Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Here are ten of the top Math-and-tech tips according to Ask a Tech Teacher readers: C-STEM Studio — A Great Way to Blend Math and Robotics. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields. How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 7, 2016

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. Science – STEM Resources.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2017

While conventional STEM courses are planned around sequential, discrete standards targeting easily-isolated skills, language arts and social studies standards are often tangled webs of both skills and content, not so easily separated. How to Prepare for the SAT Essay. How to Align Technology with Common Core State Standards.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 20, 2016

How to Mix Problems, Passion, and Projects to Excite Kids From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Show Notes: How do you get students and parents excited about STEM? How do you “sell” STEAM to administrators? What are fun STEAM activities that students love?

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User Generated Education

JULY 5, 2018

What may look like an arts and crafts activity, or just a bunch of kids playing with Legos, is actually a way to teach about ancient Rome or how to write a persuasive essay. ( [link] ). It simply becomes, “How can I add a making element to my lessons to reinforce concepts being learned?” Submitted to a Blog.

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EdTechTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2015

Sphero emphasizes the power of play in education and has a variety of lessons that are aligned to the Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards on their website. However, this past year my school received a robot grant that provided ten robots for us from the company Sphero. Robots in the Language Arts Classroom.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 2, 2015

You’ll learn how to take part. Mystery Location Calling How -To Guide. And yes, the standards correlations for Common Core and ISTE are in there. F lattening Classrooms teaches you how to plan and construct your projects!). I’m excited to review this book. My favorite thing: The book organizes by month!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 5, 2018

This gamified math ecosystem is popular with students because it’s fun and teachers because it ties into many national and international standards (like Common Core). How Magnolia ISD ‘leveled the playing field’ for students in math. How to Teach STEM Every Day.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

If you don’t have time to edit or format videos, here are twenty-four sources of rigorous academic videos that will support your lesson plans: Art Babble — videos themed to art, such as STEM topics. More on videos as a classroom tool: How to teach with videos. USGS Multimedia Gallery — science videos from USGS.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Image credit: [link] The overarching problem stems from the fact that PD is driven by external forces and outside agendas. You can attend all the compulsory PD events on Common Core, PARCC/Smarter Balanced, teacher evaluation tools, and other topics imposed by outside pressures, or take a different path that will truly make a difference.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw attitudes toward math bottom out in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Blog post: English Learners in Chula Vista Schools Erase Achievement Gap in Math with Innovative Curriculum.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray on episode 235 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. Jacqui: You know, I’m a real fan of blogging. Tip #5: Blogging. Blogging does all of that.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2019

As principal at Chula Vista School District’s Salt Creek Elementary, Lalaine Perez saw the need to better support a growth mindset around math in the years following the transition to California’s new Common Core standards. Blog post: English Learners in Chula Vista Schools Erase Achievement Gap in Math with Innovative Curriculum.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 4, 2015

His knowledge of and interest in both the EdTech world and the importance of a STEM education highlight the importance of inquiry-based education, DIY cultures and technology for enhanced learning as crucial 21st century activities. They’re all about inspiring creative ideas in students and having them learn how to execute them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 1, 2016

Joe’s not only a parent, but a freelance journalist and tech enthusiast, so he knew exactly how to get his ideas across on the printed page. There are some parents who equate EdTech with “new math” and Common Core, terms that send shudders through some segments of our population.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Edtech Apps that work From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. How to Use Owl Eyes. Disclosure of Material Connection: This is a sponsored blog post. Owl Eyes is a new, simple-but-powerful, and FREE web-app for reading classic books with your students. They’ll thank you!

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Graphite Blog

JULY 11, 2016

By capitalizing on the excitement students had for this toy, and by using design thinking, my students learned traditional math concepts and STEM skills. Read on to see how students used design thinking to solve a real-world challenge, and how you can start planning a design thinking project in your classroom!

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Use technology to help you teach math From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On the whole, many teachers don’t understand how to use them. To simplify the process for teachers, they’ve aligned their virtual math manipulatives to Common Core and State Standards.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 1, 2019

How to get started. It listed all of the required parts and how to connect them. The Robo Wunderkind Curriculum is aligned with Common Core Math, Reading, Writing, and Speaking and Listening Standards; ISTE; CSTA Computing systems and Algorithms & Programming Standards; and NGSS Standards. Who will love this robot.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

Check out my Booking Page and please share and subscribe to this Blog. Over 40 STEAM Resources… Creative Thinking, STEM, and PBL at FETC 2020. It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The next concept involves “getting real about STEM. Number one, explore the new metrics.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 23, 2015

