Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Thank you so much to Norah Colvin for inviting me as a guest on her wonderful education blog, Norah Colvin. Norah covers so many great topics, I’ve been a long-time subscriber, always coming away a little smarter and up-to-date on teaching our youngest learners. A topic dear to me–and one I get lots of questions about–is teaching Kindergartners to Tech.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
While some people Netflix bindged during the pandemic, I choose another form of entertainment: Podcasts. Podcasts are great for multitaskers like me. Whether you’re jogging, cleaning, driving, flying, doing yoga (don't judge me) or out walking your dog, a podcast provides a great way to keep the learning going while you’re doing something else. Check out the playlist below to see what I'm listening to these days.
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Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Vocab Victor the innovative mobile (iOS/Android) app for building vocabulary words/skills just released a major update for educators, their digital "classroom". This new update offers lots of features but mainly lets teachers create classrooms where students can join and then customize and create wordlists from their curriculum to include in Vocab Victor's educational games and is WEB BASED!!!
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
What may turn out to be the most shocking (yeah, that didn't take long) aspect of my Van de Graaff demonstration sequence is how I could possibly have left your favorite VDG demo out. What was I thinking? By all means, let me have it in the comments—don't hold back. Charging Ahead - Movie Export If you can forgive me, I selfishly included all of my favorites.
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
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. This month: Problem-solving. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. If this link doesn’t work (we’re redoing the website), visit Ask a Tech Teacher’s Free Posters page or search ‘Posters’ on StructuredLearning.net.
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STEMx
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
A federal perspective on public policy from our desk in Washington provided by Thomas Phillips, Congressional Affairs Specialist at Battelle. Q: With a focus on education policy, where should we look now for the best insight into what's coming next? Q: What did we learn from those hearings? . On the Department of Education front, we learned a bit more about Dr.
Magic EdTech
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
Be it books, videos, games, simulations, or any other learning modality. Content is at its very core and goes through multifold processing before it translates into a final product. Before content is acquired, massaged, written, and transformed into a script, educators, content developers, and instructional designers identify the learning objectives, preferably following the ABCD principle: Audience (who the learners are).
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Looking for a more interesting way to teach math in these unusual times? Here are a variety of sites that share Math Word Problems–the real-world way to teach what some see as a daunting subject: Expii Solv e–math word problems and puzzles, lots of them. IXL Word Problems –by grade. Math and Logic Problems. Math Pickle –puzzles, games, and mini competitions.
MII-STEM
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The MII-STEM group held a graduate seminar on 28 January 2021, at the beginning of the new year, in which six PhD students presented their research and there were some professional discussions by our panel after each presentation. The goal of the graduate seminar is to provide a forum for all graduate students in the … Continue reading "A Graduate Seminar in 2021" The post A Graduate Seminar in 2021 first appeared on MII-STEM.
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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.
Stem Activities for Kids
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Despite a push in recent decades to get more women into STEM careers, the field is still dominated by men. According to the American Association of University Women ( AAUW ), “Women make up only 28% of the workforce in science, technology, engineering and math.” Read more in the following article, Fast Facts: Early Barriers to Girls & Women in STEM.
Love Learning STEM
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
. Digital resources can be monotonous, and students can handle Google slides with simple drag and drop options only for so long. Using digital tools can be a fantastic way to incorporate both technical skills and creative thinking by using tools such as WebQuests. . . . . . In this post, I will be sharing what WebQuests are along with how to create a WebQuest to teach renewable and nonrenewable energy. . .
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
113: OTT: A Conversation About Makerspace Join me today as I speak to a fellow educator and a Makerspace teacher from Arkansas. We talk all about Makerspace- the mindset, the materials, the barriers, and the enthusiasm they bring to schools. I hope you will join us. Join me today as I speak to a fellow educator and a Makerspace teacher from Arkansas.
MII-STEM
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
The MII-STEM group held a graduate seminar on 28 January 2021, at the beginning of the new year, in which six PhD students presented their research and there were some professional discussions by our panel after each presentation. The goal of the graduate seminar is to provide a forum for all graduate students in the … Continue reading "A Graduate Seminar in 2021".
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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!
Starfish Education
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Is your learning environment constantly changing? Flexible STEM uses easily found household objects and is your solution for in-person, virtual or hybrid learning models! Each Flexible STEM unit follows the. The post Flexible STEM for Learning Anywhere appeared first on Starfish Education.
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
Here is the second qualitative electrostatics lab redesigned and video clip enhanced for use in Distance Learning. The first was "A Pithy Matter" shown in a post below. For "Electroscopia," we swap out the pith balls for a can form electroscope. These were sold with cardboard inserts with angle markings to make them more electro meter -ish. In practice, removing the insert allowed students working on opposite sides of the electroscope to see the pointer without obstruction.
User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
COVID has forced many teacher to do remote learning in a virtual environment. Some have struggled with student-centric and hands-on learning. I have always been an experiential educator. Translating that to a virtual environment has been a little challenging but definitely doable. Experiential-based minds on/hands on learning. The ultimate goal is to get students at any level of education to become as mentally and physically engaged as possible in the learning process, regardless of the subject
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 6, 2021
Sure, there's some kind of force involved in the rubbed plastic/pith ball interactions. But do we really need to consider it a whole new force? Isn't it just some form of gravity or magnetism? Let's experiment. This qualitative exploration of electrostatics features: electrostatic attraction and repulsion, a triboelectric sequence (but we don't use the T-word here), an electrophorus (with pronunciation guidance), and two rounds of Pith Ball Ping Pong.
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