Sat.May 12, 2018 - Fri.May 18, 2018

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Cute Video on Keyboarding

Ask a Tech Teacher

From Kidztype , a 1.5-minute video on the essence of keyboarding. Enjoy! –Full disclosure: Kidztype is an Ask a Tech Teacher sponsor. More keyboarding: Keyboarding 101. Touch Typing Basics from KidzType. My Students Think Hunt-and-Peck is Good Enough. What do I do? 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-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Robot-Enhanced Creative Writing and Storytelling (featuring Ozobot and Wonder’s Dot)

User Generated Education

There have been complaints leveraged against out of the box robots like Dash and Dot, Ozobot, Hummingbird, Sphero. The complaints usually revolve around the canned and prescriptive nature of their uses and programs, that they lack creative engagement by the younger users. I personally love the excitement my learners have using these robots. As with all tools and technologies and with creative framing, though, they can be used in creative and imaginative ways.

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Apple, Google, & Microsoft. Oh my! Which is Best for Your School?

The Innovative Educator

This week the #NYCSchoolsTech Team brought innovative educators a chance to hear directly from “The Big Three: Apple, Google, and Microsoft” (listed alphabetically). During this day-long event at state-of-the-art #NYCSchoolsTech center, educators from across the city came together to learn first-hand which is best for their schools. School Platform Preference #NYCSchoolsTech leader JoJo Farrell got the day started by asking educators to stand up if they were primarily: A) Apple school.

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Sped Sheets

Technology Tidbits

Sped Sheets is a site I just found out about that is ideal for Special Education teachers. Sped Sheets is a free resource (i.e. direct instruction, chunking, and graphic organizers) where educators can find worksheets on wide number of topics, audio files, and more. Best of all, this is a great time saver for teachers. I highly recommend checking out Sped Sheets by clicking here !!!

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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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Last Chance: How to Leverage Tech to Teach Writing

Ask a Tech Teacher

MTI 558: How to Leverage Tech to Teach Writing. This college-credit class starts in one week–Monday, May 28th! Last chance to sign up. Click this link ; scroll down to MTI 558 and click for more information and to sign up. Click to view slideshow. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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Student Work That Matters: Free Volunteer Now Kit

The Innovative Educator

This is the time of year when the tests are behind students and the fun begins. Teachers are free to liberate their student’s genius and allow them to Choose2Matter by engaging in work that is worthy of the world. Angela Maiers says that learners who believe they have unique abilities early on will be more likely than others to: Harness their talents more quickly Develop self-confidence and a belief that they can succeed Maintain their optimism and confidence under stress Learn to rely on themse

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EDpuzzle

Technology Tidbits

EDpuzzle is the amazing learning tool that educators everywhere are using to flip their classroom, assess student learning, differentiate instruction, grade, and much much more. This is done by adding questions to a video and modifying it to make it work for YOU. Best of all, are the wide range of lessons and resources that are available for students and educators.

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Last Chance: Building Digital Citizens

Ask a Tech Teacher

MTI 557: Building Digital Citizens. This college-credit class starts in one week–Monday, May 21st! Last chance to sign up. Click this link ; scroll down to MTI 557 and click for more information and to sign up. Click to view slideshow. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.