Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Every month, we’ll share five themed posters that you can share on your website (with attribution), post on your walls, or simply be inspired. This month: Problem-solving. –for the entire collection of 65 posters, click here. If this link doesn’t work (we’re redoing the website), visit Ask a Tech Teacher’s Free Posters page or search ‘Posters’ on StructuredLearning.net.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
Group work is an essential part of the learning process. Through distributed efforts students get to develop the social skills of empathy, collaboration, and co-ordiation. Technology has made it even.read more.
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User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
[link]. Given my experiential education background, I’ve always been fond of and have used group team building and problem-solving activities with all of the age groups I teach – for example, see Team-Building with Elementary Students. I’ve written several blogs about teaching remotely during the pandemic and how remote learning can be engaging, exciting, and include student-to-student relationship building activities.
The Innovative Educator
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
While some people Netflix bindged during the pandemic, I choose another form of entertainment: Podcasts. Podcasts are great for multitaskers like me. Whether you’re jogging, cleaning, driving, flying, doing yoga (don't judge me) or out walking your dog, a podcast provides a great way to keep the learning going while you’re doing something else. Check out the playlist below to see what I'm listening to these days.
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.
K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 27, 2021
When it comes to learning to read, new research suggests that explicit instruction -- a phonics teaching method in which the relationship between sound and spelling is taught directly and systematically -- is more effective than self-discovery through reading.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
Thank you so much to Norah Colvin for inviting me as a guest on her wonderful education blog, Norah Colvin. Norah covers so many great topics, I’ve been a long-time subscriber, always coming away a little smarter and up-to-date on teaching our youngest learners. A topic dear to me–and one I get lots of questions about–is teaching Kindergartners to Tech.
Educators Technology
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
When it comes to on-the-go learning or mobile learning podcasts are a key player. They enable users to access a wealth of knowledge that can be consumed virtually anywhere, and anytime. For us in.read more.
User Generated Education
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
COVID has forced many teacher to do remote learning in a virtual environment. Some have struggled with student-centric and hands-on learning. I have always been an experiential educator. Translating that to a virtual environment has been a little challenging but definitely doable. Experiential-based minds on/hands on learning. The ultimate goal is to get students at any level of education to become as mentally and physically engaged as possible in the learning process, regardless of the subject
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
This activity shows a magnetic field projectual being used to reveal the magnetic field around various configurations of bar magnets. As with all RT;DLs, this activity began as an in-class lab and has been retooled for online delivery. Seeing Magnetic Field - Movie Export Seeing Magnetic Fields - Student Document (to make your own copy) Seeing Magnetic Fields Observations and Mysteries - HTML Export (this link is in the gdoc, too) Seeing Magnetic Fields Observations and Mysteries - Movie Export
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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.
K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Teaching children in a way that encourages them to empathize with others measurably improves their creativity, and could potentially lead to several other beneficial learning outcomes, new research suggests.
Fiendishly Clever
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Background The inclusive science group is made of interested educators from all phases and sectors who have an interest in teaching students who have additional support needs or special educational needs. It is organised by Rob Butler from the ASE and Jane Essex (ASE and RSC member) who both have an interest in this area … Continue reading "The Inclusive Science Group – Meeting 2 (Remote learning)".
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: 10 Best Keyboarding Hints. Category: Keyboarding.
STEMx
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
Q: Tell us about your work at the West Virginia Department of Education. A: I coordinate STEM, computer science and the geographical information system for the West Virginia Department of Education. This involves statewide cooperation among public, private and higher education institutions. It’s an exciting time! Q: In 2020, you took part in planning the fall virtual conference of the West Virginia Science Teachers Association (WVSTA).
PCS Edventures
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Throughout the history of STEM, women, and black women, in particular, have not only had to battle against an evolving world of science, technology, engineering and math, but they’ve had to do it while also weathering racial and gender stereotypes and biases. With the deck stacked against them, black women have still managed to make incredible contributions to the scientific world, even if many of these breakthroughs and brilliant ideas were never brought to the public’s attention.
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
115: Why Every Classroom Needs a Makerspace Makerspace is an excellent way to engage kids in thinking and learning. Today I give you a peek into my free Makerspace Training- Every Classroom Needs a Makerspace. Then we talk about the 5 fundamentals to getting yours up and running. I hope you stick around. The doors are officially open to Mastering Makerspace: From Zero to Amazing.
K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo?
