Technology

Part 3: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Over 25 STEM and PBL Competitions

Welcome to this third post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I promise you will find some great information coming your way in the posts that follow…So sign up now and please pass this on with a retweet. – Mike Gorman (https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/)

Part 2: STEM, STEAM, Makers: Over 40 Amazing STEM Resources

Welcome to this second post in a series that brings STEM, STEAM, and Maker Space together with Project Based Learning and proper technology integration in the classroom. You will discover around one hundred resources in this series along with some great ideas for finding student success. Before reading, please take a moment to subscribe by email or RSS and also give me a follow on Twitter at mjgormans. I promise you will find some great information coming your way in the posts that follow…So sign up now and please pass this on with a retweet. – Mike Gorman (https://21centuryedtech.wordpress.com/)

New York U Program to Give Teachers STEM Industry Experience

STEM teachers will receive a dose of work outside of the classroom as part of a New York University (NYU) program designed to help them understand how to inject real-world projects into their lessons. NYU's Tandon School of Engineering is adding the embedded job component to its annual summer teacher project, Science and Mechatronics Aided Research for Teachers with an Entrepreneurship expeRience (SMARTER).

Online Learning Environment for New Visions for Public Schools' MicroCert Program

This summer, New Visions is offering 12 professional development courses on a wide range of topics for teachers, leaders, and other school-based staff. Collaborative, innovative, and providing educators with instructional and operational strategies, these courses can be applied to a diverse range of settings.

FreeTech4Teachers on YouTube

A repository of edtech how-to videos. Richard Byrne, the writer behind FreeTech4Teachers, has explained the workings and applications of more than 300 free edtech tools that run the gamut, from word clouds to a slideshow creators. The channel specializes in thorough investigations of widely used tools like Google Classroom and Drive.

Events & Grant Opportunities

Teachers!!! Check out the most recent events and grant opportunities!!!

How to use the NEW Google Sites via @YouTube

What’s New?
Although not a lot of details have been released yet, below are the key new features Google has revealed for Sites:
Drag and Drop
Real-time Collaboration
Responsive Design
More - According to Google’s blog post, they have “a lot more in store for ... Google Sites”. We will have to wait to see what these other features will be, but hopefully they will include an option for full-features blogging, with user comments and proper social media integration, rather than the quite limited “Announcement Page” in the current Sites.

New editing features in the latest Google Docs and Sheets mobile apps

The latest versions of the Google Docs and Sheets apps for Android and iOS devices include the following new features:

TeenTech NY 2015

Students!

Check this out. It's this Saturday and it's FREE!

TeenTech NY 2015
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2015
Location: Microsoft NY, 11 Times Square, New York, NY, 10036
Time: 8:30am-4:30pm

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/teentech-ny-2015-registration-19340392635?aff=eiosprexshremail&ref=eiosprexshremail

Tech & Learning Live @ New York: Cool Tool Duel Session

Our very own Mr. Contes is presenting on Friday, 10/23/2015 at #TLTechLive in #Tarrytown at the #WestchesterMarriott . Check it out live during the #CoolToolDuel workshop between 10:30am-11:30am.
#EdTech #CTE #K12 #P14 #NYCSchools #NYCDOE #STEM #STEAM #EdChat #TechandLearning #Newsela #GoogleSlides #LiveStream

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