Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 17, 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: Top 10 iPad Shortkeys. Category: iPads.
The Innovative Educator
AUGUST 19, 2020
Districts around the globe are talking about having a hybrid model when returning to school. In a hybrid model, students attend school 1 - 3 days a week. In some districts, they'll have a remote teacher and a face-to-face teacher who will teach them at a six-feet-apart distance and students will be six feet apart from each other. How will this work?
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Technology Tidbits
AUGUST 16, 2020
It’s anything but “that time of year again” as the typical “What will my class be like?” questions teachers often ask themselves are being overshadowed by much more ominous and anxiety-inducing ones such as “Where and how will I be teaching this year?” The situation seems to change by the day, and schools and districts are scrambling to best prepare teachers for multiple scenarios.
Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning
AUGUST 20, 2020
90: 5 Reasons to Teach Digital Citizenship Building a community of students that treat one another like family is part of a normal start-up during back-to-school time. During this time of distance learning and blended learning, it is now more important than ever to teach children how to be responsible digital citizens. I hope you will join me as I share the 5 reasons why teaching digital citizenship is so important.
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 19, 2020
Dr. Bill Morgan is a frequent contributer to Ask a Tech Teacher. Today, he is sharing his experience and research on how keyboarding skills benefit other topics I found this every interesting: Finger Dexterity. Transferable Keyboarding Skills. Dr. Bill Morgan, Ph.D. “How do you play the piano as well as you do?” someone in the choir asked me last Sunday.
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PCS Edventures
AUGUST 19, 2020
BrickLAB STEAMventures is the brand new, one-of-a-kind learning solution from PCS Eventures, developed for K-1st and 2nd-3rd grade learning groups! It includes a 40-page magazine full of enriching STEAM challenges, activities, experiments and stories, a set of BrickLAB bricks for instant hands-on STEAM learning, Parent or Instructor supporting materials, optional resources for extended learning, and so much more!
Magic EdTech
AUGUST 17, 2020
“Accessibility allows us to tap into everyone’s potential.” – These wise words by Debra Ruh, a keen advocate for accessibility rights of people with disabilities, and the founder of TecAccess are the need of the hour. As we grapple with the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic across the globe, it is vital to highlight web accessibility.
Ask a Tech Teacher
AUGUST 21, 2020
xx. Teacher-authors–do you write fiction? I do! And it feeds my soul in the same way that teaching does. Click to view slideshow. Two of my novels– To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days –are tech thrillers so fit well into my geeky tech-teacher world. The rest deal with how man survived the traumas of prehistoric times. xx. I feature my fiction writing over at WordDreams. xx.
STEM for Kids
AUGUST 21, 2020
Morrisville, NC USA 8/21/2020. The results of the STEM For Kids’ 2020 Parent Customer Survey are in. This annual survey, collects feedback from parents across North America. We will be sharing the results in parts. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey. We know this school year has its unique set of challenges. This is what you told us.
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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.
PCS Edventures
AUGUST 18, 2020
Education is in uncharted territory. Instructors, Administrators, Districts, Universities, After School Programs, At-Home Learning — we are all trying to answer the same questions. What is education going to look like? How can we provide our students with quality education, regardless of the interruptions? Are we developing temporary solutions, or, as plans change week-by-week, are we etching a new educational norm into stone?
The Tech Savvy Science Teacher
AUGUST 20, 2020
MIT BLOSSOMS, an international education initiative founded in 2008 to encourage high school STEM teachers to pursue more active, student-centered learning, has recently enlarged its focus to support those teachers in moving to Project-Based Learning. Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an emerging teaching/learning strategy. The traditional teaching/learning model has students passively “receiving content” from the teacher, practicing with homework, memorizing for the next exam, and then – tragical
The Trendy Science Teacher
AUGUST 19, 2020
As a new school year approaches, Forensics teachers across the world are scrambling to find virtual labs and activities for their Forensic Science classrooms. In my collaborative Facebook group for Forensic Science teachers, the question “ How do we virtually teach such a hands-on course? ” comes up in conversation on a weekly basis. (If you are a Forensic science teacher that is looking to collaborate with other FS teachers, we invite you to join us.
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