Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Here are popular 3D Printing resources teachers are using: 3D Bear. Cricut Machine –to cut materials. Create 3D Printing Designs. 3D Doodler Pen. MakerBot PrintShop. Onshape. SculptGL. Sketchup. Tinkercad –create your own 3D print designs. Download 3D Printing designs. GrabCad. Smithsonian X3D –download 3D print designs of Smithosonian artifacts.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
Netiquette is the digital equivalent of the traditional etiquette. Netiquette (net + etiquette) is the code of proper conduct applied to communication on virtual online spaces.read more.
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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
A satellite launch expected later this year could expand the availability of high speed internet for the nation’s students. The launch of ViaSat-3, a trio of ultra high capacity GEO satellites, is part of ViaSat's ambition to create a global network of high-capacity internet. Each of the satellites will offer more than one terabyte per second of total network output, a thousand times the capacity of the company's first generation satellites, which the company says will allow educators and studen
Computer Science Teacher
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
I love xkcd cartoons. I came across this one thing morning that shows the benefits(?) or rounding up. My immediate idea was “what a great programming project!” One of the first “hello world” type of exercises I often assign is simple conversations. Fahrenheit to centigrade, miles to kilometers, etc. This is a step beyond that but with a difference. The difference is rounding up and its effect on accuracy.
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
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Here’s a great list of shortkey helps for keyboarding on the Internet, software, or anywhere else: More articles: Computer Shortkeys That Streamline Your Day. Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
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ED Surge
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
With COVID-19 still very much a factor on college campuses, virtual office hours have become an increasingly critical aspect of the education that students are receiving in this hybrid world. Virtual office hours have become an increasingly critical aspect of the education that students are receiving in this hybrid world. UNC’s Learning Center states the case plainly for its students : “Attending office hours, whether in person or online, can give you [the student] valuable time to better unders
Computing Education Research Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
March 2-5 is the ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium for 2022 in Providence, RI. (Schedule is here.) I am absolutely thrilled that my collaborator, co-author, and wife is receiving the Outstanding Contributions to Education award! She is giving a keynote on Friday morning. Her abstract is below. She’s got more papers there, on CS Awesome, on her ebooks, and on Sisters Rise Up.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 25, 2022
In my classes, there are still a lot of technology skills that are difficult for students. One–developing good enough typing skills that they can find keys without slowing their thinking. Another–all those menus! They want to jot a note on a PDF or a webpage, but don’t know where to find the tool for that. Keep in mind, I’m the tech teacher and still, I complain heartily about technology!
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 19, 2022
ClassDojo is a classroom management system that allows teachers to track and manage students behaviour. Teachers can set up their own classes and invite students to join. Parents can also join the.read more.
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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.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
It’s a dry, hot day in south Phoenix, but my dimly lit classroom is cool and comfortable. Quick footsteps approach outside the door and two-dozen 8- and 9-year-olds return from recess, sweating and smiling. They calmly walk to their desks while a children’s mindful breathing video plays on the whiteboard. Some students quietly grab their water bottles and head out to fill them up, and others sit on the carpet and stretch.
Robot Lab
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
By Dan Matthews. All children deserve the right to be set up for success, and one of the ways children are prepared to do their best in school is based on their access to technology. Technology is a great equalizer for all children, and all children can become better learners through the use of technology — especially children with disabilities. Despite this benefit of technology in the classroom, however, not all technology is accessible to all children.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
From Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, retired teacher and education consultant, Christian Miraglia: Instagram: A Student Vehicle for Social Change. In my last post, I wrote about using Twitter for classroom instruction. Here, the focus is how students use social media to advance their causes and concerns. As a history teacher, I emphasized the concept of taking action on social issues to affect change.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
The learning motto that I believe best captures the ethos of 21st century education is learning on the go or what is known as mobile learning. Apps have radically transformed the way we learn.read 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!
