Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 2, 2020

Thanks to easy access to internet resources and a serious lack of understanding on the part of many students about what online resources can legally be used, plagiarism has become a huge problem in schools. Students don’t have a clear idea about what media–like images, videos, text–are legal to use and what constitutes proper citations.

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Magic EdTech

MARCH 2, 2020

How does learning happen?How do people learn? Does it work the same for adults and children? These are some obvious questions with not so obvious answers! To cut the discussion short learning pattern and curve may be little different for different people but one thing is consistent that is: Learning is progressive. And hence teaching as well as assessing should also be progressive!

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The Trendy Science Teacher

MARCH 6, 2020

If you follow me on Instagram or Facebook , you know that I love a good ‘ole review game. Any time that I can generate engagement by creating a competitive classroom environment, I’m game! (Pun intended!). Since it’s March, I really wanted to create a classroom review with the March Madness theme. Basketball is pretty popular in my neck of the woods, so I knew my students would love a review game that involves throwing a ball across the classroom.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

MARCH 5, 2020

Standards-based grading and standards-based report cards can be a complete shift from taking grades for primary teachers. I know when we first started doing standards-based grades my team of second-grade teachers and I had to have a lot of discussion around what this would look like. We were no longer taking an average. We were monitoring how well our students were moving along in the standard.

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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

MARCH 6, 2020

Through the Midwest Teachers Institute , I offer four college-credit classes that teach how to blend technology with traditional lesson plans. They include all the ebooks, videos, and other resources required so you don’t spend any more than what is required to register for the class. Once you’re signed up, you prepare weekly material, chat with classmates, respond to class Discussion Boards and quizzes, and participate in a weekly video meeting.

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PCS Edventures

MARCH 4, 2020

What is Art? Art is more than craft projects and construction paper — it’s a way of learning, understanding and communicating ideas across cultures and languages. Studies have shown that student test scores improve with arts exposure, and employers are searching for creative thinkers and innovators with strong communication skills — talents that Arts exposure strengthens (O’Neill, 2020).

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STEMx

MARCH 2, 2020

March 26, we’ll issue the first edition of the Parents Guide to STEM, published in partnership with the Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative. Before we publish, we’re giving our readers a chance to submit any resource you feel deserves sharing. After some internal review, we’ll publish the best of these submissions alongside the publication of the Parents Guide.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 4, 2020

Here are the most-read posts for the month of February: Multimedia content personalizes learning. Random Acts of Kindness. What is Constructivism? Tech Tip: My Internet Stopped Working. Tech Tip: Visit a Foreign Language Google . 10 Great Virtual Reality Apps. How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 4, 2020

Storyboard That is one of the most universal learning tools around. This innovative site is being used in a wide variety of ways by educators such as: storyboards, digital storyboards, timelines, graphic organizers, project based learning, and much much more. Recently, Storyboard That released templates for creating beautiful looking infographics that can be integrated into any subject or curriculum.

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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.

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PCS Edventures

MARCH 4, 2020

What is Math? Whether you agree with the theory that mathematics exists for humans to discover or that it is a man-made tool, numeric systems designed to measure the world around us serve as the foundation for scientific and technological advancement. Math is typically divided into specific subjects, such as: Arithmetic , which covers addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of real, positive numbers.

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STEMx

MARCH 5, 2020

All last year, you read about the NASA’s effort to find a new name worthy of the space agency’s next rover. STEMx followers passed this contest onto schools in their states or served as one of the 3,000 judges. Today, NASA revealed the winning essay and name. Middle school student Alex Mather’s name, Perseverance, has been carved onto the rover body and will travel to Mars.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2020

Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in March: Upcoming college-credit online classes. World Maths Day. Easter websites and resources. Tech Tip: Open a program maximized. St. Patricks Day websites and resources. 13 Pedagogies That Will Make You a Better Teacher. Tech Tip: How to reset your homepage. Why Teach Poetry?

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 1, 2020

Keyboarding or Typing is one the first and most vital skills for students to learn for technology literacy. This skill is the building block for using a computer and one that starts as early KDG if not sooner. Also, this is a nice skill/unit to teach in using "centers or blocks", free time, or even summer school. *This list is in alphabetical order 15 Sites for Keyboarding/Typing ABCya - A fun site/app for kids trying to learn how to type in games such as: Alpha Munchies, Cup Stack Typing, and J

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Technology Tidbits

MARCH 4, 2020

TutorBin is an excellent online tutoring site that helps students looking for: homework help, essay writing, lab work, and more. Best of all, tutoring can be done live and online or by uploading files and then waiting back for solutions and detailed problem walkthroughs. I highly recommend checking out TutorBin by clicking here !!!

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