Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2019

Education has many disruptors–3D Printing, AR and VR, 1:1 technology, STEM, and STEAM–but a recent and wildly popular one is robotics. One I discovered this summer is Wonder Workshop’s collection of three robots — Cue, Dash, and Dot. That, by the way, is one of my favorite parts of this fun little robot.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2021

Middle School and High School are designed for semester or quarter grading periods typical of those grade levels with topics like programming, robotics, writing an ebook, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Who needs this.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 3, 2023

Middle School and High School are designed for semester or quarter grading periods typical of those grade levels with topics like programming, robotics, writing an ebook, and community service with tech. grade levels include keyboarding, digital citizenship, problem solving, digital tools for the classroom, and coding.

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ViewSonic Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Over the past few years, there has been a huge influx of education technology resources available to schools – from tablets and robotics to online platforms and digital whiteboards. For example, using digital whiteboards ensures that content created on your PC can be easily replicated and presented to the whole class.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

The project, a collaboration between the state of New Jersey and Montclair State University to create a multi-year Computer Science Education Hub, provided funding for me to buy KIBO robots, which have become the focus of my school’s STEAM program. The lesson merged creative storytelling and art with technology, robotics, and engineering.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Human robot. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Coding with pixel art. Human algorithm. Wolfram Alpha widgets.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 21, 2017

For our beginning of the year passion projects, some students chose to teach others about our robotic filming Swivl tool and app. Some libraries are putting these in a Learning Commons. (See Here, one of my students is working with his custom built Arduino robot. Some people might call it a personal interest project.

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Hapara

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For example, Heather’s team at Buffalo Trail Public Schools used robotics and coding to teach the learning outcomes. Therefore, the goal was not just to build a robot or code an activity. They were excited to learn new concepts using robotics and coding as the conduits. They could also get feedback from peers and their teacher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 4, 2023

NOVA Videos Free NOVA Videos (part of PBS) offer high-quality, well-researched and professionally-presented videos on a wide variety of topics interesting to older students such as ancient civilizations, body and brain, evolution, physics, math, planet earth, space, tech and engineering, and more.

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ViewSonic Education

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It is fair to say that AI is already present in most classrooms, as it is used within many of the most common software solutions. After all, artificial intelligence already powers many of the most popular software solutions on the market, and it is present in other examples of everyday technology.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2025

14-17, 2025, in Orlando, the annual conference looks to the future of edtech’s role in teaching and learning is full of inspiring keynotes, information-packed sessions, dynamic exhibit hall presentations, and more. Running Jan. Here’s a look at just a few of the sessions on tap: 1.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Human robot. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Coding with pixel art. Human algorithm. Wolfram Alpha widgets.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

In Georgia’s Columbia County School District , for example, students in teacher Erica Cox’s class use Google Drawings and other G Suite apps to illustrate and create presentations. . They also develop presentation skills, discussing their work with the school’s many visitors interested in the coding program , including Iowa’s governor. . “It

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Human robot. Human Robot. Programming a human robot is an unplugged approach to coding that is also a great way to teach sequencing–a critical skill for coding. Ask a student (or several) to explain required steps using another teacher as the ‘robot’. Coding with pixel art. Human algorithm. Wolfram Alpha widgets.

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ViewSonic Education

AUGUST 10, 2023

These innovative spaces cultivate creativity and inspire students to explore the wonders of STEAM education by offering exciting learning possibilities for students, including: For instance, a Coding & Robotics class can involve students working in teams to design and program a robot to navigate a maze.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Libraries have long been central to college campuses. In fact, one way colleges have measured their greatness has been to boast about the size of their library collections. But now that so many materials are digital, is a book count the best way to measure a library’s impact? Harvard wins on that metric, with 18.9

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 24, 2019

the Ergobot to teach both Forces & Motion and Programming & Robotics. in a robotics and programming application (with PASCO’s ErgoBot). You can also visit PASCO website’s Digital Library for hundreds of free labs and experiments that can be sorted by age group (elementary, MS, HS, AP, or University) or subject.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 19, 2017

