Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

You can also visit PASCO website’s Digital Library for hundreds of free labs and experiments that can be sorted by age group (elementary, MS, HS, AP, or University) or subject. Training and Workshops. This includes videos, free live online training, customized webinars, and onsite workshops.

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

At my school, we've been teaching coding to our lower-elementary students for the past few years, and have incorporated robots from Wonder Workshop into the activities. This involves discovery-based play using the Wonder Workshop robots (Dash and Dot) and apps. Tools: Wonder Workshop apps and robots or unplugged activities.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MAY 4, 2016

We are quickly approaching summer at our school, so we have been winding down activities in the library and looking ahead to what we might read this summer. Our family engagement specialist, some teachers, and the Junior League of Athens went into the community center of one of the communities we serve to host a family literacy workshop.

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

Remake Learning Network, a group of educators and innovators working together to shape the future of learning and teaching in the Greater Pittsburgh region. This 2½ day hands-on workshop introduces the arts as activities that enhance various stages of project-based learning. Studio A: Designing Creative K-12 Project-Based Learning.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2016

New Canaan High School librarian Michelle Luhtala recently jumped headfirst into creating a makerspace in her library and documented what she learned, how her space changed and how it affected students along the way. Luhtala is blessed with a big library, but for most of her career it has been dominated by large bookshelves.

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Barrow Media Center: Expect the Miraculous

MAY 4, 2016

We are quickly approaching summer at our school, so we have been winding down activities in the library and looking ahead to what we might read this summer. Our family engagement specialist, some teachers, and the Junior League of Athens went into the community center of one of the communities we serve to host a family literacy workshop.

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Educator Innovator

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Library makerspaces, including members of the YOUmedia Learning Labs Network, offer students a chance to design, tinker, and build critical thinking skills. Libraries are all about inquiry,” says Valerie Jopeck, a former librarian and current education specialist for a large public school district in Virginia.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

McGrath is a K-5 ELL teacher at West View Elementary School, a small inner-city school in Knoxville, Tennessee, and Valdez is a kindergarten teacher at Minnie Mars Jamieson Elementary at Chicago Public Schools. a division of Cambium Learning Group, Inc., About Cambium Learning Group, Inc. About Rosetta Stone.

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eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2021

Provo City School District , Utah — Improve literacy outcomes for students in K-3 through 1:1 coaching for teachers and leaders at four elementary schools. Districtwide support for social-emotional learning (SEL) through workshops and coaching for teachers and social workers to expand the capacity for support at each site.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Soft instrumental music played in the background as families walked into the gym at Laurene Edmondson Elementary School around 5:30 in the evening. In January, adults could attend two 30-minute workshops on everything from how to set limits to understanding trauma — topics the parents had suggested themselves. “I LOVELAND, Colo.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. based education advocacy group. “It Photo: Kelsey Aske. And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

If you teach elementary, you’ll likely have different structures for different content areas as well. This could include an anticipatory set, number sense routine, read aloud, mini lesson, work period, small groups, stations, etc. Example 2: My reading or writing workshop starts with a mini lesson on the carpet.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds. Our vision is to build sustainable libraries and support their custodians and advocates — librarians.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my PBL and Technology Integration Workshop. Common Sense Media Student Video Library. Netzsmarts Workshop. Check out my Booking Page.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

If you teach elementary, you’ll likely have different structures for different content areas as well. This could include an anticipatory set, number sense routine, read aloud, mini lesson, work period, small groups, stations, etc. Example 2: My reading or writing workshop starts with a mini lesson on the carpet.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. NSDL – The National Science Digital Library has some outstanding resources that include numerous links to some great STEM programs and organizations.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

If you teach elementary, you’ll likely have different structures for different content areas as well. This could include an anticipatory set, number sense routine, read aloud, mini lesson, work period, small groups, stations, etc. Example 2: My reading or writing workshop starts with a mini lesson on the carpet.

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Groups Conference Assessment Strategy 61

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Part of function of library will be to become an online learning center. In individual classrooms, teachers are working with students who are ahead of the rest of the class to create a library of tutorials for other students.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

MAY 29, 2016

I had poured my life into a group of teenagers, and though I would see some of them the next year, I knew it would not be the same. It is possible that your school may o ffer a workshop. There are two FlipCon conferences this summer, and I am leading an all-day workshop in Illinois. Join some of the following groups.

