Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2021

Whiteboards have long been a de rigeur staple in classrooms, occupying pride-of-place at the front of the room. Despite the popularity of hi-tech Smartscreens, the simple whiteboard remains the favored method of sharing information during class time. But one change has revolutionized their use: They can now be projected from your iPad. Before introducing three amazing must-have whiteboard apps, let me note that there are dozens of options , all with varied traits and prices.

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Educators Technology

APRIL 29, 2021

Semantic Scholar is a good academic search engine that allows you to search millions of scholarly articles for academic content relevant to your research topic. Unlike other search engines, Semantic.

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Magic EdTech

APRIL 27, 2021

Conversations on modernizing education should provide strategies for keeping students motivated and ensuring that they are practicing strategic thinking, confidence, and creativity—skills that they will need in the future workplace. While there are several options available to work around this issue, game-based learning has become one of the most interactive ways to accelerate the ed-tech industry.

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Ellipsis Education

APRIL 29, 2021

By Alex Correa Director, Product & Technology. We are so excited to share the latest update to our computer science courses. As of April 29, 2021, we are changing our course names. Don’t worry - we aren’t changing the content of our curriculum. Customers will still receive the same comprehensive, flexible, and teacher-friendly computer science curriculum they’ve come to expect from Codelicious.

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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

APRIL 26, 2021

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: 16 Spring Cleaning Steps for Computers.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

APRIL 26, 2021

124: OTT: The Most Memorable and Impressive Takeaways From STEM Con 2021 STEM Con 2021 was just as incredible as I had imagined! In fact, some might say it was just as amazing as last year. And some might say better! Join me for the big moments from the conference. The good news is STEM Con 2021 is available for just a few more days! You will certainly want to get your hands on it.

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CSTEM

APRIL 30, 2021

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. As we near the end of the first full school year affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, districts around the country are making decisions about the near future. That includes the availability of summer school classes and altering schedules to help students catch up on lost time and progress. The Importance of Summer School.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 29, 2021

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in May: More. –Comments are closed but feel free to contact me via Twitter (@askatechteacher). 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.

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MII-STEM

APRIL 26, 2021

My name is Ngan Le, and I am a PhD Student at the Hanoi National University of Education, in Hanoi, Vietnam and a member of MII-STEM. The MII-STEM group recently held a Design Sprint over two mornings to build a mii-STEM 2.0 curriculum based on all the research trials in actual science teacher education classrooms of all … Continue reading "“Everyone is a Designer”: A Curriculum Design Sprint for a MII-STEM 2.0 Curriculum" The post “Everyone is a Designer”: A Curriculum Design

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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.

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APRIL 25, 2021

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2021

You may know JotForm as one of the most popular tools in the form builder category, recognized for its simplicity and sophistication in what could otherwise be the complicated process of collecting and analyzing data. It works on all platforms, can be shared via a link or embed (as well as other options), and supports multiple languages. Over the past several years, JotForm has released many features designed to simplify and automate teaching’s more mundane tasks ( Smart PDF Forms , a PDF

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MII-STEM

APRIL 26, 2021

My name is Ngan Le, and I am a PhD Student at the Hanoi National University of Education, in Hanoi, Vietnam and a member of MII-STEM. The MII-STEM group recently held a Design Sprint over two mornings to build a mii-STEM 2.0 curriculum based on all the research trials in actual science teacher education classrooms of all … Continue reading "“Everyone is a Designer”: A Curriculum Design Sprint for a MII-STEM 2.0 Curriculum".

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