Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 19, 2018
The poster child for a cutting-edge classroom over the years has included computers (back in your mom’s schooldays), iPads (a surprisingly long time ago), 3D printing, Maker Space, and G Suite. By now, those have all been mainstreamed, with savvy parents asking, “What else do you offer?” Now, the most popular ending to the sentence that starts, “My school actually has…” is Augmented Reality.
Educators Technology
MARCH 20, 2018
For those of you working in academia, research students, and anyone else keen on learning how to properly cite sources in different styles, the tools below are definitely worth your attention. These.read more.
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The Innovative Educator
MARCH 18, 2018
Articles complaining about kids today aren’t too uncommon. Making the rounds is this article that asks, “ WHY ARE KIDS IMPATIENT, BORED, FRIENDLESS, AND ENTITLED ?” I couldn’t disagree more with most of the answers among which include delay gratification, limit technology, and the very worst of all, “Teach your child to do monotonous work from early years as it is the foundation for future ‘workability.
PHYSICS! BLOG!
MARCH 20, 2018
After my first card sort activity , I was eager to design more. Quick heads up—this card sort is VERY different from the kinematics one that I designed. Some Inspiration. I had this tweet from Brian Frank in mind as I started to work on my revised packet for the Momentum Transfer Model. Leaning toward trying something like this for momentum representations.
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
MARCH 22, 2018
A few weeks ago, I got an email from Nancy with a great suggestion for an article topic: Google Classroom. She writes from her perspective as a Kansas City teacher who loves teaching and blogging. I think you’ll enjoy her ideas on essential apps for her Google Classroom: Not much time has passed since Google Classroom first entered K-12 and higher ed classes, outmaneuvering all other classroom software providers with its availability and a great variety of apps.
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Technology Tidbits
MARCH 18, 2018
Timelinely is a new (beta) site for editing YouTube videos that I found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. Timelinely easily lets users take a YouTube video and add comments, images, annotations and more. This is a great way to personalize a video and can even be used for digital storytelling. I highly recommend checking out Timelinely by clicking here !!!
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 20, 2018
Here’s an interesting article on what tech may go away by 2019. This is from Steven Wesley, guest blogger for Ask a Tech Teacher and ESL teacher, with intimate knowledge of tech used in the classroom. I think you’ll enjoy his thoughts: Technology has permeated every pore of our lives today, and education has been no exception. There are so many useful educational tools and apps out there which can help teachers connect with their students in a much better way.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 21, 2018
Finding webtools for high school classes requires a different set of metrics than those that apply to lower and middle school searches. Teachers who specialize in preparing students for college and career instinctively want tools that extend learning, support lesson plans, and simplify concepts taught in the curriculum. Of course they do! By high school, the pressure to prepare students for their future is immense.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 23, 2018
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: #46: Easiest Way to Explain Right and Left.
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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.
CTE Learning
MARCH 17, 2018
We love seeing teachers having a real influence in the lives of their students year after year. Vicki Kapaun has been teaching at Tartan High School for 19 years. Like so many CTE and STEM educators, she was drawn to teaching after beginning her career in industry. She brings valuable experience to students curious about what it is like to have a job in industry.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 21, 2018
Flocabulary is a fun Web 2.0 site for education that I've mentioned a few times on my blog. This is a great site for introducing or reviewing a subject/concept. The way this works is through innovative animated videos (or as Flocabulary puts it "Educational Hip-Hop"), that helps students learn through visual and auditory means. Also, Flocabulary has over 700 videos, interactive activities, and online assessments.
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