Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Surprisingly, all you need is one simple mindshift to do this: Create a classroom environment where thinking isn’t considered work. They choose the deep concentration and trial-and-error of gameplay over many other activities because figuring out how to win is exciting. Don’t say science and math are hard.

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Common Core Digital Citizenship Video Assessment 338

Digital Promise

APRIL 22, 2021

This year in my role as a trainer, I leaned into reading articles from outlets such as Edutopia, Education Week, and MindShift to increase my knowledge about effective remote learning strategies. One of the most enjoyable aspects of the teaching profession is that there is always something to learn and refine.

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MindShift

AUGUST 15, 2018

It’s that time of year! We’re back with a new podcast episodes. This season, we investigate the intangible, and often overlooked, elements of academic success: emotional safety, trust, and relationships.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 8, 2015

This post first appeared on MindShift. Blog Featured Justin Reich #ettipad #ettleadership EdX LMS MindShift' Helping students become networked learners begins by thinking carefully about where we conduct our online learning. SAVE THE DATE: November 16-18. Registration and the Call for Proposals will be open soon!

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Link to Book on Amazon. Check out this episode of Shifting Our Schools.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 26, 2016

In the MindShift Guide to Digital Games and Learning , Jordan Shapiro covered some of the key research on games and learning. While there is little research on game-based assessments, recent advancements in education technology have opened up opportunities to learn more about the efficacy of games as a learning tool.

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EdTechTeacher

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Digital Note Taking Strategies That Deepen Student Thinking ( MindShift, 17 August 2017). Beyond the Binder: 3 Strategies for Empowering Digital Tool Use in the Classroom ( EdSurge, co-authored with Sabba Quidwai, 3 February 2017). Note Taking Editorials – Groundhog Day All Over Again ( Food for Thought…, 27 November 2017.

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EdTechTeacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Note Taking with Technology ( Edutopia, 4 November 2014 – updated 7 August 2017) Take Note: How to Curate Learning Digitally ( Edutopia, 8 March 2016) Beyond the Binder: 3 Strategies for Empowering Digital Tool Use in the Classroom ( EdSurge, co-authored with Sabba Quidwai, 3 February 2017) Digital Note Taking Strategies That Deepen Student Thinking (..)

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Barbara Oakley’s professional biography does not suggest that she was once a struggling math and science student: She is an engineering professor, author of A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science and Mindshift: Break Through Obstacles to Learning and Discover Your Hidden Potential (which is not affiliated with this MindShift).

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Surprisingly, all you need is one simple mindshift to do this: Create a classroom environment where thinking isn’t considered work. They choose the deep concentration and trial-and-error of gameplay over many other activities because figuring out how to win is exciting. Don’t say science and math are hard.

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How To Common Core Digital Citizenship Video 245

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 29, 2015

I authored a resource for MindShift titled “ Teachers’ Guide to Using Videos ,” which includes a section describing a range of strategies a teacher can employ to flip and engage. There are a variety of ways to do this. A newer tool I’m excited to use with students come fall is EDpuzzle.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

You can listen to this episode of the MindShift Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts , NPR One , Spotify , Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts. Listen to this episode of the MindShift Podcast for more information on how an entire district got on board with using Courageous Conversations about Race.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 12, 2022

Mindshift : If teachers aren’t using video in their instruction, then it’s probably not the best tool for their assessments. And the rubrics should focus on the learning goals of the course and not necessarily on the students’ cinematic skills. Administrators shouldn’t just tell teachers they have to use video.

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MindShift

JULY 6, 2020

This story is part of a MindShift series that explores solutions for returning to school during the COVID19 pandemic, supported in part by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. MindShift retains sole editorial control over all content. .

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MindShift

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Hear from Michael Godsey and his students on the latest episode of the MindShift Podcast. Godsey developed lesson plans for teaching with podcasts and started hearing from teachers around the country about how podcasts were getting students excited about learning again.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This is the introduction of the MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia. This is the introduction of the MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia. You can find the remaining chapters and a complete printable PDF of the entire guide by clicking here. Not working to potential. Unintelligent.

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MindShift

AUGUST 29, 2017

Listen to the first episode of the MindShift podcast’s new season, “A Whole School Approach to Behavior Issues,” to learn how Essien and his staff are leveraging the relationship building expertise of support staff to support teachers in the classroom. That’s when Essien had an “ah ha” moment that is helping to turn this school around.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

This is chapter five of the MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia. This is chapter five of the MindShift Guide to Understanding Dyslexia. You can find the remaining chapters and a complete printable PDF of the entire guide by clicking here. TECHNOLOGY HELPS—BUT ONLY IF IT CAN BE USED.

