Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'These are clever approaches to keeping order among avid learners: Bouncy Balls –balls bounce based on level of noise in the classroom. Calmness Counter –how noisy is your classroom? Let students see. Class Dojo— class behavior mgmt. Class Badges. Doodle—schedule meetings, polls. Forms—Adobe interactive pdf, collect results. Google Safe Search Preferences.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
'February 21, 2015 Instructional strategies, according to Alberta Learning, are “techniques teachers use to help students become independent, strategic learners. These strategies become learning.read more.
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User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
'I have discussed educators as model learners before: The educator’s role has or should change in this age of information abundance or Education 2.0-3.0. The educator’s role has always been to model and demonstrate effective learning, but somewhere along the line, the major role of the educator became that of content and knowledge disseminator.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 8, 2015
'While it’s not uncommon to hear students say “I hate school,” some are really suffering and desperately want out. I can relate. I became an educator not because I loved school, but because I was bored and miserable in school. I wanted to figure out how to change that for others. I started this blog to share ideas about how to do that. Like my own experience, many students today are bored and disengaged for many hours each day, despite the best efforts of their teachers and parents t
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Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'Finally, Google has unveiled their latest version (iOS/Android) of YouTube designed specially for kids, YouTube Kids. Today I put it on our mobile devices, tested it out, and then let my kids go at it. This is the perfect way to use YouTube as a parent can turn off the ability to search, and even set a timer on how long they want the usage to be. All videos that are current, have no s wearing, and nothing inappropriate comes up when trying to search for something not suited for kids.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'Assessments have become a critical piece to education reform. To prepare students well for college and career means they must deeply learn the material and its application to their lives and future learning.That means assessing student knowledge authentically and accountably. This doesn’t stop with quizzes, tests, and memorizing facts. Those approaches may be prescriptive, but they don’t measure results in a way that leverages learning.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'February 13, 2015 EasyBib Tools is definitely a must have app for college and research students. With one click you can generate citations for websites and create bibliographies. It is a time saving.read more.
User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
'I have discussed educators as model learners before: The educator’s role has or should change in this age of information abundance or Education 2.0-3.0. The educator’s role has always been to model and demonstrate effective learning, but somewhere along the line, the major role of the educator became that of content and knowledge disseminator. Now that in this information age content is freely and abundantly available, it is more important than ever to assist learners in the process of how to l
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'The Managing Complex Change model puts language to that which makes some schools successful while others struggle. The model looks at five components necessary to create a desired environment. These include vision, skills, incentives, resources, action plan. If any one piece is missing the model indicates results schools will experience including change, confusion, anxiety, gradual change, frustration, and a false start.
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Technology Tidbits
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'Quiz Hero is one of my favorite new free mobile (iOS/Android) apps for Game Based Learning. This amazing app uses an RPG style (i.e Bards Tale anyone ;-) to help students learn a wide variety of subjects, such as Math, Vocabulary, Science, etc. The game follows a familiar RPG formula where users select a class (i.e. mage, warrior, archer) and then begin a fun filled educational quest.
Science Teaching Junkie
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Click HERE to check out all of my Color-by-Number products What do you like to do on your days off? Me? Well I have issues. I took the last 2 days off to stay at home and work on creating more products for my Teachers Pay Teachers store. Lately, my color-by-number activities have been a big hit. I'm starting to add more to the growing list of available topics, so stop by my store and see if there's something you could incorporate into your lessons this week.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
'Let’s start by clearing up a misconception: Rigor isn’t unfriendly. Adding it to your class doesn’t mean you become boring, a techie, or overseer of a fun-free zone. In fact, done right, rigor fills your class with Wow , those epiphanies that bring a smile to student faces and a sense of well-being to their school day. Rigor provides positive experiences, is an emotional high, and engenders a pervasive sense of accomplishment students will carry for years–and use as a te
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'There’s a secret to teaching kids how to use technology. It’s called ‘delegate’ I don’t mean sluff off the teaching to aides or parents. I’m referring to the importance of empowering students to be their own problem-solvers. Encourage them to be risk-takers and then expect it of them. Here are seven ways to make this happen: Let students know technology isn’t difficult.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'There are a lot of online math systems to help students through one of school’s toughest subjects (if not science). Each one proclaim s they have the way to teach students while having fun, in ways that are aligned with state and national standards. How do you decide what is best for your class? Here are guidelines, culled from top education sites like Edutopia, Google Education, Educational Technology, and EdWeek that are valuable when evaluating any website: free or small fee. support
