Ask a Tech Teacher
DECEMBER 30, 2018
H ere’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in January: Best-in-Class Resources Competition. Subscriber Special: January. Questions Parents Ask about Technology. MLK Lesson Plans. Free Webinar on Building Digital Citizens. How Cloud Computing is REvoluntionizing Education. Teaching Tolerance. Making Kindness Part of Your Classes.
The Innovative Educator
DECEMBER 30, 2018
Innovative educators usually know the basics of ensuring their tech works before presenting to students, staff, and families. Check the sound. Check the monitor. But that's just the beginning. If we really want to ensure we are including everyone in have access to what we are presenting, technology can take us even further. Here are some ideas based on recommendations from WC3 Website Accessibility Initiative to you get started. 1) Invite Technology Use Too often those without accessibility need
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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
JANUARY 3, 2019
Teaching can be a lonely field in which to work. Besides the kids, it is so vital to have co-workers who have your back. In episode 7, I speak with Stefania, a middle school art teacher who shares the beauty of working with people who are the family we choose. Stefania also discusses the difficulty leaving behind a school family when making the jump from elementary school to middle school.
Magic EdTech
JANUARY 1, 2019
Bett Excel London – 2019 is an internationally-recognized workshop for transformative learning that enables the global education community to come together to celebrate, find inspiration and explore the innovations through technology that are defining the next frontier in higher education. All set to commence on 23 January 2019, Bett London will witness participation from 800 leading companies across 134 countries.
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.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
STEMx
JANUARY 3, 2019
The Conrad Challenge tasks students between the ages of 13-18 to become entrepreneurs and solve worldwide problems. The program, which combines an online application and in-person competitive presentation, develops creative entrepreneurs through hands-on STEM experiences. Nancy Conrad, who founded the competition, is a friend of STEMx and. Battelle. and joined us for a webinar in September.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 3, 2019
NameCoach is a wonderful web service that educators are using to learn student's names and pronounce them correctly. This is especially useful w/ commencement/graduation ceremonies on the horizon. The way this works is simple as a teacher creates a name/web page and then has the student's speak their names. The audio gets embedded into a page and a user can access them all on one page at anytime.
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