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MindShift

AUGUST 18, 2020

In interviews with MindShift and at a recent journalism conference, Pressley and other high school activists shared how teachers can improve distance learning from the uneven experiences of the spring. He told MindShift that his workload last spring was about the same as before, but most of his classes did not meet virtually. “We

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This story was produced by KQED MindShift and republished with permission. On hot days, fourth-grader Adriana Salas has observed that when the sun beats down on the pavement in her schoolyard it “turns foggy.” There are also days where the slide burns the back of her legs if she is wearing shorts or the monkey bars are too hot to touch.

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Educator Innovator

DECEMBER 22, 2014

KQED’s learning and education technology blog MindShift has long been one of our go-to sources for news about the future of learning. Read more and download the free guide (PDF) on MindShift. By Ilena Parker. Original Post/ Institute of Play.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

On the latest episode of the MindShift Podcast , we discuss the tension between the parental need to help children get ahead in life, and the unintended consequences of those good intentions. They end up feeling incapable of handling life’s challenges on their own.

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techlearning

MAY 30, 2018

Mindshift 2016). Thom Markham’s Mindshift article cross posted at micahshippee.com Micah Shippee, PhD is an out-of-the-box-doer, a social studies teacher, and a technology trainer. As a Social Studies educator, I am constantly working to make content relevant, tangible, and relatable for my students.

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MindShift

AUGUST 3, 2020

This story is part of a MindShift series that explores solutions for returning to school during the COVID19 pandemic, supported in part by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. MindShift retains sole editorial control over all content. .

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Nielsen’s writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post , Tech & Learning , ISTE Connects , ASCD Wholechild , MindShift , Leading & Learning , The Unplugged Mom , and is the author the book Teaching Generation Text. In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator , Ms.

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MindShift

JULY 13, 2020

This story is part of a MindShift series that explores solutions for returning to school during the COVID19 pandemic, supported in part by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. MindShift retains sole editorial control over all content. .

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 15, 2016

MindShift KQED – MindShift focuses on innovative practices in teaching and learning. NPR Education – National Public Radio reports on education topics at the national, state, and local level. Always a great resource, NPR reports on topics such as chronic absenteeism or violence in schools.

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MindShift

MAY 1, 2020

MindShift asked educators on Facebook and Twitter what would help them feel appreciated, especially during this time of emergency distance learning. There’s no doubt that COVID-19 distance learning makes this academic school year unlike any other. And what many educators requested was a note of appreciation.

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MindShift

AUGUST 4, 2020

This story is part of a MindShift series that explores solutions for returning to school during the COVID19 pandemic, supported in part by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation. MindShift retains sole editorial control over all content. . ” You can follow her at @SuzanneBouffard.

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The Thinking Stick

DECEMBER 2, 2014

” ~ Mindshift. Students would have been able to highlight reading passages and take notes on the text to help them answer test questions. He thought it was too complicated for them to learn how to use well in time for the test. Photo Credit: Kathy Cassidy via Compfight cc. It turns out that they could read deeply.

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MindShift

AUGUST 21, 2020

MindShift interviewed these educators between early June and late July. On dealing with dual pandemics: Patel spoke with MindShift just a week after the police killing of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests , and a month and half after a police officer fatally shot another Black man, Steven Taylor, in her own community.

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The Thinking Stick

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

In their methods courses, where teachers learn the mechanics of running a classroom, 71 percent report that they’re taught to use simple word processing, spreadsheets and database tools, 64 percent report learning how to create multimedia presentations and 55 percent say they’ve learned how to use interactive whiteboards. ~ MindShift.

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EdTechTeacher

JULY 11, 2016

MindShift/KQED – MindShift explores everything from devices in the classroom to the need for recess. She explores everything from the emotional taxation of teaching to effective practice in the classroom. You will always learn something relevant to your classroom on this site.

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

Nielsen’s writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post , Tech & Learning , ISTE Connects , ASCD Wholechild , MindShift , Leading & Learning , The Unplugged Mom , and is the author the book Teaching Generation Text. In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator , Ms.

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techlearning

JUNE 28, 2018

Nielsen’s writing is featured in places such as Huffington Post , Tech & Learning , ISTE Connects , ASCD Wholechild , MindShift , Leading & Learning , The Unplugged Mom , and is the author the book Teaching Generation Text. In addition to her award-winning blog, The Innovative Educator , Ms.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 10, 2017

Educators can turn this decline around with five mindshifts: Project the attitude that science and math are fun. Many immigrants with strong math and science skills are warmly accepted to not just the US, but many other western nations. Elementary-age students think this is true, but something happens between 4th and 8th grade.

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The Innovative Educator

AUGUST 25, 2017

To do this he recommends educators help students develop four skills as shared in Mindshift : Power Researching: “My job used to be to give you the information, now my job is to teach you how to find the information.” -- Alan November Meaningful Contributions: Ensure students know they can make meaningful contributions to the world.

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