Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 16, 2018
April 22, 2018 is Earth Day. Celebrate it with your students by letting them visit these websites: Breathing earth– the environment. Breathing Earth YouTube Video –of CO2 use, population changes, and more. Conservation Game. Earth Day—NASA Ocean Currents. Eco-friendly house. Ecotourism Simulation–for grades 4 and above. Electrocity. Footprint calculator.
Educators Technology
APRIL 16, 2018
Here is a collection of some of our favourite apps for creating flashcards on iPad or iPhone. Students can use them to help with memorizing vocabulary, preparing for a test, learning a new.read more.
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User Generated Education
APRIL 14, 2018
I have a few sayings I often use in my teacher education courses and PD workshops for teachers related to active listening. They include: If the teacher is doing more talking than the students, then this is a problem. One of the biggest gifts we, as educators, can give to our learners is to be truly present for them; to deeply listen to what they have to say.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 16, 2018
Listen to this episode of the 10 Minute Teacher. We're more likely to read things that are visually appealing, so if you want to get your message out there, consider making an infographic. Want to know how? Check out this episode of the 10 Minute Teacher podcast where #NYCSchoolsTech educator, Eileen Lennon shares ideas with Coolcat Teacher Vicki Davis about her tips, tricks, and techniques to using infographics to communicate and share ideas.
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
APRIL 20, 2018
Last year was a boom year for edtech web tools. There were so many, I couldn’t keep up. I would discover what seemed to be a fantastic tool (most likely discovered in FreeTech4Teachers , Alice Keeler , or one of the other tech ed blogs I follow), give it about five minutes to prove itself, and then, depending upon that quick review, either dig deeper or move on.
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Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 18, 2018
In 2015, Idaho adopted an open-enrollment policy allowing families to send students to their school of choice. Despite being a Title I District, Coeur d’Alene established itself as one of the most outstanding districts in the state. School leaders credit a multi-faceted senior writing project, new curricula, and instructional technology for bringing new students to their doors.
The Innovative Educator
APRIL 18, 2018
For the past ten years I've moderated online communities in numerous platforms including Facebook, Ning, Yammer, O365 Groups and Teams, Edmodo and Google Groups. Facebook is the platform that has had the most success in retaining engaged members. If you are an innovative educator who values building community and meaningful connections among peers, it is likely you have had experience moderating groups.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 17, 2018
Typing Agent is an excellent web based Typing/Keyboarding for students grades K-12. Also, Typing Agent has lots of innovative features such as: multi-player games (i.e. K2 Mountain), aligned to Common Core Standards, certificates, type to code, and much more. Best of all, is the educational portal that allows parents and teachers to track/monitor student progress and generate detailed reports.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 17, 2018
*Be Sure to check out the educational activities on Earth Day. Super Teacher Worksheets is one of the best sites around for finding educational resources on a wide range of subjects. Educators can find, worksheets, printables, puzzle generators and more. Also, they are constantly updating their site w/ more resources all the time and recently released new crossword puzzle worksheet generator.
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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.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 19, 2018
Pixorize is a nice site for US History students that I just learned about from Larry Ferlazzo's excellent blog. Pixorize is an innovative that uses pictures to remember facts (i.e. similar to ThingLink). This is done by linking images together w/ facts in a comprehensive visual flow. Below is a brief demo video. I highly recommend checking out Pixorize by clicking here !!!
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 18, 2018
Night Zoopkeeper is an excellent new site for students to help them w/ their Writing skills through fun interactive lessons/competition. Also, it has an educational portal that allows educators to: assign lessons, track student progress, and assess their work in real-time. This makes it easy for teachers to differentiate instruction and implement project based learning in their classroom.
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 14, 2018
Math Rescue is a fun iOS game for grades 3rd-5th learning the concepts of Rounding/Estimation. This is done by running around a forest and putting out fires to save the trees and bridge while rounding to the nearest number. More info here. Skills covered • Rounding to nearest 10 • Rounding up, rounding down • Rounding 2 digit numbers to nearest 10 • Rounding 3 digit numbers to nearest 10 • Rounding numbers with 5 in the units place • Rounding to nearest 100 • Rounding up, rounding down • Roundin
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 19, 2018
Answerables the innovative educational tool that combines the best features of game based learning w/ a learning management system has just released their free iPad app. Answerables is being used by educators in a variety of ways from collaborating w/ other classes, to browsing the web, all in a secure 3D virtual environment. Answerables is used as a: • Virtual classroom • Lesson planner • Learning manager • Quest creator • Resource manager • Web browser (managed) • Social Network • Student port
Technology Tidbits
APRIL 18, 2018
Studium is a excellent iOS app for making flashcards. Studium is a great learning tool to create engaging flashcards that helps a student study by including: images, audio, drawing, and more. Best of all are the numbers of ways a user can use Studium to create quizzes to study their topic, such as: multiple choice, fill in the blank, T/F, and much much more.
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