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NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Here are ideas of apps and websites that teachers in my PLN used successfully in the past during Hour of Code: Kindergarten. Start kindergartners with problem solving. If they love Legos, they’ll love coding. BotLogic –great for Kindergarten and youngers. Code –learn to code, for students. Daisy the Dinosaur —intro to programming via iPad. How to train your robot –a lesson plan from Dr.
Educators Technology
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
November 15, 2015 Upon the request of some of our readers here, we curated the list below comprising some of the best language translation apps out there. If you ask us about our favourite app.read more.
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User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 14, 2015
What is curiosity? The word is associated with the irregular form of the Latin verb cura , which can mean worry or care about or cure. The word closest in meaning is inquisitive, which also has a Latin root: quaere , to search into, to seek. ( How Can Teachers Foster Curiosity? ). Curiosity is the quest for new ideas and information. Folks who are curious aren’t satisfied with what they already know or have figured out.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 8, 2015
You’ve probably seen the headlines following the Common Sense Census: Media Use by Tweens and Teens. Adults seemed shocked that teens spend 9 hours and tweens 6 hours a day with media. Knee-jerk reactions include a call for a shutdown switch for devices after a set time. No media in bedrooms. No technology while doing homework. Now take a breath. I want more ».
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.
CTE Learning
NOVEMBER 5, 2015
Happy Birthday Libby from the ISL/CTeL team. The post Happy Birthday – Libby the Intern celebrates her 2nd birthday. appeared first on CTeLearning.
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NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving sites that will keep students busy and still teach them: Canadian Thanksgiving. Online/Offline Thanksgiving activities. Plimoth Plantation –a field trip of a Pilgrim’s life. Included on this real-life site is a video of the Pilgrim’s crossing to the New World. Primary Games Thanksgiving Apps.
STEM Teacher Inspiration
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Links for Teachers.
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
This piece was actually sparked by an interview of Lady Gaga by Soledad O’ Brien at the Born This Way Emotion Revolution Summit where Gaga stated, “It’s time to stop telling learners what to do and start listening for we can do for them.” One of those accepted practices, sadly, in most educational settings is that the teacher is the authority to be respected and listened to without question.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 1, 2015
If you’re involved in an education movement or engage in pioneering practices, you have noticed not everyone agrees with your views. Effective movers and shakers welcome a challenge. They are ready to take on the discourse that comes from sharing their ideas with a global audience. They understand that inspiring peers and change requires a thick skin.
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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.
STEMx
NOVEMBER 10, 2015
Dave Ferrero, Senior Program Officer in Education at Vulcan Inc., and his team are launching a series of new opportunities for teachers across the country. We wanted to know about the Allen Distinguished Educators, which offers $25,000 awards, and the grants for classrooms that implement methods piloted by these educators. What is the Allen Distinguished Educators program?
Technology Tidbits
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Recently voted 1 of 12 of the best apps for Math by TeachThought. Prodigy is a fantastic free online Math game that is ideal for Game Based Learning. This super fun highly engaging game designed for grades 1st-8th and is aligned to Common Core Standards. Best of all is the teacher portal which allows for educators to assess students and get instant real-time reporting.
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NOVEMBER 5, 2015
Coding–that mystical geeky subject that confounds students and teachers alike. Confess, when you think of coding, you see: …when you should see. December 7-13, Computer Science Education will host the Hour Of Code–a one hour introduction to coding, programming, and why students should love it. It’s designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator.
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NOVEMBER 3, 2015
Keyboarding is always a concern with educators, and one of the most questions is–how do you teach it? Adam Fort, an education strategist at Ratatype , has five ideas: Typing tutors are aids that enable users to increase their own typing speed, skills and touch typing techniques. There are different types of typing tutors including online typing tutors, typing tutor programs and typing tutor software.
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NOVEMBER 20, 2015
ScratchJr. ages 5-7. Free. Overview. ScratchJr (released July 2014) is an introductory programming language for ages 5-7 similar to the wildly popular Scratch (for 3rd grade and up). ScratchJr adjusts Scratch’s interface and programming language to make it developmentally appropriate for pre-readers with features that match young children’s cognitive, personal, social, and emotional development.
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NOVEMBER 6, 2015
I took a Classroom 2.0 Live webinar last year on rolling out the Hour of Code in the classroom. There were so many great things about that webinar, but one I’ll share today is why teachers DON’T participate in Hour of Code. Here are what the webinar participants said: How about you? Why are you NOT doing Hour of Code? Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years.
