Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 28, 2017
Lately, when I join technology education forums, one of the most talked-about webtools is Microsoft Sway. Though fairly new, Sway has taken over classroom production of visual presentations because the result is visually appealing while minimizing the amount of time students spend formatting a project, giving them lots more time to research and write.
Informed K12
JULY 25, 2017
From the Los Angeles Times , the California Department of Education on Wednesday officially defined an "ineffective" teacher as an individual who is improperly assigned or does not have a proper credential. The move comes in response to ESSA requirements for states to report on whether or not disadvantaged students have a higher proportion of unqualified teachers.
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The Innovative Educator
JULY 23, 2017
The #NYCSchoolsTech Summit is the largest annual #EdTech conference in New York City. At the conference innovative educators from across NYC Schools share their knowledge and expertise with other educators from NYC, surrounding areas, and even around the world thanks to social media. The conference is so popular, it trends on Twitter. There are dozens of workshops , lunchtime activities, and digital anthropologist Rahaf Harfoush is our keynote speaker. which makes it hard to choose and even hard
STEMx
JULY 25, 2017
August 16, 2017: 4-5 pm EST. Register. The Army Education Outreach Program, or AEOP, is the Army’s platform for advancing STEM education and literacy through STEM experiences, internships and competitions. From solar car competitions to bringing teachers into military research facilities, the program is very broad. More than 31,000 participants benefited from AEOP just last year.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 24, 2017
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
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The Innovative Educator
JULY 25, 2017
#NYCSchoolsTech teacher Eileen Lennon took the post I wrote on strategies for using #Periscope for education conferences and turned it into this beautiful infographic which we will share with participants at our upcoming #NYCSchoolsTech Summit. I hope it provides some good ideas for your next learning event. Check it out.
User Generated Education
JULY 24, 2017
I work part-time with elementary learners – with gifted learners during the school year and teaching maker education camps during the summer. The one thing almost all of them have in common is yelling out, “I can’t do this” when the tasks aren’t completed upon first attempts or get a little too difficult for them. I partially blame this on the way most school curriculum is structured.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 26, 2017
Here are ten of the top posts on involving parents in your class: Four Ways Teachers Can Stay Connected With Their Student’s Parents Using Technology. Parent Questions About Edtech. How Parents Can Protect Their Children Online. 3 Digital Tools To Keep Parents Up to Date. What parents should ask teachers about technology. How to Run a Parent Class. 19 Ways Students Keep Learning Fresh Over the Summer.
Informed K12
JULY 25, 2017
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The Innovative Educator
JULY 22, 2017
Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. Here’s what’s hot: Conferences! Making its way to the top for the first time is 10 Strategies For Successfully Using #PeriscopeEdu to capture the learning at conferences. Next up is a post with ideas for inviting diversity into professional learning events and opportunities.
The Innovative Educator
JULY 28, 2017
I've shared Robbie Samuel's ideas on 12 tips to effectively connect at education conferences. If you find those ideas helpful, then you might be interested in getting a free copy of Samuel's new book (for a limited time only) which shares ideas on how not to waste time at conferences and other events and start building meaningful relationships. You'll learn why it's important to stop thinking about what's in it for you and discover the better questions, takeaways, and goals to consider to for be
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