Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

Have you ever walked into a classroom where students were engaged in serious on-topic discussion, debating ideas and challenging each other to provide evidence of their statements? And when you looked around for the teacher, s/he was calmly sitting in the back, observing, taking it all in but not participating? Chances are, you entered a classroom using a discussion method known as Socratic Debate , aka Socratic Method, Socratic Circle, or Socratic Inquiry.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 18, 2017

Here’s a fun idea for innovative educators who do workshops or presentations. When you want participants to share after they have turned and talked, use this random participant generator that also helps those in attendance learn fun facts about one another. Who has worked in the field the longest? The shortest? Where did you grow up? Go to college? In addition to being a fun method to get the conversation going, another benefit of this method is that everyone knows they may be selected.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

Ratio Rumble is a super fun iOS app that has students doing battle w/ an opponent creating ratios. This is a nice way to integrate Game Based Learning into the classroom and helps students work on their Math skills by creating ratios by mixing potions. More features include: Identifying ratios when used in a variety contextual situations Providing visual representations of ratios Solving common problems or communicating by using rate Explaining why ratios and rates naturally relate to fractions

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User Generated Education

JUNE 18, 2017

This post discusses my Cardboard Creations Maker Education Camp that was taught to fifteen 5 to 12 year old learners for five days, 2.5 hours each morning during Summer, 2017. It is split into three sections: Rational for Using No Tech, Minimal Cost Materials. Some Pedagogical Perspectives. Summer Maker Education Camp Project. Rational for Using No Tech, Minimal Cost Materials.

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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

JUNE 19, 2017

ORIGO Stepping Stones (see my review here ), a comprehensive print and digital math program, has a variety of free math resources available for summer learning. Check these out: Access a library of over thirty ORIGO 1 videos (and growing) through YouTube (search ORIGO Education ) and on their Vimeo Channel www.vimeo.com/channels/ORIGO1 with strategies and models to build fluency and understanding.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

Parapara is a neat little site that for making animations/slideshows that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog. This is a simple to use site that lets user select and color then draw on a screen/frame. These frames are automatically stitched together to create a slideshow. I highly recommend checking out Parapara Animation by clicking here !!!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2017

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 20, 2017

Innovative educators are becoming more and more aware of the need to produce content and materials for users of all abilities. That means when publishing digitally, it is important to ensure what you are publishing is accessible. This means considering how you use text, images, and colors as outlined in this article about accessibility. It also means creating accessible links.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

Summer is almost here and BoomWriter's Virtual Summer Camps are right around the corner and a soon to be reality for educators!!! This is an excellent solution for teachers looking to make some extra money over the summer (from the comfort of their own home) using BoomWriter's innovative collaborat ive writing tool. More info below. BoomWriter is a site that I’ve written about many times because it lets elementary, middle, and high school teachers conduct engaging nonfiction, fiction, and vocabu

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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

JUNE 21, 2017

NameCoach is a wonderful web service that educators are using to learn student's names and pronounce them correctly. This is especially useful w/ commencement/graduation ceremonies on the horizon. The way this works is simple as a teacher creates a name/web page and then has the student's speak their names. The audio gets embedded into a page and a user can access them all on one page at anytime.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

Super Teacher Worksheets one of the best sites around for finding educational resources, worksheets, printables, and more. just announced their latest sweepstakes that will have one educator win a Shel Silverstein poetry collection. The contest ends on June 30th and no membership is required, just a valid email address. For more information the Super Teacher Worksheets Sweepstakes click here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 22, 2017

WordWanderer is a site I just found about from Larry Ferlazzo's great blog for making word clouds. This is a neat way to create a word cloud where you can edit what types of words you want to see or hide, such as: nouns, verbs, prepositions, etc etc. Also, a user can click on a word to see a definition or how it is used in context or drag-a-line between to words to see how they are related.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 22, 2017

CodeMonkey is a great site for students learning how to program/code. This is done by guiding a monkey to collect his bananas from gorilla and meeting other characters along the way. The farther along a user progress the more complex the stages/lessons are. Students will learn basic JavaScript and principals such as: loops, variables, functions, conditions, 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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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

ClassDojo the widely used (free) tool for behavior management and communication for education now offers Student Stories. Student Stories is a new way for students to create digital portfolios and share them w/ others. New Features. 5 minute video creation drawing annotations journal entries filters, frames, and stickers For more information on the Student Stories update click here.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 21, 2017

Renderforest is a new site for creating videos. This is a great presentation/slideshow tool that educators can use to create explainer (how to) videos, introduce a subject, a more. Best of all a user can embed a video into a site/blog. Below is a brief demo. Renderforest Tutorial / How to Use from Renderforest on Vimeo. I highly recommend checking out Renderforest by clicking here !!!

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