Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire 5th graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home: Animals. Wolfquest—simulation–DL. Civics games. FBI Games. Looking Glass—animated story. Snap!—runs in your browser. Tynker. Wolfram Alpha widgets. Dig hole through the earth with Google Earth. Whyville–Social Media Sim.
Technology Tidbits
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The Escape Classroom is an innovative site where educators can find excited workshops for their students. These workshops workshops are designed for K-12 and can be used/customized for any curriculum. Best of all, the workshops: "Mystery Classroom" and "Hero Classroom" can be used remotely for distance learning. Below is a brief demo. Thanks to Larry Ferlazzo's blog for the tip.
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Stem Activities for Kids
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson is a Halloween classic and for good reason. This read aloud appeals to kids of all ages. One of the things I love is that this is a story about unlikely friendships is light and cheery despite having a witch as the main character. Unlike the witches in fairy tales, this one is a keeper. Why not try some STEM activities to bring the story alive?
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
94: Three Important Reminders for Teachers Today I want to take this time to remind teachers of three important life habits that they cannot let go of during challenging times. I hope you will join me. Today I want to take this time to remind teachers of three important life habits that they cannot let go of during challenging times. I hope you will join me.
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
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
I forget where I got this list but it’s well-suited to special needs students. Share these with those students but push them out to all students. You never know who’ll benefit: STICKY KEYS. Sticky Keys allows keyboard shortcuts to be executed one key at a time. When a modifier key is pressed, Sticky Keys can enable it to make a sound to alert users of the fact.
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Maydm
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Rockwell Automation’s STEM Ambassador, Jay Flores, and our founder and executive director, Winnie Karanja, have a common curiosity for how things work in the world – a key attribute for successful tech and engineering professionals. In this conversation they discuss how teaching the power of curiosity is preparing the next generation of innovators.
Bright and Smart
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Our Posterity = Our Children Enhancing our children's S.T.E.A.M education is imperative to their success and will help them become innovators of the future. S. T. E. A. M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. By incorporating hands-on activities into our children's curriculum, it will help them to improve skills like: Creativity.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 18, 2020
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. This month: Shortkeys. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. 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-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
The Innovative Educator
SEPTEMBER 12, 2020
The 2020 pandemic has required us to rethink everything including the risk of sending children back to school. Many parents feel guilty about keeping their kids home. They also have numerous concerns about if there will be negative consequences for doing so. That's why I'm bringing you a series of conversations among veteran homeschoolers to address common concerns.
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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.
Technology Tidbits
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
Watch Know is a wonderful free site for finding educational videos. It has thousands of videos and categorized in every subject imaginable for education. This site is very user friendly and built around a "wiki-style" interface. This is ideal for districts that are especial worried about maintaining CIPA compliance. I highly recommend checking out Watch Know by clicking here !!!
Stem-by-Design
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
I like what the 11 year old kid did because he made a solar powered device that scared away LIONS!! And I’m like 12.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 14, 2020
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: The Insert Key. Category: Keyboarding.
Technology Tidbits
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
Cloud Stop Motion is an innovative site for creating and storing stop motion video projects. This is ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more. Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.
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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
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Vocab Victor the innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills just released a major update for educators, their digital "classroom". This new update offers lots of features but mainly lets teachers create classrooms where students can join and then customize and create wordlists from their curriculum to include in Vocab Victor's educational games and is WEB BASED!!!
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