Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 5, 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: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
Group work is an essential part of the learning process. Through distributed efforts students get to develop the social skills of empathy, collaboration, and co-ordiation. Technology has made it even.read more.
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K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction -- a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and systematically -- is more effective than self-discovery through reading.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 1, 2021
Games to Learn English is a great site for ESL/ELL students looking to learn English in a fun and engaging way. This is done through educational games such as: Fast English, Perfect Tense, and Monster Phrases. Also, Games to Learn English works w/ Google Classroom and lets teachers create homework assignments and track student accounts. I highly recommend checking out Games to Learn English by clicking here !!!
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
MARCH 3, 2021
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Chillax Science
MARCH 3, 2021
Most children like to play with electronics even if it is for a short period of time. Hence, why not use that innate interest to foster their scientific knowledge growth. In this blog post, I share with you simple ideas on how to invite children to explore and learn about motors. Small motors, those of 1.5 volts for example, are quite an ingenious invention and our focus for the activities I suggest here.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 1, 2021
Mobile Permissions is the excellent free site the educators are using to easily send "digital" permission slips for FREE. Recently, they launched a new feature which lets educators send permission slips "on demand" which is ideal for when teachers need immediate permission of a parent/guardian and don't have time to wait for a form to be returned. Also, this is a perfect tool to use w/ Remote Learning due to the closures of school from the worldwide pandemic.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 1, 2021
Here are the most-read posts for the month of February. 100th Day of School — Make it about Learning. #WorldReadAloudDay February 5. 5 (free) Tech Problem Solving Posters. Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. Math Word Problems. Random Acts of Kindness Day. How Will You Celebrate? Inspire Kids to Pursue an IT Degree. How Fast Should Kids Type. Tech Tip #31: 10 Best Keyboarding Hints.
STEMx
MARCH 4, 2021
In partnership with the. STEM Education Coalition. , STEMx announces a special policy-focused conversation with education leaders from around the United States. COVID Learning Loss in the STEM Subjects: What Do We Know and What Can We Do About It? Wednesday, March 17, 2021. 2:00 – 3:15 pm EST. Watch the YouTube livestream. Over the past year, as schools and communities have grappled with the COVID pandemic, learning in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics subjects has been impa
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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.
Magic EdTech
MARCH 4, 2021
Introduction. With the advent of online learning trends and push for digital lesson plans and remote learning, IT systems – particularly cloud-based platforms have become more valuable than ever. Cloud is a potential technological creation that fosters opportunities for change for its users. Cloud computing is an information technology paradigm that provides computing delivery services like utilizing remote servers, database systems, networking, analytics, storage systems, software, and va
The Blog of Phyz
MARCH 1, 2021
This activity explores the magnetic field around a current-carrying wire: Ørsted's Discovery. It's a bit fiddly when we do it in the classroom. The compasses can be thrown off by steel spines and/or leg plates in the tables. To be honest, I've seen compass behavior I cannot explain in my classroom. Perhaps strange things happen to our compasses while they're stored during the off-season.
CTE Learning
MARCH 1, 2021
The CTeLearning and WebProfessionals Organization are proud to announce the release of the Career Transformation Series, a one-of-a-kind certification course aimed at helping those working remotely around the globe. The Career Transformation Series features text and video courses covering all aspects of remote work to help learners prepare to excel in the new remote work world that has rapidly grown in the age of COVID-19.
Stem Activities for Kids
MARCH 1, 2021
St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to celebrate with STEM activities. Find our favorite activities below – from leprechaun traps to a snake snatcher, to rainbow activities, and a wind-powered maze: Leprechaun Trap STEM from Get Caught Engineering. Your students’ engineering skills are needed to build a leprechaun trap because the local leprechaun has been causing all kinds of problems.
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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!
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
MARCH 1, 2021
Episode 116 - OTT: How to Get Your Creative Juices Flowing in the Classroom with Natasha Nurse Clarke Natasha Nurse Clarke has so much to share with us today! She talks about her past as a nurse and how it has prepared her for college-level teaching. She also reveals many methods to get her students to open up and get the creative juices flowing. She stresses the importance of getting students involved in class and how it can lead to a future passion for them.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 1, 2021
Be sure to check out STW for all their St. Patrick's Day ideas such as: educational games, word searches, activities, and more!!! Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.
K-12 Education News
MARCH 1, 2021
Parents may fear that if their high school student isn't motivated to do well in classes, there's nothing that will change that. But a new study that followed more than 1,600 students over two years found that students' academic motivation often did change - and usually for the better. Results showed that increasing students' sense of 'belongingness' in school was one key way of increasing academic motivation.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 1, 2021
Peanuts in the Classroom is a wonderful site for educational resources and lesson plans ages 4-13 yrs old. These resources are PDF's, printables, and worksheets that covers ares such as : STEM, Space, Social Studies, Language Arts, and more. I highly recommend checking out Peanuts in the Classroom by clicking here !!!
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