Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve, show them that deep thinking was fun and problem-solving exhilarating. But here’s my issue: Too often, kids forget that the goal is to practice critical thinking and problem solving, not pursue a career in programming.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Rather than viewing topics in isolation, this method encourages students to explore the interconnectedness of ideas. Students develop the necessary thinking skills essential for success in academic and real-world scenarios by recognizing and understanding relationships between concepts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2024

Artificial Intelligence is designed to imitate human behavior. Lest you think I was telling kids about an app that they didn't know about – 100% of them admitted they knew what it was.) They did a think-pair-share, and their answers were pretty spot on. What do you think? That would improve learning. The kids are.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The flipped classroom was designed to invert the traditional approach to instruction and practice/application. We want them to think about the concepts, processes, phenomena, issues, or skills presented in the video. Some students may enjoy reading and engaging with a text, while others may opt for a podcast or recording on a topic.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2021

Although it has been challenging, it has also provided a good opportunity for educators to embrace and create new learning experiences and design collaborative learning environments for students. Artificial Intelligence has been a trending topic in education for the last couple of years. What are the ways that we use AI every day?

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Part V: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part five of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Plus, they’ll understand how to think about a three-dimensional object and then spatially lay it out on paper. Have kids think about their house, walk through it. They’ll have to think in three dimensions and will soon realize they can’t draw a two-story house. This became a good lesson in visual thinking.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Mathematics is not just about solving equations or memorizing formulas; it’s a way of thinking. It teaches us problem-solving skills, logical reasoning, and the ability to think abstractly. By studying these areas, students learn to design algorithms that are not just functional but efficient and elegant.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve. One hour, according to Hour of Code, would show them that deep thinking was fun and problem-solving was exhilarating. To reinforce this, they offer a slew of unplugged critical thinking activities to pursue during the Hour of Code week.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

If you engage students as they watch the video, they are more likely to 1) think deeply about the content and 2) produce something that shows they watched the video. Instead, give them opportunities to document their thinking with drawings and art. Engagement Strategy #5 Pair the Video with a Thinking Routine.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 12, 2024

We discuss the transformative role of app-building, collaborative learning, design thinking, and the importance of authentic learning experiences. If you're doing collaborative projects and design in your classroom, you'll get practical ideas for how you can modify your projects to encourage collaboration and real-world learning.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

Quick Writes: Teachers can present a prompt or question related to the video topic and ask students to spend a few minutes writing their thoughts. Anticipation Guides: These are short lists of statements related to the video topic that students respond to before watching the video. This encourages brainstorming and prediction.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

In science and history, rigor can be enhanced by having students design their own experiments or research questions. Well, your 30 books and all of the work you've done, it makes you more than a former little drip, but I do think that's, your dad is funny. I think you have a rigor rubric, right? Vicki Davis (00:26) Mm-hmm.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 9, 2022

Debates help students grasp critical thinking and presentation skills, including: abstract thinking. analytical thinking. critical thinking. thinking on their feet—if evidence is refuted, students must ‘get back into game’. analytical thinking. critical thinking. Offer a list of topics.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 12, 2019

When I work with teachers designing lessons using blended learning models, I encourage them to think about where in the lesson they can hand over decision making power to the students. Can you allow students to decide what aspect of a subject or topic they want to focus on for a lesson, assignment, or project?

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 22, 2021

Tract is an online community where students can share their knowledge, learn from one another, and connect with others interested in similar topics or activities. As part of the Tract community, students can select a topic and create their learning path on that topic. Students as Creators.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In education, case studies are widely used as a pedagogical tool to encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the application of theoretical knowledge. Well-planned case studies can challenge students’ problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. It is primarily designed for business school instructors.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

When I work with teachers designing lessons using the station rotation model, for example, some teachers struggle to understand how students can start at a station and complete an activity before they receive instruction. They are unpacking complex texts and topics. They are modeling strategies, processes, and skills.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

A reading adventure invites students to select a book they want to read based on their preferences about genre and topic. The work students do asynchronously on the slide deck provides them with choices about how they want to share their thinking and serves as evidence of their asynchronous work. A Reading Adventure.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

Teachers can host a series of short Zoom or Google Hangouts sessions throughout the day focused on different skills or topics. As teachers think about hosting virtual meetings, I would encourage them to approach the design of this time with intention. 1 Small Group Instruction. one week at a time). GoldenCircleGoal.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 18, 2020

