Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
18 Digital Tool Musts in the Classroom This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: Summary 18 essential digital tools for classrooms, emphasizing their impact on modern education. Highlights Annotation Tools: Essential for digital note-taking. Avatars: Promote digital citizenship and privacy.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
HOUSTON — On a Saturday morning in August 2023, a crowd gathered outside the Houston Independent School District administration building with protest signs in hand. The brutal, sticky heat of Texas summer already had people wiping sweat from their brows and handing out bottled water from ice-filled coolers. Teachers, parents and politicians took turns at the microphone, united in their criticism of the controversial state takeover of Texas’ largest school district.
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Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Teaching in the classroom is a joy to me. My students are exceptional, work hard, constantly learn new things and continually teach me new things. My heart is in the school first and foremost. Since 2002, I've taught middle and high schools and coached teachers on instructional technology.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The NEW Apprenticeship Support & Knowledge for Schools & Colleges Brochure is out now! Click to take a look and discover the fantastic activities and assemblies available, they’re FREE! We’re looking forward to visiting our schools and colleges to offer apprenticeship and T Level support.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Introducing the Makeblock mBot2: A Fun and Educational AI Robot for Coding The Makeblock mBot2 is a delightful and educational AI robot designed to captivate the interest of children aged 8-12 in the fields of STEM. This robot toy not only provides an engaging visual learning experience but also teaches essential skills in programming, electronics, robotics, and computer science.
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Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This episode will release on YouTube on September 18 at 11 am and first aired on WDJY FM 99.1 in Atlanta at 4 pm on September 11, 2024. These shownotes are provided for our radio and television viewers and listeners until the show releases. The YouTube video will be posted here when it goes live.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Roald Dahl Day celebrates and commemorates the wonderful work of Roald Dahl, his writing, characters and stories. To help you get involved we have a list of activities as marvellous as George’s medicine! Take a look below for science-themed resources, literacy, art and more. Fun Facts: – Roald Dahl invented over 500 new words including scrumdiddlyumptious and snozzcumbers!
Ask a Tech Teacher
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
9-11 Day has become Patriot Day here in America, but it doesn’t change its purpose: to show how much we love our country. If you aren’t familiar with this terrorist attack, here’s a 2-minute overview: –Comments are closed to enjoy the day more completely. Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved. Here’s the sign-up link if the image above doesn’t work: [link] “The content presented in this blog are the result of creative imagination and not intended for use, reproduc
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
A growing number of high school students are looking for opportunities to do academic research, hoping to add ‘published author’ to their list of achievements when they apply to colleges. Just look on popular Facebook groups and Reddit threads for tips on getting into selective colleges, and you’ll likely find posts recommending that students participate in intensive research or compete in science competitions as a way to stand out on college applications.
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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.
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
When you ask students to research a topic, what happens? Chances are some students will struggle. The authors explain how they use Inquiry Charts to help middle grades students navigate the pitfalls of research and also develop agency as researchers and knowledge builders. The post Use Inquiry Charts to Boost Student Research first appeared on MiddleWeb.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Creating Careers A Step Ahead: North West Ambulance Service Live Chats – 25th September & 2nd October Your school or college can access a live careers, education, advice and guidance session on Ambulance Service careers with North West Ambulance Service. The live chats are designed for Y9+ and best delivered from an ICT room with individual students logging in or as a class via screen.
Cool Cat Teacher
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Integrating technology into the classroom involves more than just adding gadgets and software; it’s about creating a dynamic learning environment where students are actively engaged and teachers can teach more effectively. This journey requires collaboration among technology teams, instructional coaches and educators. Recently, EdSurge spoke with three educational leaders from Bourbonnais Elementary School District 53 in Illinois about their experiences with and strategies for using technology t
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These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 8, 2024
Free Reading Friday has transformed Laurie Miller Hornik’s 7th grade class into a reading community, without having to cut back on whole-class text studies. Students arrive on Fridays ready to talk and write about the free reading they've done outside of school during the week. The post A Way to Increase Free Reading Outside of Class first appeared on MiddleWeb.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
STEM ambassadors – check your inbox! You should have received your new digital badge if you’ve logged over 15 hours of volunteering. To celebrate this year’s badge release, STEM Learning is giving you the opportunity to win a Betty’s Gift Box.
