Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 13, 2022
As a passionate Economics major in college (which grew into an MBA), I find Econ at the root of much of the world around us. It starts with counting coins in first and second grade and grows up to a peek into NASDAQ and other adult subjects in middle school. In the US, tax day is April 15th. Here are some good websites to discuss what is probably a popular topic in families: Taxes.
STEM Discovery
APRIL 11, 2022
STEM education, from an educator’s point of view; Although it is defined as a rich set of activities that replace the lesson-based teaching strategy with more student-centered strategies based on inquiry and project, it is actually a concept that structures … Continue reading → The post WHY STEM EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS?
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User Generated Education
APRIL 9, 2022
STEM lessons are a strong focus in my 4th-6th grade gifted classes. I teach at two Title 1 schools with primarily Hispanic students. Our district works to identify students often underrepresented in gifted education programs. My mission in working with my students includes helping them gain knowledge and skills to situate them to be competitive with more privileged students when they get to high school and college.
Educators Technology
APRIL 14, 2022
TypingClub is a web-based platform that helps you learn touch typing through a wide variety of lessons and interactive games. TypingClub also provides a school edition which allows you to.read more.
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
APRIL 12, 2022
With technology, it is so much easier to offer students the assistive technology they need to pursue their education dreams. The Tech Edvocate has so great suggestions for apps and prograsms to help those with specialized needs: What to Ask Colleges About Assistive Technology – The Tech Edvocate. 10 More Educational Technology Concepts Every Teacher Should Know About.
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Cool Cat Teacher
APRIL 11, 2022
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. As teachers, we have many ways to open class. Bell ringers, conversation starters, and even special handshakes can open class. But what if the answer is a question that helps create social connections? Dr. Leigh Zeitz from the University of Northern Iowa surveys his students.
Educators Technology
APRIL 15, 2022
A mind map, as AYOA defines it, is a 'visual thinking tool used to capture information and ideas'. It is a mental heuristic that helps us capture and organize our ideas and thoughts in a more.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 14, 2022
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 Make a Program Easy to Find.
ED Surge
APRIL 14, 2022
Getting tutoring at Arkansas State University has long been easy. A student could just walk into a campus tutoring center and get help from a tutor, on demand—for free. But in practice, that approach hasn’t always worked for students. For one thing, even though tutoring centers at the university offer expert tutors in a long list of subjects, not all of those experts were on hand at any given time.
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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 Teacher
APRIL 13, 2022
We often underestimate the difference that small things can make. When I was in high school all I could afford was a cheap plastic slide rule (no calculators back then) and it really slowed me down with math. I sometimes wonder what a more expensive and accurate slide rule would have done for me. I had other privileges and did well in the long run. But that is not the case for everyone.
Educators Technology
APRIL 12, 2022
GitMind is a free web based tool that enables you to create beautiful mind maps. It is an ideal tool for brainstorming and project planning. Collaborative teamwork is another great feature.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2022
Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. To non-Christians (or non-traditional Christians), that event signifies a rebirth of spring that is filled with joy and gifts — and chocolate! Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. The date depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox.
ED Surge
APRIL 13, 2022
PHARR, TEXAS — In the entryway of Graciela Garcia Elementary, visitors are greeted twice. Once by a huge multi-colored sign that says “Welcome” and again by one that reads “Bienvenidos.” Another sign cheerfully declares, “Today is English day!” All that is made explicit because Garcia Elementary is a dual-language school. Just a couple days after Thanksgiving break 2021, its teachers aren’t just trying to get students caught up on multiplication tables or grammar.
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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!
Middle Web
APRIL 15, 2022
What can you and your students accomplish the last few weeks of school? In this MiddleWeb Resource Roundup educators share activities that align learning with fun, offer ideas for responding to stress, and suggest strategies to help sustain your classroom community. The post Looking Ahead to the Last Weeks of School! first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Educators Technology
APRIL 9, 2022
Speech to text technology is one of the best inventions that has radically transformed the human life. There is no known period in our history in which people were able to convert reading.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 11, 2022
SmartBrief has an excellent article worth your time to read: Top 5 tech tools to maximize reading fluency. It is written from the perspective of a 2nd-grade teacher: Teaching in a pandemic presented teachers with a whole new batch of problems to solve, whether through distance, hybrid or in-person learning models. Putting all technicalities and connectivity issues aside, teachers wanted to maximize engagement and student learning all the more. .
