Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 22, 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: 10 Most Important Keyboard Keys. Category: Keyboarding.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 21, 2021
BookWidgets is an excellent site for creating educational games/quizzes. BookWidgets is ideal looking for teachers to save time by having their educational games/quizzes automatically graded. This is all done in a user-friendly interface and educational portal that allows teachers to: track and monitor students in real-time. Best of all, BookWidgets makes it easy for educators to assess student learning and differentiate instruction through detailed reports/graphs.
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Vivify Stem
JANUARY 19, 2021
15 Websites & Apps that Teach Robotics Virtually One of our recent top questions in The STEM Space educator group was: Help! We are going virtual, and I run a robotics class. How can I teach robotics virtually? We rounded up the answers from other teachers, conducted our own research, and we present to you 15 ways to teach robotics for distance learning!
Wisconsin Science and STEM Education
JANUARY 22, 2021
What questions do you have about the world that is within one centimeter of you right now? What do you notice and wonder about the phenomenon represented by this graph? If we look at the performance expectations of Next Generation Science Standards, which many districts and several states have adopted as their science standards, the practice of “asking questions” comes up only four times in all of middle and high school.
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
JANUARY 21, 2021
Here’s a great list of Special Needs websites. I’ll display it below but click the link for an updated library: Occupational Therapy –a long list of great apps including stress, social skills building, and more. Read&Write –for students with dyslexia or English language learners who struggle with reading and writing. Signed Stories –beautiful stories in sign language.
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Fiendishly Clever
JANUARY 18, 2021
In the absence of a proper home for these notes, I’ve decided to host them here so that they get picked up by search engines and are accessible to a wider range of teachers. Background The inclusive science group is made of interested educators from all phases and sectors who have an interest in teaching … Continue reading "The Inclusive Science Group – Meeting 1 (Differentiation)".
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
JANUARY 18, 2021
110: All About Choice Boards in the Classroom Loren Thorpe joins us today all the way from Australia! She is sharing her ideas for choice boards and shares her “50 Ways of Using Choice Boards in your Classroom.” She also shares the different options you could use on your choice board for different grade levels. Join us as we explore the benefits of choice boards!
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 18, 2021
Hi there, my name is Roman Zhidkov, a happy contributor to Ask a Tech Teacher. I’m the CTO of a tech company and for more than five years I have been busy with teaching programming courses and sharing my expertise with novice specialists. I can tell from experience that it’s a prerequisite for a teacher to follow trends due to the fast-changing market and nuances of working with young professionals with a progressive mindset.
Stem Activities for Kids
JANUARY 17, 2021
This is a guest post to let you know all about the EPIC Challenge from St. Jude. We are so happy to share about their free STEM curriculum! For more details, please visit the St. Jude Epic Challenge. Science, technology, engineering and mathematics —they’re all used every day at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. From careful measurements for patients’ medicine to the complex mathematics needed in their state-of-the-art research facilities, STEM plays an important role in helping St.
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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.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
GamiLab is a fantastic new site for creating educational games. GamiLab lets teachers or students create educational games from scratch or customizing already created content. Also, these games can contain videos, text, flashcards, etc. and can be used for Remote Learning. Best of all, there are two "main" game styles such as King of the Mountain and Biker Race mode which is a great way to easily test student's learning.
Fiendishly Clever
JANUARY 18, 2021
In the absence of a proper home for these notes, I’ve decided to host them here so that they get picked up by search engines and are accessible to a wider range of teachers. Background The inclusive science group is made of interested educators from all phases and sectors who have an interest in teaching … Continue reading "The Inclusive Science Group – Meeting 1 (Differentiation)".
Ask a Tech Teacher
JANUARY 19, 2021
There is so much tech kids need to learn these days, it’s easy to forget the basics. Like file extensions. These help kids categorize websites, prioritize credibility, and streamline their browsing. Here are the most essential of these: What are the popular file extensions kids should learn about? As kids work their way through the education system, they will use different types of documents for their projects.
Ellipsis Education
JANUARY 21, 2021
By Katie Baird Content Marketing Specialist. "We want students to understand what a computer can do, what a human can do, and why that’s different,” says Mark Guzdial, Professor of Computing at Georgia Tech. When it comes down to it, that’s all computer science really is: the relationship between humans and computers. Computer scientists use their creativity hand-in-hand with technology to solve real-world 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!
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
TeachVid is an amazing online tool for learning foreign languages. TeachVid reminds me a tad like EDpuzzle where educators use interactive videos to assess student's learning. Also, educators can create a "virtual" classroom and create assignments that contain: videos, worksheets, etc. Finally, TeachVid makes it easy to flip a classroom or lesson and let student's learn at their own pace.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
RecordCast is an excellent free online tool for creating screencasts. This is done through a very easy-to-use online video editor where a user can record either the whole screen or just a section and then edit it (i.e. Screenflow). The video editor lets users add text, images, music, and more to create a beautiful looking finished product. Finally, finished videos can then be shared or embedded making it ideal to introduce a topic or even remote learning.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
Projector Screen is a great site for educators or parents looking to find screens, projectors, cables, and more for home or their classroom. Also, this is an ideal place to find good deals and other resources such as: how to build a home theater or how a green screen works. I highly recommend checking out Projector Screen Store by clicking here !!! *Projector Screen is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 21, 2021
I Know It is a fantastic site for interactive Math lessons grades K-5th. This is a super fun easy to use site for practice on a wide range of topics, such as: place value, multiplication, counting coins, time, and more. Best of all, I Know It allows educators to assign lessons and track student progress to make it easy to differentiate instruction. I highly recommend checking out I Know It by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
NameCoach is a wonderful web service that educators are using to learn student's names and pronounce them correctly. This is especially useful w/ school starting up and teachers want to learn the correct way to pronounce their student's names. The way this works is simple as a teacher creates a name/web page and then has the student's speak their names.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
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.
Technology Tidbits
JANUARY 18, 2021
Izzit.org is a nice site for students to find educational resources and videos. These resources can be searched by grade level or subject. Best of all, there is a wide range of teacher tools such as: quizzes, lesson plans, activities for students, and more. I highly recommend checking out Izzit.org by clicking here !!!
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