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Mysimpleshow–Online Video Creator for Educators

Ask a Tech Teacher

I love hearing from colleagues about tools they discover that make a difference in their classroom. Last week, I got an email from new efriend, Dr. Robert Cleary, an adjunct instructor for various business courses at several universities. In addition, Dr. Cleary is a key member of the campus learning center at Keiser University, an active member of the Miami-Dade school system STEM advisory board, as well as a member of the Doral Chamber of Commerce.

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Taking Students to the Laboratory? How to Plan and Execute the Perfect Lab Activity.

Amy Brown Science

Use this teacher checklist when planning ANY lab activity! Recently I had the opportunity to work with a small group of science teachers in an inservice-type situation. The group ranged in their teaching experience. Some were brand new teachers, while others had a few years under their belt. None were what I would call "knowledgeable veterans." As our time together progressed, it quickly became obvious to me that these teachers needed help with "the lab.

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Natural Differentiation and Personalization Through Open Ended Learning Activities

User Generated Education

This past summer I facilitated maker education classes for 5 to 10 year old kids. This school year I am a gifted teacher meeting with 2nd through 6 grades one day per week per group. I like mixed age groups and have no problem designing learning activities for them. I realized that the reason for this is that these activities are open ended permitting each student to naturally and instinctively to work at or slightly above his or her ability level.

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Discovered Genius In Your Students: The First 30 Days.

The Innovative Educator

If you work in an inner city public school, and even some who don’t, know that one teacher per 30 or more students is difficult at best. Fortunately, innovative educators have figured out that while they may be experts in pedagogy, they have a whole class full of experts in technology. We all enjoy being recognized for our talents. Figuring out who your classroom geniuses are during the first 30 days of school is an inspiring activity for all grade levels.

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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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How to Blend DoK into Lesson Plans without a Comprehensive Rewrite

Ask a Tech Teacher

I recently got a question from a reader asking how the lessons in my K-8 curriculum supported Dr. Norman Webb’s Depth of Knowledge philosophy — an integral concept to her school’s mission. It got me thinking about lesson plans in general — how far we’ve come from lecture-test-move on. Now, exemplary teachers focus on blending learning into the student’s life knowledge base with the goal of building happy, productive adults.

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Swift Playgrounds

Technology Tidbits

Swift Playground is the new free iPad app (requires iOS 10.0) for teaching kids how to code. This is a fantastic app that works very similar to those familiar w/ apps such as Hopscotch or Scratch. All a user has to do is tap on a "block" of code or drag-n-drop to create commands. No typing is required. Once Swift is a downloaded a student can select between two step by step tutorials: Learn to Code 1 (Fundamentals of Swift) or Learn to Code 2 (Beyond the Basics).

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Tangrams: A Cross Curricular, Experiential Unit

User Generated Education

Now that I am back in the classroom two days a week teaching gifted elementary students, I can do and report on the cross curricular units I plan and implement. There are several guiding factors that I use to design my units: They need to be hands-on and experiential. Learner choice and voice is valued. They need to address cross curricular standards.

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New Features From Nepris for the New School Year

Ask a Tech Teacher

I’ve written about Nepris before–a transformative cloud-based platform that connects STEAM subject experts with teachers and classes. This month, they’re offering a great group of back-to-school tools that will help you organize your expert presentations and share out the details: Share an update in your activity feed right from your teacher dashboard by typing it into the box at the top of your screen. xx. xx.

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Building Green and Residential Architectural Design Course receives the University of California a-g Approval

CTE Learning

Our Building Green and Residential Architectural Design Course just received the University of California a-g Approval. We are having a great year. Building Green has always been one of my favorite courses. While in high school I dreamed of designing my own house. When I was 28, I got to do it (in CAD). Then, Better Homes and Gardens interviewed me for an article written about what it was like being my own architect.

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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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Boom Blocks

Technology Tidbits

Boom Blocks is the latest game from RoomRecess and first that works on any platform (i.e. iPad, phone, etc). This is a wonderful game designed for grades K-6th to work on basic Math sills, such as: addition, subtraction, multiplication, etc. The way this works is a student tries to solve the equation as fast as possible and eliminate blocks that are falling from the sky.

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The Biggest Barrier to Innovation In Education

The Innovative Educator

David Geurin shared 7 Ways Tech Transforms Learning. The first reason, authentic audience, is the single biggest barrier to learning that is relevant, real, and innovative. David says this: I t's really sad that most work students do in school ultimately ends up in a trash can. The audience for their efforts is usually the teacher and maybe their classmates, but rarely is work shared beyond the school walls.

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Tech Ed Resources for Your Classroom: PBL

Ask a Tech Teacher

I get a lot of questions from readers about what tech ed resources I use in my classroom so I’m going to take 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

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UC a-g Approved – Coding and 3D Video Game Design – All Go for California

CTE Learning

UC a-g Approved

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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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Visme Contest

Technology Tidbits

Visme the wonderful site for creating beautiful looking presentations, infographics, and more is having a contest where people can win a variety of prizes. More info from their press release. Visme is giving away number of great prizes: During the course of the contest, all participants will receive complementary full access to Visme premium and access all features including the ability to insert video, and record or upload audio to their designs.

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The Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

This week a new post takes the #1 spot. It provides an ethical response guide for When Students Ask: Can I Friend You ? Check out the post and the cool infographic created courtesy of @ Eileen_Lennon. Taking the #2 spot for the first time is a post that helps teachers consider if the professional development they provide or attend contains the five qualities that are necessary for success.

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We Remember… 9/11

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UC a-g Approved – Sustainable Landscape Design – Another

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