ED Surge
APRIL 13, 2022
The most notorious oracle predicting the coming death spiral of academia was the late Harvard University professor Clayton Christensen, who in 2011 famously forecast that “50 percent of the 4,000 colleges and universities in the U.S. will be bankrupt in 10 to 15 years.” His prophecy was based on the notion that digital alternatives to face-to-face education—in his view, much cheaper and friendlier than conventional instruction—would convince millions of college students to turn their backs on st
Defined Learning
APRIL 14, 2022
In many schools across the country, we are starting to see an increased focus on the importance of financial literacy. April is Financial Literacy Month, a time to focus on helping students to develop essential skills that will be an important part of their everyday life, not just in the future , but now. The focus on financial literacy in April shifted from being a small event to an annual event, led by the non-profit organization Jump$tart Coalition.
Educators Technology
APRIL 13, 2022
Below is a collection of some of the best apps for creating mind maps. The apps offer a wide variety of helpful features that make it easy to visually capture your ideas and thoughts into.read more.
Robot Lab
APRIL 15, 2022
By Nancy Howard. Robotics is already used by schools all around the world. Machines such as RobotLAB’s Pepper Robot are the primary examples of what robotics ideally looks like in practice and how it can be applied in different activities. Indeed, children find robots interesting and programming them entertaining. Robot kits like Lego Mindstorms have become popular precisely for those reasons.
ED Surge
APRIL 12, 2022
The transition to digital has been tough to crack for traditional textbook publishers. One of the largest of those companies will try to continue the transition as a private company, hoping that the extra capital and institutional knowledge will help. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a Boston-based K-12 education content and technology provider, has finished its sale to Veritas Capital, an investing firm which markets itself as seeking to improve education.
STEM Everyday Podcast
APRIL 13, 2022
Space inspires. The United States’ space agency NASA has propelled technological breakthroughs, pushed the frontiers of scientific research, and expanded our understanding of the universe through journeys to space. These accomplishments, and those to come, share a common genesis: education in science, technology, engineering, and math. NASA STEM Engagement delivers tools for students and educators to learn and succeed.
STEM Discovery
APRIL 10, 2022
How can female students be interested in STEM fields in secondary education? Research in the STEM field states that female role models are very important for STEM career fields (Hiil, C., Milgram, D. & Zachmann, K). For this reason, the science … Continue reading → The post K?zlar? STEM’de Kariyer Yapmaya Te?vik Etmek appeared first on The STEM Discovery Campaign Blog.
Science and Steamteam
APRIL 12, 2022
Paper STEM activities are a great way to introduce children to STEM (STEAM) challenges. First of all, you have at least one of the materials. You can use printer paper, newspaper, construction paper, tagboard, index cards, and even recycled wrapping paper. Secondly, most students are highly engaged in these challenges. Some even see them as play. However, they are learning about teamwork and cooperation and usually some important science concepts.
ED Surge
APRIL 12, 2022
Fourteen years after its founding and with a misinformation landscape many magnitudes more dire than anyone could’ve predicted, the News Literacy Project will herald in a new CEO this summer, marking a transition in leadership but not a change in direction for the education-focused nonprofit. On June 30, founder and CEO Alan Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will step down, allowing Charles Salter to step into the top spot.
STEM Education Guide
APRIL 9, 2022
It’s no secret that today’s earliest primary grade education maintains some of the staples of classrooms over the years. They range from big books for an entire class to read-aloud and calendar activities to tables for small group learning. Along these hallmarks are newer additions. Although computer centers may have substituted the housekeeping counterparts, wooden blocks are no longer the only building supplies available.
Middle Web
APRIL 12, 2022
Shake things up in your differentiated classroom by offering students choice via Choice Boards, Unit Menus, and Tic-Tac-Toe boards. Sixth grade literacy teacher Kelly Owens shares the why and the how without teachers reinventing the wheel. Design considerations included! The post One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Choice Boards Can! first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Box Light
APRIL 15, 2022
Many educators envision a “dream” learning space where materials, resources, and tools truly enhance the instructional experience for every student. What could that space include? A variety of manipulatives for hands-on learning, interactive displays for dynamic collaboration activities, and STEM equipment like 3D printers to boost creativity. Of course, the “reality” budget doesn’t always align with the “dream” classroom.
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