Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: Summary 18 essential digital tools for classrooms, emphasizing their impact on modern education. Highlights Annotation Tools: Essential for digital note-taking. Avatars: Promote digital citizenship and privacy.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. The brutal, sticky heat of Texas summer already had people wiping sweat from their brows and handing out bottled water from ice-filled coolers. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.

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All About STEM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The NEW Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges Brochure is out now! Click to take a look and discover the fantastic activities and assemblies available, they’re FREE! We’re looking forward to visiting our schools and colleges to offer apprenticeship and T Level support.

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Know Adam's Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The description of Mindset 5 from Dr. Ron Ritchhart’s Cultures of Thinking in Action comes from a quote from David Perkin’s book Smart Schools (1992), “Learning is a consequence of thinking. Retention, understanding, and the active use of knowledge can be brought about only by learning experiences in which learners think about and think with what they are learning.

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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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Middle Web

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The Freelance Educator is an easy read and a practical look at the beginning steps you'll need to take to convert your knowledge as an educator into part- or full-time work in the world of freelance professional development, says literacy coach and PD provider Tanya Ray. The post Start your Educational Consulting Business first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Career in STEM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

[Top Three FREE Web Resources For Simulations in STEM Simulations are digital tools that actively engage students in their learning through concept application and testing of ideas. Through the use of simulations, students explore phenomena in an inquiry-based way; asking their own questions and experimenting to find their own answers. The educational power of simulations in STEM education is vast – rather than talking about it, have your students actually do it!

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STEM Education Shopping

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Explore the impact of STEM preschool toys on young children’s problem-solving skills, paving the way for a brighter educational future through play. Remember the joy of playing with toys as a kid? The excitement of building a castle with blocks or figuring out how to fit a puzzle piece just right? Now imagine if those same toys could do more than entertain.

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