Sat.Jan 07, 2017 - Fri.Jan 13, 2017

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New from Kiddom

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Kiddom is a free standards-based platform designed to help teachers curate individual learning experiences. Its pages are visual and easy-to-understand, enabling teachers to quickly determine how students are doing and where remediation is needed–all without spending a lot of time analyzing data. Many of the details are linked, allowing you to dig deeper on any subject from a variety of pages rather than one specific spot.

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Motivating Science Students

Amy Brown Science

Consider these points when developing a plan to motivate your students. As we begin this new semester, I have been giving some thought to the concept of “motivation in the classroom.” We teachers hold widely varying opinions on this subject. Some teachers believe whole-heartedly that it is their job to do whatever it takes to gets the students excited and motivated about the learning process.

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The 2 Biggest Barriers To Learning in Modern Schools - Consideration 7

The Innovative Educator

It used to be that 1:1 technology access was a novelty. Today, with Chromebooks, it is less expensive to give each child a device than it is to provide all the resources that device provides (i.e. pen, paper, notebooks, ruler, calculator, reading material, drawing materials, etc.). Furthermore with companies like Neverware which can turn most any old device into a high-speed Chromebook, cost and tech support are no longer the barriers they once were.

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Smithsonian center puts experiential learning to the test

STEMx

At STEMxchange 2016, Dr. Carol O’Donnell briefed attendees on a five-year validation study by the. Smithsonian Science Education Center. “We believe in lifelong learning, experiential learning. In 1985, the Smithsonian and the National Academy of Science got together and decided that they wanted to create an institution that would bring that kind of experiential learning into classrooms everywhere.

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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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169 Tech Tip #15–Save Early Save Often

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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 so many daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip #15–Save Early Save Often.

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The 3 Hottest Posts Everyone’s Reading

The Innovative Educator

If you 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! Taking the top spot for the first time is a post looking at the differences between terms like ed tech, tech ed, digital literacy, media literacy, & digital citizenship. Do you think you know the difference?

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Subscriber Special: January

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Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. January: Check out our freebies! Check out discounted discontinued items!

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New Year Brings Changes

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I’ve noticed that the same people subscribe to both my weekly newsletter on Tech Tips and Websites. That means they get two emails a week in their email box from me, in what is probably already a cluttered, overcrowded bit of virtual real estate. That inspired me to make a change. I’m going to merge the two lists and send one email a week that includes both a Weekly Tech Tip and a Weekly Website.

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Did You Miss These Posts Over the Holidays?

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Here are four articles to get you ready for the demands of a new school year: End-of-year Tech Tips: Update Your Online Presence. End-of-Year Tips: Image and Backup Digital Devices. End of Year Tips: 22 Steps to a Speedier Computer. How to Teach with Videos. Try them out–post a comment if you need help. I’ll be here. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.

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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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I Know It

Technology Tidbits

I Know It is the excellent new (beta) site from Super Teacher Worksheets for interactive Math lessons grades K-5th. This is a super fun easy to use site for practice on a wide range of topics, such as: place value, multiplication, counting coins, time, and more. Best of all, I Know It, allows a user to use a certain number of "hints" to help solve a problem and it gives the correct response w/ reason for the wrong answers.

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How Google Docs Improves Writing

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Google Docs is a free word processing program that does 99% of everything a student will ever need to do when writing. What isn’t included as part of the Google Docs program tool can be augmented with mostly free third-party add-ons, extensions, and apps. It operates in the cloud so there’re no download foibles, pesky maintenance, or expensive yearly upgrades.

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10 Sites Teachers Really Love

Technology Tidbits

10 Sites Teachers Really Love (Sorry Admins) Though it’s the administrators’ job to steer the ship with regards to technology use in school, every teacher has their favorite edtech websites and apps they love to use with their students. After all, teachers are the ones who work most closely with their students and know which technology best meets the specific needs of their class.