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Discover the 5 Simple Steps to Design Thinking in Education

Teaching Strategies / Christa Love / October 4, 2022 / design thinking

Design thinking is a five-step model for creative problem solving that focuses on understanding people’s needs to develop products, services, policies, or strategies. This process finds solutions that balances what humans desire with what is possible and affordable. Design thinkers work in diverse fields including engineering, architecture, graphic design, game development, advertising, animation, video production, […]

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Tips for Planning a School Bake Sale

Teaching Strategies / Christa Love / November 24, 2021 / fundraiser, TechnoSales

Do you want to run your own school bake sale? A bake sale is a profitable fundraising activity. It can be use to raise money for school trips, events, equipment, or books. Often a school bake sale is led by a teacher. However, that is a missed learning opportunity. This is because a school bake

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5 Reasons to Use Fact Cards for Research

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / August 19, 2021 / environment, fact card, research, TechnoEnvironment

Environmental education tackles complex issues that can be made easier to understand using Environmental Fact Cards designed specifically for children, tweens, and teens. When teaching an environmental unit as part of a geography or science class one of the biggest stumbling blocks can be accessing reliable information online. Too often, students get bogged down in

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Technology vs Pen and Paper

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / August 12, 2021

A teacher recently expressed to us the keyboard versus longhand dilemma: what do students gain by using computing devices instead of writing by hand? And what do they lose? Technology vs pen and paper is a common quandary. Many school districts are not teaching cursive writing or even printing. In this digital age, most careers

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10 Reasons to Teach an Environmental Curriculum Unit

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / July 6, 2021 / environment, Microsoft Publisher, TechnoEnvironment

As teachers, we want to teach an environmental curriculum unit that inspires students. One of the main goals is to empower them to become responsible stewards of a healthy planet. Stewardship presents real world conservation issues that require students to make connections to their own lives. When environmental education is combined with a creative technology

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Distance Learning Hints for Success

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / August 18, 2020 / remote learning

The challenge of teaching in a digital classroom is unquestionable. This is especially true for most educators who suddenly had to adjust with very little preparation. Distance learning, in various forms, is here to stay. But here are a few tips for making that change easier yet still maintaining the quality of learning. Keep it

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How to Engage Students in Remote Learning

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / August 2, 2020 / differentiated instruction, remote learning

Teaching is a wonderful yet demanding task when students are physically present in a classroom. But it’s a whole other level of challenge when they’re learning from home. Online learning or virtual instruction has been available since the beginning of the Internet. This model has primarily been used by colleges, universities, and corporations. However, in

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Differentiated Instruction and TechnoKids

Teaching Strategies / TechnoHella / December 18, 2018 / differentiated instruction

Every time teachers step into their classrooms, they face the evidence of the need for differentiated instruction. Each student arrives at school at a different starting point: a certain attitude of readiness for learning, an individual style of acquiring knowledge, and a distinct level of mastery of concepts. Multiply these three factors by the number

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Blend Microsoft Office and Google Docs into Curriculum

Teaching Strategies / Christa Love / May 2, 2018

It can be a challenge to blend Microsoft Office and Google Docs into one program. Are you teaching in a school that requires your students to learn how to use both Microsoft Office and Google Docs? Or are you in a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) setting where students have a variety of devices and

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Engineering Activities STEM for Elementary Students

Teaching Strategies / Christa Love / February 26, 2018 / technology integration

To be competitive in today’s global economy, students will benefit from an understanding of engineering. It will help them identify possible career pathways. In addition, engineering activities develop problem solving skills, teach essential science and math concepts, and promote collaboration. TechnoKids technology projects can help elementary and middle school teachers integrate engineering into curriculum. What

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