Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 8, 2016
Here are eight of the top Digital Storytelling articles according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: 9 Best-in-Class Digital Storytelling Tools. Storyboard That–Digital Storyteller, Graphic Organizer, and more. Digital Storytelling Apps. Digital Storytelling Websites. Common Core Writing–Digital Quick Writes. 42 Great Story Websites You’ll Love. Monday Freebies #28: My Storybook.
Amy Brown Science
AUGUST 10, 2016
These tips will serve you well your entire teaching career! Learning is a life-long experience. We are never too young or too old to learn new things. After teaching for 31 years, I am still learning how to be a better teacher. Along the way I had wonderful mentors and colleagues who helped me develop my teaching skills, and I discovered a few things for myself as well.
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User Generated Education
AUGUST 6, 2016
Too often teachers are passive recipients of professional development rather than being active agents of their own development and change. Several recent reports have indicated that teacher professional development, as it is being implemented in most schools, is ineffective and a waste of time and money. Several studies over the past few years that have found professional development to be largely ineffective or unhelpful for teachers.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 7, 2016
When I was pursuing my Masters degree in education back in the 90s, we spent time figuring out how to best set up a classroom. Traditional rows were out. Pods of four were in. But there were many other options too: the circle, the horseshoe, desks on the perimeter of the room. Teachers were thinking about what would suit their teaching style and foster the best learning.
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
AUGUST 10, 2016
C-STEM Studio is a California A-G approved curriculum and turn-key solution for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics. This web-based scalable program is available for elementary through high school students and can last anywhere from four weeks to a year. As Calvin Chen, Assistant Director of the UC Davis Center for Computing and STEM Education who offers this program, states simply: “O ur goal is to get kids interested in math and robot
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 10, 2016
LearnCloud is a new (beta) site from Rumie that reminds me a bit of a cross between Nettrekker and Edshelf. Think of it as a social search engine where users can curate educational content from the web and then share it w/ others. Also, users can comment on existing content as well as check the readability level of each item. I highly recommend checking out LearnCloud by clicking here !!!
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 10, 2016
Livestreaming is hot and more and more innovative educators are hopping on the livestream bandwagon. When they do, here are the ABCs of livestreaming to keep in mind.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 9, 2016
I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m taking a few days this summer to review them with you. Some are edited and/or written by members of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew. Others, by tech teachers who work with the same publisher I do. All of them, I’ve found well-suited to the task of scaling and differentiating tech skills for age groups, scaffolding learning year-to-year, taking into account the perspectives and norms of all stakeholders, w
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 6, 2016
Soaring to the top this week is a new post, Moving From Lecture to Learning , that can be essential for innovative educators looking forward to back-to-school strategies that go beyond the lecture. Following that are several additional posts with useful back-to-school strategies such as advice on Facebook Live, focusing on supporting students in asking good questions rather than focusing on simply finding answers, and two posts on Twitter.
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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
AUGUST 9, 2016
Quiz Hero is one of my favorite new free mobile (iOS/Android) apps for Game Based Learning. This amazing app uses an RPG style (i.e Bards Tale anyone ;-) to help students learn a wide variety of subjects, such as Math, Vocabulary, Science, etc. The game follows a familiar RPG formula where users select a class (i.e. mage, warrior, archer) and then begin a fun filled educational quest.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 8, 2016
Jump! is the new educational Math game by Artgig Studio (Mystery Math Town) for adding and counting numbers. The way this work is a player jumps across platforms of numbers going in whatever sequential order the level provides (i.e. one, four, twelve, etc) while rescuing Snortles and squishing numbers to get to the other side. Here is more info. Practice skip counting and mental math as you squish numbers together Apply multiplication knowledge to figure out the next number Game difficulty adapt
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 10, 2016
Storynory is a nice little site similar to Book Wink, where a student clicks on a story and then listens to it. What makes Storynory so great is the ability to download these audio tracks to your computer. There is a lot here to like so I recommend checking Storynory out by clicking here.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 12, 2016
Start date for the 2016-17 online school year: August, 8, 2016. Curriculum Companion Wikis (K-5 only) follow a tech professional as s/he teaches each lesson in the SL K-5 curriculum textbooks. Presented via video (10-15 minutes each), you can ask questions, start a discussion with other teachers using the curriculum, and access additional resources.
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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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