Educators Technology
APRIL 13, 2016
April 13 , 2016 A couple of weeks ago we shared with you some very good video editor apps to use on your iPad to edit and enrich your videos with multimedia content. In today’s post we are.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2016
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Earth Day Printables. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. EekoWorld. Electrocity.
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User Generated Education
APRIL 14, 2016
I believe it is every educator’s responsibility to help insure that learners are addressing the following questions during each school day: What questions am I asking today? What answers am I seeking today? What am I exploring today? What am I making today? What am I finding exciting today? How am I playing and having fun today? How am I using failure to inform my learning today?
Science Teaching Junkie
APRIL 10, 2016
As most teachers around the country head down the final stretch, this is the time when you are tempted to "check it in, "let things slide," or "just sit back and relax." But now, more than ever, I encourage you NOT to do that. Just like the end of a race, this is the time that you must dig deep and work hard until the end. Yes, you are worn out. For some of you the state assessments are complete.
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.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 10, 2016
I've covered how to write a killer Tweet , how to create a killer blog post , and how to give a killer presentation. I’ve also shared how to host a Twitter chat. Today I will tell you how to take that Twitter chat and make it a “killer” chat. That’s exactly what happened this week when #NYCSchoolsTech partnered with @CommonSenseEdu to host our very first Twitter chat.
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Technology Tidbits
APRIL 12, 2016
Music Crab is a fun little iOS app for helping students learn how to read music in either English or French. It has 70 levels (10 per clef) where students can practice their notes/keys (i.e. Do, Rei, Mi Fa, etc.), while trying to avoid other creatures in the sea. I recommend checking out Music Crab by clicking here !!!
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 14, 2016
Summer Tech Camp Survival Kit. From Ask a Tech Teacher. Are you teaching a Summer Tech Camp to Kids? We have the solution: Build Your Own Adventure. $230 value for $179. This is not training for you (you can find Summer Learning options here). This provides you with materials to run a tech camp for students. Weeks: 3 weeks (can be repeated).
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 11, 2016
Earth Day is April 22nd. Someone in your school, maybe the parent group, will raise the question of WHY NOT a paperless classroom? Everyone will nod their heads, agree this is a revolutionary idea, and move on when Earth Day passes. Really, though: There are benefits to adopting web-based alternatives to paper: it’s easy to collaborate when everything’s online. nothing gets soda dripped on it or eaten by the dog. students can easily collaborate without requiring parent time and gas f
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 9, 2016
Turnitin , a global leader in evaluating student work, is having a free Virtual Conference, April 18-22nd. WritingXTech 2016: The Writing Mindset. Do your students think writing is just conventions and words on a page? Join us to explore how thinking differently about writing can engage your students and set them up for success. . It’ll include nine sessions with questions like: How can we encourage students to understand that writing is more that merely following conventions?
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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.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 14, 2016
“What do you do?” If you’re an innovative educator, the answer, “Teacher” doesn’t come close to giving others insight into your work or life’s purpose. As educators we also need to start speaking about our work in a way that brings respect back to the profession. That calls for a more complex answer than “teacher.” Fortunately, movie producer Adam Leipzig tells us during this TED Talk how anyone can explain what they do by sharing their life’s purpose and he gives five questions to figure it out
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 9, 2016
For the second week, the post that helps you determine if you're an innovative educator is at the top. Just one question will help you figure out if you are and how to move more in that direction if you’re not. Next up is a post that responds to a story about an uninformed school headmaster who mistakenly attributes his school’s success to the fact that he banned laptops.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 11, 2016
FreshGrade is a wonderful new tool for educators looking to create digital portfolios of their students work. The way this works is through an easy to use mobile app (i.e. parents, students, and teachers) that allows teachers to capture student work through, video, audio, photos, text (notes), etc. Also, FreshGrade easily allows educators to share student's work through a tap of a button, to either the student or parent.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 11, 2016
ClassCall is a excellent site for creating interactive presentations that reminds me of a cross between 9Slides and a backchannel chat tool. ClassCall allows a user to import a presentation (i.e. Prezi, Powerpoint, etc) and then stream their presentation in real-time to a mobile device. It also has a nice feature to ask questions or "poll" an audience which allows educators to assess learning and differentiate instruction.
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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!
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 11, 2016
Tangram Chess is an excellent iOS game from the creator of MathFileFolderGames. This is a multiplayer game that has students trying to move shapes using: rotations, translations, and reflections across a chess board. The player to move their shape to the other side of the board first wins. Best of all, as w/ most MFFG this app is bluetooth enabled which means that two players can play on multiple devices.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 12, 2016
Otus Worksheets is the latest update from the innovative easy-to-use Learning Management System, Otus. This feature allows educators to create a assessment/worksheet for students to take inside of Otus. The questions can be T/F, multiple choice, EdPen, or short answer. Best of all, Otus grades the assessment automatically except for short answer Below is a brief demo.
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