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E-learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 8): Vocabulary Grid
Vocabulary Grid is part eight in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six and part seven.
Explore relationships.
This eight-part vocabulary series has focused on meaningful ways to deepen student understand...
Techniques Year in Review: 2019–2020
The school year is wrapping up and you know what that means?! Summer reading season! Read Techniques. ACTE's flagship publication addresses the issues ACTE members care about most, providing input you can trust when making decisions for your classrooms, programs and school systems — in print and o...
E-learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 7): Word Tree
Word Tree is part seven in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three, part four, part five and part six.
Advanced literacy skills help students learn more, in any subject. The problem is, you may not have time to teach reading and writing...
Why Do You Think it is Important to Continue Professional Development Throughout your Career?
Those that have been given the charge and have the responsibility to educate others must be committed to continuous learning. Learning is fundamental throughout one's career no matter what field. Professional development (PD) is a lifelong endeavor which allows educators to grow. Educators must impr...
NASA HUNCH Students Send Hardware into Space
[caption id="attachment_53361" align="alignright" width="300"] Four single stowage lockers made and signed by NASA HUNCH students, onboard Crew Dragon (May 31, 2020)[/caption]
Ready for launch! High school students across the nation contributed flight hardware to the historic Launch America event...
Start with the syllabus
Although remote learning is starting to wind down and educators across the country are once again joyously welcoming the start of summer, there remains a very real undercurrent of anxiety. No one knows what school will look like in the fall. Will schools return to normal with physical classes and tr...
E-Learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 6): Linear Flow Chart
Linear Flow Chart is part six in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five.
Ever played an anagram? Someone gives you a set of letters and you race to make as many words as possible. Scramble and unscramble. Focus...
Preparing CTE Teachers for Re-Engaging with Students in the Fall
The 2019/20 school year is coming to an unusual end. After spring break, our students never returned to their classrooms. While core academic teachers were required to provide review materials online for their students, CTE instructors were asked to do the same being cognizant of the overall time st...
E-learning Technical Vocabulary (Part 5): Connected Cards
Connected Cards is part five in an eight-part series on e-learning technical vocabulary systems. Read part one, part two, part three and part four.
Metacognition is an amazing force in classroom instruction. When we compel students to think about their own thinking, they learn to reflect more dee...
A Culinary Journey
Over the last few years a lot of people have been asking me what I would attribute my success in the culinary field to. That has been a very humbling and thought-provoking question. To think that people think that I am a success at such a young age is more than I could ever ask for. I have gained so...