Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 4, 2016
In about half the world’s nations–such as those ruled by socialism, communism, dictators, and autocracies–law and order are decided by government agencies, often people placed in power by those already in power. When America wrote its Democracy-based Constitution and Bill of Rights in the late 1700’s, we chose a different route.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 2, 2016
A problem can be the inspiration for innovation. When I started my career in education as a school librarian my problem was that I was an island unto myself. While the library was a wonderful place to work, I longed for a community with which I could share ideas and learn. That was one of the problems that became the inspiration for the work I do now which was recognized by the Center for Digital Education who recently selected me as a Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers.
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STEM Teacher Inspiration
OCTOBER 1, 2016
Looking for some new inspiration for your Forensics course? The following list of websites are all related to Fingerprint and Impression Evidence and can be used as either teacher or student resources. Britain’s CSI School – Footprints – The One Show – YouTube. Superglue Fuming Tips. How-to Video Presentations. Latent Print Evidence Collection.
STEMx
OCTOBER 6, 2016
We were eager to tell you about the Next Steps Institute, a recent education conference that featured no less than five different STEMx members. Here’s a brief summary from Dr. Carol O’Donnell and Katherine Blanchard about the full “State Leaders in STEM” pathway. But, just as importantly, we wanted to know how this conference changed minds. For that angle, see the answers from Dr.
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
OCTOBER 5, 2016
I love reading, but there are so many books out there, it’s challenging to pick the right one for my education needs. Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Karen Dikson, came to the rescue. She curated a great list of essential tech-minded books for today’s teachers. Here are her suggestions: We live in an extremely stimulating and dynamic era, and it’s hard to predict what is going to happen tomorrow, let alone in the next few years.
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Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Digipuzzle is a wonderful site for finding educational games and puzzles. Educators are using this for centers or free time for students to introduce Game Based Learning into the classroom. Finally, Digipuzzle is a great site to find games/puzzles for different holidays. I highly recommend checking out Digipuzzle for Halloween activities by clicking here !!!
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Mindsnacks is a series of education apps on topics like geography, vocabulary, languages, and SAT. With colorful graphics and cute characters, it’s a cross between flashcards and multiple choice with lots of visual thrown in. Though these are game-based learning, there’s no plot as you might find simulated games. Think Number Munchers rather than Minecraft.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. October 9th-10th (two days only): K-8 Technology Curriculum UPDATED 6th Edition. Student Workbooks. 10% Discount on Room License–use coupon code STUDENTWKBKSPECIALROOM. 20% Discount on School License–use coupon code STUDENTWKBKSPECIALSCHOOL. 25% Discount on District License–use coupon code STUDENTWKBKSPECIALDISTRICT.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Telling time for kids is a excellent free iOS app for kids learning to tell Time. This is a super-fun educational app that helps kids learn how to tell time on a digital or analogue clock. A student can watch animated movies on telling time or progress through the game and unlock all four levels. The game starts out w/ kids building their own clock then progresses to: hours, half hours, quarters, and minutes.
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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
OCTOBER 5, 2016
GoConqr is a wonderful free tool/community for teachers and students to increase their social learning by creating "bundles". These tools allow users to create: mind-maps, quizzes, notes, flashcards, and slides, to create engaging content. Also, the online community of GoConqr easily allows users to share/find resources on any given topic, join public study groups, create courses, and more.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 7, 2016
Math vs Zombies is an excellent mobile (iOS/Android) app for basic Math skills grades K-4th. This game has students solving Math equations in subtraction, multiplication, etc to turn the walking zombies back into humans. Best of all, is the report card which tracks students progress and makes easy to assess students "problem" areas. More info on Math vs Zombies: aligned to Common Core Standards 7 worlds w/ 21 levels each addition, subtraction, multiplication, division student tracking Below is a
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 7, 2016
NameCoach the innovative site for learning students names and how to pronounce them correctly has just released their latest update, Directory Integration Service. Directory Integration Service allows a district/school to embed a voice recording of your students' name pronunciation directly into your existing directory listings. I highly recommend checking out NameCoach's Directory Integration page for schools by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 3, 2016
Paperscorer is a fantastic new mobile (iOS/Android, or Chrome plug-in) app that allows educators and students to assess their learning in real-time. The way this works is a teacher creates an assessment/quiz in Google Forms/Documents and then create and print out a unique answer form/bubble sheet for each student. The student then uses those forms to answer the question and take the assessment/quiz.
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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
OCTOBER 5, 2016
ProjectorScreen.com is an excellent site for people or educators to find projectors and other type of equipment for their classrooms. Not only can a person search through an immense amount of screens, but from other categories such as fixed or manual, multimedia carts, boards, chairs, and more. I highly recommend checking out ProjectorScreen by clicking here !!!
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 6, 2016
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 so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: #146–18 Ideas for Warm-ups, Exit Tickets.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 5, 2016
Learn how to #Get2Yes with your principal during our sixth monthly #NYCSchoolsTechChat taking place tomorrow, Thursday, October 6th at 3:30 pm Eastern Standard Time. During this chat we will have our first special guest. Jason Levy ( @Levy_Jason ) will join us to help educators determine what they want from their principals, their current strategies to get there and help them get their principal to say yes.
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