Here are more amazing blog posts from last week:
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A Different Way to Set Goals for the New Year – John Spencer
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How To Begin 2021 On The Right Classroom Management Foot – Smart Classroom Management
Whether you’re teaching in person, online, or a hybrid of the two, there is one thing you must do to begin 2021. It’s easy, requires zero preparation, and takes no more than ten minutes.
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Edutopia – how-use-5es-remote-math-instruction
A five-stage instructional model—engage, explore, explain, elaborate, and evaluate—can guide students to a deeper understanding of math.
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Gamification Podcasts for Learning, Training, and Adult Education
Kyle Miller EDMS Escape Room for Vitalant With over 5000 front end documents in their EDMS, Vitalant was seeking a way to create a meaningful and engaging training to support their staff to help them to know quickly and easily where to go to find th…
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Deploying Minecraft: Education Edition apps (all platforms) – MEE
Minecraft: Education Edition apps (Minecraft: Education Edition, Classroom Mode and Code Connection) can be installed manually or on a supported platform with system management software.
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Why Questioning Is The Ultimate Learning Skill
Another Nobel laureate, Elie Wiesel, has likewise echoed the importance of questioning in science and society. “We have learned from history that people are united by questions,” observed Wiesel. “It is the answers that divide them.”
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Blackout poetry is made by colouring over parts of an existing text, so that only selected words remain visible, creating a poem. To use this tool, you can select a text from the samples, or paste your own text source into the custom text field.
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Road of Trials: Hero’s Journey Lesson Planning pt 4 – the Road of Trials – Classroom Powerups
This is part of my Road of Trials series in which I am chronicling my effort to plan a Hero’s Journey based Lesson in my 11th Grade HIS202: American History from 1877 to the Present. Click Here to see Part 1 Introduction, Part 2 Call to Adventure an…
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Run the Inside Passage | Take the plunge!
The Inside Passage is a waterway over 1,000 miles long, spanning 48° N to 59° N, and richly laden with history, biodiversity and natural beauty that is famous the world over. Run the Inside Passage is a two month long virtual running challenge that …
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Schools Matter: The Good News and the Bad News on Miguel Cardona
First the good news. Cardona’s has deep experience as a teacher, school administrator, and state education commissioner. He understands public school culture, and he understands the challenges of growing up short on privilege.
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How to set goals in 2021 when things continue to be uncertain
This year may not be the time for stringent New Year’s resolutions, but you can still create moments to look forward to. 5 minute ReadTypically the start of a new year brings a natural renewed enthusiasm for goal setting.
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WA STATE: FREE K-5 OSPI Science At-Home Workshop | Science for All
OSPI is providing a FREE workshop on the K-5 Science Essential Question Units and Resources. This workshop will provide an overview of the existing science resources that are aligned to NGSS and are modified to support students and teachers in scien…
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Lisa Nielsen: The Innovative Educator: Ideas for Connecting with Families Remotely
· 4 #EdTech Blogs to Bookmark · 9 Must Read Blogs for Innovative Teachers · 10 Digital Citizenship Bloggers to Follow · 10 Education blogs worth following – eSchool News · 11 Ed Tech Bloggers to Follow · 20 Best Blogs in Instructional Technology · 2…
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Farewell, 2020: Lessons Learned – Dr. Catlin Tucker
When I was in college, I started writing a holiday newsletter to include with my Christmas cards. My mother had always written a newsletter, so it seemed a natural way to reflect on the year. It also provided friends and family with an update on my …
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Punnett Squares (Remote Learning)
For students who are learning remotely, genetics lessons that involve Punnett squares and probability may be challenging. In a traditional class, I would give students small whiteboards and we would practice doing crosses together.
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Road of Trials: Hero’s Journey Lesson Planning Pt 3 – Meeting the Mentor – Classroom Powerups
This is part of my Road of Trials series in which I am chronicling my effort to plan a Hero’s Journey based Lesson in my 11th Grade HIS202: American History from 1877 to the Present. Click Here to see Part 1 Introduction and Part 2 Call to Adventure
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Summary: If you are worried about violent video games triggering aggressive behavior in children, new research may help to alleviate your concerns. The coronavirus pandemic put a damper on many traditional summertime activities for kids, like trips …
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My Top 10 Science Videos of 2020 | Science for All
It is challenging to determine the Top Videos in any category because there is just so much great content in every genre online. Having said that- here are my personal Top 10 Science Videos of 2020.
