21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 2, 2021

As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.” – John Dewey. Perhaps it is important to think of STEM as a verb and not a noun.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

As the pandemic wanes, a chorus of commentators are offering predictions about what mark it will leave on higher education—with some forecasting colleges collapsing and others seeing increasing alliances with commercial partners. In an online world, all that’s needed is a stipend to deliver the talk and a way to project a Zoom feed.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Connect Online Lessons to Real Life In today’s world of ubiquitous technology, it’s not just about controlling screen-time. During the pandemic, we lost some of that connection, but it’s coming back in full steam, with pent-up demand for student travel, enrichment programs, and summer camps. It’s one thing to learn about U.S.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Esports in schools can transport these kids from the solitary world of digital gaming into the common space of the school computer lab or library commons. Without a school esports club, passionate gamers often feel left out of mainstream school social life. Ostracism and a sense of feeling excluded can leave lasting damage.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 3, 2019

As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. We can have facts without thinking but we cannot have thinking without facts.” – John Dewey. Perhaps it is important to think of STEM as a verb and not a noun.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Understanding student mental health can also help us with others who we meet in our world today. Teachers around the world are using mood check-ins, emotional temp checks , and other methods for connecting. Additionally, educators have to be healthy and whole in order to rise to the monumental tasks laid upon them in classrooms today.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 2, 2018

My daughter does all of these elaborate flips and stunts, often referred to as tumbling in the cheerleading world, that leave me in a state of awe every time I watch her. One day when I was traveling, my wife purchased a contraption called an air track. Imagine then the possibilities for learners in our classrooms.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

It gives teachers the ability to show their students aspects of history, travel, and STEM subjects in an immersive experience. Students will be able to take “field trips” across the world and gain hands-on vocational training through VR simulations without ever leaving the classroom. Assistive devices (e.g.,

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eSchool News

AUGUST 27, 2021

Debuting this September, these unique VFTs connect classroom learning to the people, places, and ideas shaping the world we live in. Traveling the United States from the vantage point of a selfie video, students discover how science-based strategies can enhance mental wellness and how happiness changes the brain.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Debuting throughout October and November, these unique VFTs connect classroom learning to the world we live in. Along the way, students will meet a variety of real-world co-op professionals who reveal the STEM innovations that today’s farms are using to stay productive. Silver Spring, Md.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2019

Teachers enter the profession for moments of total engagement in the classroom. Class sizes are often larger than optimal, leaving teachers frustrated in their attempts to give all learners the attention they deserve. You don’t have to leave the classroom. Here are a few things they’ve discovered teaching with Outschool.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 22, 2019

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 15, 2019

Drop by our Booth F302 in the expo hall at any time during the event, where we will provide insights on how to effectively manage online classroom activities, answer all your questions and showcase NEO’s newest features. It is time to blend your classroom? How will this work for my classroom? To offer more personalized learning?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The goal of computational thinking is really about getting students to use computer type thinking to solve real world problems. Most of all they will be equiped to fast a world which is constatnly changing. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 10, 2018

Augmented Reality (AR) in the classroom allows teachers and students to view 3D objects from around the world that they would normally not have access to with the exception of seeing them in a textbook or online. Most content areas cannot take students on trips around the world. She can be found on Twitter @mslkshpwll.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 30, 2017

If you are as old as I am then you will remember the thrill of watching your teacher wheel the TV trolley into the classroom. How can teachers use VR in the classroom. The cardboard goggles when combined with an Android phone, preloaded with any of Google’s Cardboard apps, are a simple way to bring classroom lessons to life.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 27, 2023

To make it even easier to navigate, I’ve neatly arranged these nuggets of knowledge into several categories—from the whimsical world of animals to the mysteries of science and nature. And you know me, I wouldn’t leave you hanging without credible sources. 2] Year on Venus : A year on Venus is shorter than its day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 14, 2021

As a STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) learning advocate for kids, I can’t understate the importance of teaching simple scientific and number concepts at home, because science isn’t something you learn only in a classroom. Move back quickly from the bottle without turning your back to it (or else you’ll miss the sight).

