Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 29, 2017
Summer is coming, and so is Summer Tech Learning! Join me with a great group of professionals (who will quickly become your best online friends) for one or more of these five classes on tech topics you want to learn. Note: Early Bird special for those who sign up by May 15th: Use coupon code SUMMERPD to get 10% off! There are five options, four of them detailed below: The Tech-infused Teacher.
CTE Learning
MARCH 29, 2017
Haven, Kansas February 1, 2017 – Five Haven High School Students completed their industry exam for the Mobile Application Design and Development industry credentials. Once again the industry professional association WebProfessionals.org and course provider CTeLearning.com are proud to congratulate these students for receiving their certifications associated with Haven High’s Mobile Application Design and Development course.
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The Innovative Educator
MARCH 25, 2017
Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. Here are the three hottest posts that you don’t want to miss! What’s hot this week? Innovative school models, misconceptions about charter schools, and increasing parent engagement. Making its way to the top for the first time is a post I wrote about innovative school models that influence my thinking.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
BrainPop users are in for a treat as "premium" users can now create videos/movies through the Make-a-Movie feature. This is ideal for students/educators that want to "show" what they know or to create digital stories, etc. These videos are simple to create and follow the same animated style that BrainPop is famous for. Also, users have the ability to draw their own animation.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 28, 2017
Today’s guest writer is Finja Kruse, a teacher experienced in different educational tools and engaged in creative writing activities in school. You can contact her via LinkedIn. Her article today can be summed up by a line in the last paragraph: “ Technology is not your enemy…” Educators aim to equip students with an understanding of the world, its fragility, & opportunities, by teaching them various common subjects like math, language, or science.
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Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
Peekapak is a new (beta) site for educators (PreK-3rd grade) for teaching Social and Emotional Learning. This free online platform includes stories and lesson plans that teachers use w/ students to develop these SEL skills. Also, Peekapak lets educators/parents to track student's progress and generate detailed reports. Finally, Peekapak works on any device and is a great way to integrate Technology w/ Reading.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 30, 2017
KidsCast is a new mobile (iOS/Google Play) app for educational content. KidsCast acts as a hub for a wide variety of content, such as: games, videos, activities, and more. KidsCast is a subscription based service and all of the content is safe and approved for kids. Finally, they are always adding new content to keep their fresh and engaging and releasing a KidsCast club soon.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
codeCampus is a great place for educators looking to bring coding/programming into their K-6 schools for free. codeCampus offers lots of online training videos as well as interactive coding lessons to help teachers integrate codeCampus into the classroom. All lessons are aligned to state standards and offer a wide variety of teaching materials. Below is a demo video.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 30, 2017
Summer is almost here and BoomWriter's Virtual Summer Camps are right around the corner and a soon to be reality for educators!!! This is an excellent solution for teachers looking to make some extra money over the summer (from the comfort of their own home) using BoomWriter's innovative collaborat ive writing tool. More info below. BoomWriter is a site that I’ve written about many times because it lets elementary, middle, and high school teachers conduct engaging nonfiction, fiction, and vocabu
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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.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 28, 2017
Kupiter is a super fun online game that I learned about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog. Kupiter is a game designed around Asteroids where users shoot the asteroid w/ the correct answer/letter, collect power ups, etc. Educators can upload their own questions from Quizlet, Excel, create their own, browse through already created questions. Also, Kupiter integrates w/ Google Classroom and can be shared w/ others via link.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
Buncee Buddies is the new platform for connecting students and classrooms around the world through digital pen pals. This is done through the use of sharing Buncee creations to collaborate w/ others, project based learning, make friends, learn about new cultures, and more. Below is an excerpt from their blog. I highly recommend checking out Buncee Buddies by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
Storyboard That, the excellent learning tool that educators are using for a wide range of purposes such as: digital storytelling, writing prompts, timelines, project based learning, storyboards, and much much more, is offering a free online webinar for educators. This webinar will show teachers how to integrate Storyboard That into the classroom and use w/ their students.
Technology Tidbits
MARCH 27, 2017
GoClass is a wonderful site/app for flipping a classroom. This is a fantastic solution for educators to be able to manage their classes/students and create dynamic lessons that can be shared on mobile devices. Students can login to a session on their mobile device and then follow the lesson following the "show-explain-ask" method. Teachers can then get instant real-time feedback on student engagement and learning as well as attendance.
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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!
The Innovative Educator
MARCH 28, 2017
Teenagers! They’re impulsive. Aggressive. Engage in risky behavior and just don’t know what’s best for them. And there’s research now that gives a reason for it too. It’s that their brains are not capable of making reasonable decisions. You know. It’s their frontal lobes that are not fully developed and that’s why they act the way they do. Or is it?
The Innovative Educator
MARCH 26, 2017
Innovative educators understand that they play a crucial role in our democratic society. However, a teacher’s job to ensure students are informed and educated has taken on a new meaning in the age of the internet where information is everywhere but accuracy, quality, and bias often remain unchecked. Media literacy is a topic innovative educators cover with students within the broader topic of digital literacy.
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