The Innovative Educator
MAY 12, 2019
Steps to make accessible photos in Twitter Social media enables us to produce content for authentic audiences. However, it is also important to ensure this content is inclusive. That means making photos accessible. To do this, the creator of the post must include alternative text (alt text). Unfortunately, it's not baked into most platforms without taking a few extra steps.
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
MAY 16, 2019
Episode 27: Teachers, Is College for Everyone? Today’s show takes a look at a system that is holding children to standards that are causing them to believe that their worth resides only in being college and career ready. Is this the message we should be sending to the next generation? Preparing kids to think and learn and problem solve is crucial, but it doesn’t have to be in college.
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Technology Tidbits
MAY 16, 2019
Play4A is a relatively new site that I just found out about for Game Based Learning and creating quizzes. This is a great educational tool that teachers can use to easily create games/quizzes that they can then use w/ their students. This is a fun way to assess student's learning of a subject and differentiate instruction. I highly recommend checking out Play4A by clicking here !!!
Magic EdTech
MAY 14, 2019
Yes, a single individual can make a huge difference to the world. This has been repeatedly proved by the greats but even ordinary people, making the right choices in their everyday lives have the same power. Take the annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD), launched in 2012, inspired by a single article written by Jon Devon, a web developer based in Los Angeles.
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.
The Innovative Educator
MAY 16, 2019
When thinking of ways to support those who are legally blind, two supports often come to mind. Guide dogs and Braille. It's no wonder. Guide dogs provide their owners with a sense of freedom, an increased level of confidence, and a feeling of safety. B lind people who know Braille and use it find success, independence, productivity, and are more likely to find employment.
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Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Emoji Scavenger Hunt is an innovative way to use mobile devices to go on "scavenger" hunt and integrate technology into the curriculum. All a student has to do is goto the website, click on the play button and point their mobile device to the object that the emoji shows. I highly recommend checking out Emoji Scavenger Hunt by clicking here !!! For a more detailed review check out Ozge's Karaoglu's wonderful blog.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 16, 2019
Educaplay is an wonderful site for educators to create and share multimedia resources/activities, such as: quizzes, games, puzzles/crosswords, interactive maps, and more. Also, educators can share and use over a 1000 already made educational activities. Best of all, the educational portal allows for teachers to track and monitor student progress, while generating detailed reports to easily differentiate instruction.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Pocket Grade is a simple to use iOS grading calculator that makes it easy for teachers to grade and assignment or quiz. All a user has to do is enter the number of questions and the number of wrong and answers and Pocket Grade does the rest. I highly recommend checking out Pocket Grade by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Be sure to check out the latest updates!!! Answerables is one of the most unique sites to come around in awhile. It is a cross between a Learning Management System and Game Based Learning environment to deliver a innovative and fun learning experience for students. All of this takes place in a 3D virtual world (i.e. think Second Life but geared towards education) that allows educators to create lessons, scavenger hunts, collaborate w/ other educators, and much much more.
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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.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
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.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Kollate is a new (beta) site I just found out about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog. Kollate is a Google Chrome extension that lets users bookmark websites w/ a beautiful visual interface. Besides bookmarking websites a user can organize, annotate, tag, and more on a tab in their browser. I highly recommend checking out Kollate by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
A few weeks ago Buncee announced the release of their Buncee Idea Lab. This is an excellent place for educators and students to find resources/ideas to use Buncee, such as: templates, lessons plans, book journals, and more. Buncee is the fantastic all-in-one tool that schools have been using for a number of years in a wide variety of ways such as: digital storytelling, as an assessment tool, differentiating instruction, flipping a lesson, project based learning, and much much more.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
ClassroomQ is an innovative easy to use tool that acts a "digital' hand raising device. This is all done via the web and requires very little setup. All a teacher has to do is a create an account and then students join by typing in their name and a unique code that the teacher gives them. From there, a student click on the assistance button and can even type a comment which then a teacher sees.
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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
MAY 13, 2019
Recently, Book Creator released some updates that now has their innovative app available for Safari instead of just Chrome. This makes it easy for all those Apple users to use Book Creator over the web on their default browser. Also, teachers now have the option to turn off student editing which is ideal when they give students a set due date and don't want them working on their project after the hand-in date.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
Socrates is an innovate new site where educators can seamlessly differentiate instruction for each student through a unique game based learning system. This is done through fun and engaging learning games w/ educational portal where teachers can track and monitor student progress, assign educational videos, use a digital badge system, testing, benchmarking, and much much more.
Technology Tidbits
MAY 13, 2019
*NEW Features Closed Caption - ideal for hearing impaired students or visual learners Professional Development - lots of certification for courses for students and teachers EDpuzzle the world's leading tool for "flipping" a classroom or lesson has been hard at work w/ new features and updates to make it easier and even better for teacher to integrate in their classroom.
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