Chris, Jamie and Michael discuss the articles of the week and share their tech tips.
Articles of the Week
- Keyboarding Skills and the Common Core | Teaching the Core
Did you know that anchor standard W.CCR.6 contains keyboarding expectations for grades 3-6? Here, I discuss what those expectations might mean for you. - Exactly What The Common Core Standards Say About Technology
The Common Core Standards, the national academic standards for K-12 schools in the United States, have now been adopted by 47 of the 50 states in the U.S. This makes them the pre-eminent source of what is being taught in the vast majority of public schools in America. TeachThought’s focus is on the intersection of education and technology, and the Common Core certainly takes aim at in-depth student technology use. Four sample standards from elementary, middle, and high school English-Language Arts appear below. - How To Use Google Glass In Education – Edudemic – Edudemic
By all accounts, Google Glass is a pretty awesome innovation. While there are definitely haters out there (mainly hating in the realm of understandable privacy concerns), most people I know would be pretty excited to get their hands on a pair (or a few!). Especially teachers – there are a ton of cool ways to use Google Glass for education, and we’ve seen some pretty interesting things that some teachers are already doing with this nifty little gadget. - UK To Teach Programming Starting At Age 5 | Fluency21 – Committed Sardine Blog
The UK Department for Education has just introduced a radical change in education.It plans to teach “rigorous computer science” to all children from 5 to 14. The move isn’t surprising, but it is important.
Tech Tips
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The best way to rest - Bee-Bot | Award winning programmable floor robot
Award winning programmable floor robot, the Bee-Bot’s simple and child friendly layout is a perfect starting point for teaching control, directional language and programming to young children. The Bee-Bot App makes use of Bee-Bot’s keypad functionality and enables children to improve their skills in directional language and programming through sequences of forwards, backwards, left and right 90 degree turns. - http://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/14-mac-hacks-that-will-change-the-way-you-use-your-computer
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