Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. These four topics cover every aspect of our life. Science is our natural world, from the land we live on to the oceans and space we aspire to visit. It’s the weather that changes our picnic plans to the natural disaster that destroyed a town in our own state. Technology includes the iPads toddlers play on, the smartphones we use to guide our days, the apps that turn our lights on and off–or start our car.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 6, 2017

Yes, there are mounds of curricula students must master in a wide breadth of subjects, but education does not begin and end with a textbook or test. Other skills must be honed, too, not the least of which is how to get along with their peers and work well with others. This is not something that can be cultivated through rote memorization or with strategically placed posters.

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CTE Learning

MARCH 8, 2017

Bragging rights go to Hempfield Area High School. Hannah Shiple is the first HS student to receive the new Web Designer Industry Certification from the WebProfessionals.org. Hannah got to intern with CTeLearning.com this summer and got the opportunity to take our new iWD Web Design HTML5/CSS3 course. Her head start allowed her the chance to sit for the proctored exam ahead of any other students in the US and set up her up to be the first.

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STEM Teacher Inspiration

MARCH 8, 2017

This is my DNA Evidence lecture given in a forensics class about types of evidence that contain DNA. It also describes Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and DNA Fingerprinting by electrophoresis in detail. There is also an embedded youtube video in the prezi and the powerpoint. The content in the prezi and powerpoint are identical so it is just a matter of choice for the teacher.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2017

If you’re a fan of Kiddom , the easy way to plan, assess, and analyze learning, you’ll be excited to hear that they added more than 50 features to the new Kiddom 2.0 (see my review of Kiddom ). These include: Planning — personalized curriculum to meet the changing needs of students. Reports — visualize progress with beautiful analytics that track student performance.

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CTE Learning

MARCH 7, 2017

Ed LaChapelle chats with Steve about his experiences over the past ten years teaching Coding and 3D Video Game Design at Douglas High School. Watch the interview below. The post STEAM is Real World at Douglas HS – Educator talks about Coding and 3D Video Game Design appeared first on CTeLearning.

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STEMx

MARCH 5, 2017

In our continuing series of essays reflecting on our annual gathering, STEMxchange. , here’s an essay from Battelle’s David Burns that reflects on his messages for leaders of state STEM organizations at STEMxchange 2016. by David Burns, Director of Battelle STEM Innovation Networks. At Battelle, we don’t just partner with folks because it feels good.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 8, 2017

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: #120–Why Use Airplane Mode.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 5, 2017

At their most basic level, playing video games is akin to reading books. Like books, video games can range in quality from trashy novels to informative historical fiction. Like books different genres of video games have varying learning potential. Like books, video games offer different purposes and varying levels of usefulness when it comes to learning.

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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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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 8, 2017

SpriteBox is a free iOS game that teaches kids how to code. SpriteBox follows the familiar platform game style as users select different commands to complete puzzle/level. Students will learn different aspects of coding/programming such as: sequence commands, logic, and more. Also, SpriteBox lets users play in Swift which is the popular program language that Apple uses for iOS.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2017

Parents often find technology a roadblock to helping their children with classwork. There are too many geeky tools with too few instructions, and every year, what they thought they understood changes. Like students, they don’t want to sound like Luddites, so they struggle for a while and ultimately give up. With that comes either disinterest or pushback against your efforts to blend tech into learning.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 4, 2017

Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. Here are the three hottest posts that you don’t want to miss! What’s hot this week? Charter schools, choice, and clarifying any confusion. For a second week, the post with the most views shares why school choice does not lead to fair competition. The reason?

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 7, 2017

At this year's South By Southwest Edu, during a rousing keynote, Dr. Chris Emdin explained that if we think tech is the answer, we're missing the boat. He warned that when those ed tech companies come in and try to use tech to "start taking away the problem," we need to tell them, " We got it from here. Thank you for your service." Chris had an important message for all of us about what the real answer is when it comes to education and it's not tech.

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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

MARCH 9, 2017

Listenwise is a interesting site that takes the "listening" skill to the next level. This is done by listening to a library of over a 1000 curated stories w/ reading a long to increase comprehension. Best of all, are the educational tools and activities/quizzes that educators can use to track student progress and differentiate instruction. I highly recommend checking out Listenwise by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 9, 2017

Otus the excellent and easy to use Learning Management System for schools has a sleek new design, that allows for easier functionality, a brighter customizable color interface, and real-time analytics and third party integration (i.e. Khan Academy), and of course Otus Worksheets. Here is a list of their updated features. Cleaner Interface: A polished, streamlined functionality lets users more easily navigate existing features including polling for instant feedback, a real-time assessment center,

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 8, 2017

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 !!!

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 7, 2017

Readocity is a free educational app (Google/iOS) for helping students increase their joy of Reading. This is a collaborative parent/teacher app that educators are using to communicate Reading lists/activities to home. Readocity lets users leave text messages about their reading choice, create Reading logs, and even differentiate instruction. Finally, Readocity curates and recommends Reading choices that are age appropriate.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 7, 2017

I Know It is the excellent new (beta) site from Super Teacher Worksheets 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 a user to use a certain number of "hints" to help solve a problem and it gives the correct response w/ reason for the wrong answers.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 8, 2017

Answer Pad is a wonderful mobile learning solution and student response system that educators everywhere are using to integrate technology into their curriculum. Recently, they just announced that existing users will now receive the premium version for free w/ the attached coupon by entering the activation code by March 31st. I highly recommend checking out Answer Pad by clicking here !!!

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 8, 2017

Please use this link to share my blog post: [link] I ronically Tim Ferriss was made to feel quite a bit of discomfort in his talk at South by Southwest Edu. Ironic because Ferriss recommended to this audience of educators (and others who support them) that an effective learning strategy was causing discomfort and dissecting that. In case you don’t know him, Tim Ferriss was named one of Fast Company's "Most Innovative Business People" and is the author of several books including The 4-Hour Workwe

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