Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 30, 2020
I don’t know many kids who aren’t excited to play games. Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Fluentkey is an innovative site for teaching a foreign language by combining Game Based Learning w/ Flipped Learning. This is done through interactive animated videos where students then play games, quizzes, or practice speaking to learn a language. Best of all, the educational portal allows educators to track and monitor their students making it easy to assess and differentiate instruction.
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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
OCTOBER 29, 2020
100-5 Genuine Components of Developing a Maker Mindset Today we are talking all about the genuine components of developing a maker mindset. A maker mindset begins with believing in the possibilities of making. Most importantly we need to remember that the space and tools don't define a makerspace. It is actually the ability to see the possibility. Links Mentioned in the Show: Today we are talking all about the genuine components of developing a maker mindset.
STEMx
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Members win new funding to create, share best practices plus our new website. We're proud to announce $30,000 in funding for new programs to expand high-quality STEM education. Through the 2020 STEMx Challenge Grants, leading organizations in three states will invest in new, promising practices. Then, they'll share plans, resources, and lessons learned with our complete national network of 24 organizations in 19 states.
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
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Three holidays are fast-approaching–Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. If you’re a teacher, that means lots of tie-ins to make school festive and relevant to students. Here are ideas for Halloween projects, lesson plans, websites, and apps: Websites and Apps. 30-day Halloween fitness challeng e. Build a Jack-o-lantern (in Google Slides).
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Vivify Stem
OCTOBER 29, 2020
How to Teach Growth Mindset and Failing Forward By Claire Meschkat Students need to experience failure in our classrooms. They may not think so, but learning from those failures is what helps them grow. Read on for ways to empower your students to learn from their failures, aka. fail forward, with a good dose of growth mindset! Growth Mindset Growth Mindset is a belief that abilities can be developed and improved with hard work and dedication.
Top 10 Sciencekits
OCTOBER 25, 2020
The holiday season is coming, and with it come the SALES online! Brands selling STEM subscription boxes also have promotions available, most of them have promotions available throughout the year, but usually as the year progresses towards Christmas, the promotions get even better. Is this post, i made the effort of collecting the best promotions & promo codes for online subscription boxes (also knows as crates or kits).
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Education has changed. No one knows yet if it’s for better or worse but we all understand that nothing’s as it once was. That means many traditional teaching tools are no longer the best choice for the new norms. Over the past few months (well, since March), I’ve spent a lot of time reinventing my teaching protocols, doing a rigorous evaluation of whether my standard practices are best suited for the new best practices for teaching at home and school (click here for lots of inf
Technology Tidbits
OCTOBER 29, 2020
Buncee is a fantastic and simple tool to use for education. Educators are using it for project based learning, digital storytelling, announcements, digital cards, and much much more. A great way to use it is for holiday projects such as Halloween. Buncee, has lots of free resources for educators (lesson plans, i.e. ideas lab ), as well as state of the art clip-art, animations, backgrounds, etc.
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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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 29, 2020
If you’re an online teacher who offers professional development classes to educators, this article from an Ask a Tech Teacher contributor will help you understand the basics of using SEO to reach those who need your expertise. It explains SEO, discusses the importance of keywords and backlinks, and more. . SEO Tips for Online Education | Reach Students With SEO.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 29, 2020
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: Why Learn Keyboarding? Category: Keyboarding.
Ask a Tech Teacher
OCTOBER 24, 2020
I don’t often get personal on this blog. It’s not about me–it’s about educators and their profession–but times are different this year. When you’re geeky, you don’t always think like the people around you or answer questions in the usual way. A writing class I took asked us newbies to tell the class a little bit about ourselves.
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