Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 11, 2016
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 so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #151–8 Popular Year-long Assessments.
User Generated Education
OCTOBER 14, 2016
Archaic Ways of Teaching Grammar. We construct grammatically correct sentences or correct our mistakes by intuitively applying the rules that govern English syntax. If, instead, we had to apply those rules consciously, they would only get in our way, making it impossible for us to speak or write at all. To construct a simple two-word sentence, such as “He dreams,” requires the application of at least seven grammar rules.
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The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 9, 2016
Three obstacles to successful integration of technology into teaching and learning include: 1 - Innovative educators often work in isolation 2 - Guidelines and policies for tech use are lawyer, not student or teacher, friendly 3 - Lack of tech expertise and funding for professional learning opportunities Do any of these sound familiar? If so, read on to discover how these problems inspired innovative solutions.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Edynco is a wonderful site for creating Learning Maps. This site reminds me of Prezi in that it allows educators to create a multimedia presentation that is "zoomable". These Learning Maps can contains all types of media (i.e. audio, video, images) and are ideal for "flipping" a classroom or Guided Learning. Best of all, a finished Map can be shared via a URL or embedded into a site/blog.
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
OCTOBER 13, 2016
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 you for Halloween projects, lesson plans, websites, apps: Projects. ASCII Art–Computer Art for Everyone (a pumpkin–see inset). Lesson Plan: Halloween letter for grades 2-5.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 10, 2016
October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Any adult knows that is no longer relegated to the playground or the neighborhood. It now regularly happens in the cyberworld. Kids don’t expect that and often don’t know how to handle it. See my article on TeachHUB about cyberbullying , how to address it, and resources to help you. More on cyberbullying: What a Teacher Can Do About Cyberbullying. 120+ Digital Citizenship Links on 22 Topics. 19 Topics to Teach in Digital Citizenship–and
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Otus the excellent and easy to use Learning Management System for schools has a sleek new design, that allows for easier functionality, a brighter customizable color interface, and real-time analytics and third party integration (i.e. Khan Academy), and of course Otus Worksheets. Here is a list of their updated features. Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center,
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Credo is an excellent online library resource that I just found out about from EdTech Digest. It reminds me of Wikipedia w/ a lot more curated educational content, such as: encyclopedia, videos, dictionaries, images, and more. All a user has to do is login w/ their online library account (that partners w/ Credo) and they are able to view and use all their learning tools available to them.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Toca TV is one of my new favorite free iOS apps for kids. This super fun app is kinda like YouTube Kids but w/ the ability to record your own video. All the videos in Toca TV are curated into categories and are safe for kids to watch. Best of all, a user can create their own video w/ fun animations/filter to show to their family and friends. Below is a brief demo video.
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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.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Help Teaching is an excellent site for educators, parents, and others looking for educational resources such as quiz/test creators, online assessments, or worksheets/printables. These printables are for K-12 and cover a wide range of subjects. Also, there is a test/virtual room where students can take online assessment and get results in real time. I highly recommend checking out Help Teaching by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 13, 2016
Storyboard That the wonderful resource that educators everywhere are using for a variety of educational purposes (i.e. timelines, digital storytelling, project based learning, etc), has just release their latest bundle for Halloween. These activities cover a wide range of topics from story starters, holiday cards, and monsters, to safety tips. Storyboard That is an excellent learning tool w/ educational portal, where teachers can manage, track, and assess student accounts in a safe environment.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 14, 2016
Not only does image annotation combine the best of text and pictures, but kids love it. Adding their own thoughts to a picture or even better, having the picture talk, inspires them to a creative level that’s difficult to achieve with most other communication tools. With the breadth of tech tools available, this is not only easy to accomplish but fits most school budgets.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 8, 2016
If you 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! Taking the top spot for the first time is Social Media Becomes Key to Forming An Educator Learning Community After that is a post called #Get2Yes w/Principals which includes a useful infographic created by @Eileen_Lennon with 8 strategies to get your principal on board with whatever it is you are proposing.
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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!
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 12, 2016
Innovative educators love discovering and implementing new ideas to update practices that re-imagine and redefine teaching and learning. One great way to consider practices that can be useful where you work is to learn about what others are doing to innovate where they work. The Center for Digital Education helps make that possible with their infographic that highlights the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers achievements.
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