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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. Not only does it eliminate the noise of who’s wearing what, disruptive students, and classes cancelled due to snow days, it is becoming the surest and easiest way to treat all students equally. The gregarious students no longer take over the class and the quiet ones are not ignored in their silence.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

66: Google Classroom With Bethany Rodgers Today I sit down with 6 grade ELA teacher, Bethany Rodgers as she shares loads of tips for using Google and Google Classroom. Talk about a highly engaging environment! You will definitely need to take notes during this episode. Bethany shares so many Google strategies and ways to integrate technology in a meaningful way.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Activity is busting out all over at South Carolina’s Coalition for Mathematics & Science (SCCMS). From the upcoming STEM Education Month to the iMAGINE STEAM community festivals and S. 2. TEM Centers SC professional development, myriad events and projects are being sponsored by the coalition to make sure educators and students across the state are busy exploring, discovering and learning.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A career in web technologies is one of the high paying and highly sought after career pathways today. With attractive salaries and the personal freedom it offers, a career in web technologies could be the right choice for you. Every industry, business, government and arguably every person depends on the web the technologies of the web. A career in web technologies offers attractive salaries, mobility, and freedom for creative and skilled workers.

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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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FEBRUARY 28, 2020

I met Dr. Bill Morgan through a shared interest in keyboarding for youngers (see this article on A Conversation About Keyboarding and this article on Preparing Young Students for Home Row Keyboarding: An Unplugged Approach ). In each other, we found kindred spirits, both passionate about better ways to teach today’s learners. When Bill offered an article on a new class he started that helps English Language Learners, I was excited.

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STEM for Kids

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Morrisville, NC USA 2/25/20. America’s highest paying jobs include anesthesiologist, surgeon, oral surgeon, obstetrician / gynecologist, orthodontist, psychiatrist, physician, prosthodontist, pediatrician and dentist. What’s common about all these high ranking professions? Children at STEM For Kids medicine camp compare soluble tablets with coated pills.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Math Attax is a super-fun free mobile (iOS/Google Play) Math game that helps students w/ their basic Math skills (i.e. addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc.). This is a 2 player game where students move their player up/down a grid while trying to shoot the correct answer to a equation. Also, they can freeze the other player and reset their score.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

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: The Internet Toolbar Disappeared.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Noisy Book is a wonderful new innovative iOS app for kids. Noisy Book works by supplying sound effects to a book by processing what is read (i.e. adding a horn honking to a car). Also, a user can create their own story and add sound effects for a fun way to incorporate digital storytelling. Best of all, Noisy Book understands what is being read and creates an educational quiz for the main parts of a story to gauge understanding/comprehension.

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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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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Knoword is a super fun Vocabulary game that is perfect for integrated technology into the classroom/home. The way this works is definitions are given w/ the starting letter of the word while a timer counts down. The player tries to answer as many correct words by typing/spelling them correctly before the timer runs out. Best of all, there is a teacher portal where educators can create their own "word" packs to integrate w/ their curriculum as well as track student data.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

*Be Sure to enter Vocab Victor's latest giveaway to win in-game "charms" that can be used to buy word lists, skip words, etc. 1 Android winner & 1 iOS winner each!!! Vocab Victor is a free innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills that is ideal for ESL/ELL. Vocab Victor uses "game based learning" to help students develop their vocabulary through 4 different styles of games through 11 levels.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Cloud Stop Motion is an innovative site for creating and storing stop motion video projects. This is ideal for educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom and can be used for project based learning, digital storytelling, and more. Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to track and manage student accounts, organize all projects, and export/watch all videos, all from w/in the web/browser.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Socrates is an innovate new site where educators can seamlessly differentiate instruction for each student through a unique game based learning system. This is done through fun and engaging learning games w/ educational portal where teachers can track and monitor student progress, assign educational videos, use a digital badge system, testing, benchmarking, and much much more.

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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

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

GoSoapBox is a wonderful online "clicker" tool that is an easy-to-use student response system for educators. Student's can respond to teachers questions via their mobile device and teachers receive their answers in real-time using GoSoapBox. This makes it easy to assess student learning and differentiate instruction. Finally, GoSoapBox can be used in a wide variety ways such as: polling, quizzes, and even generating detailed reports for assessment.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Chronicle Cloud is an innovative educational all-in-one iOS app for teachers. Educators can use Chronicle Cloud in a number of different ways such as: assessing (using their "traffic light" system), note-taking, providing feedback, and much much more. Also, being on the "cloud" teachers can collaborate and share best "teaching" practices in an easy way.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

"Game-based learning (GBL) is a type of game play that has defined learning outcomes. Generally, game-based learning is designed to balance subject matter with gameplay and the ability of the player to retain, and apply said subject matter to the real world. ( wikipedia )" Game Based Learning has stood the test of time and been going on since schools have been around.

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Technology Tidbits

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Gimkit is an excellent game based learning solution that makes it easy for educators to assess learning and differentiate instruction. This is done through fun educational games that even students can help create and use for self paced learning. Best of all, Gimkit generates detailed reports for teachers/students and can even grade assignments in real-time.

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