Happy Teacher's Day! Let's start over at Getting Smart with a great post entitled, "Teaching Kids to Code: An Economic & Social Justice Issue." The article is about the growing need to include computer science as a requirement in a school's curriculum. They also discuss code.org, a great resource for computer teachers.
Alarmingly, there are less computer science teachers, classes, and students in the US than 10 years ago. Yet the job market for coders and computer scientists is growing rapidly. If your school doesn't require computer science or coding, it would be a worthwhile inclusion. Some other resources aside from code.org are Code Academy and Khan Academy.
Next up, Getting Smart has article on the growing role the city of Baltimore is playing in the Ed Tech field, "Digital Harbor: Baltimore Rising." Turns out Baltimore's Inner Harbor has become quite a hub for educational technology development. The harbor hosts numerous Ed Tech start ups, student-centers, and the Emerging Technology Center which is helping to fund 86 separate ET companies.
Alarmingly, there are less computer science teachers, classes, and students in the US than 10 years ago. Yet the job market for coders and computer scientists is growing rapidly. If your school doesn't require computer science or coding, it would be a worthwhile inclusion. Some other resources aside from code.org are Code Academy and Khan Academy.
Next up, Getting Smart has article on the growing role the city of Baltimore is playing in the Ed Tech field, "Digital Harbor: Baltimore Rising." Turns out Baltimore's Inner Harbor has become quite a hub for educational technology development. The harbor hosts numerous Ed Tech start ups, student-centers, and the Emerging Technology Center which is helping to fund 86 separate ET companies.
Next up, Teach Thought starts the day off with an article discussing the "10 Pros & Cons of Looping in Education." Looping, in this case, refers to assigning the same group of students to the same teacher for multiple years. It's an interesting read and from my personal experience I have found the pros to outweigh the cons.
Teach Thought also a a post entitled, "Augmented Reality in Education? Here are 20 Examples" If you're not familiar, augmented reality is a "medium through which the known world fuses with current technology to create a uniquely blended interactive experience." Using AR to augment instruction can be incredibly beneficial. From interactive field trips to QR code scavenger hunts, this article covers all the possibilities.
Infographics! They're everywhere! We've had quite a few posted lately and now Emerging Ed Tech has a new post, "5 Great Tools for Creating Your Own Educational Infographics." Personally, I like Easel.ly but the article also covers , Visual.ly, Tableau, Infogr.am, and Piktochart.
Google has also been making big news today, they held their annual I/O conference to announce all the new futures that will be coming to chrome, android, maps, and so on. For a full write-up on the event, check out Gizmodo's Living Blogging for constant updates.
And speaking of Google, we'll close out the Round Up today with Educational Technology's post on "6 steps to add voice comments to Google Docs." The tutorial covers the basics of the new Google Docs feature which allows users to record voice comments on any document that is shared on Google Drive.
And if you're feeling a little lackluster this Teacher's Day, Educational Technology also has an excellent collection of videos to inspire creativity! Hope you enjoy and we'll see you tomorrow. Round Up out!
And if you're feeling a little lackluster this Teacher's Day, Educational Technology also has an excellent collection of videos to inspire creativity! Hope you enjoy and we'll see you tomorrow. Round Up out!
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