Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

If you’ve ever seen a third grader struggle to type a web address into the computer or type a book report when they don’t know where the keys are, you know they should have started keyboarding earlier. Most researchers agree effective keyboarding isn’t instinctual and training should begin before bad habits are created.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Around the country proponents of both models are working hard to train new teachers in their respective pedagogies, through programs known as teacher residencies. Download their free Hands-On AI Project Guides for the Classroom guides for elementary, secondary, elective, and computer science teachers here. “It

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 20, 2020

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library was one of the book giveaway programs that obtained “impressive” results for early childhood literacy in a May 2020 analysis by international researchers. But does simply giving away free books to low-income families with young children help with early reading?

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

It is particularly popular in elementary schools, often filled with fun and educational activities centered around the number 100. Literacy Read Rosemary Well’s acclaimed book, Emily’s First 100 Days of School about the daily achievements of grade schoolers for their first 100 days.

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Waterford

APRIL 6, 2021

Then, discover kid-friendly books and activities about music that are perfect for elementary classrooms. If you have a copy of the picture book at your school library, try this Chicka Chicka Boom Boom-themed rhythm game. This Music Monsters activity is great for teaching older elementary students a quick lesson on composition.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Eric has been in education for 30 years, and currently serves as a Technology Integration Specialist for SPARCC in Canton, Ohio where he oversees G Suite for Education implementation, training, and support, as well as other technology integration initiatives. He is a co-leader of the Ohio Google Educator Group at [link].

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2024

Natalie Wexler’s 2019 best-selling book, The Knowledge Gap , championed knowledge-building curricula and more schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lesson plans to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Students were also given related books to read during the summer.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 17, 2020

Experts say teachers need weeks — if not months — of training to develop and implement an online class. The rest of the day was devoted to reviewing the academy’s virtual learning plan and training teachers for the move from classroom to screen. Families who needed devices for their kids also picked up Chromebooks. We made it work.”.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2023

First up is AJ Jacobs, an undergraduate in his junior year at Winthrop University who is studying to become an elementary school educator. It was in elementary school. My mom worked at the elementary school I went to. It was very disheartening, because I'm a person who likes to learn from books and hands-on experiences.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 3, 2020

” We frequently move between exploring the backyard (my 3-year-old son has an affinity for counting HVAC units), building train tracks, watching movies, and playing educational games. We’re leaning into lots of imaginary play, baking, building towers, and books. We read LOTS of books, and lots of the same books.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2017

The reasons were varied (teacher training, infrastructure, and professional support to name a few), but one of the most prominent was money. There is one bright spot in this story: Online books. Here are eight sites that offer free books for kids to adults: Bookopolis. Kids can even watch book trailers before making a selection.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Hannah Hughes is playing a game with a group of second graders at Johnson Elementary School in Kingsport, Tennessee, who are still working on their reading skills. Hughes, a first-year teacher, said she learned how to teach this important decoding skill to help struggling readers in her pre-service training. What does the word say now?”

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2023

Research indicates that aspiring educators who get to practice teaching earlier in their training and more often are more likely to be effective, Sakimura says. By the end of their training, they will be ready to take on the responsibility of teaching an entire classroom of students for a semester, Sakimura notes.

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The Thinking Stick

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Barrett to dive deeper into his book: Social Justice in Schools A Framework for Equity in Education Our conversation explores: Ensuring equitable access to key opportunities Centering Relationships Reflecting on how to build community Find your copy: Via this link Learn about our special guest Charles A.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 24, 2024

Right now, there’s a massive effort in America to politicize school boards with polarizing efforts, from banning books to banning pride flags and limiting the rights of LGBTQ+ students. I ran for the Littleton Elementary School District governing board while I was 17, and was elected while finishing out my senior year of high school.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 16, 2022

First, games are an excellent tool in the hands of a trained educator. He has been invited to the White House, authored several books and papers, and is a frequent collaborator with UNESCO MGIEP and Games for Change. His latest book is GAMING SEL: Games as Transformational to Social and Emotional Learning.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 20, 2023

I shared the resources with my students, including the rock, paper, scissors video, and they trained the machine. They came up with prompts like creating a story about a black cat and seven chickens reading a giant book, and then they used DALL-E to generate an image to go with it.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 16, 2022