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
In an art class, a middle schooler drew a picture of her bedroom with colored pencils. A birds-eye view captures a bed, a clock and a laptop, surrounded by the bedroom walls which seem to creep closer to the bed as one looks on. One wall is scribbled in red, black letters spell out words like “depression,” “help,” “I am trying” and “I am not fine.” The student also drew the reason for the franticness, claustrophobia and malaise she felt: A spiky green virus in the corner and the words “coronavir
STEM Sport
FEBRUARY 20, 2022
Introduction: Diversity in the STEM workforce is a hot topic among professionals and education leaders. Most people have their own opinions on why diversity is important to any workforce. Below is an article that takes a unique approach to diversity in STEM. It speaks to why it is essential that we diversify the STEM workforce and move towards a common goal.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
K-12 grading hasn’t changed a lot in decades. Edutopia thinks they’re due for an update. Here’s an eye-opening article on three grading practices that should be overhauled: Teacher: Reconsider these traditional grading practices. There are three key grading practices that should be overhauled, writes Alexis “Lexy” Tamony, a high-school math teacher in California.
Computing Education Research Blog
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
This blog is pretty old. I started it in June 2009 — almost 13 years ago. The pace of posting has varied from every day (today, I can’t understand how I ever did that!) to once every couple of months (most recently). There are things happening around here that are worth sharing and might be valuable to some readers, but I’m not finding much time to write.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 21, 2022
Last fall, I made it a goal to go to my office on campus a few times a week. Strictly speaking, I didn’t need to be there. The courses I taught were online, as were all of my meetings. But I felt a strange need to physically be there, perhaps in preparation for what seemed like a slow yet inexorable walk toward “normal” or as a reminder of how my work fit into a bigger picture.
EiE Blog
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Are you looking for resources to engage your students in the conversation about climate change? EiE ® and the Museum of Science have partnered with leaders in industry, academia, and government to serve our community as a platform for public science learning. We’re proud to introduce all-new resources to help you and your students join the conversation about climate change, how the climate impacts us, and how we can best interact with our changing world.
Smore Science
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
Infinite Chocolate Paradox. Have you heard of the saying, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too”? Well, with this infinite chocolate paradox experiment, it seems that you CAN have your cake (or chocolate!) and eat it too. This simple illusion is sure to amaze everyone! But is this trick really the secret to infinite chocolate? What you’ll need: A 4×6 chocolate bar A butter knife (NOTE FOR KIDS: Please use this under adult supervision.
STEM Next
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
Dream Big and Reimagine the Possible with the Million Girls Moonshot. Coauthored by Linda Kekelis and Teresa Drew. Photo Credit: OregonAsk. Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day 2022 is one of our favorite days of the year. Girl Day is part of Engineers Week that celebrates how engineers make a difference in our world and engages youth in engineering.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
There’s an elephant in the classroom, and it has done a huge disservice to students like me. I couldn’t articulate it this succinctly at ten years old, but the depictions of the characters weighed on me. They reinforced a monolithic depiction of Black life devoid of any moments of joy, hope, or success. I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years.
How to STEM
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of our seasonal STEM guides! It contains: STEM related Spring events and themed days/weeks Quick, easy website and activity suggestions for how to get involved (click on the pictures to find out more) Spring STEM resource recommendations. Diaries at the ready! The events listed below are a really good way to help theme your STEM activities and help children to make real-world links.
Middle Web
FEBRUARY 24, 2022
As Russia begins its invasion of Ukraine, many adults turn to the news to stay informed. Our students do too. Expert Frank Baker considers where kids get their news these days and shares resources to help them follow current events in an era of sensationalism and disinformation. The post War Breaks Out. How Will Students Get News? first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Computing Education Research Blog
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
A few months before the pandemic started, Dr. Elise Lockwood at Oregon State reached out to me. She’d heard that I was interested in programming for teaching non-CS subjects, and that’s what she was doing. I loved what she was doing, and we started having regular chats. Elise is a mathematics education researcher who has been studying how students come to understand counting problems.
ED Surge
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
As consensus builds among many researchers, policy experts and elected officials that the U.S. should prioritize early childhood education , a key component of that agenda is getting more people trained to offer high-quality care and teaching to young kids. And that means encouraging colleges to recruit, prepare and graduate more early childhood educators.
Box Light
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
Meredith Williams, an 8 th grade science teacher at Freedom Middle School (Orlando, FL), incorporates a variety of 3D-printed manipulatives so her students have something hands-on to observe, analyze, and form ideas around. She regularly implements and provides feedback on MyStemKits lessons and activities, which she uses in conjunction with her 3D printer.
Middle Web
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
While supervision has a place in schools, the purpose is not to improve instruction, writes principal and author Matt Renwick. Leading like a coach supports teaching and learning, and principals will be in a prime position to do this vital work if they develop three coaching skills. The post Can a Principal Also Be an Instructional Coach? first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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