Educators Technology
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
October 31, 2017 The integration of Google Maps with Google Drive made it super easy for anyone to create and share maps with others. The process is simple and does not require any software.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. How many answers students got right told the teacher how much they knew. No need to look further. Simply grade, record, and move on to the next chapter. Educators have come to realize that there are lots of reasons why a test score doesn’t reflect student knowledge.
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Informed K12
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
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The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 29, 2017
Like many adults of my generation, I left high school and college without financial literacy skills. I’m not alone. In fact two-thirds of Americans couldn’t even pass a basic financial literacy test. It’s no wonder our household debt in our country is at a new peak. Despite being one of the most important topics to prepare students for success in the world, financial literacy is not present in most classrooms.
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.
Wisconsin Science and STEM Education
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
As noted in the previous post, performance tasks provide a means to more authentically assess students’ ability to think and work like scientists (3D learning in NGSS parlance). Ideally, students shouldn’t feel like they’re “taking a test.” Authentic assessment allows them to show their learning in a meaningful context that’s part of the flow of daily instruction—it’s not a “drop everything and test” approach.
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Informed K12
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
A report released last year by IDC Government Insights estimated K-12 IT spending to be $4.7 billion dollars with 46% of school districts expecting to increase their technology spending.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 28, 2017
Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. What’s hot? Messaging and Music: To be or not to be. In these posts we look at the advantages, considerations, and challenges when it comes to allowing students to listen to music and use messaging in the classroom. Want to know the verdict? Check out the hottest posts on The Innovative Educator for the answer.
STEMx
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
November 15, 2017: 4-5 p.m. (EST) . Register. A recent survey by the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network reported more than half (53%) of rural educators didn’t know of resources to help them teach STEM. To close that knowledge gap and build new solutions, the network launched the Tennessee Rural STEM Collaborative this fall. Sixteen hundred miles away in Idaho, the STEM education team at Idaho National Labs has tackled the rural STEM engagement issue with a new strategy focused deeply on teachers
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 30, 2017
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: #112–How to Open 2 Gmail Accounts at Once.
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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.
Informed K12
OCTOBER 30, 2017
District views online forms as way to increase staff and parent satisfaction and improve communication workflow across the district.
The Innovative Educator
OCTOBER 31, 2017
The New York City Department of Education is committed to Equity & Excellence for All: Diversity in NYC Schools. This means a commitment to supporting learning environments that reflect the diversity of New York City. Educators across New York City will come together on November 7th for the #NYCSchoolsTech Summit on Diversity Matters. In advance of that event, we are hosing this Twitter chat to get the conversation going.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 31, 2017
Squiggle Park is an excellent program/educational apps for grades PreK-2nd that focuses on Literacy and Reading skills. This is done through fun engaging games and activities that focuses on skills such as: phonics, spelling, word/letter recognition, and more. All of this is done in a safe environment that tracks students usage/progress. As students progress through the games they will unlock more levels and learn new skills.
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 3, 2017
Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 1st-15th: Spend $25 or more on Structured Learning , get a free copy of the. Hour of Code bundle. Click to view slideshow. Spend $50 or more on Structured Learning , get a free copy of the. Hour of Code Bundle and the STEM Bundle. Click to view slideshow.
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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!
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 2, 2017
I teach gifted students, grades 2 through 6, part time at two Title 1 schools. I pull them out of their regular classes for 3 hours of gifted programming each week. Sadly, but predictably, even though they are classified as gifted, they lack some basic skills in language arts and math (ones like basic grammar and math that they should have by this time in their educational timeline).
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
Here are the most-read posts for the month of October: 9 Resources for National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. 10 Great PowerPoint Changes You Probably Don’t Know About. 10 Tips About Using Images in Your Classroom. How NOT to Assess Student Writing. How to Grow Global Digital Citizens. Should You Unschool? Visible Learning and John Hattie. What is Standards-based Grading?
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 1, 2017
BoomWriter PRO BoomWriter is a terrific site that I’ve written about many times because it lets elementary, middle, and high school teachers conduct non-fiction, fiction, and vocabulary development group-writing activities in almost any subject area. Now they’ve added BoomWriter PRO, which is a paid version of their product, and any teacher whose work with students involves writing should definitely consider this upgrade (only $2.99 a month) for the following reasons: Standards-based Rubrics!
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