Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 30, 2019

Here are the top five posts for the month of August: Basics of internet safety. Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. Classroom tech resources. How Behaviorism can turn your classroom around. eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading. 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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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 25, 2019

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law Five Star Review! I was blown by the wisdom, fearlessness, and insights of Haben Girma. After hearing her speak, then meeting her at an Accessibility Expo hosted by the New York City Department of Education, I couldn't wait to read her book. After spending a day devouring this book, my advice as a seasoned educator and administrator to every educator, parent, abled person, and person with (or knows someone with) a disability is this: Read this

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 29, 2019

Organizing Your Classroom Today we will be talking about all things organization. This topic can be pretty tricky for those of us who are not necessarily gifted in this area. {I do like to keep the following quote in mind when my space gets less than tidy. LOL} If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk? ~ Albert Einstein On the other hand, when you have to spend your time looking for things, it is less time you have to be productive.

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STEMx

AUGUST 28, 2019

In December 2008, a young student named Clara Ma submitted a name for a project NASA then called the “Mars Science Laboratory.” With a 250 word essay, Clara suggested the name “Curiosity.”. The Curiosity rover has covered over 13 miles of terrain on the Martian surface. Seven years later, the car-sized robotic explorer is the face of science on the red planet.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 26, 2019

If you’ve heard the buzz about eSpark this summer at conferences or training sessions, you already know it’s more than “just another math and reading learning platform” Sure, it is that but what sets it apart is eSpark’s clever blend of learning tools that encourage students to progress at their own pace in their own way, to review when needed and move ahead when they get it.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 26, 2019

Digital technology adoption is the process of accepting new digital technology into our personal or business lives. There are five types of technology adopters; each type says “yes” to new digital technology at a different speed. The “innovators” are the inventors—those individuals and organizations that actually conceive of and create new digital technologies.

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STEMx

AUGUST 29, 2019

Click. here. to download a copy of the 2019-2020 Conrad Challenge poster. How did the Challenge begin? . The Challenge is named for my late husband, Pete, an Apollo astronaut and Moon walker. Pete had a passion for entrepreneurism that aligned with my passion for education transformation. He was creative and bold. We both understood the need to combine STEM education with the spirit of entrepreneurship.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 27, 2019

Stick Pick is a nice iOS app that replaces the "old" popsicle sticks on a teacher's desk by helping teachers guide classroom instruction in a nice convenient way. Not only does Stick Pick let teachers easily and track which students they are calling on, it records student's progress and lets teachers assess and differentiate instruction on the fly. I highly recommend checking out Stick Pick by clicking here !!!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2019

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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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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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 26, 2019

while True: learn() is an innovative new iOS game that educators can use to not only integrate Game Based Learning into their teachings, but introduce STEM skills such as: programming, coding, and logical thinking. This is done through a fun game where a cat has learned how to code but not speak, and it's up to the player to communicate w/ the cat and solve the problem by creating a speech system.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 25, 2019

Unicheck is an excellent plagiarism checker that is super fast and easy to use. It's ideal for K-12 schools and checks everything from citations and references to quotes making it perfect for authorship authentication. Unicheck can even check in multiple different languages. Best of all, Unicheck will scan any paper/document, works w/ any LMS (i.e. Google Classroom, Moodle, etc), and generates detailed reports.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 29, 2019

Elementari is a wonderful new site for digital storytelling and project based learning. Educators are using this easy-to-use tool to have students create interactive digital stories, digital portfolios, presentations, and even choose-your-own-adventures. Stories can contain, custom made illustrations, sound effects, or even have a user record their very own audio.

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Technology Tidbits

AUGUST 26, 2019

30hands Learning is the excellent company for creating an innovative LMS (Learning Management System) as well as the popular mobile iOS app that is ideal for digital storytelling 30hands Pro. The 30hands community is a perfect cloud based solution that allows educators to: manage/track students, hand in/out assignments, schedule events, and more. While the mobile is being used in education for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more.

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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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