STEM Discovery Education
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Educators today wear many metaphorical hats, especially as technology develops. They are expected to become film directors, vloggers, and coding experts, not to mention navigating the world of AI and feeling the burden of their students’ online safety. It can be easy to forget that a key part of the mission of educational technology (EdTech) […] The post Five Ways to Create Immersion in the Classroom appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
“When I present myself in front of students in a positive emotional state, I can increase student cognition, effort and long-term retention of information, Dr. Timothy Kanold excitedly shares. “The brain research on emotional intelligence as it relates to student learning is clear.” Timothy Kanold Co-Creator and Author, Wellness Solutions for Educators As Kanold explains, teacher and administrator mental and emotional well-being is an essential component of student learning.
Know Adam's Blog
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The description of Mindset 5 from Dr. Ron Ritchhart’s Cultures of Thinking in Action comes from a quote from David Perkin’s book Smart Schools (1992), “Learning is a consequence of thinking. Retention, understanding, and the active use of knowledge can be brought about only by learning experiences in which learners think about and think with what they are learning.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Your learners can take the RSPB Wild Challenge! “Go on a minibeast bug safari adventure, learn how to create a safe haven for wildlife to thrive, or simply appreciate the tranquillity nature has to offer. There are plenty of different activities to choose from!
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
Teaching guru Barbara R. Blackburn returns to her roots in the classroom to give new teachers a list of quick tips – 26, one for each letter of the alphabet – all ideas that will help newbies launch and navigate their journeys. Included: her list of links to essential resource websites. The post 26 Tips for Beginning Teachers, from A to Z first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Paul Carr was just one semester shy of finishing his degree at Morehouse College when he found out his girlfriend was pregnant. So he decided to stop out, to get a job to support his budding family. He told himself he’d go back soon to finish. That was more than 25 years ago. Carr always intended to return. In fact, he made a promise to his father on his deathbed that he would finish his college degree.
Box Light
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Alvin ISD’s STEM Bus program enhances student learning and provides Alvin ISD students with valuable experiences for future careers in STEM.
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
CREST Awards encourage students to work like scientists, researchers, engineers and designers to investigate and explore their own ideas. To earn CREST Awards, learners are welcome to create their own STEM projects to investigate but if they need a little inspiration, why not try the CREST Question Generator?
Middle Web
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
The Freelance Educator is an easy read and a practical look at the beginning steps you'll need to take to convert your knowledge as an educator into part- or full-time work in the world of freelance professional development, says literacy coach and PD provider Tanya Ray. The post Start your Educational Consulting Business first appeared on MiddleWeb.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
One of the country’s richest nonprofits focused on online education has been giving out grants for more than a year. But so far, the group, known as Axim Collaborative, has done so slowly — and pretty quietly. “There has been little buzz about them in digital learning circles,” says Russ Poulin, executive director of WCET, a nonprofit focused on digital learning in higher education.
Box Light
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Encourage educators, coordinators, and all who love learning to register for STEM Wednesdays and enhance classroom STEM experiences!
All About STEM
SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
The UK Bebras Challenge is organised by the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivered in partnership with the University of Oxford. “The Bebras Challenge introduces computational thinking to students worldwide. This exciting challenge takes place in schools, under the supervision of teachers, over a two-week period every November.
Teach Hub
SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
As a new teacher, you don’t have the advantage that veteran teachers do. Experienced teachers have the luxury of looking back on past years to see what worked and what didn’t. Starting out, you’ll be hit with a ton of new information from learning to juggle classroom management to fostering a classroom community. This might feel overwhelming. Don’t worry, as you prepare to inspire the leaders of tomorrow you can use this advice to help you navigate your first year with confidence.
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