Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2020

MTI 562: The Tech-infused Teacher. MTI 562 starts Monday, June 22, 2020 . Click to sign up. The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. In this course, you will use a suite of digital tools to make that possible while addressing overarching concepts like digital citizenship, internet search and research, authentic assessment, digital publishing, and immersive keyboarding.

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JUNE 14, 2020

In today's post I am revisiting this visual we published in the past which features some important tips to help you become a better writer. These tips are collected from Stephen King's book ‘On.read more.

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The Innovative Educator

JUNE 19, 2020

Innovative educators know that it can be powerful to host a watch party with students or colleagues. However just as you would never just play a video and walk away in the classroom, the same is true when hosting a virtual watch party. To follow are some ways to ensure your watch party is a success. Send Out an Invitation Invite folks to your watch party and have a way for them to rsvp.

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MII-STEM

JUNE 18, 2020

These are the two words I would use to describe the implementation of the MII-STEM curriculum at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa in Indonesia: exciting and unforgettable. This comes not only from my observation of pre-service science teachers during implementation and their responses during and after implementation, but also reflects the support of others in the … Continue reading "Exciting and unforgettable: reflections on MII-STEM implementation in Indonesia" The post Exciting and unf

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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 17, 2020

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: How to Open a Program Maximized. Category: Internet.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 17, 2020

Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and have lots of activities for Father's Day such as: cards, crafts, and more. I highly recommend checking out Super Teacher Worksheets by clicking here !!!

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MII-STEM

JUNE 18, 2020

These are the two words I would use to describe the implementation of the MII-STEM curriculum at Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa in Indonesia: exciting and unforgettable. This comes not only from my observation of pre-service science teachers during implementation and their responses during and after implementation, but also reflects the support of others in the … Continue reading "Exciting and unforgettable: reflections on MII-STEM implementation in Indonesia".

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 15, 2020

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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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 16, 2020

Vocab Victor is a free innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills that is ideal for ESL/ELL. Vocab Victor uses "game based learning" to help students develop their vocabulary through 4 different styles of games through 11 levels. These games offer high replay as well as different varieties of game play, such as: matching, sorting, targeting, and more.

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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 16, 2020

Insert Learning is a wonderful Chrome extension that turns any web page into a "learning moment". The way this works is once the extension is added a educator can add different types of items to a page such as questions, sticky notes, discussions, and more. This makes it a great tool for teachers to assess student's learning and easily differentiate instruction in real-time.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 17, 2020

Projector Screen is a great site for educators or parents looking to find screens, projectors, cables, and more for home or their classroom. Also, this is an ideal place to find good deals and other resources such as: how to build a home theater or how a green screen works. I highly recommend checking out Projector Screen by clicking here !!! *Projector Screen is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 15, 2020

WittyWe is a new site I just found out about from Monica Burn's amazing blog. WW reminds me of q more robust version of BrainBop and is a excellent place to find online courses/educational videos on a wide range of topics (i.e. Math, Health, Science, etc.) These animated lessons (5-10 min in length) are designed for El Ed kids through college and can be accessed on any device.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 17, 2020

Pixilart is an excellent site for creating retro-style digital art in a safe social networking environment. here to read their AUP (acceptable use policy). This is all done using a very familiar and retro-looking (i.e. Appleworks anyone) drawing application. Users can select your standard drawing and shape tools and then add colors. Best of all, Pixilart is totally COPA/CIPA compliant and monitors all drawings and comments before they are posted making it safe for schools.

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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 16, 2020

Hypatia is an interesting new site for Math that I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's great blog. Hypatia calls themselves a "spell check" for Math and checks your Math as you type. However, Hypatia does not give solutions to Math problems only hints. This is a great learning tool for those working in increasing speed in subjects such as Algebra, Calculus, or other areas of STEM.

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