Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 26, 2020
Here’s a great list of age-appropriate, safe websites that will inspire 1st graders whether they’re in your classroom or at home: Geography—find messages around the world. Hangman. Brown Bear Typing. Aesop Fables—no ads. Aesop’s Fables–audio and visual. Audio stories—read by actors. Audio stories—speakaboos. Childhood Stories. Children’s Stories–MagicKey.
User Generated Education
AUGUST 22, 2020
I have written before about the beginning of the school year, Beginning the School Year: It’s About Connections Not Content. I begin all classes focusing on having the students make connections between each other and with me. I want students to learn about one another in a personal way. I want to learn about my students so my instructional strategies can be more personalized and tailored to their needs and interests.
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Fiendishly Clever
AUGUST 28, 2020
[Apologies to teacher subscribers of my site who receive this update expecting an email about science teaching. I’ve written about this as a record of the poor service from my web hosting provider so that others might find it and make an informed decision based on my experience. I’m posting this under the personal section … Continue reading "Moving from Stablehost shared hosting to Amazon Lightsail".
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
AUGUST 27, 2020
91: A Teacher's Perspective on the New Normal Teaching during a pandemic is difficult. It comes with many challenges such as public criticism, concerns over health and safety, teaching barriers, and pure exhaustion. Today I share my own perspective on what it means to teach during this new normal. What can we do to move forward? Take care of ourselves.
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
AUGUST 24, 2020
Curriculum-Based Assessment (CBA), often equated with Curriculum-Based Measurement (CBM), is any form of assessment that measures progress toward fulfillment of a stated curriculum. More succinctly: “…repeated, direct assessment of targeted skills in basic areas using materials taken directly from the teaching curriculum” While CBA is assessment based on the curriculum, it isn’t chapter tests from a text.
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Bright and Smart
AUGUST 25, 2020
What is S. T.E.M. ? According to Live Science.com , " S. T. E. M. is a curriculum based on the idea of educating students in four specific disciplines — science , technology , engineering , and mathematics — in an interdisciplinary and applied approach." People in S. T. E. M. related jobs use their knowledge in those specific areas to solve real-life problems.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 24, 2020
*Be sure to checkout how Make Beliefs Comix can work for you for Remote Learning during this pandemic!!! Make Beliefs Comix is a excellent site that educators around the world are using for digital storytelling, project based learning, reinforcing vocabulary, and more. Also, Make Beliefs Comix has an abundance of lesson plans, the ability to translate comics into other languages, and recently launched story starters/writing prompts to help get the student's creative juices flowing.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 28, 2020
Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in August: Tech Tips. 21 Websites and 5 Posters to Teach Mouse Skills. 9 Great Websites to Inpsire 2nd Graders. 9 Websites to Inspire 5th Graders. Favorite Shortkeys for Special Needs. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-12 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.
Informed K12
AUGUST 27, 2020
As we all continue to adjust to the new reality presented by Covid-19, our team is consistently amazed at how resilient our district partners are. Whether it is making sure people have access to meals or finding creative ways to deliver instruction to students, our districts have not faltered on their commitment to the communities they serve.
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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.
ED Week
AUGUST 25, 2020
Portland youngsters gather in gardens and cook vegan meals as part of Camp ELSO’s mission to foster STEM learning for students of color.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 24, 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.
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 24, 2020
Brightful Games is an excellent site for educators to use to use as a "digital icebreaker" activity for students to use when teaching Remotely. In fact, this site goes hand-in-hand w/ T&L's list to find ways for students to meet in an online environment. Brightful Games has such activities as: Would you rather, Draw it, Spot my lie, and more. I highly recommend checking out Brightful Games by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 24, 2020
TutorMe is an excellent site for finding online tutoring. This is a great place to easily find a tutor for any subject that a student might need help in. Best of all, all the tools a user needs to effectively tutor are here, such as: interactive whiteboard, audio/video chat,screen sharing, etc. I highly recommend checking out TutorMe by clicking here.!!!
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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!
Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 24, 2020
30hands Pro is the excellent iOS app for project based learning, flipping a classroom, and digital storytelling. Educators are using 30hands to integrate technology in a easy and seamless way. • New Features in Pro: — Enhanced Drawing with Editing, Adding Images to canvas, Layering Images, more! (Basic Drawing is still there, too) — Share-a-Slide to create a single slide video — Stop Motion is easier with settings and Enhanced Drawing — Storyboarding is faster and easier • New icons from Font Aw
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