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Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology

Ask a Tech Teacher

As you prepare for the holiday break and then a new year, it’s a great time to think about resources available in your classes for students with special needs. Ask a Tech Teacher has a long list of online websites and apps for a variety of special needs , but if you’re looking for a good overview of general tips, check these out: Tips for Supporting Students With Special Needs Using Technology You might not realize that over 60% of students with special needs benefit remarkably from

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How a New Approach to Early Childhood Could Avert a ‘Public Policy Catastrophe’

ED Surge

In the United States, young children attend programs that most refer to as “daycares” or “child cares,” staffed by people that many think of as “workers.” That has to change, argues author Dan Wuori in his new book, “ The Daycare Myth: What We Get Wrong About Early Care and Education (and What We Should Do About It). ” We ought to eliminate those terms from our lexicon and, instead, think of those programs as schools and the adults employed there as teachers, Wuori writes.

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Subscriber Special: November Great Deal on Coaching

Ask a Tech Teacher

Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. November 2-7th: Coaching or Mentoring BOGO — Buy one month; get the second free Do any of these sound like you? Your kindergartners don’t know what ‘enter’, ‘spacebar’, ‘click’ or many other techie words mean but you need to teach them to keyboard, internet, and become digital citizens.

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The All About STEM Competition Winners 2024!

All About STEM

We are so proud of our STEMsational schools! This year, The All About STEM Competition challenged students across the North West to use their STEM skills to develop a problem-solving idea around the theme of food. The projects came rolling in and we were wowed by the quality of entries and the technical knowledge within them.

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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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CSTA New England Conference 2024–Exhibit Hall

Computer Science Teacher

Today I was able to attend the 2024 CSTA New England conference. There were 14 exhibits at the conference and I spent some time with several of them. One of the images below shows the list of conference sponsors. It was great to see so much support for CS education. GradeThan was one of the firsts booths I visited. They have an online development environment that incorporates Visual Studio Code.

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How I Became Invisible as a Teacher of Color in the Classroom

ED Surge

It is the weekend before my students arrive for the new school year. I am in my classroom listening to Lofi beats, pondering what has been and what is to come. All around my room are reminders of my identity as a 6’2, 280-pound Black and Puerto Rican man, husband, father, math teacher and basketball coach. I have come to find solace here; yes, these are part of my identity, which I hold dear to my heart — but as I have grown older, I have learned that few people ever see beyond them, including t

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NEW: The Royal Society – Brian Cox School Experiments (11-14)

All About STEM

There’s a classroom video for every experiment! Following the amazing success of Brian Cox’s first series of school experiments, The Royal Society has produced a new set of videos and resources based on new and emerging technologies, featuring Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock. The resources explore topics including genome editing, robotics and ocean acidification.

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The Input-Output Loop: It’s Chunking 2.0 for MLs

Middle Web

Chunking alone won’t help multilingual learners with the deluge of new content they experience. Tan Huynh shares the Input-Output Loop, a strategy to make chunking more effective by assuring immediate processing time and segmenting content into units students can internalize. The post The Input-Output Loop: It’s Chunking 2.0 for MLs first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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The Best Advice on Teacher Self Care

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter I've had several people lately say “just breathe” and others say “take care of yourself.” But how? How do we take care of ourselves when things are so busy? How do we make the time? I typically listen to teachers but often the well-meaning advice of others falls short.

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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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4 Websites that Explain Elections

Ask a Tech Teacher

In about half the world–mostly those where people live under socialism, communism, dictators, or autocracies–law and order is decided for the people. In the 1700’s, when the brand new United States of America, newly liberated from the British aristocratic rule that relied on Kings and Queens, wrote its very first Constitution and Bill of Rights, it decided to establish a system of government by the people.

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Diving Deeper Into the Effects of Smartwatches on Kids, Schools and Families

ED Surge

With all the talk of the downsides of smartphones for teenagers, parents have looked to smartwatches as a way to stay in contact with their young children while avoiding the full internet and social media access of a phone. At least that was the narrative a couple of years ago. But more recently, more companies have been marketing smartwatches to kids as young as 4 and 5 years old.

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Green Careers Week: The Green Buzz

All About STEM

It’s Green Careers Week! Celebrate in class with The Green Buzz Quiz! With The Green Buzz, you can match your natural strengths to the green career options available to you. The quiz is designed to help young people explore green careers that match their personality strengths.

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Incorporating Engineering Practices into Texas Science Classrooms

Vivify Stem

Post by Lauren Kelly November 2, 2024 If you're a Texas educator, you’ve likely heard about the new science standards that now include engineering practices. But you might be wondering: What exactly are they, and how can you integrate them into your teaching? In this post, we’ll explore what Scientific and Engineering Practices (SEPs) are, why they’ve been added, and how you can seamlessly incorporate them into your classroom.

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Resilience: Helping Kids Heal After Natural Disasters

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Welcome to Cool Cat Teacher Talk Episode 6, where we dive into the essential role of teachers, parents, and communities in helping children heal from trauma. This episode focuses on supporting children impacted by recent natural disasters and life’s storms, with insights from leading educators, child psychologists, and leaders who know firsthand the challenges and power of resilience.

