Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 22, 2018

There’s a lot of chatter about PBIS (Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports) on educator forums I participate in. I don’t have direct experience with it so I jumped at the chance to share Middle School teacher Karessa Parish’s experiences. In this article, she explains what PBIS is, lessons learned rolling it out, and a tool called Hero that helped make it happen in her school: Studies show that students need a ratio of about five positive interactions to every negativ

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The Innovative Educator

MAY 20, 2018

The school year is ending and for many innovative educators that is when their own learning begins as they hit local, national, and international conferences and events like the #NYCSchoolsTech Summit , Building Learning Communities , or International Society of Technology in Education Conference. When they do, they share their learning with their social learning network.

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CTE Learning

MAY 20, 2018

Did you know that the career choice you make will determine your financial future and overall lifestyle? Of course you knew that! That’s why it’s important to be extra careful when choosing the career field you want to pursue. Some of the most in demand careers are STEM majors. You may have heard about various STEM careers and you may have done your own research as a result.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 19, 2018

Peergrade is an all-in-one peer assessment platform. The way this works is an educator creates an assignment and rubric while students upload their work to Peergrade. Peergrade then automatically and distributes that work to other students. The students then anonymously evaluate and assess their peer's work while providing constructive feedback. This helps students learn by "grading" and become effective communicators.

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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

MAY 23, 2018

A stand-out webtool among standards-based grading platforms is a free online program called Kiddom ( click for my review ). Kiddom is designed to help teachers curate individual learning experiences with pages that are visual and easy-to-understand, and enable teachers to quickly determine student progress and where remediation is needed. While it offers many appealing pieces (homework assignment and grading, easy communication, and built-in metrics), one unique to Kiddom is their robust K-1

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 25, 2018

Memorial Day (May 28, 2018) is the time we remember all of those soldiers who gave their lives in the defense of American freedom. In war and peace, they made the ultimate sacrifice and because of them we are privileged to live the American Dream. Once a year, we honor them, their sacrifice, and those they left behind. Here are some activities to help students understand the import of this day: Folding the American flag.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 19, 2018

Many Americans celebrate Armed Forces Day annually on the third Saturday of May. It is a day to pay tribute to men and women who serve the United States’ armed forces. Armed Forces Day is also part of Armed Forces Week, which begins on the second Saturday of May.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 19, 2018

*Be sure to check out their latest updates!!! **Answerables iPad app available here !!! Answerables is a wonderful new innovative site/game that is perfect for Game Based Learning (or more accurate Game Based Learning meets Learning Management System). It reminds me of Second Life but geared more toward kids w/ their fantasy/SciFi environment. The game takes place in the 3D virtual world of Answerables on a planet called Proxima, where the native Ansibles (students) encounter an alien race.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 19, 2018

NameCoach is a wonderful web service that educators are using to learn student's names and pronounce them correctly. This is especially useful w/ commencement/graduation ceremonies on the horizon. The way this works is simple as a teacher creates a name/web page and then has the student's speak their names. The audio gets embedded into a page and a user can access them all on one page at anytime.

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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.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 24, 2018

Schoolze is an interesting new parent communication/engagement platform for K-12 teachers. Schoolze lets educators communicate w/ parents and students in a safe secure environment. Also, it provides a suite of tools where teachers can not only share photos, news, and more, but provides professional development to help share and receive best teaching practices.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 24, 2018

Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for educators looking for printables, worksheets, puzzles, activities, and much much more. W/ back to school right around the corner this is a fantastic place for teachers to go looking for ideas/printables such as: desk tags, games/puzzles, calendars, etc etc. Also, all items are labeled if they are aligned to Common Core Standards and there are even generators/wizards for users to create their very own worksheets/puzzles/etc.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 22, 2018

Night Zookeeper is an excellent new site for students to help them w/ their Writing skills through fun interactive lessons/competition. Also, it has an educational portal that allows educators to: assign lessons, track student progress, and assess their work in real-time. This makes it easy for teachers to differentiate instruction and implement project based learning in their classroom.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 19, 2018

I'm a little late to the party but recently Google just announced their new Tour Creator for creating virtual field trips. This is done right from the browser and interacts w/ Google Maps while users select points anywhere in the world and get a 360 panoramic view. Best of all, u can annotate over these images or upload your own. Once a tour is created it can then be viewed using any 3D viewer or Google's VR Cardboard.

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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

MAY 22, 2018

Animaker Edify is an amazing creative toolkit for students/educators that I found out about from Free Technology 4 Teachers. AE allows users to create animated videos that includes media such as: videos, infographics, gifs, and more. Best of all, the educational portal allows teachers to monitor/track student, assess student progress, and differentiate instruction, to allow for more effective teaching.

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