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JANUARY 20, 2017

A podcast is a topic-specific digital stream of audio files (in some cases, video or PDF also) that can be downloaded to a computer or a wide variety of media devices. They are funny, entertaining, educational, often short, and rarely boring. They can cover news, current events, history, or pretty much anything the creator would like. When you subscribe, each new episode is automatically downloaded to your device, to be played at your convenience.

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Educators Technology

JANUARY 20, 2017

January 21, 2017 Whether you are a research student, an academic, or a prospective scholar, the collection below is collated specifically for you. It features some of the best research methodology.read more.

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Amy Brown Science

JANUARY 19, 2017

These famous scientists teach us about life as well as about science. #KindnessNation #WeHoldTheseTruths We teach about the work of famous scientists all the time in our classes. If you take one of my classes, then it is a given that you know that Jonas Salk developed a life-saving polio vaccine, that Stephen Hawking changed the way we think about our universe, that Jane Goodall works tirelessly on behalf of her beloved chimpanzees, and that nothing makes sense in a biology class without the wor

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 15, 2017

This year I have been focusing on design challenges and design thinking with my gifted elementary students, grades 2nd through 6th. Last semester I introduced a series of activities to have them explore, learn about, and interact with design thinking principles and strategies. For a description of those activities, see https://usergeneratededucation.wordpress.com/2016/09/25/introducing-design-thinking-to-elementary-learners/.

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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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JANUARY 16, 2017

One of the hardest challenges for teachers is how to engage students in core subjects such as geography. It’s about mountains and rocks and valleys that haven’t changed for thousands of years. Why is that interesting? If you aren’t a geography buff, you’re probably nodding. You know what I mean. But watch how quickly the fourteen resources below morph geography from dusty to dynamic: 2-minute Geology. 2-minute Geology is a collection of two-minute videos that address the

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 17, 2017

Level it Books is the excellent mobile app (iOS/Android) that people everywhere are using to scan a book and get a Reading/Lexile Level. Educators are using it to create a digital library of class books, as well as creating a class roster of students w/ their Read Level. Also, a user can add a book, select a "book of the day", and manually search for any book as well.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 18, 2017

Blogging is a popular tool used in education to not only practice writing, but reinforce collaboration, perspective taking, speaking/listening skills, and a lot more. It’s grown up from its pedestrian start as a journaling platform, where writers share daily activities and don’t stress over spelling and grammar. Look at these reasons why teachers incorporate blogging across all academic topics and lesson plans: Collaboration.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2017

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 #60–How to Add Shortcuts to the Desktop.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 15, 2017

Innovative educators know that when Inauguration day comes you don’t want your students passively watching. Regardless of your political views, active, engaged, focused viewing is the key. Here are a few ideas to ensure your students are engaged and their minds are stimulated with active viewing activities. Whenever watching video, frame, focus, and follow up are the basics recommended by the EDC’s Center for Children and Tech for viewing digital media in the classroom.

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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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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 14, 2017

Kidjo is an excellent free mobile (iOS/Android) app for finding educational videos, songs, cartoons, and more for kids ages 2-7. Best of all, Kidjo is COPPA compliant so you know all digital content is safe for kids to use. Also, parents can set time limits through Kidjo's parental control and even store videos off-line to view w/out an internet connection.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 17, 2017

Tell-a-Story is a nice little site I just found out about from Technology & Learning for digital storytelling. All a student has to do is drag-n-drop characters/objects onto the screen, add some text into a box/bubble, and then select the background, to create their story. They can add up to 14 frames and then share the link when they are finished.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 19, 2017

Pear Deck is a cool educational tool that interacts w/ Google Chrome (extensions) or Google Drive to create interactive quizzes/slides/presentations. The way this works is an educator creates a dynamic deck/slide w/ or w/out multiple choice questions, then has students join the sessions via their Google in Education domain or Chrome extension. Then the teacher can ask questions and have students respond to them on their own devices.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 19, 2017

Pindex is an interesting new site for educational videos/courses. It is very similar to Pinterest where a user can "pin" a image or video, w/ some nice sharing options. However, there is a nice feature that awards digital badges for users who complete a "course" on a given topic. I highly recommend checking out Pindex by clicking here !!!

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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!

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 19, 2017

RoomRecess's Hangman is an excellent online game for those working on LA or Spelling skills. This is a 1 or 2 player game that focuses on different parts of Speech such as: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and more, while incorporating Spelling skills. This is a super fun age-old game where students select letters and try to solve the word before breaking all their pencils (10 chances).

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 18, 2017

ClassDojo the widely used (free) tool for behavior management and communication for education now offers Student Stories. Student Stories is a new way for students to create digital portfolios and share them w/ others. More info from their press release. Students take the lead - students can share and celebrate their learning by snapping photos of projects, taking videos of presentations, and writing reflections.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 18, 2017

Class Compete is a fantastic Game Base Learning and Assessment system that educators are using to help boost student's test scores and eliminate test anxiety. Class Compete works on any mobile device (iOS, Android, etc.) and follows the familiar "running/racing" game formula. Students will answer questions from any subject as they race against opponents to try an win.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 15, 2017

iPracticeMath is a wonderful FREE (Common Core aligned) site for Math grades K-12. I like to think of this as the "ultimate" Math resource, as students/educators can find whatever they are looking for, such as: worksheets/printables, interactive problems, detailed problem-walkthroughs, and more. Also, iPracticeMath covers a wide variety of Math problems.

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Technology Tidbits

JANUARY 16, 2017

Photos for Class is an excellent new site that is ideal for finding safe images for students. This search engine uses Flickr safe search as well as some built in filtering to find Creative Common licensed images. Best of all when a user clicks download the image gets cited automatically w/ the proper licensing terms. I highly recommend checking out Photos for Class by clicking here !!!

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