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What You Might Have Missed in October–What’s up in November

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are the most-read posts for the past month: ASVAB or a Service Academy? You Decide. Warm-ups–Watch the video Compare-contrast Digital Tools 70+ Online Resources to Gamified Education Digital Citizenship Week: What to Teach When–a video Digital Citizenship Resources–Lots of Them 12 Projects to Teach Digital Citizenship–by Grade Teach Speaking and Listening Skills with Student Presentations–the video National Bullying Prevention Month 13 Ways to Use Canva in Your Classroom Here’s a prev

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5 Strategies to Ensure Your Edtech Tools Deliver on Their Promises

ED Surge

Evaluating and validating tech tools takes time and energy — resources that are always in short supply. An overwhelming variety of tools are available, each claiming to improve student outcomes in different ways, making it difficult to discern which will have the most meaningful impact. Added layers of complexity about compatibility, security and cost can lead to decision fatigue.

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CREST Awards: Supporting the Primary & Secondary Curriculum

All About STEM

CREST Awards & The British Science Association offer comprehensive guides which map primary & secondary CREST projects with the curriculum. Primary CREST & the Curriculum CREST projects inspire young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers.

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How To Save Money on STEM, Science, and Life with Open Source

Career in STEM

Michigan Tech engineering professor Joshua Pearce has an approach that can help people in the real world save money on STEM education, state-of-the-art scientific equipment and many consumer products we all use every day. Pearce is well known in the research community for savings scientists millions of dollars using open source tricks. Now he is explaining his approach and sharing his tricks for the general public in his new book Create, Share, and Save Money Using Open-Source Projects from McGr

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School Leadership that Transforms: Practical Tips for School Principals and Administrators

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we dive into essential qualities of effective school leadership. From building relationships to tackling teacher burnout, our guest principals and educational experts share their strategies for creating positive, high-impact school environments. Hear from award-winning principals like Tracie Anderson Swilley and Carlos Ramirez, alongside thought leaders George Couros, Eric Sheninger, and top episodes

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26 Online LMS Resources

Ask a Tech Teacher

Here are 26 resources to help you select the right LMS for your school ( click for updates to list ): Alma Brightspace Buncee –free trail; multimedia lessons on a shared digital canvas Canvas Cikumas Cloudschool –free LMS Echo EdHitch Google Classroom –only for GAFE schools Hapara Teacher Dashboard Instructure iSpring — downloadable LMS Joomla JupiterEd Moodle –Open Source, free (but requires customizing) Otus Schoology Seesaw –student-driven digital portfolios Show

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Why Well-Behaved Teachers Rarely Make Systemic Change in Schools

ED Surge

When I came out to my family during my first year of college in the early 2000s, my mom’s immediate concern extended beyond my safety and happiness to my future as an educator. She asked, “But what about your career?” as though living authentically meant I’d have to hide my queerness to succeed in teaching. In that moment, even before I entered my teacher preparation program, I confronted a troubling reality: in education, there would always be scripts I’d be expected to follow.

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CEC Primary: Careers Explorers

All About STEM

The Careers & Enterprise Company primary resources are free to download and created by trusted providers and organisations funded to test what works at primary level. They can help to: Primary: Careers Explorers Career Explorers comprises of a set of five lesson plans for KS1 and KS2, with accompanying teacher guidance, exploring different careers and career pathways.

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Vocab and Context Clues Across the Curriculum

Middle Web

Kathie Palmieri has been exploring the significance of vocabulary and the use of context clues to decipher meaning across all the core subject areas. After researching and working with her own students, she shares her findings on the impact of word study on academic success. The post Vocab and Context Clues Across the Curriculum first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Lessons from a Century of Teaching: Insights from Retiring Educators

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this heartfelt episode of Cool Cat Teacher Talk, we reflect on the remarkable careers of Mrs. Grace Adkins, who retired at age 94 after 77 years in education, and Mrs. Sharon Howard, who taught kindergarten for 44 years. These veteran educators share invaluable lessons on resilience, compassion, and the love of learning that every teacher can carry into their own classroom.

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Connect with Boxlight at the CSA Leadership Conference 2024

Box Light

Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the CSA Leadership Conference on November 2, 2024, in the New York Hilton Midtown (New York, NY). Explore our innovative solutions in action and see how we’re enhancing campus and classroom communication.

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What the Data Tells Us About How ESSER Spending Did and Didn’t Help Schools Recover

ED Surge

What difference did $190 billion make for student success coming out of the COVID-19 health crisis? Not as much as you might think. An ESSER spending analysis by Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University found some puzzling instances where funneling more money into a pandemic-worsened problem didn’t help schools recover. The data ultimately points to no “silver bullet” in spending aimed at improving students’ academic performance since the pandemic, says Marguerite Roza, director of Edunomics Lab.

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Amazing Apprenticeships: Green Careers Week Bundle

All About STEM

Celebrate Green Careers Week from the 4th to the 9th of November! The Amazing Apprenticeships team are offering a fantastic new resource bundle that focuses on inspiring apprenticeships in green industries and jobs.

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Improving Opportunities & Outcomes for Black Kids

Middle Web

Baruti Kafele’s motto,"If it impacts the students, we must be willing to discuss it," really sums up what this book covers and what equity and social justice work is all about. We cannot continue with business as usual and think we will have better outcomes, writes Claire Stein. The post Improving Opportunities & Outcomes for Black Kids first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Create an Interactive Journey to Career Readiness

STEM Discovery Education

Incorporating immersive learning tools transforms the learning experience by allowing students to “learn by doing,” putting them at the center of the learning process. Gamified experiences promote career readiness by introducing students to diverse career opportunities and allowing them to bridge the gap between academic learning and real-world applications.