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What’s Hot (and Not) in Google Classroom with Alice Keeler

The CoolCatTeacher

Dig into teaching practices with Google Classroom From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Google Classroom is a tool that can help build relationships between students and teachers. They have two STEM challenges running now. If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF.

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The Siri and Alexa Test

A Principal's Reflections

The rub, however, comes in the form of the types of questions asked as the majority are simple recall or knowledge-based with stems such as who, what, where, and when. No longer do any of us have to “Google” an answer when we can just ask Siri or Alexa. While this might be essential in the lower grades, it wanes in value as kids age.

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Announcing the All-New EdTechTeacher Summer Learning Pass!

EdTechTeacher

Educators familiar with our last 20 years of high-quality workshops can now access EVERY workshop held this summer with one low-cost membership of $195. We are conducting 12 amazing workshops over six weeks that consist of three live one-hour webinars and a host of helpful resources. Learn more and register here! (

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Why This College Student Created a Coloring Book to Celebrate Black Women in STEM

Edsurge

EdSurge: Why did you decide to create a coloring book, of all things, about Black women in STEM? What have your experiences with representation in STEM been like? We went to the Google office in Chelsea, and we coded our own Pac-Man game. What would also happen is that say, for example, the workshop was on a Saturday.

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PD for Writing Teachers: STEM Workshops, Rockstar Camps, Twitter and More!

Edsurge

CUE Rock Star Teacher Camps Summers and school year, mostly in California, one- to two-day workshops, very affordable, free if district-sponsored. I attended my first one, a three-day workshop in Manhattan Beach, in 2014, and now I both present at and attend them in northern and southern California.

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The Maker Educator Workshop

User Generated Education

I am doing full day workshops on The Maker Educator both at ISTE 2016 and EduTECH in Australia. What follows is both the description-goals and an overview of the workshop’s learning activities. Workshop Description, Goals, and Outline. Workshop Activities. Description. Making Paper Circuits .

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Companies Invest in Preparing K–12 Students as Older Sectors Become Tech Integrated

EdTech Magazine

Increased STEM funding from private companies comes as Americans raise concerns over the attention science, technology, engineering and math classes get in the U.S. Google Offers Digital Skills Workshops and Coaches. education system. But we know that technology will be an engine of America’s growth for years to come.”.

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