21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 14, 2020

The last time I heard Pink talk, it was in regards to his book “ A Whole New Mind “ At the time, it opened my my thought process to the importance of thinking and the right brain. In regard to Creativity, check out my last post, which covers facilitating and assessing Creativity in the classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JUNE 14, 2021

Read about my 15 ways you can turn STEM from a noun to a verb! Welcome to the second of two articles as I relate the importance of making sure STEM is considered a verb. There are a lot of definitions that relate to STEM education usually in regards to the nouns including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Welcome to the second of two articles as I relate the importance of making sure STEM is considered a verb. There are a lot of definitions in regards to STEM education usually in regards to the nouns including Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. I have some great posts coming your way involving PBL and STEM.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Welcome to another STEM related post. There are a lot of ideas floating around in regards to STEM education. 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. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

As you might know, I am very excited about STEM education! In fact, get ready for a series of helpful STEM posts. For consultations and presentations at schools across the country I have developed these ten questions you may want to ask as you develop or assess STEM possibilities for students.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Welcome to another STEM related series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb in the last post. In this series of posts my goal is to provide you with practical resources in each of the STEM areas. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 12, 2019

On the 10 Minute Teacher, we want to help you be a more remarkable educator, so today, Denis Sheeran, author of Instant Relevance, Using Today’s Experiences to Teach Tomorrow’s Lessons, shares five ways we can become more relevant in our classrooms today. Students need to feel like what they do relates to their daily lives.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Discovery Museum announced today the launch of Virtual Traveling Science Workshops (VTSW) and other teaching resources for schools, and Parent-Assisted STEAM Experiences (PASE), a set of in-museum and at-home learning resources and supports for families. These workshops are available for booking now.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

Welcome to number Three in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science and 35 resources geared toward STEM Technology. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Welcome to number two in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back, along with the 40 resources geared toward STEM Science in the last pos t. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 17, 2017

Today Angela Stockman @AngelaStockman gives our writing workshop a makeover. The author of Make Writing , Angela is passionate about creating writing workshop experiences that are relevant to today’s learners and accessible to even the most resistant writers. 5 Ways to Reach Even Resistant Writers with Writer’s Workshop.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 7, 2016

As I deliver workshops across the country I am reminded of how much we need to prepare STEM educators with regards to a process for delivery. After all, STEM (or STEAM) is so much more than content. How can Project Based Learning and technology integration work to create a powerful STEM learning experience?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

How CT can be linked with other STEM subjects promoted in early learning, such as math and science. For example, the team designed “Playdough Workshop,” where children are invited to engage in problem decomposition as they identify the large task and then smaller tasks needed to successfully make the playdough creations.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Conflict: It’s great for drama, and an inescapable part of human progress, but it can make for fraught situations in the classroom. Conflict can happen even in the most supportive, positive, and open classrooms, disrupting your students’ ability to learn. But there are concrete steps you can take to settle problems in the classroom.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2019

Welcome to this first post in a series that promotes student inquiry in the classroom. As we begin this series I dedicate this post to the writing of that Driving Question which is so important in STEM and PBL. As we begin this series I dedicate this post to the writing of that Driving Question which is so important in STEM and PBL.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Best of all, you can use these ideas to bring a past poroject of yours to the blended and eLearning classroom. Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Thanks so much.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 20, 2019

Julie Graber on Episode 497 The four shifts is a new education technology paradigm shared in the book Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning by Scott McLeod and Julie Graber. Julie is a Defined STEM, a K–12 curriculum resource curriculum with engaging project-based lessons that are based on real-world scenarios.

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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. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 21, 2019

Welcome to number four in a series of four posts bringing you over 150 amazing resources for STEM education. I hope you enjoyed my thoughts of STEM being a Verb a few posts back. You will also find posts filled with resources including Science , Technology , and Engineering in STEM. Check out my Booking Page.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

November 8, 2021 – Following a successful Kickstarter campaign, the authors of the upcoming book Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy have partnered with several energy companies. With that in mind, I am thrilled to support these two authors as they work to get the book into the hands of as many students as possible.”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2022

Also, please explore my Booking Info. I would like to bring practical and affordable PBL, STEM, and Standards Based Technology Workshops to your school of conference. A Classroom Lesson Never Taught : Welcome to my PBL Reflection… it really is a good read… but if you want the links right away… scroll down.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 17, 2018

With the New Year comes the anticipation of classroom excitement and new learning experiences. As we begin, I would like to provide some ideas that might just turn up the learning in the area of STEM education. Last, please check my Booking Page to see how I could be part of your school PD or Conference plans.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Last, please check my Booking Page to see how I could be part of your school PD or Conference plans. Booking Info – Also, think about having me come to your school or conference event in 2020. Think about a keynote, workshop, or even a multiple day workshop on a subject such as PBL, STEM, Tech, and Makers.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 9, 2020

Reflecting back might be especially important as we all dive deeper into e-learning and the blended classroom. Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Thanks so much.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. 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 Booking Page. My calendar is filling. John Dewey.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

I want to provide you some great reasons, ways, and resources to make this happen in your classroom, school, or district. See booking info and please contact me anytime at (mjgormans@gmail.com). Booking Info – Look for contact information at the Booking Site. I have a workshop and session entitled “STEM is a Verb”.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today. Last, please check my Booking Page to see how I could be part of your school PD or Conference plans. Booking Info – Look for contact information at the Booking Site. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 28, 2019

Welcome to this second post in a series that promotes student inquiry in the classroom. In this post you will discover multiple resources that promote student owned inquiry in the student centered classroom. Checkout my conference half day workshops : Making Makers Mainstream and Project Based Learning Quick Start.

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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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Tech Helpful

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Often when people come to visit our lower school STEM lab they ask "how did you know what to put it in?" The first thing I would suggest to a school system wanting to create a STEM lab is not to try to buy everything in the beginning. Wonder Workshop Cue Robots. Tools needed for invention ideas in the student inventor book.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Thanks so much.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 5, 2016

Welcome to a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Check out my Booking Page.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

I took some time to look over my past posts and decided I needed to provide Social Studies Teachers with some great resources for their classroom. Rather than get into any one specific Social Studies area, I thought best to find some resources that might work in just about any Social Studies Classroom. s of workshops and presentations.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

OCTOBER 10, 2020

Booking Info – Are you looking for a practical and affordable professional development workshop for your school or conference? I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Thanks so much.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 2, 2021

Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today. Last, please check my Booking Page to see how I could be part of your school PD or Conference plans. Booking Info – Look for contact information at the Booking Site. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb!

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

Also, a big thank you to the over 400 that attended my workshops and sessions. While I was at FETC I ran into Jon Bergmann who is best known for his work on the Flipped Classroom. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Our challenge is… how to break down the classroom walls even more with the technology we have today. Last, please check my Booking Page to see how I could be part of your school PD or Conference plans. Booking Info – Look for contact information at the Booking Site. In fact… the Workshop is also a Verb!

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