Love Learning STEM
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Preparing for and planning distance, blended, and in-person learning resources has never felt more difficult. If you’re looking for free upper-grade elementary resources, then look no further. You will find 8 free digital and printable resources below. All resources have been aligned to NGSS standards. Mapping the Earth’s Natural Landforms Google Slides.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Looking for a more interesting way to teach math in these unusual times? Here are a variety of sites that share Math Word Problems–the real-world way to teach what some see as a daunting subject: Expii Solv e–math word problems and puzzles, lots of them. IXL Word Problems –by grade. Math and Logic Problems. Math Pickle –puzzles, games, and mini competitions.
Start-Engineering
FEBRUARY 19, 2021
Eric Iversen. The latest from Mars! After seven months of travel, Perseverance made a spectacular landing on Mars yesterday. On a mission to gather evidence of ancient life on the red planet, Perseverance was launched at the Jezero Crater, once the site of a lake where Martian microbes are thought to have existed. Perseverance is the fifth, and most complex, rover that NASA has sent to Mars.
Bright and Smart
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
Our Posterity = Our Children. Enhancing our children's S.T.E.A.M education is imperative to their success and will help them become innovators of the future. S.T.E.A.M stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. By incorporating hands-on activities into our children's curriculum, it will help them to improve skills like: Creativity. Critical Thinking.
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Rio Americano alum and Virginia Tech professor, Dr. Linsey Marr, was a guest on NPR's Science Friday. Host Ira Flatow asked her a tight sequence of practical questions, and she handled them all with aplomb. In my years of science lectures, colloquia, and conferences, I don't need that many fingers to count academics who communicate as effectively as Linsey Marr.
K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
When teachers encounter disruptive or noncompliant students in the classroom, they typically respond by focusing on the negative behavior.
Ellipsis Education
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Welcome to Codelicious Confidence Builders. In this video series, professionals, students, and teachers share how they built confidence in their computer science skills. Hear amazing stories about how they explored new concepts, reflected on their mistakes, and experienced the rush of learning something new! Mya Williams draws from experience as both a computer science professional and teacher as a UX facilitator at Kenzie Academy.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Every month, subscribers to our newsletter get a free/discounted resource to help their tech teaching. Last month’s freebie was so popular, we’re extending it into February: xx. Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans. Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. 2) Students
Magic EdTech
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
The Impact of the Pandemic: . If there were any lingering doubts about the need for digital transformation, the Pandemic has put them to rest. In a contactless world, schools and teachers continue to impart learning. While the transition to digital education was already underway, what’s noteworthy here is that pre-Covid, the transition was more like a dimmer switch – slow and sporadic, and the pandemic has acted as a catalyst and has forced people to rapidly embrace digital.
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
114: OTT: All About Running a Makerspace in a School This week Gretchen Campbell shares with us how to create a Makerspace STEM Lab! She asked one question and it led to the creation of a school-wide Makerspace. She even reveals her own mobile STEAM Makerspace, STEAM on Wheels! Stick around, you won’t want to miss it! This week Gretchen Campbell shares with us how to create a Makerspace STEM Lab!
The Blog of Phyz
FEBRUARY 15, 2021
Somewhere along the line I added four Scientist Valentines to my personal collection and failed to add them to the Flickr album. Why? I don't know. But I'm here to make it right. With ample lead time for Valentine's Day 2022. In any case, the collection expands from 24 to 28. Scientist Valentines aficionados will have no trouble spotting the new items (two female; two male).
K-12 Education News
FEBRUARY 17, 2021
A new study finds children not only reap the benefits of working with therapy dogs -- they enjoy it too.
Ellipsis Education
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
By Katie Baird Content Marketing Specialist Be sure to check out the first post in this series, What is Computer Science ? JavaScript: it’s the Internet’s most popular coding language, used to build 95% of websites that are live today. And JavaScript’s popularity isn’t slowing down; about one third of programming-related jobs available require proficiency in the language.
Ask a Tech Teacher
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Before becoming a teacher, I didn’t understand why the 100th day of school was a big deal. At first, I thought it had to do with finding something exciting about the dreariness of post-Christmas January but when I counted school days from Labor Day to the hundred-day mark (skipping weekends, two weeks at Christmas and a week at Thanksgiving), that put me in the second week of February.
Magic EdTech
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
“The instructor is too fast.”. “This content is too complex to understand.”. “I simply can’t get a hang of it and it’s too much to grasp in a short time.”. Sounds very familiar, right? All these cases hints to the information overload. Cognitive load theory, Instructional Design theory comes to the rescue, it prescribes a scientific way to design learning materials at a pace and level of complexity that the learner can fully understand.
STEMx
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
A federal perspective on public policy from our desk in Washington provided by Thomas Phillips, Congressional Affairs Specialist at Battelle. Q: With a focus on education policy, where should we look now for the best insight into what's coming next? Q: What did we learn from those hearings? . On the Department of Education front, we learned a bit more about Dr.
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