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Grading SAMR Model – Teach Better
TL;DR: Grading is undergoing changes, and many schools or districts need guidance. Grading should be fair, accurate, meaningful, and clearly communicated. I created the “Grading SAMR Model” to provide a framework for defining indicators within four…
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Pear Deck Brain Break Templates — Pear Deck
This mini-Template Pack was designed to give your students a break! Whether remote or in-person, everyone benefits from a moment to stretch, flex their creative muscles, or solve a puzzle. Try dropping one or two of these activities into your lesson…
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How to Use High Expectations to Boost Middle and High School Students’ Sense of Belonging | Edutopia
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5 Quick Activities to Try with Jamboard Tomorrow – Class Tech Tips
How do you use Jamboard? I love this powerful tool from Google and my Instagram feed has been full of tips and tricks throughout the past year. If you haven’t used Jamboard before, or you are looking for a few quick ideas to try out, this blog post …
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Road of Trials: Hero’s Journey Lesson Planning pt 2 – The Call to Adventure – Classroom Powerups
This is part of my Road of Trials series in which I am chronicling my effort to plan a Hero’s Journey based Lesson in my 11th Grade HIS202: American History from 1877 to the Present. Click Here to see Part 1 The Hero’s Journey starts with call to ad…
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Digital STEM Resources Calendar 2020 by Shelly Sanchez Terrell on Genially
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Analysis 2020 – Top Tools for Learning 2020
The Top 200 Tools for Learning 2020 was compiled by Jane Hart from 2,369 votes from 45 countries in the 14th annual survey and was published on 1 September 2020.
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Bonus: A game design history… | Seth’s Blog
Two videos for when you might have time. For no really good reason, I filmed this long riff about my experience with the early days of video and adventure games. Probably more 1980s game history than you wanted to know.
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The Road of Trials: Hero’s Journey Lesson Planning pt 1 – Classroom Powerups
Anyways, as I begin planning for the Spring 2021 semester a few old ideas are rattling around in my mind. I have thoroughly enjoyed (in pandemic adjusted scoring of course) a few wrinkles that I have been able to add in the Fall 2020 semester.
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You may be wondering how much your district will be receiving from the $900 billion stimulus package that was finally signed by President Trump yesterday. In very rough and general terms, it will be $1,000 per student.
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Young artists & activists wrapping 2020 in light – NetFamilyNews.org
So many of us lost heart, our voices, our strength at different points in the past year, and possibly none more than young people.
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2 Visually Pleasing Science Books for All Ages – GeekMom
We are all made up of atoms, a combination of atoms of elements. Elements that can be organized in a variety of ways. But the most recognized way, today, is arranged according to the Periodic Table of Elements.
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Future Proofing Collegiate Esports
This morning, I read an article in the NY Times that may have slipped through the news filters of those involved/investing in esports, especially at the collegiate level, you may want to consider.
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Implementing a Flipped Classroom in Medical Education [Incl. Seminar] | Lecturio Medical
Dr. Horneffer attended Johns Hopkins for medical school and residency, and practiced medicine as a cardiac surgeon in Maryland, USA. In mid-career, he was asked to help bring medical education to the underserved in the Pacific area.
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What Existed Before the Big Bang? | HowStuffWorks
It is difficult enough to imagine a time, roughly 13.7 billion years ago, when the entire universe existed as a singularity.
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Winter Break and Planning for January
This is part of the COVID-19 communication series to Renton Prep families for transparency and documentation for reopening planning in January 2021 after break. We’ve got some great news! On December 26, 2020, we were highlighted on KOMO News for th…
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The Pandemic is a portal: What will you choose as your new normal? | Katie Martin
Last week I was reflecting with some colleagues about how life has changed since March. Without traveling I have been able to slow down, create new routines, and it has allowed me to enjoy the little things that I may have missed had the year gone a…
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How to Be an Antiracist Educator: An Interview With Ibram X. Kendi | EdSurge News
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Free Technology for Teachers: Five Ways to Make Whiteboard Instructional Videos in Your Web Browser
As I do every year, I’m taking this week off from writing new blog posts. This week I’ll be re-running a few of the most popular posts in 2020.
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A guide to PC gaming ergonomics | PC Gamer
You can hurt yourself playing videogames, and I’m not just talking about kicking a coffee table with your shin while using a VR headset. (Though I have accidentally punched a shelf while in VR, and it did hurt.
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How a professional esports team prevents player injury | PC Gamer
Swiping a mouse across a desk doesn’t look quite as dramatic as bicycle kicking a ball into a net, so I don’t watch a professional CS:GO player pull off an impossibly precise flick shot and think, “Woah, I hope their wrist is OK after that one!” Exc…
