Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 13, 2021

My Secret EdTech Diary. by Al Kingsley. 4/5. Al Kingsley’s My Secret EdTech Diary (John Cott Educational 2021) is a big-goaled, meandering overview of edtech (educational technology) available and pertinent to teachers and students. It is almost stream of consciousness told in a friendly, affable voice, where the author starts with a specific topic and then addresses that and many tangential ideas, showing how they are related and interconnect.

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Educators Technology

AUGUST 12, 2021

SolveMe is a math resource I discovered through a blog post from Tcea which I am adding to our math resources section here in ETML. SolveMe engages students in hands-on math learning experiences.read more.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 8, 2021

Electives, as we all know, are classes that students choose to take. Electives are typically chosen based on interests, passions, a need to learn something new, and/or because of future goals. It is not clear to me why elementary students are rarely offered elective courses. In addition to empowering practical skills, electives can help students find hidden talents or passions.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

AUGUST 9, 2021

139: OTT: How to Rock the First Week of School: Tips for Back-to-School Back to school can be a struggle for sure. But not if we have just the right procedures in place AND we have the winning mindset. Join me today as I talk to you about rocking the first week of school! Links Mentioned in the Show: Trina Deboree Thinking and Learning on TpT Back to School One Tired Teacher Episode 43: First Week Activities for Back to School Back to school can be a struggle for sure.

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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

AUGUST 9, 2021

Often, students are expected to work independently at school and on their homework. That is a great idea for learning if you provide simple guidelines that allow them to be more effective, less frustrated. Here are tips to help your children get more out of homework time: Helping Your Child with Homework: 5 Tips to Help Kids Get Better Grades. Homework is a key part of the school experience.

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Top 10 Sciencekits

AUGUST 13, 2021

Last week, we've posted a home experiment for building a Baking Soda Rocket which got a very positive feedback from our readers, so we've decided to post a new home experiment this week - Building a small scale raft. Materials you'll need. Water Tray. Small figures (e.g Lego figure). Corks. Tape. Aluminium Foil. Egg Cartons. Sponges. Lolly sticks. Instructions.

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CTE Learning

AUGUST 13, 2021

Virtually every industry has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year and a half. Companies and organizations in finance, healthcare, IT, education and many more have scrambled to adapt to the new normal that is work from home (WFH). In turn, many employees have come to the realization that they are happier and just as productive in their jobs when working from home.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 10, 2021

Here are a few of the popular resources teachers are using to reinforce Drivers Ed in High School courses: Crash Test Simulator. Driver Education and Training Videos. Edriving –driving simulations. Operation Lifesaver. Simulated driving (fee). Driving and Texting. It can wait — video showing simulation of driver distracted by texting. Texting etc–Chicken Road YouTube.

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Smore Science

AUGUST 13, 2021

“You’ll never know what is written in the stars for you if you can’t read them.” LEARNING THE CONSTELLATIONS. Look up at the night skies and try to connect the twinkling dots scattered across. You will be amazed to see the wonders that emerge. These often-recognizable patterns that you see are called constellations. The richness of the summer sky is summarized by the glory of the Milky Way, the galaxy that is tightly packed with countless twinkling diamonds.

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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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The STEM Laboratory

AUGUST 11, 2021

Although it’s natural to put a large emphasis on learning to read for first grade, it’s also crucial that students’ natural curiosity be utilized to get them excited about concepts related to STEM with engaging and memorable activities. STEM-focused education that includes science, technology, engineering and mathematics is more important than ever, with studies estimating that STEM workers tend to earn more than 25% more than non-STEM workers and demand for workers in these fields is projected

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National Science Foundation

AUGUST 11, 2021

Equitable access to mathematics is a long-standing, yet unmet goal in mathematics education (Gutiérrez, 2018). There are many well-known obstacles to this goal, one of which is unexamined biases about who does and does not do mathematics (Walker, 2007). In this blog, we describe how our project data are teaching us that unexamined biases about what is and what is not mathematics can also be detrimental to establishing a classroom where each student has a fair shot at being a valued and contribut

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 12, 2021

With the volume of time kids are spending online, on computers, mostly unsupervised by adults, protecting their privacy and safety has become of huge importance. Here are some suggestions to help you with that issue (from the Ask a Tech Teacher team): How Parents Can Protect Their Kid’s Privacy and Safety Online? Many people witnessed the change in technology from dial-up modems to broadband.

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The Blog of Phyz

AUGUST 10, 2021

Derek Muller started creating unique videos that are often related to physics and physics education in 2011 on his Veritasium YouTube Channel and website. I was a big fan from the start and have shown his Misconceptions About Temperature video to hundreds of teachers at my workshops. One of his recent videos, Risking My Life to Settle a Physics Debate , was very entertaining but I did not pay close attention to it.

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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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Top 10 Sciencekits

AUGUST 9, 2021

As summer is heating up, alongside summer vacations for our kids, we thought it would be great to publish some home experiments so you'll have fun & educational STEM activities for your kids. In today's experiment, we will create a Baking Soda Rocket! Materials you'll need. Small 500ml empty bottle. cork which fits tightly inside the bottle head.

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CTE Learning

AUGUST 13, 2021

Virtually every industry has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past year and a half. Companies and organizations in finance, healthcare, IT, education and many more have scrambled to adapt to the new normal that is remote work. In turn, many employees have come to the realization that they are happier and just as productive in their jobs when working from home.

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Teach Science for All

AUGUST 12, 2021

The Board on Science Education for the National Academies is providing a 2-day event on October 14-15, 2021. The meeting is open to the public and you can attend in person or virtually.

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Jacobs Physics

AUGUST 12, 2021

I introduce acceleration as how much an object's speed changes every second. No "delta-v over delta-t" for me - this equation obscures the physical meaning of acceleration, and will invariably be used by students as simply v/t. But a couple problem sets in which students write the definition of acceleration as their starting point and reason from that fact work wonders.

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Magic EdTech

AUGUST 13, 2021

Are your applications born secure? Is your API vulnerable? Do you have a strong, overlapping set of defenses? These questions are important for software developers and organizations who believe that security is something that an application should be born with. Security can be an integral part of the agile methodology, and applications can be made secure from day one of development.

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Computing Education Research Blog

AUGUST 13, 2021

I miss physical conferences. But there are some things about them I do not miss at all. I don’t miss sprinting through airports to catch a connecting flight. I don’t miss standing in line at immigration for over an hour, just to enter the next long line to get through customs. And I don’t miss sitting in a tight middle seat for ten hours straight. With today’s virtual conferences the trips are more pleasant.

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