Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Two great professional development presentations from Nepris : View this email in your browser. Why should kids have all the fun? This year, we’re offering two awesome industry chats meant exclusively for teachers. SE3D Corporation CEO Mayasari Lim helps you think about how you could integrate 3D printing into your science curriculum, and Amjad Masad of Repl.it introduces a simple, free platform that will save you time and help your students develop their coding skills. .

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Recently I facilitated a simple machines leading into Rube Goldberg machines lesson with my gifted elementary students. As I’ve discussed in past blog posts, I use several criteria to guide my lesson design: Instructional challenges are hands-on and naturally engaging for learners. There is a game-like atmosphere. There are elements of play, leveling up, and a sense of mastery or achievement during the instructional activities.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

You understand the important role technology plays in teaching and learning but want to make sure you are getting off to a good start. Whether you have been integrating tech for a while or you’re just getting started, it’s essential to ensure you have the foundation for success in your school or classroom. To do this, you must ensure your students are digitally literate and they understand what it means to be good citizen not only online, but also, f2f.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

STEMx is branching out again — this time into the Caribbean. The STEM network of the U.S. Virgin Islands, whose main islands are St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas, is joining STEMx. To find out more about the. Virgin Islands Department of Education (VIDE). and its efforts to promote STEM, we contacted Shamika Williams-Henley, state STEM director: We spoke with Shamika Williams-Henley, STEM director for the Virgin Islands, about the implementation of STEM education in the islands.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

For decades, teachers have used videos in the classroom to share information. They communicate a message with audio, visual, motion, color, and spatial details, making videos much more effective than traditional approaches like reading from a text, lecturing, or showing a slideshow. As a result, students retain more information, understand concepts more rapidly, are more enthusiastic about what they are learning, and make new connections between curriculum topics and the world outside the classr

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Note: Twitter won't let you Tweet my blog url. Please use this shortened url instead [link] Want to know how educators can create an inclusive and tolerant school and classroom environment? Today you will have the opportunity to learn from one of the nation’s leading advocates for students in this area, Jared Fox ( @eduGAYtional ) who is the LGBTQ Community Liaison for New York City Schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

For years, TechSmith’s ScreenChomp app has been my go-to resource for whiteboard drawings, screencasts, and for an uncluttered online art platform for students using iPads. ScreenChomp did a masterful job of making everything needed for each of these activities intuitive even for young users. For older students, ScreenChomp made it easy to provide personalized feedback by writing or recording comments directly onto their digital work and then sharing it back to them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Ask a Tech Teacher is a small group of tech-ed teachers with a big goal: provide free and affordable resources to anyone, anywhere that integrate technology into education. It’s an ambitious goal and we rely on donations from readers like you to make that happen. About this time of each year, when several of our larger bills come due, we give a shout out for help.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. December 1st-December 15th (ten days only): K-8 Technology Curriculum 6th Edition. get 10% off with coupon code TECHCURRICULUM6THED. get 25% off if you’re upgrading from the 4th or 5th edition (contact zeke dot rowe at structuredlearn.net for coupon code).

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

LearnZillion is a very popular site that educators all over are using to find free lesson plans and videos. What makes this such a great site is the Common Core Navigator that lets a teacher type in an area code and find all the resources, lesson plans, and videos in their area aligned to Common Core Standards. I highly recommend checking out LearnZillion by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

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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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

ProjectorScreen.com is an excellent site for people or educators to find projectors and other type of equipment for their classrooms. Not only can a person search through an immense amount of screens, but from other categories such as fixed or manual, multimedia carts, boards, chairs, and more. I highly recommend checking out ProjectorScreen by clicking here !!!

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

PrepFactory is a wonderful free site for ACT and SAT prep. This interactive site uses a variety of educational videos, texts, games, and more to help students to prepare for their texts. Also, there are step-by-step instructions on how to solve/approach problems. PrepFactory is a great way to not only prepare for the ACT/SAT but help HS/MS in the subjects of Math, Vocabulary, and Grammar.

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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

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Help Teaching is an excellent site for educators, parents, and others looking for educational resources such as quiz/test creators, online assessments, or worksheets/printables. These printables are for K-12 and cover a wide range of subjects. Also, there is a test/virtual room where students can take online assessment and get results in real time. I highly recommend checking out Help Teaching by clicking here !!!

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 26, 2016

Innovative Educators have gone through a wave of emotions following the election and at times it is the last thing we want to think of. That was evident this week on the Innovative Educator blog. The series of posts I shared on what a #TrumpEducation means, was nudged out of the top. Taking the lead this week is a post where I share how this “ Hack Will Help You Deliver Killer Presentations.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Note: Twitter won't let you Tweet my blog url. Please use this shortened url instead [link]. Trump has named Betsy DeVos ed secretary and now some public school teacher groups say they’re appalled. But should they be? Appalled indicates you feel shock and outrage, but this was always the sort of person our president-elect said he wanted in charge of education.

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