Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Basically, it’s because there aren’t enough education opportunities that require that sort of skill and those there are, usually rhyme with ‘math’ or ‘science’ which to many kids are “just too complicated” Enter STEM–Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. “I

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Waterford

JUNE 29, 2021

Lately, the three Rs of school have been eclipsed by a focus on STEM education , or Science , Technology , Engineering , and Math. Read on for a look at why creativity is important and suggestions on how to mix STEM activities and creativity in the classroom. Why Is Creativity Important for Children in STEM?

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Charlotte, NC — The STEM Careers Coalition – an alliance of industries and non-profit organizations partnering with Discovery Education to create equitable access to free STEM content and career connections – today announced it has surpassed the goal of reaching 10 million students by the end of 2025 ahead of schedule.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

ICE 2019: What Does It Take to Start an Esports Team? Wed, 02/27/2019 - 10:58. All it takes to kick off an esports team in a K–12 school or district is a dedicated internal champion, proponents advised this week at the 2019 Illinois Computing Educators conference. . eli.zimmerman_9856. Who are they?

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EdTech Magazine

JANUARY 23, 2019

Wed, 01/23/2019 - 16:34. New educational guidelines from ISTE stress the importance of contextualizing science, technology, engineering and math skills through everyday classroom activities. . STEM courses are a central component to K–12 learning , but incorporating STEM into the classroom can be difficult.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Hashtags, text starting with a # sign (#word), are the key to discovering amazing education tools and apps and finding examples of how teachers use these tools with their students. Below are awesome hashtags to explore on Twitter related to education technology.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Just click on the calendar below and a post will appear for that day.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 6, 2019

Tue, 08/06/2019 - 12:12. In modern schools, vocational instruction — now career and technical education, or CTE — often takes students beyond the oil-stained floor beneath an automotive hoist or a shower of sparks in a welding lab. MORE FROM EDTECH: Read about the roles educators play in meeting the demand for cybersecurity experts.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Straddling the classroom and business sector, edtech companies are uniquely positioned to help students connect their education to potential careers beyond the classroom in new and engaging ways. Since 2019, the STEM Careers Coalition has reached over 10.7 Here are three examples: 1. million students ahead of the 2025 goal.

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EdTech Magazine

AUGUST 5, 2019

Mon, 08/05/2019 - 12:49. But as educational focus expands from just STEM to include arts in a STEAM approach, teachers are finding new applications for this kind of technology to encourage digital creativity in their classrooms. For example, Zavala has seen students make digital collages using Spark for Education.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Fri, 09/06/2019 - 11:01. MORE FROM EDTECH: See how education robotics companies are invigorating K–12 learning. Here, the goal is to combine kids’ need for active play with the development of social and STEM skills by adopting a comprehensive learning approach. The STEM Robots Revolution Hits K–12. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Immersive Reader from Microsoft Education helps English Learners and struggling readers and writers. Accountable Talk Sentence Stems for higher level discussions. Innovation is a difficult journey. Many students want to give up after one attempt at a solution.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 1, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I will be sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Happy holidays! The post will not appear until that day.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

K–12 Education’s Top Tech Hurdles to Innovation. Fri, 11/22/2019 - 12:10. There’s a lack of collaboration between school educators, administrators, IT staff and students, and this affects decisions about purchasing and implementation. MORE FROM EDTECH : How Educational AI is Making the Grade. shailaja.neela….

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Read Write Think Comic Creator – Created for education. To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar.

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Waterford

JUNE 11, 2020

The COVID-19 crisis is changing the educational landscape, often in unpredictable ways. It’s tough to know exactly what the upcoming school year will look like, but by keeping up on current trends in the educational sphere, you can return to school next year informed, whether you’re in a classroom or teaching at a distance.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 8, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. As soon as students enter the classroom they can be engaged in learning.

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ViewSonic Education

APRIL 10, 2019

Between 2018 and 2019 the number of leagues that facilitate esports in schools nearly doubled. Educators know that taking part in extracurricular activities boosts student success. They do better in math and reading and more often aspire to higher education. They care more about their education. More likely to graduate.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Wed, 11/20/2019 - 13:14. A growing number of K–12 schools are establishing esports programs , and universities are offering top players thousands of dollars in scholarships, but misconceptions persist about competitive video gaming in an educational setting. . Snow White is an education strategist for Dell Technologies.

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EdTech4Beginners

JULY 17, 2019

Technology is fast reshaping the education landscape. The Journal’s 2018 Teaching with Technology Survey reveals that 87% of educators , agree that technology has positively impacted their ability to teach. The survey also found that 96% of respondents say that technology will play a positive role in the future of education.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Digital portfolios are powerful learning tools for students of all ages.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! I started this blog 10 years ago, which was shortly after using Twitter and other social media tools to connect with educators. Just click on the calendar below and a post will appear for that day. The post will not appear until that day.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2020

Unknown to many educators, Fortnite has three modes of play. Some educators are creating private islands (for free) that their students can make Rube Goldberg machines and other creations. Today’s guest, Mike Washburn, is on the educator advisory board for Fortnite. Subscribe to the Show Get Credit!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Pinterest also has several unplugged coding activities from great STEM bloggers. To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Ongoing assessment is necessary for student success.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MARCH 22, 2021

Edition” features 32 scenarios that educators both miss and don’t miss about classroom life before 2020. Mitch helps organizations succeed in the education market. Edchat Interactive shares best practices among educators through live online interactive events. Currently, this year’s “Remember When.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 10, 2019

Mon, 06/10/2019 - 09:56. Once a novelty in many classrooms and makerspaces, 3D printers are again flourishing as valuable classroom tools thanks to advanced technology , lower costs and more products and services geared toward K–12 education. . Both manufacturers and educators are leveraging the benefits of 3D printers in education.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Just click on the calendar below and a post will appear for that day.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 17, 2019

Mon, 06/17/2019 - 11:05. Given this immense popularity — and the fact that many of those 380 million fans are young people — it’s inevitable that educators are considering the benefits of esports in academic and extracurricular activities. Esports Develops a Foundation for STEM Careers. eli.zimmerman_9856.

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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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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Common Sense is also a search engine for education tools and apps with ratings and reviews. The majority of our students use technology daily to learn and share their voice, creativity, ideas, and passion with the world! This post here has 20 of these visuals.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 13, 2018

With that in mind, we invite you to help us tell our stories at SXSW EDU 2019 to spread the word on topics like learner variability, educator micro-credentials, immersive storytelling with 360° technology, maker learning, edtech pilots, data interoperability, and more. Empowering Educator Voice through Edtech Pilots.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 24, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! You can attend my online graduate course, Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media , to experience networked learning and dive deep into some of the digital learning theories mentioned below: Connectivism by George Siemens and Stephen Downes.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Just click on the calendar below and a post will appear for that day.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Wed, 11/27/2019 - 11:27. Project-based learning isn’t a new concept for K–12 education. Even John Dewey, a philosopher and education reformer from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries, advocated “ learning by doing ” to help students develop skills in place and apply critical concepts outside the classroom. shailaja.neela….

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The New Media Consortium , which publishes its annual “Horizon Report for K-12” previewing the technologies likely to impact education in the coming five years, forecast back in 2015 that by 2019, we would see drones playing a role in education. . Drone Competition Creates Fun STEM Opportunity.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! To thank you for your sharing, friendship and support over the years I am sharing free tips, learning resources, web tools and apps for 25 days in my Digital December STEM Advent Calendar. Students can also tell a story with numbers.

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