Educators Technology
APRIL 30, 2017
April 30, 2017 A few days we shared with you this interesting resource featuring some of the best apps and tools to help kids learn everything about coding. Today, we are adding another important.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 25, 2017
When I started teaching, homework always involved paper–a worksheet, a poster, a written essay, or something else like that. The problems associated with that approach were endless, including that students couldn’t find the assignment, lost their notes, wrote the assignment down wrong, left their notebook where they weren’t so couldn’t do it, the dog ate it.
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User Generated Education
APRIL 8, 2017
Toy take apart and hacking is a high engagement activity that works for kids of all ages, including adults who haven’t lost their sense of kid, and both genders. I have done it multiple times during my summer maker camp for elementary level kids, my gifted students, and at conferences as part of teacher professional development. Here is a description of this activity from the tinkering studio at the Exploratorium: Do you ever wonder what’s inside your toys?
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 16, 2017
Inspired to turn useful tips, tricks, and ideas into infographics, #NYCSchoolsTech specialist, Joe Santiago created his first infographic. The focus is on how teachers who want to update their practice can use technology when doing formative assessments. The infographic was created using Google Drawing which he said allowed him the freedom he needed in his design.
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.
Know Adam's Blog
APRIL 27, 2017
There are a number of crossovers between Next Generation Science Standards and Common Core math, art and ELA practices. Here are a few real-world examples of each.
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Educators Technology
APRIL 3, 2017
April 3, 2017 After writing about the best books for teachers and parents to learn and explore the world of autism, we are introducing you to this collection of some good iPad apps to help.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 28, 2017
Teacher Appreciation Week is May 1st-5th. In honor of these tenacious, creative individuals, here are some of our favorite humorous teacher appreciation articles: 10 Bits of Wisdom I Learned From a Computer. How to Talk to a Tech Teacher. 18 Things Teachers Do Before 8am. A Website That Cleans Your Computer for You. Definition of ‘Teacher’. How to be a Tech Teacher.
User Generated Education
APRIL 30, 2017
Almost daily I see posts on social media by educators promoting the benefits of failure. It often seems that there is a push to intentional embed failure into instructional activities. This always rubs me the wrong way. Failure has almost universal negative connotations. It doesn’t feel good and sometimes it is extremely difficult, if impossible, to recover from big failures.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 2, 2017
It’s not uncommon for today’s children, brought up in a fast-paced, digital world, to become bored and uninterested when visiting cultural institutions. It doesn’t have to be that way though. Sometimes the first step to enjoying art is to look forward to a museum visit as something that is fun. Use the interactive tools of the digital world to engage young people during a trip to museum, landmark, or other cultural institution, and they might just find for themselves a love of arts and culture t
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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.
CTE Learning
APRIL 24, 2017
Creating the iWD Web Design course was a huge undertaking. As we do with all our course development, we first go to industry to learn what we need to teach. In the case of the iWD course, we looked to our friends at WebProfessionals.org and then to a broad community of designers, coders, and media developers. What makes this fun for us is working with so many different professionals.
STEMx
APRIL 25, 2017
May 10, 2017: 4-5 pm EST . Register. To increase the interest and confidence of girls and young women in STEM careers, Million Women Mentors has recruited male and female professional to complete a detailed mentorship program with mentees. The movement aims to change the face of career choices and advancement for women and girls. More than 30 states host pledges and committees for the program.
Educators Technology
APRIL 5, 2017
April 5, 2017 ViewPure is one of our favourite web tools to use for purifying YouTube videos. We have already reviewed it here in the past and we are re-featuring it for those of you new to our.read more.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 27, 2017
Ask a Tech Teacher guest blogger, Karen Dikson, has put together a collection of online gamified sites that will help your students with their writing: You think the textbooks for today’s generations of students are way more interesting than the once you had? Ask your students. They still think the lessons are boring. If you don’t do anything to make the studying material more appealing, you can’t expect great engagement and results in your classroom.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 27, 2017
YouTube Mixer is a new (beta) site for mixing and mashing up audio soundtracks. This is a dream come true for people looking to become their own DJ and experiment w/ different soundtracks from YouTube. YouTube Mixer also supports audio from SoundCloud and Jamendo and easily lets users edit their soundtracks to their heart's desire. I highly recommend checking out YouTube Mixer by clicking here !!!
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 25, 2017
Innovative educator Kim Cofino discusses the topic of digital confrontation via Facebook Live where she shares ideas about how to engage meaningfully and respectfully when encountering uncomfortable online interactions. Once we figure out (or don’t) how to react, she encourages us to share those experiences with young people. She reminds us students are having these experiences everyday.
