Tuesday, June 30, 2020

RESOURCES: Storytelling with KIBO: Meeting Early Literacy Milestones with Robotics

WEBINAR Resources...

A Closer Look at Learning with A Great STEAM Tool (article EdTech Digest)


LITERACY LOVES ROBOTICS: ISTE Expert Webinar "Literacy + Robotics = Innovative Storytelling "

Podcast Episode #7: Robotics and Literacy Learning - STEM and English Language Arts Connected

KIBO Sound Record/Playback Module Tip - KIBO Harmonizes! (YouTube)
https://youtu.be/du8tpyMS-jk

Student Robotics 2019: An Educator’s Guide  (FREE  eBook Download)

In our inaugural Educator’s Guide, 90 pages of rich and riveting robotics, coding, and real-world relevant learning—featuring exclusive interviews with leaders in the field. 

Sunday, March 29, 2020

A Remote Learning “What to Do – How to Do It” Motherlode of Free Resources for the COVID-19 Shift to Online School



A Remote Learning
“What to Do – How to Do It”
Motherlode of Free Resources
(started 3/25/2020)


In response to the COVID-10 Crisis school migration to remote (online) teaching and learning, providers of digital resources, seemingly unanimously, made a phenomenal effort to reach out to educators everywhere offering access to a very broad range of items to support teachers make the shift.


This outreach effort to offer resources showed up (and continues to do so) in my email In Box. As an observer of the state and trajectory of Education and EdTech, after a few days of this (sorry, I deleted a good deal after absorbing the offers) I decided to “collect” them as a way to better overserve and understand what’s going on.


I think that this tidal wave of offers for free resources reflects a gamut of motivations – some providing organizations, no doubt, have truly been altruistic and others self-serving, seeing this as a business opportunity… and, no doubt, too, everything in between.

What follows are 15 pages of items – these are all actual offers but they are not organized in any way calculated to facilitate choosing from among them. I offer this as my way of relaying an opportunity and demonstrating a ‘tip of the iceberg’ snapshot of a current phenomenon in order to appreciate its scope. Click link below:

MG
P.S. As these items are all taken directly from my email In Box, I assume writing about them is fine with the originating organizations – contact me to remove any of your materials if you feel the need, though.



CLICK>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NxeFycr42_MDds4qcWxELsN8w3x2XPSm/view?usp=sharing

Sunday, November 10, 2019

News Items for Integrating Technology for School Leaders....

653 Students... some fresh news items of relevance and interest to our course " Integrating Technology for School Leaders"

Relating to our discussion "Drowning in a Sea Of Digital Instructional Resources:...


20 top edtech tools for the classroom
Common Sense Education outlines some of the top-reviewed edtech tools on topics including STEM, art, SEL, and more.


Top Websites for Teachers to Find Lesson Plans

Teachers don't have enough time to create every lesson from scratch. Sometimes it's best to leverage the expertise of others who've perfected their lessons over time, and adapt and modify them as needed. Whether you're looking for step-by-step instructions or interactive activities, these sites curate some of the top lesson plans from experts in the field. Check out our list for websites that provide lesson plans for all subjects: ELA, math, science, social studies, art, social and emotional learning, and more.

Relating to our ongoing discussion about EdTech Professional Development for Teachers...









4 tips for effective teacher PD
Here are four key points that should be top of mind when administrators create PD programs for their teachers.


Everything you need to know about PD


Embracing new approaches to professional development is key in supporting educators. Our Trendline covers the latest trends, updates and highlights in professional development for the K12 space.



















Relating to our ongoing discussion about determining Instructional Needs (Problems)...
Oct 30, 2019 - NAEP 2019: Reading scores drop for US students, with mixed math results. Mississippi sees the most improvement at the state level, with the schools chief joking other low-performing states can no longer say "Thank God for Mississippi." ... This year's NAEP results also mirror the demographic changes ..

General EdTech Leadership Interest...



Ninety-nine percent of school districts have implemented digital learning, up from 30% in 2013, before the federal E-rate program was overhauled, according to a report from the nonprofit EducationSuperHighway. Data shows that in 2013, 22,958 schools lacked the infrastructure to support digital learning but, in 2019, that number dropped to 743.
US students show low-to-medium tech skills.
A 12-country international study shows just because students grow up with digital devices doesn't .
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