Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
Lots of kids think technology is technical, another word for complicated/difficult/math-like. Here are six websites students can visit that will change their minds: Note: Mr. Picasso Head is no longer available. Click image to enlarge if it’s blurry. –from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Here are more online art websites: BigHuge Labs.
Educators Technology
AUGUST 30, 2021
Coding is becoming an essential digital skill in today's classroom. Besides its technical utility in a digitally-focused world, learning coding by implication involves developing a number of other.read more.
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STEM for Kids
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Morrisville, NC USA 9/2/2021. STEM For Kids has been awarded a cooperative purchasing contract in the STEM Curriculum Solutions category at Sourcewell. . Sourcewell is a self-sustaining government organization offering a cooperative purchasing program with more than 400 competitively solicited contracts to gove rnment, education, and nonprofit entities throughout North America.
STEM Next
AUGUST 30, 2021
Finding Our STEM Superpower with Family Engagement. Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Ron Ottinger. The afterschool community has stepped up with its superpower in responding to the education, social, economic, and health challenges of the past year and half for different communities. What they’ve had in common is creating deeper partnerships with families.
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
AUGUST 30, 2021
Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to reinforce chemistry in MS and HS: Beaker –a digital beaker app. Chemistry collection from Carnegie. ChemCapers. Chemistry instructional videos. ChemmyBear –resources for Chemistry and AP Chemistry classes. CK12 Chemistry simulations. Concord Consortium –chemistry, earth science, engineering, life science, physics.
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STEM Education Works
AUGUST 31, 2021
When you think about robots, maybe you picture some kind of highly advanced android straight out of science fiction. Or maybe you imagine that little robot toy you got for Christmas when you were young. Regardless, robots are everywhere in our culture. Robotics in Entertainment and Art. Ever since I was a little kid, I’ve been going to Disney World with my family on vacations.
CSTEM
AUGUST 31, 2021
Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. You have probably seen the term critical race theory (CRT) a lot lately. Unfortunately, the issue has become highly divisive and politicized. However, we need to focus on proposed changes’ impact on today’s students, future careers, and our communities. The Debate Around Critical Race Theory. What is critical race theory, and why has it become a hot topic?
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Here are the most-read posts for the month of August. Why Music Education is Important for Children To Learn. 15 Back to School Resources. 5 Tips for Helping Children with Homework. 12 Websites for High School Drivers Ed. How Parents Can Protect Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online. Technology is Here to Stay: Now What? Create a Macro. 6 Ways Teacher-authors Protect Their Online Privacy.
How to STEM
AUGUST 31, 2021
STEM education… we hear those words a lot nowadays. We know that STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) will play a crucial role in shaping our futures. STEM education is a cross-discipline approach to teaching these subjects with problem solving at its heart. Great STEM education works through activities with real-world applications, helping children to understand how their learning is relevant and how they could use it in the future.
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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.
Computer Science K-8
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Music and Flowers on my Pathways. ? ? ?. WANT: I ran into 4 angels today on my Bella walk pathway. Now I can share the answer. I want to be able to live by myself when I am 90 and not be a burden to my children and grandchildren. Asked a friend and she said, “I want to be able to sleep all night.” I did a high-five as I do too. OBSTACLE Roadblock: Listened to Brene’ Brown.
Science and Steamteam
AUGUST 30, 2021
Muir Woods: A Little History First! President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed Muir Woods a National Monument in January of 1908. John Muir (1838-1914) was a mountaineer and naturalist. He spent much of his life wandering in the wilderness. Muir was a strong advocate for the natural world and encouraged others to be too. He fought for the conservation and preservation of places such as Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park, and Glacier Bay.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. September. 20% Discount on. School Licenses. for Technology or Keyboarding Curriculum. Ends September 11th. Use Coupon Code kzj8mbnv. Questions? Email askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship c
CoderZ
AUGUST 30, 2021
Check out our FREE GRANT APPLICATION TEMPLATE for the Iowa Computer Science and PD Grant opportunity ! Welcome to Iowa, the land of corn and opportunity! The newest opportunity: Funding for computer science in Iowa. Starting in 2021 high schools, middle schools, AND elementary schools must all offer computer science opportunities for their students.
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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!
Get Caught Engineering
AUGUST 30, 2021
STEAM- Putting the A in STEM. The need for increased STEM education has been well-documented and recommendations on implementation have been ongoing for over a decade. The logic was simple. In order to be ready to take their place in the world and participate in a global economy, tomorrow’s employees need to hold degrees in engineering, computer science and other technological disciplines.
Ms. Boyce
AUGUST 29, 2021
A stellar start to the new school year! I was delighted to welcome: Ms. Colmenero, Ms. Maldonado, Ms. James, Ms. Martin, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Purvey's classes - the first classes in the lab since 3/12/2020! This year's theme in STEAM Lab is GROW and our first rotation is focused on investigating and exploring attributes of the sun. We made sun prints, a shadow clock, and 4th and 5th created mini planetariums.
Jacobs Physics
SEPTEMBER 2, 2021
A correspondent asked me about the " definition of acceleration lab`with dot machine." Is there a specific motion the students are doing? And the "dot machine" is like ticker tape/ strobe diagram? Where does that come in? This exercise uses the tape timer or spark timer , one that makes 10 dots per second on a long string of paper. (If you have the 60 dots per second machine, just have students graph every sixth dot!
STEM Everyday Podcast
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021
STEM is more than helping kids build and create. As kids grow and learn, their brains are developing billions of neurons. The learning atmosphere we create in our classroom can help kids really retain the lessons they learn and build a sense of wonder & creativity. Bonnie Kirkley has been teaching kids since 2003, and in her recent roles as a Gifted instructor and STEAM Support Specialist, she has shared a passion for great STEM learning for every kid.
National Science Foundation
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Few areas of inquiry in education have gotten more attention recently than teacher leadership. There have been numerous publications devoted to this area: 16,100 Google scholar entries in the decade between 2010 and 2020; Two comprehensive reviews of this scholarship (York-Barr & Duke, 2004; Wenner & Campbell, 2017); Several national (e.g., Teacher Leadership Exploratory Consortium, 2011) and state (e.g., Kentucky Department of Education, 2015) frameworks describing it; and.
Teach Science for All
AUGUST 31, 2021
Talk Climate is an ambitious set of resources designed to empower schools, homes, communities and workplaces to engage in productive conversations about our changing climate.
Jacobs Physics
AUGUST 30, 2021
On an AP exam, are points awarded or not when a student doesn't use exactly the variable notation as stated in the problem (such as, M vs. m , or I vs I o)? The answer is, it depends on the context. There's no one universal approach, because each part of each problem is testing different skills, and the rubrics are developed independently by different leadership teams who might make slightly different decisions from year to year and problem to problem.
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