CTE Learning
APRIL 21, 2017
Web Professionals Explain Why The Repeal Hurts Web Users
STEMx
APRIL 18, 2017
Sandy Watkins, the road to STEM education started with the conviction there wasn’t enough time in her classroom to cover all the content her students needed. We spoke to Sandy about how she has directed her passion for improving the educational experiences of her students to improve STEM learning for students across Tennessee. She founded an award-winning STEM school in Tennessee and is now a consultant with Tennessee STEM Innovation Network and Purdue University.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 6, 2017
April is National Poetry Month. For thirty days, we celebrate the value and joy that poetry brings to our world. According to the Academy of American Poets , the goals are: Highlight the extraordinary legacy and ongoing achievement of American poets. Introduce more Americans to the pleasures of reading poetry. Bring poets and poetry to the public in immediate and innovative ways.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 19, 2017
April 22nd is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Earth Day Printables. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. EekoWorld. Electrocity.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 5, 2017
I published this about a year and a half ago, but with April’s focus on financial literacy, it’s time to repost. When kids read that America’s $18 trillion+ debt is accepted by many experts as ‘business as usual’, I wonder how that news will affect their future personal finance decisions. Do they understand the consequences of unbalanced budgets?
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 4, 2017
April 6th- 15th. a Two-fer. Sign up for Summer PD; get a friend in for free. Classes available: Tech-infused Teacher. Tech-infused Class (sequel to Tech-infused Teacher). Teach Writing with Tech. 20 Webtools in 20 Days. Here’s what you do: Sign up for any of these four classes between April 6th-15th. Under ‘special instructions’, include the Coupon Code #twofer2017.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 10, 2017
One of the hottest topics in schools and an area of greatest need is STEM resources. Earth Networks has developed creative and compelling STEM curricula on a variety of weather topics. Any school with a weather unit or an onsite weather station will appreciate this site. I asked them to drop in and explain their education programs to the AATT community: Why Teach STEM?
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 21, 2017
This summer, Ask a Tech Teacher is holding five Summer Learning classes : Tech-infused Teacher (Certificate edition for CEUs or grad class for college credit ). Tech-infused Class. Teach Writing with Tech. 20 Webtools in 20 Days (and the Structured Learning curriculum edition ). the Differentiated Teacher. Most award Certificates at completion, for CEUs.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 17, 2017
Revision Assistant , part of the Turnitin family, is a comprehensive virtual writing assistant for students that allows them to digitally edit and rewrite documents for any class. Last year, Sammy Spencer, a High School English teacher in Southern California, ran a pilot program using Revision Assistant in her school. Here’s her story: Last Fall, my El Camino Real High School colleagues and I set out to change the way we teach writing.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 17, 2017
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: #20–How to add a link to MS Word.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 13, 2017
Created by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe, Understanding by Design (UbD) is a lesson planning approach that visualizes the end result (what students should understand) to better select learning activities (the path that will get students there). Tens of thousands of educators use it for unit and course planning; hundreds of districts and schools use it as the basis for their curricula.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 7, 2017
Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. The date depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox. This year, it’s April 16, 2017. Here are some websites your students will love: Easter color-me (for Kindergarten/first grade). Easter Color Me to print or import to drawing program. Easter games II.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 26, 2017
In response to extensive interest from readers, Ask a Tech Teacher will be offering four Summer Learning Certificate classes with 18-24 CEUs: June 19th through August 6th. 3-4 weeks, lots of resources and hands-on help. Click to view slideshow. To help you make your decision, I want to share the most common questions I’ve gotten regarding sign ups: Q: What is the cost to register?
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 24, 2017
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: #82–How do I use a read-only doc?
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 20, 2017
Summer Tech Camp Survival Kit. From Ask a Tech Teacher. Are you teaching a Summer Tech Camp to Kids? We have the solution: Build Your Own Adventure. $230 value for $179. This is not training for you (you can find Summer Learning options here). This provides you with materials to run a tech camp for students. Weeks: 3 weeks (can be repeated).
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 15, 2017
Kiddom is a free standards-based platform designed to help teachers curate individual learning experiences ( see my review here ). Now, they’re giving away their Standards-based Grading Guide–for free: Humanities Teachers, Rejoice! English Language Arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 11, 2017
Textbook publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, now offers an education resource website called HMH Marketplace. This is for teachers by teachers, giving educators an attractive, easy-to-maneuver online site where they can find exactly the right lesson plans, rubrics, activities, classroom decor, and more for their unique classroom needs. It’s free to sign up, carefully managed (they went through all of my products in detail before posting them–which I appreciate), with a wide variety
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