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7 Things to Consider As We Return to Learn This Fall

The CoolCatTeacher

During my time as an elementary principal, I led my building of 700 students and 80 staff members to becoming one of the first elementary STEM schools in the state of Iowa, offering many specialized programs to our students.

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Why Should Students and Publishers Adapt eBooks in STEM Learning

Kitaboo on EdTech

STEM-based learning programs are being introduced in schools all across the globe. STEM has proved to be a much better educational program in terms of learning effectiveness and leading to better career opportunities than the regular curriculum. Therefore, eBooks make for the perfect study material to deliver STEM courses.

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20 Ways to Personalize Your Learning This Summer

The CoolCatTeacher

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Research around the pedagogy of effective blended learning will help you understand how to effectively combine your physical classroom and your online classroom.

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How to Build an Online Learning Program Students Crave and Employers Want

Edsurge

That is really profound when it comes to assessment. When it comes to online assessments, what kinds of measurable outcomes in student learning do you look for? So you need to make your material as relevant and engaging as possible, especially in STEM-related courseware. Number one, you want your students to be engaged.

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52 Ways to Go Back To School, From Educators Across the United States

Edsurge

How are educators collecting and using data to tailor and improve instruction and practices? Take this piece from New Mexico, which offers suggestions for how to best onboard students in relation to online assessments. Have they or their schools somehow added their own flare to existing tools?

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Lots of great resources and web apps to use with Chromebooks!

Educational Technology Guy

Here are some tips and links to web apps: Remember - we shouldn’t teach software (ie Word, Excel) we should teach skills, like writing, using spreadsheets and graphs, etc. to Teach Literacy Strategies to Struggling Readers Students can write, create blogs, collaborate on writing projects and more. There are apps to help students with reading.

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FOLLOW THE MONEY: FUNDING INNOVATION

techlearning

The proposed bond projects include $500,000 in improvements to elementary STEM facilities and $17 million for improvements to school technology. In making its transition to online assessment, Delaware used this strategy. More than $28 million of the total improvement costs will likely be covered by state funding.