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What You Might Have Missed in May

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the month of May. Teacher Appreciation Week–Gifts for the Tech Teacher. Kids’ Computer Posture Explored. 10 Digital Platforms to Teach Remotely. 5 (free) Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed. What to Know Before Moving From High School Teacher to College Professor. 12 Websites for Digital Books Summer Reading. Is It Worth Teaching School Kids SQL?

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CS First- A Free Computer Science Curriculum to Use in Your Class

Educators Technology

In this post we are sharing with you this excellent resource from Google for Education which together with the previous resources we shared earlier can help you teach coding remotely. CS First.

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21 Top Professional Development Topics For Teachers Now

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. This summer, educators need to get some rest so that we can be our best. However, our professional accreditation requirements are still on track and need to be renewed, as we have to learn and up our abilities for the fall. As I look ahead to this summer and listen to educators, here are 21 hot topics that I think we should consider including in our summer PD.

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MultiplicationGames

Technology Tidbits

MultiplicationGames is a wonderful free site for students looking to learn and strengthen their multiplication skills. This is done through a wide variety of fun educational games (Game Based Learning) such as: multiplication bowling, times table shooting, and more. Finally, some of these games are multi-player and a great way to integrate "group learning" into a classroom.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Here’s a Preview of June

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in June: What is Genius Hour and Why Should I Love it? Internet Safety Month. How to Motivate Summer School Students. Tech Tips. Coding Vocabulary. Online PD. 5 Steps to Personal Privacy. Free Posters. What’s the hardest tech problem? K-8 Tech Curriculum. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Small Wins

Computer Science K-8

Keystone Habits … Safety … Mindset … Quality Control … My current listen to book while gardening – best place to have small wins when a flower grow. To grow minds education’s focus should be on quality control and feedback giving the opportunity for learners to share their small wins. For me it’s about the tiny tweak change agents.

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Thinkio

Technology Tidbits

Thinkio is a fantastic tool for educators to use to create interactive worksheets or online lessons. All a user has to do is upload a worksheet (i.e. pdf, jpg, etc), share a unique link w/ students, and that's it. Thinkio automatically makes the worksheet interactive by allowing a student to draw or type on it making it very user friendly. Best of all, once a student is done saving their work a teacher has the ability to view their work and edit/add notes making it easy to assess student learnin

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Happy Memorial Day

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’m taking the day to honor our all soldiers on America’s Memorial Day. Without their sacrifice, where would we be? I tried to keep the videos to three and failed miserably. Once I got started watching, I got lost. 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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129: OTT: How to Create a Memorable Masterpiece for Father's Day

Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

129: OTT: How to Create a Memorable Masterpiece for Father's Day Creating a Father's Day craft for Father's Day can be fun and memorable for kids and dads. Come join me as I share how to create a Father’s Day lap book. Links Mentioned in the Show: Creating a Father's Day craft for Father's Day can be fun and memorable for kids and dads.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

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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Don’t Overthink, Just Start

STEM for Kids

Morrisville, NC USA 6/4/2021. “The first thing I would say is take full advantage of the resources out there and don’t overthink, just start. It’s important to get started, [and] it’s also important to find role models, so you can learn from your journeys,” says Sanjeev Somani, Founder and CEO of Tribyl (tribyl.com). Moni Singh interviews Sanjeev Somani on his career experiences.

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NameCoach

Technology Tidbits

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.

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Websites that add sparkle to spring

Ask a Tech Teacher

Last year was a boom year for edtech web tools. There were so many, I couldn’t keep up. I would discover what seemed to be a fantastic tool (most likely discovered in FreeTech4Teachers , Alice Keeler , or one of the other tech ed blogs I follow), give it about five minutes to prove itself, and then, depending upon that quick review, either dig deeper or move on.

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Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Success in Linguistically Diverse Science Classrooms

National Science Foundation

One in 10 students in our public schools are emergent bilingual students (EBs), tasked with learning science even as they are still developing their English (National Center for Education Statistics, 2019). It is becoming more likely, therefore, that all science teachers will have the opportunity at some point in their careers to teach science to students who are still learning the language of instruction.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

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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Live Physics Time on Twitter: Monday May 31 2021, 7 pm eastern - it worked!

Jacobs Physics

Postscript: Thank you to the dozens who listened as I discussed the 2021 AP Physics 1 exam. The stream worked. Now, I'll use this to call Saturday's Portland Thorns vs. the Fellowship of the Ring match; and, I'll use this to do future spontaneous Live Physics Times. Send in your questions and thoughts! If I don't have time to write up a blog post, I may do a Live Physics Time while I walk the dogs some morning!

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Storyboard That

Technology Tidbits

Don't Forget - DELETE OPTIONS Delete all students and their storyboards Choose what to Delete individually Wipe the slate clean and start over Don't delete anything!! *Contact Storyboard That for budgeting for next School Year. Storyboard That the wonderful resource that educators everywhere are using for a variety of educational purposes (i.e. timelines, digital storytelling, project based learning, etc), has just released a bunch of ideas/activities on how to use Storyboard That over the summe

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Subscriber Special: June

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. June. Sign up for our newsletter. Then get 10% off your next purchase! First Name. Last Name. Special Interest: Email Format. html. text. Marketing Permissions Structured Learning will use the information you provide on this form to be in touch with you and to provide updates and marketing.

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Combination of early reading programs helps with kindergarten readiness

K-12 Education News

A new study shows the combination of two early reading programs had positive effects on preschool students entering kindergarten.

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STEAM Lab week 35

Ms. Boyce

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Projector Screen

Technology Tidbits

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.

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Brainstormer Online

Technology Tidbits

Brainstormer is an interesting new site that puts a little spin on brainstorming. Brainstormer is easy to use and lets a user create a interactive timed brainstorming session. Once that is done, other users/students can then vote on which brainstorm they like the best. This is a great simple tool to use that helps increase student participation and done in a fun way.

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