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NOVEMBER 4, 2015
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: Why would I use airplane mode when I’m not flying? Airplane mode stops your phone from searching for an internet connection.
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NOVEMBER 17, 2015
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! A hidden coding secret on every computer is the ‘Alt codes’ Those are the symbols you invoke by typing Alt+[a number] on most digital devices.
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NOVEMBER 19, 2015
Creating a shortkey for a program will quickly become a favorite with your students. I use it for the snipping tool–because we use that a lot in class–but you can create one for any program you use a lot. Then I discovered how to create a shortkey for it: Go to Start. Right click on the desired program. Select ‘properties’ Click in ‘shortcut’ Push the key combination you want to use to invoke the snipping tool.
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NOVEMBER 18, 2015
Every week, I share a website that inspired my students. This one is perfect for Hour of Code. Make yourself a hero for an hour: Age: Grades 3-8 (or younger, or older). Topic: Problem-solving, critical thinking, building. Address: Minecraft. Review: It was a warm spring day. Most students were outside enjoying one of the first pleasant days since the chill of winter faded.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2015
This is the only project that’s easier than the holiday card in Publisher. There’s no folding and the templates are bright, colorful and exciting for kids as young as second grade: –from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Click here for a list of holiday websites and apps. There are other templates available, but none as simple for youngers and as professional-looking.
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NOVEMBER 11, 2015
In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.
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NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Last year, I did a poll on the meaning of the word ‘turkey’ This was to demonstrate how powerful symbols are to your students and do so with an authentic use of technology to support discussion on math, language standards, and the holidays. As a summation to your discussion with students on symbols, idiomatic expressions, geography, farms, or another topic, post this on your Smartscreen.
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NOVEMBER 10, 2015
As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems. Each Tuesday, I’ll share one of those with you. They’re always brief and always focused. Enjoy! Q: Where’s the caps lock on Chromebooks? There’s a ‘search’ button where that key is on my normal keyboard.
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NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Collaboration is the new rigor in the classroom. Who hasn’t been mesmerized by children gathered at a table engaged in a high-level discussion, making shared decisions, and demonstrating deep, scaffolded learning? When students share organic ideas and peer review projects, they build authentic knowledge that everyone takes ownership in, but the saying is easier than the doing.
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NOVEMBER 2, 2015
Watch for our Veteran’s Day special in your mailbox. Click to view slideshow. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers , CAEP
Ask a Tech Teacher
NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Greeting cards are easy enough for second graders–even early readers. Using MS Publisher, pick a template, add a picture to personalize, add their name–and they’re done. It takes about 15 minutes. Kids always feel great about creating these greeting cards: –from 55 Technology Projects for the Digital Classroom. Click here for a list of holiday websites and apps.
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NOVEMBER 21, 2015
I’m taking next week off. I’ll be preparing for my daughter’s holiday visit from her home in DC and my son who’s visiting from El Paso TX (Ft. Bliss–though, now he tells me he may not make it. Argh). I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back November 30th. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
Historically, most people didn’t have much awareness of what was happening in other countries beyond what they read or heard in the media. Of course there is more to a country than what we learn from secondhand sources, but until recently, there have been few ways to access this information. Vibe Israel (@vibeisrael), founded by Joanna Landau , is an a-political nonprofit organization based in Tel Aviv, has a plan to change that.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 15, 2015
Innovative educators enjoy using high quality digital programs to support learning where they work, but it does mean their role shifts. There are several changes in environments where technology is used to teach. Instruction is differentiated based on the pace of the learner rather than all students progressing at the predetermined pace of the class.
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 11, 2015
My primary job is that of educating pre and in-service teachers with a bit of teaching elementary students along the way. I often say that there is not enough time during the school day and the school year to teach isolated and singular content area topics. I stress designing and teaching cross-curricular thematic units. Not only will the learners then get to experience multi-layered instruction, they will also experience more authentic learning experiences.
User Generated Education
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
I have been offered an opportunity to teach maker education again at a local summer enrichment program during summer, 2016. Last summer was my first time around so I experimented with lots of different maker education activities to see what worked and didn’t work with the 5 to 10 year old kids. I now have this foundation and can build upon this foundation.
The Innovative Educator
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Today I will be at Google’s New York office speaking on a panel hosted by Google and HMH where I will share insights and best practices for school district leadership teams to use when developing digital learning strategies. I will be discussing five critical issues. Below are some of the insights I plan to share.
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