids characters to teach kids the basics of how to program/code (ideal for 7yrs old on up). This is done by uses lines of code where students use sequential and computational thinking to help save "their" spaceship that the Rabbits had invaded. I highly recommend checking out Rabbids Coding by clicking here !!!

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Halloween Projects, Websites, Apps, Books, and a Costume

Ask a Tech Teacher

Three holidays are fast-approaching–Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students. Here are ideas for Halloween projects, lesson plans, websites, and apps: Websites and Apps. 30-day Halloween fitness challeng e. Build a Jack-o-lantern (in Google Slides).

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5 Ways to Assess Coding Lessons in the Classroom

Ellipsis Education

By Amy Marcou Customer Experience Specialist Grading is an inevitable part of most educators’ days… and nights… and weekends! At times, grading stacks of papers or projects can be monotonous and time consuming. On the flip side, it’s an opportunity to enter the minds of your students and their creative thought processes. When it comes to grading in your computer science class and more specifically, coding projects , the task of grading can easily consume your time and energy as you find yourself

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99- How to Reframe Our Understanding of Why Children Act Out

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

99- How to Reframe Our Understanding of Why Children Act Out Teaching is at an all-time level of difficulty. Throw behavior challenges into the mix and you have a recipe for disaster. How can teachers keep their sanity and also better understand where these behaviors are coming from and why they are occurring. Join Leslie Belvins and me or a conversation on behavior function and how to look at the behavior with empathy and grade while also taking care of the rest of the class and yourself.

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STEM boxes for kindergarten

Top 10 Sciencekits

STEM subscription boxes for kids are great I write a lot about STEM activities lately, and there's a good reason for that. I see how great STEM education is for nurturing the crave for science and technology from a very young age - Meaning exposing your kids to the professions of the future in their early years. Starting exposing your kids to STEM education is becoming easy these days, as more and more companies are starting to produce high quality content for all ranges of ages, including kids

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7 Free STEM Resources

STEM Supplies

At STEM Supplies, we know STEM is more than a collection of amazing robots, 3D printers, and exciting makerspace supplies–it’s a full-fledged curriculum that demands unique teaching skills. That’s why we developed free STEM resources to inspire and help teachers overcome the hurdles of implementing STEM practices into their classrooms. STEM Supplies Blog.

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TeachVid for Remote Learning

Technology Tidbits

TeachVid is an amazing online tool for learning foreign languages. 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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Why Game Based Learning Is the Right Choice for Remote Teaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

I don’t know many kids who aren’t excited to play games. Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.

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Moon Solar Tower Challenge: STEM At Home Activity

Vivify Stem

Moon Solar Tower Challenge. STEM Space At Home Video Challenge STEM Space At Home is a video series led by an engineer and using materials you can find at home. The videos are intended to support elementary and middle school students through fun engineering design challenges with a real-world connection. Moon Solar Tower STEM Challenge Mission : Design and build a solar-powered tower on the Moon!

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Lessons from the latest STEMx Challenge Grants

STEMx

Last October, the STEMx network issued $15,000 grants. to five states. The "STEMx Challenge Grants" offered $75,000 in funding for states to advance STEM and share lessons learned with the national STEM community. Below, read the detailed reports submitted by each of the five winning states. Idaho: New strategic plan and regional hubs planned to enhance statewide STEM access -.

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Mel Science VS KiwiCo Subscription

Top 10 Sciencekits

The battle of the giants - We've taken on the challenge of comparing 2 of the most popular kids STEM subscription boxes in the market, and help you choose the right subscription box for your children - Mel Science VS KiwiCo. Some questions you might have, probably include which subscription box better suite your child? what is the difference between the 2 brands in terms of cost, topics they cover, the level of parents involvement in the making process and much more.

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Curriculum Developer Spotlight: Bailey Streicher

Ellipsis Education

The Curriculum Developer Spotlight series on our blog highlights the unique and talented educators that write Codelicious curriculum. Keep reading to learn more about Bailey’s background, expertise, and approach to computer science in the classroom. “ Being surrounded by youth reminds you of the endless possibility that lies within each of us. ” — Bailey Streicher.