Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 7, 2017

Zap Zap Math is a free gamified way to teach K-8 math skills that are tied to many national standards (like Common Core). Its format is colorful and engaging, the music lively, and the space-themed layout exactly right for the age group. The over 150 games are fast-paced and interactive and cover over 180 math topics. Students direct their learning with an avatar (called a ‘mathling’) that identifies their work and keeps them engaged.

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Educators Technology

JULY 5, 2017

July 5, 2017 For those of you teaching in middle school, below is a collection of some useful apps to help students learn grammar and improve their spelling skills. The apps provide games, lessons,read more.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 2, 2017

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) conference provides a great platform to learn and connect with fellow educators.if you are white. Like other tech conferences, ISTE lacked adequate representation of blacks and latinos in both attendees and presenters. Those present were not reflective of the public school students educators like me serve in places like New York City.

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JULY 6, 2017

Statewide nonprofit Washington STEM conducts a statewide survey every other year to determine support from Washington voters for issues surrounding STEM education. During this webinar, you’ll hear about the reasons behind the poll, steps Washington STEM took to partner with a contractor to develop questions and carry out the poll, and applications for poll results.

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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

JULY 5, 2017

Last chance–class starts Monday, July 10th! Click to join. The 21 st Century classroom blends technology with traditional teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. This three-week course (July 10-July 30) digs into the digital ideas and tools used by innovative teachers to extend and enrich student learning.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 5, 2017

When I returned from the International Society for Technology Educators ( #ISTE17 ), I shared in an article that I was disappointed in the lack of diversity in I experienced. It’s important to notice a problem. It’s even more important to determine solutions to address that problem. As a result, I challenged myself and others to come up with strategies to invite diversity.

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User Generated Education

JULY 2, 2017

Makerspaces, Maker Education, STEM, and STEAM are gaining lots of traction in Kindergarten though college level education. Articles, resources on social media, and conference presentations on these topics are proliferating at a rate that most educators are now familiar with maker education. Makerspaces like vocational shops and science labs are great additions to schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 3, 2017

Here are the most-read posts for the month of June: 10 Classroom Management Tips You Don’t Want to Miss. 11 Classroom Blogging Tips You Don’t Want to Miss. OneNote–the all-in-one digital notetaking, classroom app for educators. Need Tech Next Year? Start Here. Is the Socratic Method Right for Your Class? How the Frayer Model Helps Thousands Learn Vocabulary. 3 Important Books for Kids.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 4, 2017

It’s America’s birthday and I’m celebrating. I have an Army son heading off overseas and a Navy daughter doing her thing stateside. I’m toasting both of them today and all of America’s warriors, God be with you. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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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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The Innovative Educator

JULY 6, 2017

Join us tongiht to discuss opportunities and resources that will be at this year’s #NYCSchoolsTech Summit. Our yearly Summit is a day-long event made available for free to New York City educators and staff. During this chat, our special guests include #NYCSchoolsTech Summit presenters who will give you a sneak peak into what they are planning at the Summit.

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The Innovative Educator

JULY 4, 2017

Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Sean Arnold who has had some of the greatest success as a teacher using games for instruction (especially working with students who struggle with traditional lecture-based learning models). Now nearly three decades into the research, the impact of digital games for learning robustly shows the benefits. There are games that are even becoming FDA approved for treatments (see Project EVO for ADHD and the like and Sea Hero Quest for Alzheimer’s ).

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