Educators Technology
APRIL 30, 2017
April 30, 2017 A few days we shared with you this interesting resource featuring some of the best apps and tools to help kids learn everything about coding. Today, we are adding another important.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 2, 2017
I first met Office Mix a few years ago, before I had the required Office 2013 or higher. I loved the demo I watched, cried a bit that it wouldn’t work for me, and then forgot about it. Now that I’ve upgraded to Office 365, I’m eager to use all the features that got me so excited back then. Before I get into those, let me back up for those who have never heard of Office Mix.
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User Generated Education
MAY 4, 2017
In order to support interest and passion driven learning (all – I mean all – of my students play video games) as well as address cross-curricular content area integration of language arts, science, and technology standards, I had my gifted elementary learners, grades 2 through 6, do a semester long project on video game design. Standards Addressed.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 30, 2017
Innovative educator Kim Cofino used Facebook Live to share ideas about how students could have respectful and meaningful conversations online. She explained a strategy she used to help students develop these skills within the safe and private walls of the classroom using Google Docs. This activity can help students become comfortable with effective commenting.
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.
STEMx
MAY 5, 2017
Helping students prepare for today’s highly skilled jobs is a goal of STEM-based education. Such job preparation also has been a longtime aim of career technical education (CTE). Because the two training paths have such similarities, they naturally converge, say educators and policymakers in Oregon, who have been working on meshing the two to better train the state’s students.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
User Generated Education
APRIL 30, 2017
Almost daily I see posts on social media by educators promoting the benefits of failure. It often seems that there is a push to intentional embed failure into instructional activities. This always rubs me the wrong way. Failure has almost universal negative connotations. It doesn’t feel good and sometimes it is extremely difficult, if impossible, to recover from big failures.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 2, 2017
Digital drama and confrontations. Educators know it exists, but many haven’t been armed with the tools necessary to ensure their students know how to effectively address the topic with students. Sure, we teach students to pause before they post. But everyone makes mistakes. What then? On Thursday, May 4 th at 6 pm, we invite you to join the #NYCSchoolsTechChat where we will discuss #DigitalDrama and confrontation.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 1, 2017
Here are the most-read posts for the month of July: Teacher Appreciation Week is May 1st-5th. How You Can Make Homework Easier for Students. Summer Tech Camp–Everything You Need. 21 Great Websites and Apps for Earth Day. A new resource guide from Kiddom: Standards-based Grading for ELA and Social Studies. Understanding By Design — What’s That Even Mean?
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 3, 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: #124–Editing is easier with digital writing.
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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.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 29, 2017
Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. Here are the three hottest posts that you don’t want to miss! What’s hot this week? Formative Assessment Innovative Idea For Letters of Recommendations Teen Brains At the top of the hot list for the first time is post highlighting a handy infographic that can be posted in your classroom.
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