Harry Moore School of NJCU recently received a grant from Sphero, a company that makes ball-size glowing robots that teachers can use to o teach literacy, coding, STEM. In the words of Zachary, a 13 year old student in her class, “Sphero made learning how to measure distance fun. Enhancing STEM Curriculum.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 10, 2017

STEM has become easier to explore in the classroom thanks to makerspaces and Genius Hour –more and more kids are learning how to engineer, create, and experiment with new technology and engineering. However, one aspect of STEM can be a little more daunting for teachers to incorporate, and that’s coding and robotics.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 10, 2017

STEM has become easier to explore in the classroom thanks to makerspaces and Genius Hour –more and more kids are learning how to engineer, create, and experiment with new technology and engineering. However, one aspect of STEM can be a little more daunting for teachers to incorporate, and that’s coding and robotics.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 25, 2023

Let me review a few: STEM Lesson Plans Coding Lesson Plans By Grade Level 30 K-5 Common Core-aligned lessons 110 lesson plans –integrate tech into different grades, subjects, by difficulty level, and call out higher-order thinking skills. Genius Hour, Google Apps, Khan Academy , Robotics, STEM, Coding, and more.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The projects teach students how to make a stable product, use tools, think about the needs of another, solve challenges, overcome setbacks and stay motivated on a long-term problem. Many of those same qualities are goals of the Common Core State Standards. Develop the Backstory for the Gamibot: Report via a Blog Post or Voki.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 19, 2014

GlassLab is looking for ELA and STEM educators and summer program leaders to pilot and provide feedback on a brand new iPad game to teach argumentation and reasoned thinking. While youth play, educators can access dashboards to get real-time feedback on progress and achievement mapped to Common Core Standards for Reading & Writing.

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wwwatanabe

AUGUST 15, 2013

It takes place through conversations, classes, Twitter chats , workshops, blogging, book studies, challenges, team meetings, etc. Leadership Day 2013 Image by Scott McLeod Model what you want to see Sometimes the best professional development comes informally through the behaviors of others, influencing how I think and what I think about.

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wwwatanabe

JUNE 26, 2012

The Collaboration Coach training presents an opportunity for Apache Junction Unified School District teachers to explore coaching as an effective model for providing ongoing professional learning with classroom teachers focused on 21st century learning, Common Core, technology integration, and best teaching practices.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 11, 2022

I ask them to make artifacts and displays that showcase both their talents and the holiday (see my blog posts about Dia de las Muertos and Pi Day for examples.) “STREAM adds one more layer to STEM and STEAM: reading and wRiting. The basics of how to do this can be found via this tutorial – [link].

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EdTechTeam

MAY 19, 2017

As a teacher, I knew all about project based learning and how rewarding it could be for students, but I struggled to imagine how I would make it work in my 4th grade classroom. Learning how to “let go” and open the doors to my room has not been easy, but it has been a lifesaver for me this year.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2021

Let me review a few: STEM Lesson Plans. 30 K-5 Common Core-aligned lessons. Genius Hour, Google Apps, Khan Academy , Robotics, STEM, Coding, and more. These are for the teacher who knows what they want to teach, but needs ideas on how to integrate tech. Coding Lesson Plans. By Grade Level. Who needs this.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Welcome to a post that recognizes that the Arts must be in STEM! FETC 2019 – How does Orlando in January sound for an educational conference? I will be providing workshops and featured sessions on STEM, PBL, Inquiry, Maker Space, and Computational Thinking! This brings in the important 21st century skills!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. How to Change the World: Service PBL in the Common Core Literacy Classroom … Amy Conley (Edutopia). I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Add color by highlighting the letters, numbers, and symbols typed over the parts you’d like colored (such as the stem of a pumpkin or the bow on Christmas bells in the linked samples above). Here is how to use comics in your classes: Open the comic creator you use in your class. That leaves just your typing. There are many.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 12, 2022

Let me review a few: STEM Lesson Plans. 30 K-5 Common Core-aligned lessons. Genius Hour, Google Apps, Khan Academy , Robotics, STEM, Coding, and more. These are for the teacher who knows what they want to teach, but needs ideas on how to integrate tech. Coding Lesson Plans. By Grade Level. Who needs this.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. While I may have gained a little in the process, I think the skill most acquired was how to rewrite a teacher’s edit. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 3, 2018

It actually is quite obvious that the Arts should be included in STEM education. The very first time I heard the idea of integrating the Arts into STEM education was while watching a keynote made by Daniel Pink at the NECC Conference in Washington DC… yes prior to ISTE Conferences! Enjoy this engaging journey.

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