STEAM: Chemistry at a Dance Party

This is getting new attention on Facebook, and deserves it:

Test your WORKING knowledge

http://yenpu.com/trivia-quizzes/can-you-name-these-basic-car-parts/

Share Fair - Sharing Innovations - April 11

For those who didn't get into JAMTECH 11,  register for this!

Participants - LINK            Teachers - LINK

Cyberbullying PSA event for MS and HS students

Register at www.acps.k12.va.us/face-centers or call 703-824-6865.

NOVA Manassas STEM Festival

To be a presenter, sponsor, or volunteer, contact Dr. Ia Gomez at
igomez@nvcc.edu or 703-530-8255.

Digital Learning Day Ideas and Resources

Digital Learning Day Ideas and Resources for

 Middle School and High School Classrooms

Shortcut: http://goo.gl/2tCqQx Send ideas to Jim.Egenrieder@gmail.com or add them below. Tweet your activities and tag @jegenrieder so I can share.

Career-Related Activities

• Explore  Virginia Career View  (MS)
• Try the Virginia Career Planning Guide
• Use the Virginia Education and Career Wizard
• Explore the Virginia Labor Market Information
• Search Craigslist Jobs for relevant entry-level minimum qualifications
• Browse O-NET Online (Occupations)
• Explore Arlington Teen Summer Expo Resources
• Use Monster.com

Technical and Academic Research Tools

• Find references using Google Scholar
• Get citations, images, and quotes using Google Docs Research Tool
• Import Google Research Tool citations
• Change citations from MLA to APS to CMS formats
• Build or find an online STEM notebook template
• Search Google Patents

Higher Education / Postsecondary Education Explorations

• Explore NOVA Programs of Study  - http://www.nvcc.edu/programs/
• View and explore the GMU Program of Study and Course Catalog
• Search for technical training programs
• Search the NOVA Workforce course catalog
• Explore the Virginia Education and Career Wizard
  
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Alice Keeler: Stop with the PDF's

From Alice Keeler's Teacher Tech Blog:

Stop Uploading PDF’s and Digital Worksheets

I have received several tweets about how cumbersome it is to have students work with PDF’s in a digital format. I am going to be blunt, uploading your worksheets to PDF’s and putting them online is not a 21st century lesson. This is substitution on the SAMR model. It is a pain to manage digital worksheets.  May I take this opportunity to suggest that is because you should not be doing this.
Using technology should create a BETTER learning environment. If you are doing the same tasks with technology you should expect the same educational outcome. Rethink when using tech how you can change what you do. How the task can be more student centered. Allow for more creativity. How do digital tools allow you to differentiate and personalize the instruction? How do digital tools allow your students to become independent learners?

If The Computer Can Grade It, It Should

One of the advantages to digital work is the ability for students to receive feedback faster. Instead of uploading worksheets to your website, Google Classroom or your LMS for students to fill out consider instead recreating the worksheets in Google Forms, That Quiz, Quia, or any of the many other online tools for

Tech Shop Goes 24/7 on March 20

Tech Shop Arlington Link:  http://www.techshop.ws/arlington.html