Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

They Call Me Mom. by Pete Springer. 5/5. x. Pete Springer’s memoir They Call Me Mom (Outskirts Press 2019) about his first years teaching will delight new teachers and have experienced educators nodding along with him. As a teacher, Pete’s early experiences remind me of the joy inherent in teaching: “This job required about as much brainpower as my tree planting experience.”. “This is the story of how I fell in love with teaching and the joys and challenges that this noble prof

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Tiffany Wycoff, the co-author of the bestselling book, Blended Learning in Action , talks about the state of blended learning today. She shares how some teachers are battling blended learning burnout but that it is necessary for learning today and how we move forward. Sponsor: Screencastify.

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Applied Digital Skills is a great resource from Google for Education that offers a wide variety of digitally-focused lessons to integrate in both in-class and distance instruction. Its library.read more.

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Accelerate Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Math is often valued for its objective quality. We all know the saying, “The numbers don’t lie.” Math may be a matter-of-fact discipline, but students have a lot of feelings about math, and those feelings aren’t always warm fuzzies. Some love it. Others hate it. Many stress over it. The emotional quality of these reactions makes math uniquely well-suited to the teaching of social emotional learning (SEL).

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

SmartBrief, news on technology in education, recently published an article, Uniting technology and SEL to teach the whole child, on the importance of SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) in an educational landscape shaped by COVID-19. In part, they shared: Social-emotional learning is seeing a surge in mentions in the educational landscape. Most recently, the COVID-19 pandemic clearly illuminated the fact that academic growth and social and emotional wellness are interdependent and that educators mus

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

After we learned about the 10 lessons you can create using Google Docs, in today's post I am sharing with you this collection of Google Forms-based lessons that you can use with your.read more.

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Carly and Adam

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The following is a guest post from Dr. Jacie Maslyk. A first grade teacher welcomes her students back to the classroom. She is excited to have a busy space, full of learners talking, working, and playing. Her excitement is balanced with concern as she knows that many students are nervous to return to school and some may be coming for the first time in a long time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Now more than ever, teachers are struggling with more questions about teaching than they can find answers for. Let’s start with those you may have about running your classroom. Maybe your school doesn’t offer mentors that will answer these on a daily basis. Maybe you’re new and don’t want to appear too new–or you’re experienced but not in some of the new teaching techniques.

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Computer Science Teacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot is what you get when a top philosopher, a top political scientist, and a top computer scientist get together to think deeply about technology and society and write a book. It’s not a book for just one group. It’s not a dry textbook or academic paper but a clearly written explanation of the issues.

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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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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Mapme is a simple yet powerful tool students can use to create beautiful interactive maps that can be embedded on any website or blog. Students can enrich their maps by adding multimedia materials.read more.

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STEMx

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

For many years, STEM educators have been told by private industry leaders in the technical fields about the nationwide need for workers trained to handle STEM-related jobs. That need is felt by branches of the U.S. military, too. The Department of Defense has a keen interest in building the technical workforce of tomorrow, some of whom might enter the military or take civilian defense jobs, all helping to protect our nation.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

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: Turn an Address into a Link. Category: MS Office, Google Apps, internet, Edit/Format.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

145: OTT: 5 Strategic Steps to Teaching STEM Throughout the School Year Today I am going to break down 5 strategic steps to help you teach STEM throughout the school year. I hope you stick around. Links Mentioned in the Show: STEM Pacing Guide STEM Units of Study Halloween Matter Unit Christmas Matter Unit Today I am going to break down 5 strategic steps to help you teach STEM throughout the school year.

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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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National Science Foundation

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

In its current form, school algebra serves as a gatekeeper to higher-level mathematics. Researchers and policy makers have pushed to open that gate—providing more students access to algebra, focusing in particular on those students historically denied access to higher-level mathematics. For example, states and districts have enacted policies aimed at both enrolling more students in this key course and eliminating bias in who is permitted access (Remillard et al., 2017).

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Know Adam's Blog

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Want to understand the Next Generation Science Standards? In three words: three dimensional learning. Figuring out exactly what those words mean and how they make NGSS different from existing standards will get you much closer to understanding exactly what is expected in the next generation of science education.

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Stem Activities for Kids

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

William Kamkwamba Builds a Windmill. The Windmill that William Kamkwamba Built. I was inspired to write this post after reading the story, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. This is the true story of a young boy named William Kamkwamba. He lived in a poor farming village in Africa named Malawi. William was a dreamer. He always thought of making new things out of recyclable materials.

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STEM Minds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At STEM Minds, we’re all about allowing kids to take the lead in their learning. We’ve seen the way that students’ faces light up when they get to pick something they’re passionate about and have the opportunity to dive right in. This type of inquiry-based learning ignites the excitement and curiosity of students, and empowers them to take ownership of their learning.

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PCS Edventures

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

With the exponentially increasing popularity of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) instruction, literacy might seem to take a backseat. But readers and writers of the world, fear not — there’s a place for you yet! Subtle but ever-present, literacy is a key player in STEAM education. While sciences and mathematics may take center stage, literacy skills have always been waiting in the wings, ready to make their debut.

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MooMoo Math & Science

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

“He that rises late must trot all day. “ – Benjamin Franklin “You will never find time for anything. If you want time you must make it.” – Charles Buxton Before we jump into organizing our time, I would like to comment on the Benjamin Franklin quote. It is so wise and truthful. Imagine you have overslept and school starts in 15 minutes. You jump out of bed and frantically get dressed.

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STEM Everyday Podcast

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

There’s been a lot of talk about how technology can help change education, without a lot of “how” behind it. Some schools are using VR technology to put students in immersive situations where the content being taught is connected to emotion & experience. Anurupa Ganguly created PrismsVR to radically change how lessons are “taught” and help kids be immersed in their learning!

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Top 10 Sciencekits

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Over the last few years, it’s become more obvious than ever that healthcare workers are essential to the wellbeing of society. Both the demand for new medical professionals and the prestige of careers in healthcare have increased. However, pursuing this craft is tricky, to say the least. To become a professional, one must possess extensive knowledge of the human body and its disorders, as well as undergo extensive practical training.

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Basic-Mathematics

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

What are quadratic functions? This lesson will help you understand the concept quickly and easily.

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Magic EdTech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Content Testing Partnership with a Leading Publisher to Prepare Them for Back to School appeared first on Magic EdTech.

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Technology Tidbits

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Mobile Permissions is the excellent free site the educators are using to easily send "digital" permission slips for FREE. Recently, they launched a new feature which lets educators send permission slips "on demand" which is ideal for when teachers need immediate permission of a parent/guardian and don't have time to wait for a form to be returned. Also, this is a perfect tool to use w/ Remote Learning due to the closures of school from the worldwide pandemic.

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Informed K12

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We’re so excited to welcome new faces to the Informed K12 team! Please read below more about our newest members to the Customer Success Team and why they decided to join Informed K12.

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Basic-Mathematics

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Learn how to convert a quadratic function from the general form to the vertex form.

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Magic EdTech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The post Magic Makes Certification Exams Accessible For A Leading Assessment Company appeared first on Magic EdTech.

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Ms. Boyce

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

A short week curtailed even more by Hurricane Nicholas! Still, in two days Ms. Almanza, Ms. Montoya, Ms. Arriola, Mr. Torres, Mr. Fakhreddine, and Mr. Willman's classes put in some excellent work! Ms. Almanza's Kinder weren't able to start their Green Hero work due to the weather, but they did make an excellent start on their Code.org course. Ms. Montoya's Monarch Heroes didn't get to start Code.org , but they somehow managed to learn the Monarch Song, the stages of the life cycle and to identif

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