Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 6, 2017

I’m a fan of Turnitin’s Revision Assistant and have reviewed it in the past. Most schools use it to help students write and revise their essays with automated feedback from the program. Revision Assistant’s feedback is specific and student-driven — given whenever a student calls for a signal check. Comments are written by actual teachers and the RA’s algorithms recognize patterns and guide students as they rewrite their essays.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 6, 2017

If you participate in groups on Facebook, or elsewhere, you’ve no doubt seen some conversations go off the rails. In some cases folks are so turned off, they leave the group or members are kicked out. I’ve been involved in online communities for the past decade and I’ve been on both ends of digital confrontation. Fortunately, I’ve learned a lot since the early days.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 12, 2017

Buncee the wonderful learning tool that educators are using in a wide variety of ways (i.e. project based learning, digital storytelling, flipped classroom, etc.) recently announced that they are teaming w/ Capstone to create a Summer Reading Contest. Frome their blog post. " To enter, have your students journal their summer reading by creating Buncees.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 12, 2017

This summer, Ask a Tech Teacher is holding five Summer Learning classes : Tech-infused Teacher (Certificate edition for CEUs or grad class for college credit ). Tech-infused Class. Teach Writing with Tech. 20 Webtools in 20 Days (and the Structured Learning curriculum edition ). the Differentiated Teacher. Most award Certificates at completion, for CEUs.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 10, 2017

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: #17–No excuse for Spelling Errors.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 8, 2017

For Kiddom fans, there are new updates to the platform that will make your classes easier, faster, and more organic: 21st Century Students Move Fast. Introducing a redesigned student experience to help 21st-century learners access all assignments, track progress, and get feedback in real-time, all from one place. The possibilities of student ownership are endless.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 12, 2017

Storyboard That the wonderful resource that educators everywhere are using for a variety of educational purposes (i.e. timelines, digital storytelling, project based learning, etc), has just released a bunch of ideas/activities on how to use Storyboard That over the summer. These activities cover a wide range of topics from story starters, reading projects, digital storytelling, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 12, 2017

Studyo is an excellent mobile (iOS/Google) app that I just found out about from Class Tech Tips. This is a great school planner for students who want to keep track of all their classes, tasks, assignments, and exams. Best of all, educators and parents can track what students are doing and generate detailed reports. I highly recommend checking out Studyo by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 11, 2017

Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator. I highly recommend checking out Super Teacher Worksheets by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 11, 2017

Check123 is a new site that I just found out about from Kelly Tenkley's wonderful blog. Check123 is a video encyclopedia that has 100's of curated videos that are safe for education and on a wide range of topics, such as: History, Sports, Arts, Science, etc. All of Check123 videos are from 1-3 min, tagged w/ a star/grade rating, and can easily be shared w/ others.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 11, 2017

EDpuzzle the amazing simple to use site that educators everywhere are using to "flip" a classroom and differentiate instruction has recently release their "online" curriculum for teachers. Educators can now access all video-lessons and questions for the whole school year. This is a great way to easily gage student learning in a wide range of subjects.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 11, 2017

I've covered WriteReader in the past as an excellent learning tool to help students grades K-4 w/ their Reading and Writing. Recently, they have partnered w/ Sesame Street to allow students to create digital stories using their favorite characters (i.e. Big Bird, Grover, etc.). Once a student logs in they will see up to 20 characters to choose from to create their very own digital book.

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