Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2016

This is a question I get often from teachers: Technology is always an extra layer of work in my classroom. How can I blend it into what I already do without taking time I don’t have? When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards.

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User Generated Education

MAY 23, 2016

Watch children, youth, and even adults when they are immersed in learning something of interest of them, and you will see often complete engagement and personal joy. When education is done “right”, learners often feel and experience the following in their both formal and informal educational environments: Joy. Engaged. Excited. Wonderment.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 25, 2016

Remember the good old days? Families spent time together, students weren’t distracted, crime was down, and everyone’s voice was heard. If only that were true, but it’s not. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio reminds us with this quote where he shares wise advice from his wife: And he is backing his words with a promise to make New York the most user-friendly and innovative city in the world.

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CTE Learning

MAY 27, 2016

Congratulations to all the student game design submissions. As of today, the submissions are closed. The FutureAppGame.com judging team will begin judging in just a few short hours from now. The Future Mobile Application and Game Design Challenge student competition is in its ninth year. CTeLearning is proud to be part of the sponsoring team for this international video game design and student mobile app design competition.

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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

MAY 23, 2016

Memorial Day is the time we remember all of those soldiers (and anyone in the Armed Forces) who gave their lives in the defense of American freedom. In war and peace, they made the ultimate sacrifice, and because of them we are privileged to live the American Dream. Once a year, we honor them, their sacrifice, and those they left behind. Here are some activities to help students understand the import of this day: Folding the American flag.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 21, 2016

Making its debut at the top is a post about free Google Apps for Ed training with @Synergyse. At $10 per student, it used to be something unattainable for students in low income neighbors. Now anyone can receive quality in-app learning. After that you can find out what makes a killer school website and you can also read what mistakes to avoid. With more than 5k views on Twitter, this was one of most popular posts this month.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 24, 2016

TowerStorm is a fantastic free iOS app/broswer based game for Game Based Learning in the subjects of Math and Literacy. As w/ any game created by the award winning company DimensionU, this game takes place in a multiplayer 3D virtual world. Players can create their avatar and unlock special power ups as they immerse themselves in a fun 3D world while solving problems in Math/Literacy aligned to Common Core Standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 27, 2016

Here are thirteen of the top writing-with-tech tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: A Helping Hand: Assistive Technology Tools for Writing. Tech Tip #124: Editing is Easier with Digital Writing. Revision Assistant–the Most Comprehensive Virtual Writing Assistant Available for Students. 4 Ways Students Can Plan Their Writing. 7 Innovative Writing Methods for Students.

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 22, 2016

Many students and teachers are in districts like Wake County where they are subjected to policies, guidelines, and mandates that they rarely have any say in. It doesn’t have to be that way and in New York City it isn’t. Instead the newly released social media guidelines for students 12 and younger incorporated the participatory design process and were developed with rather than for students and teachers.

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