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. Check out my Booking Page. I am now booked through November.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 15, 2017

Click here to book a PD Consult. 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.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In the past few years, the Common Core has significantly altered the landscape in terms of mathematics education. The Common Core has also required more coherence in our curriculum. It also allows us to take a blended learning approach to our Common Core math instruction.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

MARCH 23, 2019

I believe that inquiry really involves the art of knowing how to ask a question. As we begin this series I dedicate this post to the writing of that Driving Question which is so important in STEM and PBL. Booking Info – Talking about inquiry… how about inquiring about some best of the best PD?

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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. Rich created an obstacle in the form of a core foam mountain, covered it with fake grass, and had his students try to steer the robot over the mountains.

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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?”

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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. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey. Book: Smarter Than We Think by Cathy L Seeley.

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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. Post-Pilot Results : Succeeding with Common Core—Levered's 2018-19 survey.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 13, 2017

Owl Eyes is a new, simple-but-powerful, and FREE web-app for reading classic books with your students. Discussions happen inside the book , so as you discuss, you’re literally “all on the same page.”. What Books Are Included? Browse or search the Owl Eyes library to see if your upcoming book is included. Collaborate.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2021

Mathew Felton-Koestler, known as “Mathy Matt” on his YouTube channel , makes videos for parents that explain why and how young kids are learning math these days. He has two sets of videos specifically on the Common Core, in which he talks about the kindergarten and the third grade standards. Credit: Michelle Majdoch.

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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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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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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

But even the best guides on how to help students complete unfinished learning don’t have advice on how to help math students who are three years behind. Michael Horn’s new book, “ From Reopen to Reinvent ,” and the Aurora Institute offer advice on how schools might thoughtfully do this. Students who need more time get it.

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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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EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

For administrators, this area would target school culture and how to improve the health of the organization through adaptation, climate, and infrastructure. The training in this area is mostly academically focused, such as common core standards and STEM. Professional Learning is moving toward a competency based approach.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

NOVEMBER 9, 2014

STEM, 21st century learning, and technology integration, please sign up for 21centuryedtech by email or RSS. Booking Info – Time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s. I have done 100?s

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 19, 2018

Jacqui Murray shares how we can encourage an improvement in writing using technology. These creative ways will help you think about how to help children, particularly those who struggle with handwriting and typing. But they do all of the steps you would normally take in writing a book. But I try not to do that. You write it.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JULY 26, 2016

This post is dedicated to writing that Driving or Investigative Question which is so important in STEM and PBL. Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. I have traveled the country delivering PD relating to technology integration, PBL, STEM, Digital Literacy, and the 4 C’s.

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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. Check out my Booking Page and please share and subscribe to this Blog. If you have never read the book… then give it a read now.

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Technology Tidbits

MAY 6, 2014

. ** Not offered online 10 Online Summer Programs BoomWriter Storytellers Camp - BoomWriter uses their innovative collaborative writing process to help students create their very own Mystery or Realistic fiction book/story. This is a one week course where students then receive their very own published book.

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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. As they began to get a handle of book research, we moved into using videos to research with the aid of Video Notes.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

Most people who are middle-income or better, the Common Core kindergarten standards almost seem ridiculously easy. Like, of course my kid knows how to do those things. We just added all the major STEM AP courses to what Schoolhouse covers. They probably got that [concept] when they were 3 or 4 years old.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 20, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. 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. I am now just about booked through the end of March and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill.

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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! Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. 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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Fractus Learning

MARCH 2, 2022

Type Of Screens How To Measure The Correct Screen Size Entire Room Size Screen Height Screen Height By Ratio Screen Width Distance Between Screen And Projector Measuring The Screen Diagonal Size. Products include STEM-related toys, the Play Gym that grows with your baby’s first year, and Play Kits for each developmental stage.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2016

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read. There aren’t any books that I like to read. Nerds and girls read books, not me. By talking to my boys, I was finally able to figure out how to do just that. Unknown (attributed to Mark Twain). I’d rather be __. I read at school, not home.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Booking Info – It is time to think about your school or conference needs. 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. I am now booked through the end of March, and the 2016 calendar is beginning to fill.

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Technology Tidbits

DECEMBER 7, 2015

However, that does not mean there are not a lot of new items to look through, as sites/apps for programming/coding, Math/STEM, and Game Based Learning played a predominant role in this year's list. Code Kingdoms - One of my favorite sites for learning how to program (Javascript) by drag-n-dropping blocks of code (i.e

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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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Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2016

Alan November Alan November: So, there’s a seminal book by a Harvard business school professor named Shoshana Zuboff, called In The Age of the Smart Machine. It talks about how merely adding technology to the environment without processes can only lead to incremental improvement, at best. So, that book has influenced me a lot.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

What we built in was a kind of project-based learning where kids not only have book knowledge, but also learn about real-life activities relevant to that profession and also meet professionals who do such work. They had no correlation to the standards that we had just switched to, which was Common Core.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2016

It’s not a stretch to say that today’s educational paradigm is preoccupied with the “how” of learning. Educators are grappling — either by choice or decree — with how to incorporate digital devices, new learning standards, and more collaboration and critical thinking into the already-packed school day.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MARCH 25, 2014

Wednesday, March 26th at 12pm How to Power Education with Technology , If you want technology in your school, come get a fast-paced primer on the most popular free programs from Digital Wish. Again the focus is on how ed tech can help with addressing the challenges of the Common Core. Follow the conference at #ticalsls14.

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MindShift

MARCH 2, 2016

Andrew Hacker is professor emeritus of political science at Queens College, City University of New York, and the author of several more-or-less contrarian books about education, some of them bestsellers. His latest is called The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions. What about the need for more people with STEM skills?

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MindShift

DECEMBER 3, 2015

The national Next Generation Science Standards were established in April 2013 with the goal of improving the country’s performance in science, technology, engineering and math — often called the STEM fields. The goal is to teach students how to develop hypotheses, test models and make evidence-based predictions. Villasenor asked.

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MindShift

APRIL 25, 2019

So, here are some thoughts about how to broach the subject with students, no matter what subject you teach: 1. Lab activities can be one of the most effective ways to show children how global warming works on an accessible scale. .” Looking for English topics for younger students? Here are some more resources.

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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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