Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Every day it seems, the world gets smaller. Studies show that 244 million people worldwide live in a country other than their birthplace. Doesn’t sound like a lot? In fact, it’s a 44% increase from the year 2000. Where it used to be sufficient to teach students how to thrive in their home country, that falls woefully short in a world where the internet reaches everyone, anywhere, where geopolitical borders have little effect on international activities, where the customs and culture

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 2, 2017

One of the legacies I want to leave with my students (of all ages) is a desire to engage in global stewardship. For more about this see my post, Empathy and Global Stewardship: The Other 21st Century Skills. As part of my gifted education classes, I am asking my 5th and 6th graders to choose, explore, research, and report via their own Google Sites on one or two of the 17 Global Goals found at The World’s Largest Lesson.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 6, 2017

I've helped facilitate or organize hundreds if not thousands of professional learning opportunities. These are the strategies facilitators most often forget when delivering professional development. With a little bit work, you can ensure this doesn't happen to you. #NYCSchoolsTech educators at a learning opportunity. Use this checklist at your next learning opportunity to have a more effective event.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Have Pocket Pants – Will Travel…. I had a great opportunity to meet with Mike Vander Linden’s Video Game Coding class. These Burlington HS students will be the first class to earn the new industry certification in coding. Talk about having a great semester. I mean really, between the opportunity that Mr. Vander Linden is giving them to learn coding, their chance to earn an industry certification through this course and the opportunity to submit a game to the Future Game App Designer Competition

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Need a few websites to fill in sponge time? Here are Holiday websites that will keep students busy while teaching them: 12 Days of Christmas. Christmas puzzles and games. Christmas—history—fun video. Gift Hunt –updated version of 12 Days of Christmas–just as much fun. Holiday Crossword. Holiday Elf Games. Holiday Hangman II. Holiday music II –sing along with the music–the site provides the words.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Here are the most-read posts for the month of November: 10 ways to use QR Codes for Hour of Code. 10 Projects to Kickstart Hour of Code. Websites for Hour of Code by Grade. Coding and US Security. 18 Thanksgiving Sites and Apps and 4 Projects for the Holiday. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 20 years. She is the editor/author of over a hundred tech ed resources including a K-8 technology curriculum , K-8 keyboard curriculum, K-8 Digital Citizenship curriculum.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Are women less suited for work in technology? That's what some men at these companies believe. However, the women pursuing and working in such positions and the men who work with and for them, know that is not the case. While only one in four women currently hold positions at top tech companies, there are ways to increase the number of women pursuing these careers.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Since discovering how easy it is to make movies with Google photos at the start of the school year, I've made several movies. Most movies were made to capture a day of learning with other innovative educators. I also made a movie to capture a vacation getaway. Another to commemorate an award a colleague received. And another movie to share with a friend the fun day her puppy had with my pup while I was pet sitting.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 2, 2017

Haven’t been keeping up with The Innovative Educator? Don’t worry. That’s what this wrap up is for. What’s hot? Infographics! The top two posts of the week feature infographics designed by innovative educator and graphic designer Eileen Lennon. She provides a visually pleasing way to think about management in the modern classroom as well as ideas to consider when we move from banning and blocking to embracing sites that were once blocked behind the filter bubble.

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