Educators Technology

MARCH 6, 2019

Here are four excellent Chrome apps specifically curated for Math teachers and students. These apps are ideal for writing, editing and viewing math formula whether they are simple or complex. One of.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 5, 2019

As one who manages way too many online accounts, I read this article from Ask a Tech Teacher contributor and CyberSecurity expert (retired), Sam Bocetta with interest. My checklist (green for good and red for ‘need help’): I’m paranoid about links and downloads. I check for virus and malware regularly. Ooops–don’t yet use a VPN.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 3, 2019

Communication has changed in the digital age. Today the rules are different. Ringers are off and educators no longer make or take calls unless a time has specifically been set to do so. Instead, if they want to get a message to someone they send a text. Here's why: There are too many spam callers. No one wants to be on constant phone alert because too many times it is an unwanted caller.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

MARCH 7, 2019

One Tired Teacher Episode 16: Making Learning Fun and The Value of Opening Our Doors to One Another Links From the Show: Episode 15: Engaging Students with Chris Kesler Episode 8: Team Rapport: The Power of Team Work with Melanie Redden Math Mojo on TpT Making learning fun in the classroom brings a higher level of engagement and happiness to your students.

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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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Magic EdTech

MARCH 5, 2019

The internet revolution may have changed our lives for good, but is it really inclusive? As of 2015, 27% of adults with disabilities had never accessed the internet as opposed to 11% of non-disabled adults. Evidently, the digital divide is massive, as far as ease of content accessibility is concerned. This is despite the fact that the UN Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the access to information and communications technologies, including the internet, as a fundamen

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STEMx

MARCH 7, 2019

The best educators often look for ways to help academically talented but financially needy students realize their potential. Telling such students about the Young Scholars Program, sponsored by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation of Lansdowne, Virginia, is one way to assist them. The program helps bright and motivated but financially strapped seventh-graders with scholarship aid, academic advice and much more.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 7, 2019

Here are the most-read posts for the month of February: My Favorite 5 Tech Tools for Teacher-Authors. Questions Parents Ask. 18 Valentine Sites For Students. How Wearable Technology is Changing Education and Easing Disabilities. The Easy Way to Teach Internet Skills. Engineers Week — A Must for High School. Purpose Driven Learning: Myths, Problems, and Education Applications.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 6, 2019

March 10th-15th: the 56-page PDF, “25 Digital Tools for the Classroom” for free! “25 Digital Tools for the Classroom” is a thorough discussion on which are the most useful tools in a K-8 classroom, organized by grade level. This includes popular digital tools such as blogs, backchannel devices, vocabulary decoding tools, avatars, digital portfolios, digital note-taking, as well as others you may not have thought of.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 3, 2019

As a parent, I fondly remember browsing bookstores with my children. We probably went there with a specific book in mind, one required for school, but ended up taking our time exploring all the tomes available. Though bookstores remain, too often, parents simply buy books online–digitally or print, doesn’t matter–and miss out on that opportunity to discover new worlds.

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