The problem begins in elementary school, with mathematical content that does not enable children to see mathematical connections and coherence. Another factor is the dearth of opportunities for elementary school math teachers to deepen their understanding of the content they teach. Take fractions as an example.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2020

I have learned to play not only all of the hymns in the book but most choir arrangements, as well. . The skill of reading musical symbols from left to right and from top to bottom on each page at an early age helps students learn to read pages in books from left to right. Math skills are also used as we turn the pages in a book.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They have a huge catalog of K-12 education training classes that are offered online, on open schedules, and at affordable rates. Enrollment includes all required materials–no extra charges for books or subscriptions–as well as templates that can be immediately applied to your teaching. Elementary Math.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Blue dots represent the 75 schools that were eligible for the right-to-read settlement program of training and funds. The state initially agreed to give an extra $50 million to 75 elementary schools with the worst reading scores in the state to improve how they were teaching reading.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 21, 2021

It wasn’t part of their teacher training program so they rely on school PD to fill the many holes in blending tech with education. Moreover, sending teachers into the workforce without adequate training is equivalent to sending doctors out to practice without learning to treat specific ailments. Fougler, and Kevin J. Graziano. .

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2018

Over the past three years, a group of elementary school students from Southeast Washington, D.C., After receiving training on building a prototype and marketing, a second group developed, bottled and sold infused water called “Southside Water,” using the proceeds to pay for (and hand deliver) water to community members in need.

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eSchool News

JULY 18, 2023

I learned the latest and greatest in elementary education instruction and pedagogy…or so I thought. Before the students arrived, I set up a cozy classroom library, complete with a couch, rug, lamps, and boxes filled with rich literature and chapter books. Growing up, as the child of two teachers, education was in my blood.

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Waterford

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

My 4-year-old son Niko recently started transitional kindergarten at our local elementary school. Formal musical training also fosters cognitive development. Children who undergo musical training have better reading ability, verbal memory, and executive functions. Written by Marika Ismail. Lee Pesky Learning Center.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Early in my teaching career, when I was 26 years old, I was offered and accepted a position as a dean at an elementary school in East Oakland, California. None of these promotions came with special training or additional coaching; I wasn't even told to read any books in preparation.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2022

During the pandemic, renowned reading expert Lucy Calkins called for a ‘rebalancing’ of Balanced Literacy, alluding to an increased focus on linking letters with their sounds–or what those of us who went to elementary school in the 80-90s know as phonics class. And what should publishers who serve the education market do to help?

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User Generated Education

JANUARY 22, 2023

As I always do, I am exploring its use in my classes (elementary-level gifted education). General Ideas for Using ChatGPT in Education ChatGPT, according to ChatGPT, is a variant of the GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) language model that has been specifically designed for generating human-like text for chatbot applications.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 29, 2021

This show includes a transcript to use and discuss with beginning or veteran administrators as part of training and discussion. So for instance, if you’ve had a textbook adoption and you’ve got different books that you need to make sure are out in classrooms, that’s something that’s really important. .

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2018

I recently finished two weeks of intense teacher training. I love this idea, because I teach 440 elementary students and in charge of the technology curriculum for 640. If you like these ideas, take one of my courses or check out my books. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

AUGUST 18, 2018

I recently finished two weeks of intense teacher training. I love this idea, because I teach 440 elementary students and in charge of the technology curriculum for 640. If you like these ideas, take one of my courses or check out my books. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Chun’s district is at the forefront of a national movement to turn K-12 librarians into indispensable digital mavens who can help classroom teachers craft tech-savvy lesson plans, teach kids to think critically about online research, and remake libraries into lively, high-tech hubs of collaborative learning — while still helping kids get books.

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Waterford

JANUARY 30, 2020

And finally, if you are a school administrator, plan an emotional intelligence training session for your faculty. Emotional intelligence training and SEL programs are not only linked to a positive classroom environment, but they also improve overall academic performance.[11,13]. The Elementary School Journal, 2007, 108(2), pp.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. But it’s also a space where they can write a book,” she says. We do training, and we follow up with more training,” she says. For its part, St.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A majority of states have passed laws that mandate screening early elementary students for the most common reading disability, dyslexia, and countless districts train teachers how to recognize and teach struggling readers. Teacher training programs offer little instruction on disabilities of any kind, and even less on math.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books ! I’ve tweaked the lesson for my elementary students who are learning about spreadsheets. My elementary students, 1st to 4th, really enjoyed this activity! Download as a pdf).

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