Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 29, 2021
Here’s a preview of what’s coming up on Ask a Tech Teacher in April: Easter resources–websites and apps. Invention Convention? Get started! Tech Tips. Websites to teach financial literacy. Subscriber Special. Math resources online. Earth Day activities. Virtual Reality in Schools. Free posters! Secure your personal privacy. Websites to teach word study.
Educators Technology
MARCH 29, 2021
Slidesgo offers a wide variety of free Google Slides and PowerPoint templates to use in your presentations. It also allows you to customize these templates the way you want. I spent sometime sifting.
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User Generated Education
MARCH 28, 2021
[link]. This project was developed by Colleen Graves. I found information about how to do it at the Makey Makey blog post entitled, Scratch Coding Literacy Project Ideas for Makey Makey micro:bit Inventions. She designed it to be used with Scratch programming and the micro:bit micro-controller. I asked my students to create their monster mash ups using only Scratch programming.
CSTEM
MARCH 30, 2021
Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) provide culturally responsive environments and play an essential role in bringing together students who have had marginalized lived experiences. Studies have shown that even though an equal number of Black students begin college majoring in STEM fields, they do not continue.
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 2, 2021
Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. To non-Christians (or non-traditional Christians), that event signifies a rebirth of spring that is filled with joy and gifts — and chocolate! Overall, it is America’s most-popular holiday with Christmas a close second. The date depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox.
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Vivify Stem
MARCH 29, 2021
A Neuroscientists’s Top 5 STEM Activities for Kids & Families Contribution by guest blogger Maria Garza. Do you have kids interested in life sciences? We asked Maria Garza, a graduate student in neurobiology at the University of Texas at San Antonio to share her favorite activities! Read on for some toys, apps, and games to delight your students followed by some Vivify STEM lessons!
K-12 Education News
MARCH 30, 2021
Studies indicate a link between children's cardiorespiratory fitness and their school performance: the more athletic they are, the better their marks in the main subjects. Similarly, cardiorespiratory fitness is known to benefit cognitive abilities. But what is the real influence of such fitness on school results? Researchers tested pupils from eight Geneva schools.
Ask a Tech Teacher
APRIL 1, 2021
Here are the most-read posts for the month of March. Tech Tip #105: Create Shortkeys for Windows Tools. 5 Ways Ed-tech Can Enhance Social Studies Lessons. How to Add Accents. Resources to Teach Taxes. 10 Favorite Mac Shortkeys. 4 Ways HS Students Develop the IT Skills for Higher Education. College Credit Classes in Remote Teaching/Blended Learning. Backup Your Work Often. 5 (free) Research Posters to Mainstream Tech Ed.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MARCH 30, 2021
March 31st is called World Backup Day. At least once a year, backup your data files to an external drive (like a flash drive). This is one that isn’t connected to your local computer so can’t be compromised if you get a virus. It’s good to always backup data to cloud drives or a different drive on your computer but once a year, do the entire collection of data files to what is called an ‘air gap’ drive–one that is separated from any internet connection.
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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.
K-12 Education News
MARCH 30, 2021
Whether parents prefer a conformance-oriented or independence-oriented supplemental education program for their children depends on political ideology, according to a study of more than 8,500 American parents.
K-12 Education News
MARCH 29, 2021
Bullying at boarding schools has a negative impact on students' emotional health, but for male students, having a school staff member to rely on for support may mute the harmful effects of bullying, according to a new study. Support networks did not have the same effect for female students, the researchers say.
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