Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Artificial Intelligence Geography Curriculum Creativity 230

Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Publication Accessibility Schooling Teaching 179

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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EdTech Energy Science Sciences 151

All About STEM

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

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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Learning 130

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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Box Light

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Get ready! Connect with Boxlight at the GA Educational Technology Conference (GaETC) - booths 816, 818, & 820 - November 6-8th , 2024 , at the Georgia International Convention Center ( Atlanta, GA ). Explore our innovative solutions in action and see how we’re enhancing c ampus and classroom communication.

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Technology Education Education Communications 64

Carly and Adam

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Do your students love the excitement of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? Bring that magic into the classroom with the Balloons Over Broadway New York Landmarks STEM Challenge ! This engaging STEM activity allows students to create and celebrate iconic NYC landmarks while exploring engineering, design, and coding. Want more Balloons Over Broadway Tips and Ideas?

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Robotics STEM Engineering Problem Solving 52

Basic-Mathematics

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

An interactive prime number game that will engage students every step of the way and sharpen their basic mathematics skills.

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Mathematics 40

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

As Alexandra Delano prepared to moderate a civil discourse event for fellow students at Providence College in anticipation of the presidential election, some people quipped “good luck with that” or “you’re brave for that.” They predicted that the event, whose blue and red flier read “There’s an election in two weeks? Let’s talk about it!,” would be tense.

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