Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
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: #26: My Mouse Doesn’t Work.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
Over the last few months we have reviewed a number of interesting web tools and mobile apps teachers can use to collect students feedback. And as we have argued elsewhere, access to students feedback.read more.
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The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 25, 2018
Editor's note: This is part of a series entitled " Innovative Approaches to Support At-Risk Youth.".
STEMx
FEBRUARY 28, 2018
After five-plus years leading the I-STEM Resource Network at Purdue University, Paul J. Ainslie stepped down as managing director in February. Since 2012, Ainslie had guided the network, which provides STEM curriculum and teacher professional development in Indiana as well as advocates for improved STEM education and resources for the state. In announcing his departure, Ainslie wrote, “.
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
FEBRUARY 26, 2018
Many people in the United States, particularly students, parents and teachers, join forces on Read Across America Day , annually held on March 2. This nationwide observance coincides with the birthday of Dr. Seuss. Here are some great reading websites for students K-5: Aesop Fables —no ads. Aesop’s Fables. Audio stories. Childhood Stories. Classic Fairy Tales.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Innovative Educator
MARCH 1, 2018
During this month's #NYCSchoolsTechChat we will address ways to increase school safety. #NYCSchoolTech teacher Eileen Lennon moderates with me throwing in my two cents. You can prepare for the conversation by thinking about answers to these questions: Q1 What approaches are you using to keep you and your students safe at school? #NYCSchoolsTechChat Q2 You have to Maslow before you Bloom.
CTE Learning
FEBRUARY 25, 2018
Branson High School – Coding and Video Game Design Course – STEAM Career Course This fall, April Fiesler started the first coding and game development class at Branson High School, a beautiful school nestled in the Ozark mountain country of southern Missouri. April has fast become one of our favorite teachers to work with. What STEM / STEAM courses to teach?
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 2, 2018
Believe it or not, there is an International Blog Delurking Week that traditionally takes place in the first full week of January. It’s an opportunity for bloggers to find out who quietly reads their blog without commenting. As Melissa the founder of this event says: “…there is a huge discrepancy between the number of readers in actuality and the number of readers I actually know are reading.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 24, 2018
Super Teacher Worksheets the one-stop place for educational resources has jut released a way to "house" all of their PDF's in a easy file-cabinet system. This is an excellent way to keep all of their worksheets, printables, puzzles, and more in a convenient place. Be sure to check STW out and see all of their Spring resources too!!! Below is a brief demo of the Super Teacher Worksheet file cabinet feature.
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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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 1, 2018
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Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
ClassPulse is a new mobile app (iOS/Android) for assessing students, collaborating, and gaining feedback, that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's amazing blog. It's an easy-to-use app that lets educators create a class and then have their students join via unique code. Once the class is created students and teachers can then message each other and collaborate back and forth.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Venn diagram is a wonderful resource from Read Write & Think that I just found out about from Monica Burns excellent blog. This is a great site or app (iOS/Android) that allows users to create their very own Venn diagram of two to three circles. After inserting their text a student can even change modify the colors and specifications of their diagram and share it w/ others.
Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
30hands Pro is the excellent iOS app for project based learning, flipping a classroom, and digital storytelling. Educators are using 30hands to integrate technology in a easy and seamless way. • New Features in Pro: — Enhanced Drawing with Editing, Adding Images to canvas, Layering Images, more! (Basic Drawing is still there, too) — Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video — Stop Motion is easier with settings and Enhanced Drawing — Storyboarding is faster and easier • New icons from Font Aw
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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!
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