Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 31, 2019
Come Join me on BYU Radio, Sirius XM 143. Thursday, August 1 st at 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. PT. as we discuss Back to School Tips! Here’s the link: BYUradio is available locally in Utah on 107.9 FM 89.1 HD2 FM and on. A general transcript: What would you say the purpose of Back-to-School Night is? . BTS Night is traditionally a chance for all stakeholders in the child’s education journey to get to know each other.
The Innovative Educator
JULY 28, 2019
The #NYCSchoolsTech Summit is the largest annual #EdTech conference in New York City. At the conference innovative educators from across NYC Schools share their knowledge and expertise with other educators from NYC, surrounding areas, and even around the world thanks to social media. The conference is so popular, it trends on Twitter. There are dozens of workshops , lunchtime activities, and school reimagineer Jason Green is our keynote speaker.
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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
AUGUST 1, 2019
3 Surprising Reasons Back-to-School Decor Matters Big Time Getting your classroom ready for back-to-school can often feel like a daunting and overwhelming task. I mean you have back-to-school decor and decorations to figure out, open house, beginning of the year essentials and back-to-school printables to prepare and copy. The list could go on and on!
Magic EdTech
JULY 31, 2019
While the paperless world imagined by George Pake in 1975 is still to emerge, digital first publishing has steadily evolved, creating a radical disruption of business as usual for the publishing industry. Innovations in technology, decreased cost in publishing and purchase, and user demand for multimedia and immediate gratification are greatly responsible for the rise of digital first (Gutenberg, 2018; Filigheddu, 2018).
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
AUGUST 1, 2019
There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. One I discovered this summer and have fallen in love with is Sunburst’s Robo Wunderkind. It is a build-a-robot kit designed to introduce children ages six and up to coding and robotics as well as the fun of problem-solving and creative thinking. The robot starts in about thirty pieces (there are so many, I didn’t really count them).
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Technology Tidbits
JULY 27, 2019
Educandy is a wonderful site for creating educational games. Educandy is a very easy to use and all a educator has to do is enter the questions for and Educandy turns them into educational games/activities (i.e. matching, word search, memory, etc.). Educandy can be used to teach any grade/subject and is ideal to integrate Game Based Learning into the classroom.
Mrs. Harris Teaches
JULY 28, 2019
This is an Earthquake STEM Challenge. I created an Instructable for building a simple shake table and instructions for an engineering design challenge. Read the Instructables for all the instructions for this challenge. Read below for modifications to this activity to make it more real-world by utilizing budgets and analyzing costs per square centimeter.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 29, 2019
Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in July: Back-to-School Tips: A radio show. Subscriber Special. Online Class Starting–the Tech-infused Teacher. Tech Tips. Behaviorism–How it can Turn Your Classroom Around. Tech Ed Resources. 7 Apps that Inspire Students. Why Kindergartners Must Learn Technology. How to Assess Digital Literacy.
Technology Tidbits
JULY 28, 2019
Modern Chalkboard is a wonderful new free site for finding SMART board resources. This is a great place to find interactive lessons on a wide variety of subjects such as: Math, Grammar, Science, Social Studies, and more Also, this is a nice place to find other resources such as links and help files. I highly recommend checking out Modern Chalkboard by clicking here !!!
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