The Innovative Educator

JULY 9, 2023

The popularity of generative AI has made it more clear than ever that educators must take on the responsibility of helping students understand how to verify information and determine what sources are credible and reliable. Organizations like Common Sense Education are doing their part by empowering students with strategies and techniques to examine the legitimacy of online content.

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STEM Discovery Education

JULY 9, 2023

We hope you had a happy 4th of July holiday! Let’s catch up on updates from ISTE’s annual EdTech conference, changes on affirmative action and technology, and the latest insights from our bold leaders. In this July 10 edition of the EdTech News Roundup, we’ll cover: ISTE 2023 The Future of EdTech Insights from Leaders […] The post Discovery Education’s EdTech News Roundup – July 10 appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.

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Middle Web

JULY 9, 2023

It’s daunting to invite politics into the classroom. But when we do it right, students can learn to engage meaningfully with people who see the world very differently. Kent Lenci has tips to help the conversations thrive, including developing media literacy and supporting SEL. The post Why We Need to Let Politics into Classrooms first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Computing Education Research Blog

JULY 9, 2023

I am presenting two “Tips and Techniques” papers at the ITiCSE 2023 conference in Turku, Finland on Tuesday July 11th. The papers are presenting the same scaffolded sequence of programming languages and activities, just in two different contexts. The complete slide deck in Powerpoint is here. (There’s a lot more in there than just the two talks, so it’s over 100 Mb.

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Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Online Math for All

JULY 9, 2023

Evaluating Limits With Square Roots

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