This month, we hear from Michelle Robinson, who’s a library media specialist at the Tackan Elementary School. Michelle has used a bunch of different types of technologies with elementary students in the library. Whether it’s tangible STEM tools or digital creation platforms, Michelle has done a lot to provide students with real-world opportunities.
We’re excited to share our latest Eduporium Featured Educator interview! This month, we hear from Katie Gardner, who’s an elementary ESL teacher in the Rowan-Salisbury School System in North Carolina. Katie has found great benefits from integrating various types of technology in her instruction. She’s even tried using AR tools with her ESL students!
In the remote learning era, however, providing students with actionable feedback has become tougher. That’s how mote can help. A simple Chrome extension, mote empowers teachers to provide students with personalized feedback and save themselves a ton of time in the process. So, why is mote so efficient and great for 21st century education.
Our webinars have been well attended so far starting with the Ozobot broadcast last December. We’re very grateful for the efforts of our partners and, now, we’re looking to expand these broadcasts. Head inside to cast your vote for what you want us to cover next as we work to expand our webinar series this spring.
Circly is characterized as a visual organizer platform that helps create easier collaboration. It’s free and can help all students organize and visualize ideas or help educators collaborate and learn with peers. Learn why we chose to explore Circly in the latest installment of our Rising Resources blog. Keep reading to learn more about it!
For educators, the last year of instruction has been extremely tough physically and mentally. Not only was everything upended, they’ve had to learn new instructional techniques, deal with not seeing students, and try to jam everything in to short class meetings. That’s not all they’re dealing with, however. Read on for more on how PD has evolved.
This week, we’re talking about bite-sized learning. Bite-sized learning involves teaching with short and highly focused lessons. They typically cover one specific topic and clear learning objectives for students to meet. And, when utilized consistently, these types of experiences can be very beneficial for some students.
With Zigazoo, students can take pride in their learning by creating original content. Zigazoo serves as a response tool for them to create thoughtful responses to teacher-posed questions or challenges. Whether you’re discussing a historic event, teaching a new type of math, or simply in the mood to get student creativity flowing, Zigazoo can help.
Comprised of three different robots, Milo, Veda, and Carver, RoboKind’s solutions are designed to help students with learning differences meet their academic and social goals. Starting by empowering educators to help students foster social connections, these robots can ultimately be used to aid student emotional well-being and more.
Though she and her students have dealt with various challenges during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lindsay has found some creative ways to keep them engaged and developing STEM skills. After starting a student podcast last year and adapting it to the current situation, it ended up being a super valuable piece of the learning her students continue to do.
