Three Reasons to Ditch Technology in Your Flipped Classroom What would happen if you were to arrive to your classroom, unplug the devices, turn off the projector, and step away from the PowerPoint slides … just for the day? What would you and your students do in class? This was the challenge I presented to 100 faculty members who attended my session at the Teaching Professor Conference in St. Louis this past June. Why Use “Unplugged” Strategies the Flipped Classroom? Most of the conversations about the flipped classroom include discussions about technological tools. 1. This definition encourages us to think strategically about the learning experiences we are designing with our students so they can achieve the learning outcomes. 2. It is interesting to consider how the findings of this recent study on taking notes by hand versus on a laptop has been shown to increase conceptual thinking (Mueller & Oppenheimer,2014). 3. Download the free report “Blended and Flipped: Exploring New Models for Effective Teaching & Learning.” Honeycutt, B. Madda, M.
Makey Makey | Buy Direct (Official Site) 20Time • High School English project-based learning by Laura Randazzo on Prezi kids Art Zone A Parents’ Choice Silver Honor Award Winner The NGAkids Art Zone app from the National Gallery of Art introduces children not only to the experience of great artwork, but also to the creative process of producing great artworks. Through the manipulation of paintings spanning hundreds of years and numerous styles of art, children are free to explore the elements that go into a painting. The app also provides background material on all the paintings featured within the NGAkids Art Zone. –Parents' Choice Foundation, 2015 NGAkids Art Zone is a phenomenal app from the National Gallery of Art to engage children of a broad range of interests and immerse them in some fundamental art techniques. The variety of art and activities will make this app appealing to children of a wide variety of interests and abilities.App enables students to experience the effects of artistic techniques and spatial impacts.Students can easily save and share their work. -- Mindprint Learning, Teachers with Apps, 2015
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sketchpad | The Tinkering Studio The Beginner XTech program at the museum kicked off a new semester and year with some exploration of Circuit Boards. It’s a foundational Tinkering Studio activity and we like to use it to kick off curriculum involving electricity because of its accessible construction and its openness to studying current within and between mechanical or electronic objects. Elena’s drawing of her circuit. You can see how she diagrammed the different boards and the alligator clips connecting them. During our initial exploration of the circuit boards, we invited students to start simply with a set of batteries and lights. I wanted to capture how our students were thinking about these concepts in their own words so I walked around the room and asked questions. “If you connect it at the solder, there’s more power.” Jezzreal had spent the first several minutes of his exploration sticking with just a battery set and a light bulb. “Putting a light AND motor doesn’t work if you set it up like a circle.
The 2018 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs In the digital age, using your voice has taken on a whole new meaning. With powerful publication and distribution tools within reach, blogs remain one of the most potent ways to spread your ideas and thoughts. The results from building a blog, a readership, and subsequently, a following, can lead to incredible opportunities, wider impact and transformation. Our list of Must-Read K—12 IT Blogs includes a mixture of teachers, instructional technology specialists, IT leaders, administrators and consultants. This diversity of thought and experience should ensure that you’re getting a realistic sampling from across the education spectrum. A Must-Read blog for us is one that offers interesting thoughts, unique ideas, useful information and remains regularly updated and active. For five years, we’ve highlighted some of the best and brightest blogs within K—12 education. If your blog made our list, grab a Must-Read IT Blog badge to let your readers know that you’re among the cream of the crop.
Challenge: Robots! - National Geographic Society The goal of Challenge: Robots! is to expose students to exciting careers in engineering, focused specifically on the area of robotics. It is a browser-based game that challenges students to take on the role of an engineer at RoboWorks, a robotics factory. Through these engaging and fast-paced activities, students learn important concepts about the engineering process (a series of steps that engineering teams use to guide them as they solve problems), as well as the main parts of a robot, how those parts change with the problem the robot is intended to solve, and basic robotics programming. What Inquiry is NOT "Science class should make students think: Our students aren't being allowed to discover the joys of experimenting, and learning on their own." hits the nail on the head, and is the reason I'm such a huge supporter of students conducting their own independent research projects. (See STEM Student Research Handbook.) Ironically enough however, if I had read this article while I was still a full-time classroom teacher, I would have defended myself saying that I worked tirelessly to help students enjoy science. in the process, and how the enzymes each had their role. I wanted my students to love the cell organelles because I loved them. I made the assumption that ALL my lab experiences were inquiry, however, I realize now, they were not! If you are a classroom teacher, hear me out. I now realize that I had no idea what learning experiences constituted as inquiry. 1. 2. 3. I spent a lot of time getting my students "ready" for lab.