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'When you teach typing, the goal isn’t speed and accuracy. The goal is that students type well enough that it doesn’t disrupt their thinking. Let me say that again: The goal of keyboarding is students type well enough that it doesn’t disrupt their thinking. Much like breathing takes no thought and playing a piano is automatic, students must be able to think while they type, fingers automatically moving to the keys that record their thoughts.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'Here are some fun Valentine sites to fill those few minutes betwixt and between lessons, projects, bathroom breaks, lunch, and everything else: Dress up the heart. ‘I love you’ in languages Afrikaans to Zulu. Line up the hearts. More heart writing. Valentine Day games and stories. Valentine Day poem generator. Valentine drag-and-drop. Valentine match.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'Here are some great math apps for iPads and smartphones that add rigor and automaticity to your classroom: AIRR Math –student centered math activities in AIRR Math promote a strong, solid foundation for students’ success throughout their educational experiences. Babakus –combines an abacus and calculator to provide math-challenged students with an excellent option for learning math.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'I’ve been blogging for about six years, some professionally (for my tech ed career) and others on topics of interest to me (writing, USNA, that sort). That first post–putting myself on the line, ignoring that I had no hits, wanting to approve comments from spammers because that would look like someone loved me–I thought that was the hard part.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'Create a magazine on any topic you’re covering in class using text, pictures, diagrams, charts. Add a cover and a table of contents. Click on each page of lesson plan. –from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of dozens of tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum, and dozens of books on how to integrate technology into e
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'Create a trifold brochure in Publisher to go along with colonization or another unit of inquiry in the classroom. This project focuses on research and is more involved than #51 History Trifold. Students add lots of detail and lots of research on different colonization topics. Besides Publisher, students learn to research on the internet and copy-paste pictures from the internet.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
'This lesson is a crowd pleaser. Students create a timeline showing what was happening around the world while they lived their lives. I’ve found this generates lots of discussion between students and their parents as they try to understand what the world events were. Click on each page of lesson plan. Lesson Plans. Click for more lesson plans with timelines.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Every month, subscribers to Ask a Tech Teacher get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. This month: 18+ webinars on tech ed pedagogy. FREE. with coupon code FREEWEBINARS. Topics include: 6 Topics to teach every lesson. 8 Tools that are going away (from the classroom). Assessment. Class exit tickets. Class warm-ups. Differentiation—general.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'Every summer, Ask a Tech Teacher offers summer training. Summer Online Classes. We also offer online Summer PD on a variety of topics from specific skills (how to use Google Forms, how to use Tellagami–that sort) to overarching concepts (how to differentiate, how to scaffold learning, how to build a curriculum map). This is where we need your… Help!
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 12, 2015
'Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s wor
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'Here’s a list of great 4th grade websites on Culture: Classrooms around the world. Clothes around the world. Eat—food around the world. First Thanksgiving. Google World of Wonders. One day around the world–video. 360 Panorama of the world. Language Mapper—around the globe. Life in a Day—video (long). School lunches around the world. Sleep—where children sleep around the world.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'When the first school guidance counselors (update: thanks to those in the profession who took the time to educate me on their title) emerged in the late 1800’s, they were almost exclusively vocational counselors, their purpose to assist students in transitioning from an educational environment to a productive piece of society. Quickly, this morphed to helping students determine the career path best-suited for their innate abilities, interests, and skills.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Watch this Youtube and come away in the know: Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of dozens of tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum, and dozens of books on how to integrate technology into education. She is webmaster for six blogs, CSG Master Teacher, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers , CAEP reviewer
User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
'All kids have worth. Some, though, want to prove to us that they have none. Our job as caring educators is to prove them wrong. This post was sparked by a blog post by. " href="https://twitter.com/mraspinall">Brian Aspinall , 5 Reasons Why I Stopped Sending Kids Out of Class and a follow up Twitter conversation I had with. " href="https://twitter.com/mraspinall">Brian Aspinall and Terry Heick.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'Teens today. Always on their phones. Lightening fast thumbs sharing content on Snapchat, Vine, Instagram, Twitter and more. While teens, teachers, and parents are familiar with cell phone's use as a social tool, more and more are discovering they are a great learning resource as well. There's even evidence and research to prove it. This is useful for the texting teen trying to convince school staff or a parent that they really do use their devices for learning.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 15, 2015
'I am a power user of social media. My main spaces for work are Google Communities, Facebook, Twitter, and my blog. I have maintained a blog since 2008 and moderate more than a dozen online communities. The question I’m consistently asked is “How do you have time for it all?” While for some social media has the unfortunate reputation of being a time waster, it can be used as a tool to increase efficiency and support learning for self and others.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 22, 2015
'I love checking out new tech. I've used tablets before there were iPads, iTouches, Nanos, and iMacs, PCs, Chromebooks, and more. One thing I've discovered despite those who try to make a case otherwise, tablets are better for consuming than producing. Laptops with real, not touchscreen, keyboards are better for producing, but while you can certainly read on them, it's not as pleasant an experience.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'I''m a student voice advocate. Fortunately, my employer supports this and as such, we have been incorporating the voice of students in the guidelines around social media (You can see the teen guidelines at schools.nyc.gov/socialmedia ). Most recently I had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of elementary students about social media and which platforms they are using.
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