by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 3, 2015 | Announcements, Common Core State Standards, NCCE 2015 in Portland, NCCE News
Malbert SMITH III, PH.D. PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF METAMETRICS® Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., is a leading expert in educational reform. He is the president and co-founder of MetaMetrics®, the developer of the widely adopted Lexile® Framework. Malbert is a senior...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 30, 2015 | Announcements, Keep Kids Coding!, Media
This week in our Keep Kids Coding! series we will be looking at Logic.ly. CSisFun.com categorizes Logic.ly as a grade 6+ application. Logic.ly teaches logic gates + digital circuits in a hands on and interactive interface. It offers a simple drag-and-drop user...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 27, 2015 | Announcements, Microsoft, On Our Radar..., Tech Savvy Writing Prompt, The Future
In January Microsoft released the HoloLens, a new technology like nothing we have seen before: http://compass.xboxlive.com/assets/b2/15/b215c2a2-1c5b-4707-9a92-fffca6fb82fe.mp4?n=Microsoft_HoloLens_TransformYourWorld_816p23.mp4 Your Writing Prompt: If you were to own...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 23, 2015 | Be Awesome!, Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, NCCE 2015 in Portland
We are happy to announce a new Friday feature on the Tech Savvy Teacher blog – Keep Kids Coding! We are honored and privileged to be working with the amazing Kiki Prottsman to bring you this weekly feature. As you will remember from our Hour of Code feature with...
by Dr. Jason Neiffer | Jan 22, 2015 | Be Awesome!, Interviews, NCCE Members
We love Cheryl Steighner! As a third grade teacher in in Washington, she provides an excellent vision on how technology can be use to inspire and drive younger learners to be the tech-savvy students of today and tomorrow! We recently asked Cheryl to share with us...
