Sat.May 07, 2016 - Fri.May 13, 2016

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How to Create a Tech-based Curriculum Using the SAMR Model

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This is a question I get often from teachers: How do I teach my state/national/international curriculum using technology? When I first addressed this issue about fifteen years ago, there weren’t any tools to make this happen. In fact, I ended up writing my own project-based technology curriculum (now in its fifth edition). I wanted a curriculum that scaffolded learning year-to-year, blended into the school academic program, could be re-formed to apply to any academic topic, differentiated

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5 Powerful Digital Clickers for Teachers

Educators Technology

May 10, 2016 Digital clickers are interactive learning technologies that provide teachers with an effective way to collect meta-data about their teaching and engage students in learning.read more.

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Approaching Marginalized Populations from an Asset Rather Than a Deficit Model of Education

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Too often marginalized populations (e.g., some populations of people of color, students from lower economic communities) are approached with a deficit model. Attempts are made to instill in these groups of students the skills to make them successful at the Eurocentric education that dominates most schools in the United States. The deficit model of education sees kids as. lacking in some way. defective. deficient. needing to be fixed. not as good as. needing to develop skills valued by mainstream

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STEM stands out at White House Science Fair

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100-pound subway-cleaning robots. Prosthetics good enough to skateboard on. Homemade spacecrafts that can reach the stratosphere. That last one was made by sisters Kimberly and Rebecca Yeung, ages 9 and 13. They fashioned a small craft out of a weather balloon and Rebecca’s archery arrow shafts. Before releasing it into the sky, they attached a camera, GPS, and a variety of sensors.

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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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7 Must-have Tools for Ed Conferences

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It’s summer, time for teachers to recharge their cerebral batteries. That could mean reading, going on field trips, spending time with online PLNs, or taking calls from family members who usually end up at voice mail. For many, it means attending conferences like ISTE and NEA to learn how the heck to integrate technology into their lesson plans.

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10 Spreadsheet Tips You Don’t Want to Miss

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Here are the top ten spreadsheet tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers. Many are for Excel–just adapt them to Google Sheets if that’s your school program. Most are free lesson plans: #79: Excel Turns Data Into Information. #74: Mastering Excel (for Beginners). #73: How to Graph in Excel. 71: Beginning Graphs in MS Excel. Tech Tip #62: Email from Word (Or PowerPoint or Excel).

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Turnitin Launches Feedback Studio

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One of my favorite classroom management tools is Turnitin, especially with the addition of Revision Assistant –one of the most comprehensive virtual writing assistants available to students (here’s my review of Revision Assistant ). Well, now Turnitin has launched Feedback Studio. It’s a revamp of their flagship product, with some twists: Today, Turnitin announced a new version of its flagship product with a focus on ease-of-use, accessibility for students, and new mobile featu

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5 Ways to Personalize Wallpaper on 3 Digital Devices

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Personalizing a digital device with unique wallpaper is a great way to encourage students to take responsibility for their iPad, Chromebook, laptop, PC, or another digital device. Choose the one best-suited to your digital devices. Method One : Use your digital device’s organic method of changing wallpaper. Most devices have 1) a wallpaper collection that’s available to users, and 2) a method of using images from user Pictures folder (or camera roll).

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May–Military Appreciation Month–God Bless Our Soldiers

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As many of you know, I have a daughter in the Navy and a son in the Army. I love them both and live every day worried. But through it all, I appreciate what they are doing to make America what so many need it to be. I love America. I love our military. I love my daughter and son. You don’t have to watch all of these. I got carried away on YouTube.

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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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Why Certify? #NYCSchoolsTechChat Insights

The Innovative Educator

This week we had another successful #NYCSchoolsTechChat hosted by +Eileen Lennon.who lead a discussion of 79 Tweeps who left more than 1.7 million impressions on those who were following the conversation. You can check out the stats at the end of this post for stat details and read this tip to the success that makes her Twitter chats so wildly popular.

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The Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

Making its way to the top for the first time is a post about liberating genius where @AngelaMaiers reminds us that students have voices and choices that we can finally honor now that testing season is over. Check it out to discover 20 lessons you can implement to get started. Next up is a post that looks at how to create a killer website and it also identifies mistakes to avoid.