Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Need a few websites and apps to fill in sponge time? Here are Thanksgiving websites that will keep students busy and still teach them: Canadian Thanksgiving. Online/Offline Thanksgiving activities. Plimoth Plantation. Starfall–Silly Turkey. Thanksgiving edu-websites–CybraryMan. Thanksgiving Games. Thanksgiving games and puzzles. Thanksgiving games–Quia.

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The Innovative Educator

NOVEMBER 11, 2018

Here’s a trick that will come in handy for innovative educators who have times when it becomes helpful to have lots of tabs easily accessible. For example, say you are having several students present one day and you don’t want to have to click open each presentation or connect and disconnect various devices from the display station. Or, maybe there are tabs that you use each time you conduct a particular class.

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Informed K12

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

If you’re reading this post, you’re either considering joining our team or you’re my mom and you clicked on the link I texted you. I’m going to assume you’re part of the former group and address you (Sorry, mom!). I’ve had a bit of a journey getting to Informed K12 and then growing here, and I’m excited to share it with you. Whether you end up joining our team or not, my hope is that something I share resonates with you and makes you feel like you’re not alone in your feelings during your job se

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STEMx

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

STEM schools are working hard to make a difference for rural America’s students, offering myriad learning opportunities for young people living outside our nation’s big cities. But how are rural STEM schools doing in providing computer science education? That was the topic of a recent. “Rural Matters” podcast, hosted by Michelle Rathman. For the podcast, Rathman interviewed STEM leaders from three STEMx member states: Anthony Owen, chief state STEM officer and state director of computer science

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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.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

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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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

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 virtually from Okinawa Japan. I am so excited to see both of them! I’ll be back November 26th. Any emergencies–drop me a line at askatechteacher@gmail.com. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Reading Racer is a new iOS app that I just had the pleasure of reviewing. This is an excellent easy-to-use app that uses the mobile device's microphone to "listen" as a student speaks the words on the screen. This is really innovative and separates Reading Racer from other educational apps on the market. Reading Racer is designed for kids ages 5-8 and uses speech recognition as the user speaks the words/sentences as fast as they can.

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Technology Tidbits

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Money Math Duel is a fun iOS game for helping students w/ Math and learn how to make change. What makes Money Math Duel so unique as it lets kids play against each other while making it "fair" by allowing allowing players to customize their problems. This lets students equalize the playing field by determine how much money they want to make change for.

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