Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 4, 2021

Subscriber Special. Until January 18th: Free Martin Luther King Day Lesson Plans. Two lesson plans to prepare for Martin Luther King Day in January: 1) Students research events leading up to Dr. Martin Luther King’s impact on American history and share them with an Event Chain organized visually, including pictures and thought bubbles. 2) Students interpret the words of Dr.

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 2, 2021

Self-care is not selfish. You cannot serve from an empty vessel. – Eleanor Brownn. I have written about doing check-ins with students on several occasions, for example, see Emotional Check-Ins in a Teaching Webinar. What I find ironic about myself is that I haven’t discussed self-care of educators. This is especially negligent since I have a Doctorate in Counseling.

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The Innovative Educator

JANUARY 3, 2021

For many families the pandemic brought school home giving them a birds eye view into what their children are learning. While some parents are seeing their children thrive, others are frustrated by what they see. They find it hard for their children to sit all day working on screens. They are discovering a lot of what their children are doing is having information fed to them that they could have easily learned by watching YouTube videos.

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K-12 Education News

JANUARY 6, 2021

A new review by Swansea University reveals there is widespread belief, around the world, in a teaching method that is not only ineffective but may actually be harmful to learners. For decades educators have been advised to match their teaching to the supposed 'learning styles' of students. However, a new paper by Professor Phil Newton, of Swansea University Medical School, highlights that this ineffective approach is still believed by teachers and calls for a more evidence-based approach to teac

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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

JANUARY 8, 2021

Because AATT is a resource blog, we share lots of tips our group comes across in their daily teaching as well as materials shared by others we think you’d like. Some you agree with; others, not so much. Here’s a run-down on what you thought were the most valuable in 2020: Top 10 Tech Tips. As a working technology teacher, I get hundreds of questions from parents about their home computers, how to do stuff, how to solve problems which I share with you.

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STEM Supplies

JANUARY 5, 2021

In 2020, we learned a lot about our students, our schools, and ourselves. This year was challenging, but teachers were resilient and found ways to teach across virtual platforms despite a looming pandemic. As we move into 2021, we have a lot to look forward to. We hope to resume teaching with our students in person and bring STEM back in the way it was intended: hands-on and inquiry-based.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JANUARY 4, 2021

108: 5 Teacher Goals for the New Year 00:00 Welcome to One Tired Teacher, Episode 108: 5 Teacher Goals for the New Year. Happy new year. It is 2021. It's hard to believe that we are actually in the new year. I felt like 2020 was dragging on for all of eternity. I know there are so many teachers out there that are feeling so thankful that we have ended 2020, and we are now moving into 2021.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 6, 2021

Throughout the year, I post websites and apps the Ask a Tech Teacher crew’s classes found useful, instructive, helpful in integrating technology into classroom lesson plans. Some, you agreed with us about; others not so much. Here are the reviews you-all thought were the most helpful in efforts to weave tech into the classroom experience: Quick Review of 7 Popular Math Programs. 4 Great Alternatives to Google Classroom. 7 Tech Tools for PE Teachers. 15 Websites to Teach Financial Literacy.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 5, 2021

Since we at Ask a Tech Teacher started this blog nine years ago, we’ve had almost 5.3 million views from visitors (about 10,000 follow us) to the 2,444 articles on integrating technology into the classroom. This includes tech tips, website/app reviews, tech-in-ed pedagogy, how-tos, videos, and more. We have regular features like: Weekly Websites and Tech Tips ( sign up for the newsletter ).

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