Educators Technology
MAY 20, 2016
May 20, 2016 Critical thinking, as we have argued elsewhere, is an essential skill for the 21st century students. Not that it was not essential before but in a digitally focused world.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 20, 2016
Buncee is a web- and iPad-based creation tool for both teachers and students. With it, teachers can prepare engaging lessons, newsletters, and how-tos. Students can write interactive digital stories, easy-to build presentations, and more. The drag-and-drop interface makes it simple to put exactly what you want where it fits. If you ever struggle with getting PowerPoint to do what you want, you won’t with Buncee.
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The Innovative Educator
MAY 15, 2016
Innovative educators sometimes express frustration that their students and/or colleagues come to them without the foundational skills to use basic applications like documents, spreadsheets, presentations, productivity tools like email and calendars, and other applications like video conferencing, website creation, and engaging in online communities.
User Generated Education
MAY 17, 2016
This presentation, prepared for the Global Maker Day virtual conference, provides some background information on maker education, being a reflective practitioner, documenting learning, the roles of the maker educator, and resources.
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.
STEMx
MAY 16, 2016
The NC STEM Center has leveraged its resources with resources on a national scale to create tools needed to allow a centralized database of STEM education programs using The Connectory, a national online database of STEM programs and opportunities. The NC STEM Center is a founding member of STEMx, so we chatted with Dr. Sam Houston and Lisa Rhoades about the partnership and what it means for students and teachers.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 18, 2016
How are you getting feedback that helps you be the best you can be in your job? Many employees simply rely on existing structures to receive feedback. This can be a problem; in some cases there are no structures and in others the formal evaluations or performance reviews do not solicit constructive, useful advice. That’s because often with formal structures, the methods used can be sterile, inauthentic, and unhelpful.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
Sketch Nation the simple to use mobile (iOS/Android) app/site for creating games recently updated their lesson plan ideas page. This is a great place for educators to go to find ways on how to integrate Sketch Nation into their classroom. These lesson ideas focus on a wide variety of subjects such as: Coding, History, Math, and more. Sketch Nation makes it a seamless way to introduce STEM into their classroom in a fun and engaging way.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 16, 2016
With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. If you’ve been tasked (or volunteered) to run this activity, here are five activities that will tech-infuse participants: Debate. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 14, 2016
Making its way to the top for the second week is a post about liberating genius where @AngelaMaiers reminds us that students have voices and choices that we can honor. Check it out to discover 20 lessons you can implement to get started. Next up is a post that tells you how to ask five simple questions to figure out your life's purpose. After that you can find out what makes a killer school website and you can also read what mistakes to avoid.
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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
MAY 17, 2016
Digipuzzle is an excellent site to find free educational games and puzzles for grades K- 5. Also, educators can find a wide variety of online activities dealing w/ different holidays. For example, their KDG section has a nice selection from counting games, shapes, colors, and more. I highly recommend checking out Digipuzzle to see the nice collection of games they have for younger learners and those in KDG by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
LitCharts is a neat site I just learned about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog. LitCharts is a free service for students that lets them type in a book to find out all relevant information pertains to that title, such as: background info, summary, detailed analysis, quotes, characters, and much much more. All information can be viewed online or downloaded as a PDF.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
Seterra Geography is a fun iOS app that helps students learn states, flags, countries, and more. This is done through a simple to use touch interface on selecting the correct location or flag given. Each session is timed and graded for accuracy. Also, this is a great way to challenge other students, family, and friends. Finally, Seterra helps students learn about Geographical content such as capitals, oceans, mountains, and more.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
Answerables the innovative educational tool that combines the best features of game based learning w/ a learning management system has just released their free iPad app. Answerables is being used by educators in a variety of ways from collaborating w/ other classes, to browsing the web, all in a secure 3D virtual environment. Answerables is used as a: • Virtual classroom • Lesson planner • Learning manager • Quest creator • Resource manager • Web browser (managed) • Social Network • Student port
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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
MAY 17, 2016
ProjectorScreen.com is an excellent site for people or educators to find projectors and other type of equipment for their classrooms. Not only can a person search through an immense amount of screens, but from other categories such as fixed or manual, multimedia carts, boards, chairs, and more. I highly recommend checking out ProjectorScreen by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
King of Math 2 is a super fun iOS game for ages 10 on up. King of Math has students playing through 125 stages as they solve different basic (i.e. addition, multiplication, etc) Math problems as they unlock levels to become king or queen. Best of all, there are detailed help guides to show players how to solve a problem, and a timer that can be turned on or off.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 17, 2016
NameCoach the innovative site for learning students names and how to pronounce them correctly has just released their latest update, Directory Integration Service. Directory Integration Service allows a district/school to embed a voice recording of your students' name pronunciation directly into your existing directory listings. Here are some more benefits.
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