Gearing Up for the Hour of Code

 

The Hour of Code  and Computer Science week starts December 5.  If you would like some resources click here to read the article or listen to the podcast.

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Teach Your Students To Be Cyber Savvy

Do you want to teach your students to be cyber savvy?  If so click here. 

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Hunter Hobson Shares 15 Scholarships For Students Who Are Interested In STEM Careers

 

If your students are interested in a STEM career here are some scholarship opportunities they might want to consider.  To see the article click here.

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Data Science

If you are teaching Data Science next year and need some resources, here are a couple to get you going.  Educators have access to a variety of resources to make it easier and less time-consuming to bring data science to the classroom. One impactful resource is the Data Science 4 Everyone (DS4E) by the University of Chicago.

ASU Crash Course Data Literacy offers a 15-video series for educators and students to learn about data literacy. It helps students to build their skills while promoting more student independence in learning as they work through and learn the basics and continue all the way to advanced concepts and interpreting data. 

This is the last day of the school year here in Ontario so I will post again in August.  I might post from time to time but not full time until August.  Enjoy your summer.

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20 STEAM Websites for Students

 

If you are looking for some Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts or Mathematics websites for your students take a look at this article.  

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7 Ways To Use Technology For Exam Prep

 

Sorry for being a bit tardy with today's posting but it is track and field season and I was a bit busy running a meet the last couple days and then collating all the top performances in the province.  Anyways,  you are getting near the end of the year and exams are on some of your student's minds or at least maybe on your mind.  Here is an article that might give you an idea or two.  Click here to see the article.  If you are in Canada, enjoy the long weekend.

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Data GIF Maker: Tell Stories with Your Data

 

Designed to help you tell stories with data, Data Gif Maker is a quick and easy way to make animated data visualizations. It doesn’t have many features; however, its simplicity makes it perfect for many situations where you’re only comparing data between a few items. 

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Top Ten Tech for 2022

As we come to the end of another year, yes a year under covid, knowing your tech as an educator has become more important than ever.  Here is a post on the Top 10 Tech for 2022.  To see the article click here hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are  making any amazon.ca purchases  please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else as long as it is within 24 hours.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon  and maybe the ads below will help with some ideas.  

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National STEM Day

 

Today is National STEM Day in the USA and if you would like to see some good sites to peruse, Discovery Education is always a good place to start.  To read their article click here,   hopefully after checking out my amazon.ca ads below.   If you are Canadian and making any amazon.ca purchase please click on my links below first as I will get a small commission on anything you buy even if it is something else.   Thanks.  This post may contain affiliate links that earns me  a commission at no extra cost to you.  Buy your Christmas gifts soon.

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10 Tips for Going Back to School Face-to-Face

 

Our friends at Ditch That Textbook have an article with 10 tips on getting ready for back to school face-to-face.  Going to be different for some of us that have been in virtual land.  To see the article click here.

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17 must-watch movies and TV shows with women in STEM

 

According to Kelly Woo, "Women in STEM often find that they’re few and far between in their workplaces — and on screen, in movies and television. Representation of women in science, technology, engineering and math fields has improved in the last few years, as more movies and TV shows put female characters front and center, but it could get better. "  To read the article click here.

AAAS - Lessons and Tools

 

As a follow up to yesterdays interactive activities for STEM todays site will give  teachers  a plethora of lessons and tools in the following categories: Earth Science, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Biology, Health/Medicine, Engineering, Social Sciences, Technology, Mathematics/Statistics, Nature of Science and finally Careers.  That covers quite a few topics.  I also like the "Today in Science" to see what happened on this day in history.  To see the website click here.

7th Annual STEM Pathways Summit

 

Do you teach Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics?  If so you might want to attend this virtual conference.  For more information click here.

Halloween STEM activities

Halloween is around the corner and if you are teaching STEM (or Foods) there might be a couple ideas in here to get you ready for the 31st.  To see the ideas click here.

Hacking STEM

Hacking STEM is brought to you by Microsoft and is meant to provide teachers with an inexpensive way to deliver hands-on STEM lesson.  From their website, "Browse our library for downloadable, hands-on, teacher-tested projects and activities that use everyday materials to make STEM affordable, accessible, and fun for everyone.".  To see the website, click here.

Science Friday

Yeah I know it is not Friday but I post Math/Science stuff on Mondays.  This site has a weekly podcast that usually highlights something science based that is in the news.  At the bottom of the website's page they have a clickable  icon for each category of science.  To see the website click here.

World Population History

If you would like to have your students see the correlation between human advances in Science & Technology, Food & Agriculture, Health and the Environment and how it effected the population of the world you should go to this site.   Move the sliders at the bottom and/or click on the triangles at the bottom to see the population distribution throughout the world as well as an explanation of the critical  historic event that happened.  To see the site click here.

Technology in the FSL classroom workshop

Not sure if your board will supply you with the cash for the $120 registration fee but if you can make it up to Toronto on some Saturdays, Sylvia will be running some workshops.  To see the information, click here.

My Bike

Completely stolen with gratitude from Kristen Swanson, even the "irregardless".

Just last week, my mountain bike arrived in San Francisco. A few years old, my bike has seen its share of wear and tear.

My Little Mountain Bike!

Irregardless, I was excited and hopeful. After having the bike for a few days, I realized that it was a "real machine" that would save me lots of time. I began riding my bike back and forth to work, shortening my trek by over 20 minutes each day. Wow! What convenience! What speed!

And then, something BIG happened. Instead of merely using my bike to do all of my old tasks faster and more efficiently, I started to expand my horizons.

I used my bike to visit new neighborhoods and towns. I saw things I hadn't seen before. Because the bike allowed me to widen the radius in which I could travel over a short period of time, I could meet different people, try different foods, and have different conversations.

In short, the bike allowed me to learn and connect with new people, places, and information. However, it's important to note that I didn't reap these transformative benefits until I realized that my bike had more offer than merely increasing the efficiency of my old tasks.

It's a big world out there. And my trusty bike is helping me try it out.

OK-- now, take my personal experience and SWAP the word "bike" for "iPad, Chromebook, etc" in the story above. SOUND FAMILIAR!!?!?!??!?!?