To expand their knowledge, they had to assemble a library and know how to find books in it. Josh Stumpenhorst has students flying drones in his library. Micki Uppena says green screen is one of the most important things for a modern library to have. Others built robots or drove my Dash Wonderbot. But it shouldn’t be.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Maker spaces are great places for kids to explore and learn, so take a trip inside the new library — one with a Maker space. In today’s show, we’ll discuss: So much making and building is going on in Chad Lehman’s library, that they are converting an adjacent computer lab into the maker space. Listen Now.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 27, 2017

As a bonus, there’s an integrated digital library of 600+ books. Still, going to the library is not their favorite activity. You can make your students fall in love with the library thanks to this game. Librarygame links to the library management system and collects the user’s activity. That’s a good thing.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 15, 2020

Middle School and High School are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels with topics like programming, robotics, writing an ebook, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Who needs this. How do you use it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2019

For Middle School, they are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels, with topics like programming, robotics, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Lessons build on each other, kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this.

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EdTech4Beginners

JUNE 20, 2018

Whatever concepts you’re trying to explain, you can find YouTube videos to present them. International Children’s Digital Library. Who doesn’t like robots and cartoons that teach us something? When you show the educational side of this platform, they will realize that YouTube combines knowledge with fun.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Last week, the ODH marked its first decade with cake and presentations at its annual Project Directors’ meeting at the NEH’s headquarters in Washington. John Unsworth , dean of libraries and professor of English at the University of Virginia, who led the panel, put the total in perspective. That sounds like a lot of money.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2018

For Middle School, they are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels, with topics like programming, robotics, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This funding opportunity will allow K-12 schools and districts, colleges and universities, and public libraries to connect students to safe, reliable internet outside of the classroom. Kami demonstrated its all-in-one digital learning platform. Renaissance displayed its literacy solutions. As a managed service, it’s no extra work for IT.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 11, 2015

For Middle School, they are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels, with topics like programming, robotics, community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Retailers such as The Gap are accelerating the adoption of robots in their warehouses. These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Traci Chun, a teacher-librarian at Skyview High School in Vancouver, Washington, and junior Ulises Santillano Tlaseca troubleshoot a 3D printing job in the library’s maker space. When my library is quiet, that’s a red flag,” said Chun. Wayne Grimm, Library Instructional Technology Teacher at Westview High School, Beaverton, Oregon.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

“The AI Scientist automates the entire research lifecycle, from generating novel research ideas, writing any necessary code, and executing experiments, to summarizing experimental results, visualizing them, and presenting its findings in a full scientific manuscript,” says a write-up on the project’s website. And plenty of people have.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 18, 2016

For Middle School, they are designed for the grading period time frame typical of those grade levels, with topics like programming, robotics, and community service with tech. Tech teachers, tech coordinators, library media specialists, curriculum specialists. Lessons build on each other kindergarten through 5th grade. Who needs this.

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Edsurge

APRIL 16, 2020

In Teachers Know Best, teachers “suggest that the ideal professional learning experience should focus less on presentations and lectures and more on opportunities to apply learning through demonstrations or modeling and practice.” Instruction is modeled in PD sessions that are broadcast live, then archived into a library for future viewing.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2024

14-17, 2025, in Orlando, the annual conference is full of inspiring keynotes, information-packed sessions, dynamic exhibit hall presentations, and more. Library Leaders: Lead the digital charge in your library or media center with sessions focused on digital resource curation, equity of access, and innovative learning installations.

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Edsurge

JUNE 27, 2016

Remember, robots are [just] adding machines. The hosts even made a costume change mid-presentation. The ubiquity of information, however, means that we will no longer interact with the internet in the physical world; users might be able to read a book, or a whole library, by blinking commands into a smart contact lens.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

NOVA Videos (part of PBS) offer high-quality, well-researched and professionally-presented videos on a wide variety of topics interesting to older students such as ancient civilizations, body and brain, evolution, physics, math, planet earth, space, tech and engineering, and more. Library Spot. NOVA Videos . World Almanac for Kids.

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

JANUARY 15, 2019

I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations. Teachers can explore and use Design Squad Nation activities, animations, video profiles, and episodes in classrooms and after-school programs, in libraries and museums, at events and at home. I have delivered hundreds of workshops and presentations.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 6, 2023

They have a wonderful lesson library that they've created as well. And then when you go to create a lesson, you type in your topic, you can put your learning objectives, and then you can pump in your standards, and it will generate like an amazing 15 slide presentation on that topic. And then, you can go in and edit it.

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