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6 Great Google Slides Add-ons for Teachers

Educators Technology

A few months ago, Google made it possible for third party developers to create and share add-ons to be used on Google Slides after it was exclusive to only Docs and Sheets. Since then Slides.read more.

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Best-in-Category Winners for 2017

Ask a Tech Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher routinely shares favorite websites and apps that make a difference in the classroom. Over the last month, readers voted on which tools had the greatest impact on readers. To award this Best in Category badge, we asked them to look for the uncommon resources (meaning: not the ones everyone knows about), the ones that made them say Wow and rush to share with colleagues everywhere.

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Address Learning Differences with These Micro-credentials from @DigitalPromise

The Innovative Educator

Innovative educators know the importance of understanding how a student learns best and then designing an approach tailored that student’s needs. This comes in the form of learning that is student centered , differentiated, and takes into account the learner’s differences and preferences. It also means having a class load that makes this manageable and using resources like Thrively or Personal Success Plans to tap into students individual passions, talents, interests, abilities, and learning sty

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Web Coding Student Completes STEM Internship – BSO

CTE Learning

Online STEM Course leads to internship for High School student. STEM Web Development Student – Branson Online School – Rio H Branson Online is a virtual school serving Colorado. This virtual school is no stranger to STEM-STEAM courses with courses including Coding and 3D Video Game Design, as well as Web Coding and Design. Veteran teacher Kim Schor has been teaching these courses since 2014.

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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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6 Excellent Websites to Help Students Learn Coding

Educators Technology

Coding is the sine qua non of success in a knowledge economy society. It has become a primordial skill in K-12 education and beyond. The pedagogical importance of coding, besides the technical part.read more.

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Volkswagen, state, and key local partners bring eLabs to many schools in Chattanooga

STEMx

At eight schools in Hamilton County, Tennessee, students can tackle a selected real-world problem, design a solution and fabricate that solution, all in their onsite Volkswagen eLab. The eight eLabs, which provide access to rapid prototyping technology, came about through a public-private partnership in the Chattanooga area. And, it was just announced that eight more schools in the county will be getting eLabs.

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Sentence Reading Magic

Technology Tidbits

Sentence Reading Magic is a wonderful free iOS app that I just found out about from Edshelf. This is a great app for beginning Readers that helps them build sentences as well as work on their Reading skills. For building sentences a student has to move the words into the correct position and the Reading section has users reading a sentence (2-3 words) and then tapping on a picture to see if they are correct.

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8 Elements Found in Classrooms of Innovative Educators

The Innovative Educator

George Couros tells us, i f we want innovative students, we need innovative educators. Do you qualify? In his book, The Innovator’s Mindset , Couros challenges educators to consider whether they empower students to wonder, to explore–and to become forward-thinking leaders? He does this in part by providing eight things to look for in your classroom. 8 Elements Found in Classrooms of Innovative Educators Student Voice Student Choice Time for Reflection Opportunities for Innovation Critical Thinki

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How Tech Teachers Can Benefit From Historical Research Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaching technology is a difficult profession because people learn in different ways and at different rates. However, one thing that can make it easier for students to learn is for teachers to include instructions on basic academic skills like vocabulary, keyboarding, digital citizenship, and research. The better a student’s vocabulary, the easier it is for them to improve their comprehension and express themselves in oral and written form.

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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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Working Hard Does Matter

CTE Learning

Last week I was out at a school and I did my chat about “Persistence Trumps Talent.” Any student who has had to suffer my love of that phase also knows my thought about how “Passion Drives Persistence.” And everybody also knows that Elon Musk is one of my favorite people. I believe this video speaks to doing what you feel has great value and the benefit to someone else, and the power of just flat out working harder.

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I Know It

Technology Tidbits

I Know It is a fantastic new 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 educator to assign lessons and track student progress to make it easy to differentiate instruction.

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AR Flashcards Abraham Lincoln

Technology Tidbits

AR Flashcards just released their latest iOS app, Abraham Lincoln. This app uses augmented reality in an innovative way as it teaches students different facts and aspects about Abraham Lincoln. The way this works is by placing portals on the actual ground by using the app and then walking through. This will unlock different places in Abraham Lincoln's past while teaching students about History.

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Storyboard That for Valentine's Day

Technology Tidbits

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 release their latest bundle for Valentine's Day. These activities cover a wide range of topics from story starters, history of Valentine's Day, cards, and more.

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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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MovieToons

Technology Tidbits

MovieToons is a free new iOS app ideal for digital storytelling. This is a super fun and great way for students to embrace their creativity by selecting characters, backgrounds, and animations, to create their very own unique 3D digital story. A finished story can then be shared online for others to view and rate. Below is a brief tutorial. UpdatedTutorial from Mikhail Kushnikov on Vimeo.

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Super Teacher Worksheets for Valentine's Day

Technology Tidbits

Super Teacher Worksheets educators everywhere are using for printables, worksheets, puzzles, activities, and much much more. Also, all items are labeled if they are aligned to Common Core Standards and there are even generators/wizards for users to create their very own worksheets/puzzles/etc. Best of all, teachers can use STW for any subject and browse through 1000's of educational resources that can work for them.

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Buncee Challenge

Technology Tidbits

Buncee Challenge is the new Feb contest from Buncee that is having teachers win prizes by submitting Buncee ideas. The rules are simple, all a teacher has to do is submit a Buncee w/ the hashtag #BunceecChallenge and include the different ways in which they are using Buncee. The more ideas the teacher includes the bigger the discount (15% - 25%) off a subscription or free teacher subscriptions.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education is changing. Again. This time, it’s not about iPads and Chromebooks; it’s 1:1 computing. More than 50% of teachers report they have one computer for every student (on average) and that changes for the better every year. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more.