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Happy Thanksgiving!

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’m taking the next few weeks off. I’ll be preparing for… I’ll be back November 30th. –Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). 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 curriculum.

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Among Us Classroom Style: Another Case for Game-Based Learning

User Generated Education

A few weeks ago, I blogged about my gaming club in Video Games for Relationship- and Team Building. It is still going very strong. Students from the three schools where I teach gifted students look forward to it all week long. We started with Fornite Creative but now they have moved onto Rocket League and Among Us. This is their gaming club so they get to decide the game.

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Join Me at The Emergency #HomeLearningSummit

The Innovative Educator

Join me at the free Emergency Home Learning Summit as speakers (including me) answer the question: "What do you know about learning that could dramatically help or change the lives of students (as well as parents, teachers, librarians, and others) at this moment?" Whether by circumstance or choice, learning at home is now the reality for more students than ever.

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Campbell Biology Reading Guides

STEM Teacher Inspiration

Campbell Biology 9th edition is a widely used textbook in both AP Biology and college freshman biology courses. Thankfully, the text comes with some wonderful reading guides to accompany each chapter. I have my AP Biology students use the following guides as they read each chapter. It is a great time saver for students since they don’t have to take detailed notes on their own!

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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From Passive to Empowered: PBL with Magnify Learning

Ellipsis Education

By Josh Miles CMO Q&A with Ryan Steuer, Founder of Magnify Learning. It’s no secret that COVID has changed how students are engaging in the classroom. In computer science and beyond, teachers are looking for different ways to get students invested in their learning. Project based learning (PBL) is a great solution. We recently had the chance to sit down with PBL expert and founder of Magnify Learning, Ryan Steuer.

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103: Systems and Organization in the ESE Classroom with Sabrina Crews

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

103: Systems and Organization in the ESE Classroom with Sabrina Crews Today we have s special guest, Sabrina Crews from Ms. Crews Classroom Creations. Sabrina has been teaching students with special needs for eight years. Ms. Crews has two MEd’s in curriculum and instruction with a focus on special education and literacy. Sabrina shares a wealth of information on organizational systems for the ESE classroom.

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Skype a Scientist program in Indiana STEM

STEMx

?. Q: Give us a brief history of the I-STEM Resource Network, its vision, whom it serves and its impact. A: The I-STEM Resource Network, www.istemnetwork.org. , originally was a partnership of public and private higher education institutions, K-12 schools, businesses and government, and hosted by Purdue University. I-STEM was started in 2006 as a collaboration among 18 institutions of higher education in 10 regions throughout Indiana.

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Transitioning your flash assets to HTML5? Here’s what you need to know

Magic EdTech

By now, it is well known that Adobe will be discontinuing Flash support after December 2020. However, this change is in many respects long overdue, as the new educational technology landscape requires courses to be formatted in a way that is compatible with mobile devices and tablets. Although it can be daunting to convert your course content from Flash to HTML5 and meet the upcoming deadline, this post is meant to assist in easing your transition. .

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STEM subscription box as a Christmas gift

Top 10 Sciencekits

(In the picture - Kids enjoying Green Kid Crafts Subscription Box ). Christmas is coming, and with it comes the sales season! But, as fun as it is to go shopping, its somewhat stressful to be responsible for picking the right gifts for your kids or grandchildren. It does not matter if it's Christmas sales, black Friday or cyber Monday, the problem is usually the same - what will I buy this year?

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

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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Wilkes-Barre Connect, Codelicious, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and The Institute a part of CSforALL 2020 Commitment Makers

Ellipsis Education

Wilkes-Barre Connect, Codelicious, Penn State Wilkes-Barre, and The Institute Contribute to the National Computer Science for All Movement, CSforALL Community Announces 163 New Education Efforts With 126 Organizations Nationwide, Wilkes-Barre Connect, Codelicious, Penn State WilkesBarre, and The Institute Make New Commitment to Expand Computer Science Education in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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Glow in the Dark Slime

Chillax Science

I think slime is one of the few things at my house that we unanimously agree that is SUPER COOL. Okay, maybe not when it gets stuck on furniture but in general it is fun to play with. My children LOVE slime! Hence, for many years I have tested every possible recipe I have found on the internet and finally found the BEST recipe out there. In fact, it is so cool that it even glows in the dark!!

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Transitioning your flash assets to HTML5? Here’s what you need to know

Magic EdTech

By now, it is well known that Adobe will be discontinuing Flash support after December 2020. However, this change is in many respects long overdue, as the new educational technology landscape requires courses to be formatted in a way that is compatible with mobile devices and tablets. Although it can be daunting to convert your course content from Flash to HTML5 and meet the upcoming deadline, this post is meant to assist in easing your transition. .

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Why (and How) to Do K-12 Cyber Career Awareness "Backwards"

Start-Engineering

Eric Iversen. K-12 career awareness not keeping up Career awareness has become an established, defined activity in the K-12 school day, embedded in state learning standards across the country. This effort often works well for traditional careers, with corresponding educational pathways. For new and emerging career areas, though, the typical approach falls short.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

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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A Conversation with Winnie Karanja on Maydm’s 5-Year Anniversary

Maydm

This week, Maydm celebrates it’s five year anniversary and as part of our looking back, we sat down with our Founder and Executive Director, Winnie Karanja, to talk about the early days, how things have changed and to learn more about some of the over 1,750 students we have served. What led you to start Maydm? Winnie: I had a conversation with a former elementary school principal, Dr.

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Gift ideas for kids

Top 10 Sciencekits

Getting a nice gift to your child / grandchild / family member is becoming harder and harder, everything seems the same, exactly like last year, another toy, clothes again, it just don't feel right. If you are looking for a gift and you share this feeling, you've come to the right place. This post focus is on getting a new type of gift which is educational, fun and is lasting for a long time - a STEM subscription box.