Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 24, 2020

Let’s face it. Teachers juggle an exhausting schedule of parent conferences, administrative tasks, and specialized student needs. They take work home evenings and weekends and often are forced to choose between family and job when it comes to allocating a finite quantity of time over what surely seems to be infinite needs. The teachers I know want to be more organized, work more efficiently, use available tools to complete tasks faster, and prioritize needs.

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 23, 2020

Graduation in 2020 will be unlike any graduation before it. While the thought of losing the traditional pomp and circumstance is difficult, there are some innovative options available. Minecraft! Elementary school students in Japan created a Minecraft graduation. Inspired by that, college students took it to a new level. Fortnite is another option. Get Social Celebrate each graduate on social media with specific information such as a quote, memory, what they'll miss, and what's next.

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Bright and Smart

APRIL 23, 2020

Our Posterity = Our Children. Enhancing our children's S. T. E. A. M education is imperative to their success and will help them become innovators of the future. S.T.E.A.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. Hands-on activities helps us to cognitively and visually see how things work. By creating things with our hands, we can understand and appreciate the importance of its existence.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

APRIL 23, 2020

74: The T in STEM Today we are talking all about the T (technology) in STEM. So much fun! Anita Goodwin and I sit down and talk about the power of integrating meaningful technology. Anita Goodwin on Instagram Goodwinnovate on Facebook Goodwinnovate on Twitter Goodwinnovate on Pinterest Goodwinnovate Anita Goodwin on TpT Podcast Response Mega Bundle by Trina Deboree STEM Con 2020 Taking the T in STEM makes an incredible impact on students in the elementary classroom.

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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

APRIL 21, 2020

I’ve been working from home for years but most people haven’t. I posted this article about a year ago but have updated it for the challenges we now face with #covid19. Truth is, life often interferes with work. Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary job functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work.

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National Institute for STEM Education

APRIL 20, 2020

Online instruction can present unique opportunities and challenges for students and teachers. This is certainly true for the youngest of our students and their teachers.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 22, 2020

EDpuzzle the world's most popular site to flip a classroom/lesson to make a video "their" own, has just released an update to their video editor. The new video editor now has a new modern look that makes it look more polished and sleeker. Also, a user can now cut multiple sections of their video, as well as add audio to their notes and create shorter voiceovers.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2020

Every year, the world celebrates Earth Day on April 22nd, a day the United Nations recognizes as International Mother Earth Day. It is a day to remind ourselves of the importance of clean air, fresh water, and unlittered land. It’s when we can all participate in making that happen rather than accepting the trash-filled oceans, the smoggy skies, and the debris-laden land that is becoming the norm in our lives.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 23, 2020

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: 7 Netiquette Tips. Category: Internet.

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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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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 24, 2020

Many schools are now realizing they do not have the tools in place so kids can continue to learn while schools are closed. Socrates personalized learning for the students so they are progressing automatically, and provides teachers with tools to monitor progress and assign topics. Teachers can control the learning remotely or just allow Socrates to adjust automatically - making it a perfect tool for teachers with closed classrooms.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 21, 2020

Knoword is a super fun Vocabulary game that is perfect for integrated technology into the classroom/home. The way this works is definitions are given w/ the starting letter of the word while a timer counts down. The player tries to answer as many correct words by typing/spelling them correctly before the timer runs out. Best of all, there is a teacher portal where educators can create their own "word" packs to integrate w/ their curriculum as well as track student data.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 20, 2020

Vocab Victor is a free innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills that is ideal for ESL/ELL. Vocab Victor uses "game based learning" to help students develop their vocabulary through 4 different styles of games through 11 levels. These games offer high replay as well as different varieties of game play, such as: matching, sorting, targeting, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 20, 2020

Triventy is a excellent site for creating collaborative quizzes or surveys. The way this works is a user creates their own questions or customizes an existing one and then invites students to add their own. Once the quiz is started (up on a board, projector, screen etc.) a teacher can invite students via unique URL to join. Once the quiz is finished the participate get results in real-time similar to the way Kahoot works.

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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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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 22, 2020

With the end of the school year coming and schools being closed due to the pandemic a digital portfolio is a great way for students and educators to showcase their work. These tools will make it students and teachers to show parents what academic projects they've been working on throughout the school year. *This list is in alphabetical order. Top 10 Sites for Creating a Digital Portfolio bulb - One of the best and most popular educational sites around to create and showcase stunning digital port

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 22, 2020

*Zapzapmath School Premium is due to the pandemic is now completely free for all students. This means parents can track their kids progress in over 180 Math games ranging in a wide range of topics. Zapzapmath is an excellent site/mobile (iOS/Android) app for Math grades K-6th. ZZM focuses on a lot different topics such as: addition/subtraction, multiplication, geometry, and more.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 20, 2020

*A great way for students to practice their keyboarding/typing skills while school is out. TypeTastic is an excellent K-12 site for students learning how to Type/Keyboard. TypeTastic's School Edition has an educational portal that allows educators to track, monitor, and assess student progress. This is a fun and great way to integrate technology into a classroom's curriculum.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 20, 2020

ClassTag is an excellent all-in-one communication tool that educators can use to keep parents informed on what is going on in the classroom. Everything is done seamlessly and teachers can share: schedules, announcements, photos, videos, etc. Recently, ClassTag released how it can be used for Remote Learning, Professional Development, and more. This is a great resource for educators and parents who now have to rely on remote learning w/ school closures throughout the world.

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Technology Tidbits

APRIL 21, 2020

Naiku is an amazing tool for educators to assess students and differentiate instruction in real-time. Best of all, w/ school closed around the world subscribers can use Naiku at home (on any device) to help students improve their learning and strengthen their skills. Finally, Naiku generates detailed individual and class reports that educators can share w/ other teachers to help collaborate and better refine their teaching strategies.

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