This guide offers teacher actions and resources to give students more frequent opportunities to be respondible for "doing the thinking" that can help build motivation in school.
This article provides an overview of interactive whiteboard technology and ideas for incorporating one into the classroom.
This article describes what an online social networks is, provides examples of education-focused social networks, and how anyone can use NING to build an online social network.
Google Slides are interactive with the add-on Pear Deck. View how to add questions to your Google Slides presentations to check how students are processing information. Learn how to link the Google Slides into Google Classroom with a student paced mode to view as a homework or synchronous presentation. For schools closed, premium features of Pear Deck are now free and enables students to have a “take away file'' in their Google Drive to use as a study tool.
Recording stories or poems can help students with their speaking and listening skills. Use the following links to different forms of technology to help students record their stories or create a podcast.
In today’s climate of remote learning and social distancing, children are spending increasingly more time connected through the internet. These tips will help monitor children and make sure they are making safe “on-line" choices.
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While building and testing model rockets fueled by antacid tablets, students are introduced to the basic physics concepts on how rockets work. Students revise and improve their initial designs. Note: This activity is similar to the elementary-level film canister rockets activity, but adapted for middle school students.
Now that computer science learning standards have been approved for development in Ohio, come find out more about where you can get computer science background and professional learning from the Ohio Ed Techs.
Adjectives are the words we use to modify nouns. David explains how, with the help of a bear.
Khan Academy learning modules include a Community space where users can ask questions and seek help from community members. Educators should consult with their Technology administrators to determine the use of Khan Academy learning modules in their classroom. Please review materials from external sites before sharing with students.
The Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun hands-on learning experience where you'll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit. We'll explore how basic circuits work, use paper and pencil to create drawings that speak, build pressure sensitive switches from cardboard, and make clever inventions that solve real world problems.
The Makey Makey Invention Literacy Workshop for Educators is a fun hands-on learning experience where you'll learn how to teach Invention Literacy, Making, and Design Thinking using the award winning Makey Makey invention kit. We'll explore how to teach circuits and conductivity using Makey Makeys and then put our skills to use designing your own inventions! Participants learn best practices and gain access to a multimedia training website that can be used later when working with your students or training others.
Students learn about radar imaging and its various military and civilian applications that include recognition and detection of human-made targets, and the monitoring of space, deforestation and oil spills. They learn how the concepts of similarity and scaling are used in radar imaging to create three-dimensional models of various targets. Students apply the critical attributes of similar figures to create scale models of a radar imaging scenario using infrared range sensors (to emulate radar functions) and toy airplanes (to emulate targets). They use technology tools to measure angles and distances, and relate the concept of similar figures to real-world applications.
This brief gives an overview on Early Warning Systems and the research surrounding them, identifying the most powerful predictors of high school completion as the "ABCs": attendance, behavior, and course performance.
In past times, ocean navigators tossed a piece of wood over the side of their ships and noted how long until the ship passed the wood. They used this time measurement and the length of the ship to calculate their speed and estimate how far they had traveled. In this activity, students act the part of a GPS signal traveling to the receiver to learn how travel time is converted to distance.
This article describes how primary school teachers and their school technology specialist use classroom blogging to engage children in reading and writing.
In this podcast, listen to a 22-year classroom veteran's tips and strategies for managing students with attention disorders.
Looking for an intuitive, simple, collaborative digital space that integrates seamlessly with Google Classroom? Jamboard is the answer. In this session, we will explore the features of Jamboard’s online interface, identify ways that it can be integrated into the curriculum, and take a look at available resources to get you started with Jamboard today!
Students build model sets of lungs.
INFOhio's quality resources and tools for K-5 teachers and students support Ohio Learning Standards, provide a foundation of learning using a variety of media, and prepare learners for future success. Choose to complete individual classes in this INFOhio Learning Pathway, or complete the full K-5 Digital Content Learning Pathway to earn up to 20 contact hours.
This activity will help students classify objects together that are similar by one attribute. It will reveal if students understand what a pattern is and how to make one using real objects and record it with pattern block stickers.