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NeverEndingSearch

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Never before have we had truly effective tools for synchronous conferencing and media-rich asynchronous group discussion. Members of our library community have been trying to launch a hashtag for bridging school librarians and schools across the world for years. Never before has meaningful partnership been so possible.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Nevertheless, said Highlander’s chief education officer Shawn Rubin, the group “felt like there was a moment and an opportunity” to activate the 104 Fuse RI fellows spread out across the state to help make the transition to remote learning easier for other teachers. I can’t imagine not having that support system,” Ramm said.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

JANUARY 14, 2024

Will you accept calling out in a small group only? If you’re looking for a set of mindfulness and yoga activities that can be used in a classroom, these are a great option that I’ve used with lower and upper elementary. High school students might be a great option as mentors for elementary students.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 15, 2016

On the other hand, one-shot, “drive-by,” or fragmented, “spray-and-pray” workshops lasting 14 hours or less show no statistically significant effect on student learning ( Darling-Hammond, Wei, Andree, Richardson, and Orphanos, 2009 ). Professional Learning Communities.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 11, 2019

This week on the Truth for Teachers podcast: Jen Bengel explains the workshop model, how to create mini-lessons, and how to get students excited about books. She spent 10 years in public schools as an elementary teacher and a literacy coach and has spent the last 7 years as a full-time curriculum developer and professional developer.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Students participate in morning workshops in advance of national May 1 “Day Without Immigrants” rallies, learning also about the labor rights history of May Day rallies worldwide. Long taught this unit in English, but the first group to present spoke in Spanish. Photo: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 31, 2015

In 2014, LRNG awarded grants to 14 groups of educators working on expanding time and space for creative and connected learning in schools. First, in the spring, the grant funded “STEM labs” in two schools and three community sites, including a youth wellness center and a public library. and Catherine T.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 7, 2015

Several summers ago, I wrote 10 Ideas for Creating Literacy Centers in response to a request from a Summer Workshop participant. The teacher, Lacey Chimienti, had created a small group activity where students were using Popplet – a mind mapping tool – to brainstorm words with the short-e sound (egg, elf, elk, etc.).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 18, 2022

This is one of many multisensory activities Welch uses in her reading intervention class, a 30-minute pull-out session that meets daily at the elementary school. Related: Retraining an entire state’s elementary teachers in the science of reading. At one point, Gruber has the small group she’s leading write down what they hear.

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Educator Innovator

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

In our interactive session for “ Makerspace in the Library: What it means for your Classroom ,” we really let our participants drive the learning. Other Workshop Leaders: Buffy Hamilton , Title I Writing teacher, former librarian; Atlanta, GA. Zach Duensing, Nashville Public Library. What a great group of educators!

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techlearning

APRIL 4, 2018

In the primary and intermediate grades, says principal Tim Riff, teachers employ the Writer’s Workshop model. He created a personal library of customized comments addressing the issues his students frequently have, along with links to Web pages and YouTube videos to provide solutions. “My My comments sound like me—because I wrote them.

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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

In addition, ABC Mouse has shared releases and updates for ABCmouse Mastering Math, Digital Library Experience, Standards-Aligned Collections, A New Teacher Experience, and the ABCmouse Ambassador Program. This program adds full home access for students, custom curriculum alignment, performance reporting, professional development, and more.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Acton, MA – Discovery Museum and Natick-based MathWorks announced today their continued partnership to bring the Museum’s Traveling Science Workshops to classrooms throughout Massachusetts and beyond for the 2023-2024 school year. MathWorks volunteer groups also undertake on-site projects several times each year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 7, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. Please also join this Library 2.0

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 23, 2022

Next Tuesday, March 29th, 2002, is our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," which will be held online (and for free). Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 15, 2022

Our first Library 2.022 mini-conference: " Virtual Reality and Learning: Leading the Way ," will be held online (and for free) on Tuesday, March 29th, 2022. Virtual Reality was identified by the American Library Association as one of the 10 top library technology trends for the future. Please also join this Library 2.0

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Graphite Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Another simple way to do this is to recognize families with certificates or diplomas after parent workshops or in a parent volunteer group. This leads to greater trust in the school and makes parents more open to engaging in school activities. Use student events as a chance to connect.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

OCTOBER 1, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update October 1st, 2014 There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library. We''re really excited about our special Library 2.014 preconference event for K-12 teacher librarians (and their fans), Connected Librarian Day on Tuesday October 7th from 3:30pm - 10pm US Eastern.

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