This project uses the 5Es instructional model–engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate–to guide students through a learning experience focused on a topic of their choice. This project is designed to drive higher-order thinking, develop research skills, and encourage reflection. Below is the project template.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 7, 2021

It is an opportunity to help our students to build critical thinking and problem-solving skills and helps promote the development of SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) skills and foster peer collaborations. Through CodaKid, students explore coding, game design, programming, and even website design. Code with Google. Scratch Jr.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Teachers are designing learning experiences for a range of learning landscapes. If teachers design a “choose your own adventure” learning experience, students can enjoy some voice and choice in the experience and control the pace at which they process information and complete tasks. Others are teaching entirely online.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 11, 2024

Brian is the creator of the Homework Hacks Course , designed to equip students aged 13 to 20 with research-backed homework hacks and independent learning strategies. You can publish it and share it with a limited audience, or design something bigger. When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When we asked the Ask a Tech Teacher team to apply it specifically to teaching physical education–not something we usually think of with tech tools–they came up with these great ideas: Using ChatGPT to Revolutionize PE Teaching: 5 Expert Strategies! Join us as we explore these minutely specific tactics in further detail.

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ViewSonic Education

JULY 19, 2023

Stick to the Planned Topics as Much as Possible A recent study of businesses in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany found that the average employee wastes nearly 13 working days every year in unproductive meetings. To prevent this, you need to plan out the meeting ahead of time and stick as closely to the planned topics as possible.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 9, 2020

Given that reality, I wanted to share a collection of strategies designed to engage students in active learning online. Sort it Out challenges students to think about how key concepts in a unit, lesson, or chapter relate to one another. This fall, students will likely be learning, at least in part, online. Sort It Out. Scavenger Hunts.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 24, 2021

Through interesting, relatable scenarios and real-life simulations around topics like financial literacy and social-emotional learning, teachers can easily bring the real world into their classrooms. If a topic is of interest to you or your school, you can download standards-alignment documents to help find a fit. Grade Level: 9-12.

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Catlin Tucker

MAY 11, 2021

Like many, this teacher felt intense pressure to teach the standards and wasn’t sure how to embrace Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and blended learning. Jay McTighe and Grant Wiggens point out in Understanding by Design that understanding is not simply acquiring information or facts. This is not unusual.

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Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 15, 2023

Part II: Thinking About Thinking Series This is part two of a five-part series focused on using thinking routines to drive metacognitive skill building. Click here to revisit my first blog in this series on using the “I see, I think, I wonder” routine.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

In this post, Sarah Dunn , a high school math teacher, shares the strategy she uses to get students thinking critically about mathematical mistakes. I think it’s powerful for students to practice recognizing errors. . In a previous post , I wrote about how to design kinesthetic math stations. It also normalizes mistakes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 8, 2022

If you’ve wondered how to get into tech as a teacher, you may think the field is intimidating. By highlighting your transferable skills and educational strengths, you can move into careers like instructional designer, eLearning developer, training specialist, or technical writer. . Read on… More about teaching tech.

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 23, 2019

Too often classrooms are spaces where kids do not enjoy the flexibility or freedom to ask questions about topics or issues that capture their interest and pursue exploration that may extend beyond the boundaries of a particular subject area. drive deeper thinking about topics, issues, and problems.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 3, 2020

Teachers around the nation are being called to integrate computational thinking into their classrooms to prepare all students to thrive in a computational world. To do this, teachers need meaningful professional learning experiences and resources to integrate computational thinking in equitable, authentic, and sustainable ways.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 22, 2024

Unlike summative assessment, which typically occurs at the end of a learning cycle to evaluate students’ overall progress toward the unit’s desired results, formative assessment is ongoing and designed to inform instruction, indicate areas where additional differentiation is needed, and guide learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

September 8th is International Literacy Day, a great time to think about promoting a class culture that values reading. The Booklist Assignment is designed to help students select a book they’ll enjoy. Reading logs are a controversial topic. Guest post written by Amy Tobener-Talley. Booklist Assignment.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From budgets to banking to credit and savings, choose a topic and use it in your classroom with EVERFI’s free financial literacy lesson plans. from Durham University, a PGCE from UCL, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Design Thinking & Innovation from MIT. I think that's what excites me about this. Dan holds an M.A.

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