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 15, 2022

A prominent anti-vaccine campaigner, Heckenlively made world news in 2017 when he was denied entry to Australia for a lecture tour to encourage parents to stop vaccinating their children, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Assuming students will learn those concepts in college leaves out too many people, she argued. “A

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vickie Morgado from Canada has her third graders connecting with the world! Quickly create assessments for any grade or subject without special forms or equipment. Overview of Vickie Morgado’s Global Collaboration in Her 3rd Grade Classroom. We have connected with different classrooms. We’ve traveled the world.

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EdTech4Beginners

MARCH 21, 2018

American poet and etymologist John Ciardi once remarked, “The classroom should be an entrance into the world.” Contemporary classrooms (from elementary school to graduate school) are structured similar to a manufacturing line and typically produce students who are full of information. Biomimicry – Emulating Life’s Genius.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Leslie: Well, my first idea – and one I have used in my classroom at the teacher-led station – is the interactive PBS LearningMedia. See: Aurasma and Augmented Reality in the Classroom with Dr. Tim Green. See: Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in the Classroom with Steven Anderson. So Leslie, what’s your first idea?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The goal of computational thinking is really about getting students to use computer type thinking to solve real world problems. Most of all they will be equipped to fast a world which is constantly changing. Integrating CT in the Elementary Classroom (Getting Smart). I can personally relate with this quote.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, Makerspace, Inquiry, Computational Thinking, and the 4 C’s. It really is OK to get lost in one or two and leave the rest for later. This is an area that may just help you flip your STEM classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 3, 2022

Another suggests that teachers might show up in classrooms, not in person, but as holograms. These are among the ideas to emerge from the fertile imaginations of fifth graders across the country thinking about what the world will – or should – look like in 20 years. This story also appeared in The Christian Science Monitor.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 4, 2019

Beginning teachers’ practice is enhanced further when their mentors also receive formal training and are released from some of their own classroom duties to provide one-to-one observation and coaching in the classroom, so they can demonstrate effective methods and help new teachers solve problems of practice.(33) 32) Ingersoll, R.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Check out my Booking Page.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 5, 2017

Listen to Rob Donatelli talk about 5 easy brain breaks for your classroom. I travel the world helping #physed teachers use technology more meaningfully in their classes. So you can imagine, it’s sort of like having an instant replay in your classroom and that brings out this enormous array of possibilities. [00:02:00].

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2018

He spent the 2015-2016 school year traveling to schools in all 50 states and he discovered that teachers, when trusted and supported, often innovate on their own. Related: What’s school without grade levels? Dintersmith’s website, innovationplaylist.org , lists 32 steps teachers can take in the classroom to innovate.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 25, 2018

The goal of computational thinking is really about getting students to use computer type thinking to solve real world problems. Most of all they will be equiped to fast a world which is constatnly changing. Integrating CT in the Elementary Classroom (Getting Smart). I can personally relate with this quote.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As I reflect on my observation of STEM practice in my travels across the country I have become more convinced that STEM is a verb, and not just a set of nouns. By focusing just on these four areas we are losing the powerful and authentic learning opportunities that STEM thinking can bring to the classroom.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

These are healthy ones — totally health food,” he says as he arrives without warning in a teachers’ lounge with the gift of sticky-sweet carbs. The Campo school district’s small classrooms let teachers get to know their students well. But in places with more money, school leaders rent specially outfitted classroom trailers.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

. When I traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, as a Fulbright Scholar in 2007, my grandparents asked why I couldn’t conduct my research in Europe. Colombia had a reputation as one of the most violent places in the world. Almost everyone was engaged, a stark contrast to the classroom. That’s where I was working. one student suggested.

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Education Superhighway

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Small school districts typically offer fewer Advanced Placement classes as well as limited opportunities to connect with real-world projects. Others are leveraging distance learning to take community college courses without having to spend the time or money to travel 35 miles to campus.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 29, 2018

But there are a series of series of small and manageable steps, things we can do in our classrooms, homes, and communities that can help. Great classrooms create space for complicated conversations about politics, race and religion. But they must do so without adding a partisan agenda. I believe that we can do this together.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

When I returned to Baltimore City after that year, I was fortunate that I was able to negotiate to be placed back on my previous salary scale prior to leaving (I left to take care of a family member, which helped a bit in the negotiations). Leaving the classroom does NOT automatically mean you are “getting your nights and weekends back.”

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