Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 13, 2024
High School students will soon move into college and career where digital tools are de rigeur. Knowing the most innovative is a great first step. Here are twelve recommended by the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 12 Innovative Digital Tools to Engage High School Students In the ever-evolving landscape of education, keeping students engaged can be a challenge.
ED Surge
MAY 13, 2024
With interest in the teaching profession waning and enrollment in teacher preparation programs reaching historic lows, all eyes are on the next crop of students — tomorrow’s prospective educators — to make up the deficit. Today’s high school and college students are part of Generation Z, a group of people who range in age from 12 to 28, and have characteristics, attitudes and aspirations that distinguish them from prior generations.
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All About STEM
MAY 14, 2024
Our friends from Chester Zoo are all set to spotlight conservation at the IUCN’s first-ever World Species Congress – a global event to inspire action for species conservation. As part of this global event, the Chester Zoo team are hosting a Virtual Live Lesson from 11am on Wednesday the 15th of May to champion some of the world’s most threatened species.
Box Light
MAY 16, 2024
Imagine a dimly lit room where adults endure another PowerPoint presentation, disengaged and uninspired. Imagine a brightly lit room with adult learners ready to be inspired by new experiences only for their motivation to be dampened by another static and mundane PowerPoint Presentation. This emphasizes the necessity of captivating and empowering professional development sessions to fully leverage technology's potential.
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.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 14, 2024
6 Key trends in education to be looking at, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: Key Digital Innovations for Today’s Education Professionals The digital transformation is underway, and while its impact on society is undeniable, education is among the most disproportionately affected areas. It’s not just about ditching blackboards for tablets – education today is undergoing a paradigm shift in teaching methodologies.
STEM Education Central brings together the best content for STEM education professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
All About STEM
MAY 17, 2024
Employers – You can inspire the next STEM generation and your future workforce by hosting a Year 12 Research Placement or Experience! There are 5-day or 2-week placement options available and students are bright, capable and can complete a variety of tasks. Take a look at the employer feedback below, see the difference your placement could make to young people and get involved!
Box Light
MAY 17, 2024
As we observe National Endangered Species Day , it's a reminder of the critical importance of wildlife conservation—not just today, but every day. In both school and life, understanding the significance of endangered species is essential for fostering empathy and preserving biodiversity.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 17, 2024
How do you teach the hard to teach class? Differentiate This video is from a series I taught for school districts. It is now available for free, here on Ask a Tech Teacher: This series includes videos on: Flipping the classroom Using backchannel devices A focus on strategies Tech tools Alternative tools Collaboration Author doers BYOD Assessment isn’t static The 20% rule Class warm-ups Gamification of education Copyright ©2024 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.
ED Surge
MAY 16, 2024
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of children regularly miss elementary, middle and high school. Is the same pattern of absenteeism playing out at colleges, too? If so, what’s driving the trend? And what can professors and higher ed leaders do about it? To find out, EdSurge interviewed Terri Hasseler, a professor in the Department of History, Literature, and the Arts at Bryant University in Rhode Island.
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Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.
All About STEM
MAY 16, 2024
Careers Leaders: Compass + is a FREE tool from The Careers & Enterprise Company to help you benchmark, manage, track and report on your school’s careers provision. It’s available to all secondary schools, special schools, sixth-forms and PRUs in England. Liverpool City Region Careers Hub is offering four online Compass + training sessions that will take place after school and last under 1 hour.
Middle Web
MAY 12, 2024
Laurie Miller Hornik describes what happened when English department colleagues got together to improve their responses to student writing. The collaboration produced a feedback protocol for reading, coaching and evaluating assignments that's still in use five years later. The post Give Students Writing Feedback That Works first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 15, 2024
Now that so many children carry smartphones, do you track your child’s location? If you’re worried that’s akin to spying on them, read on. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has background, pros and cons, and more to help you come to a go-nogo decision: Reasons Techniques Best approaches Emergency readiness Supervising Communication and trust Educating your child Addressing privacy concerns Importance of parental controls How to Track My Child’s Location In today’s world,
ED Surge
MAY 17, 2024
With digital education platforms generating data on how millions of students are learning, they are also sitting on veritable information gold mines for researchers who are trying to improve education. An ethical and legal conundrum stands in the way: how to responsibly share that data without opening students up to the possibility of having their personal information exposed to outside parties.
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These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!
All About STEM
MAY 16, 2024
World Environment Day takes place on the 5th of June 2024, it brings together millions of people from across the globe, engaging them in the effort to protect and restore the Earth. Amazing Apprenticeships has brought together a collection of resources that are perfect for World Environment Day.
Middle Web
MAY 16, 2024
In MATH-ish, youcubed.org co-founder Jo Boaler brings together real-world math, neuroscience, equity awareness, and classroom experiences to forge a powerful multi-faceted tool to encourage students’ collaboration and engagement, says math teacher and NBCT Kathleen Palmieri. The post What MATH-ish Can Add to Your Math Classes first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 16, 2024
It’s that time of hear when a lot of college students are writing dissertations as part of academic requirements. This is a daunting task but there are rules–suggestions–that will make it easier. The Ask a Tech Teacher team has a short list: 8 Time Management Tips For Dissertation Writing Embarking on the journey of writing a dissertation is a significant academic undertaking.
ED Surge
MAY 15, 2024
“You would make a great leader,” my principal said as I sat in his office. He had just approved my participation in a teacher leadership program. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. I’ve never felt comfortable in the principal’s office — and this was no exception. “And you know, we are really in need of new principals.” By we , my principal meant the Department of Education, and by need , he was referring to the recent exodus of school administrators in the state of Hawai’i.
All About STEM
MAY 16, 2024
If you’re a STEM ambassador volunteer, STEM Learning is offering a brilliant online session to help you present your career to youngsters by adapting your language and approach. The session covers the best ways of breaking down a complicated job title into bite-sized chunks that young people can understand.
Middle Web
MAY 13, 2024
We cannot make students be intrinsically motivated, writes teaching coach Barbara Blackburn. But we can create a classroom culture that focuses on the building blocks of value and success. When we do, students are more likely to grow resilient and take chances on learning. The post Value and Success Can Build Student Motivation first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Box Light
MAY 14, 2024
Imagine the frustration of a teacher pouring her heart into a lesson, only to have a student absent and miss out on crucial concepts and skills. It's a feeling of helplessness, knowing that despite her efforts, some students may fall behind. But what if there was a solution to bridge this gap?
ED Surge
MAY 14, 2024
ST. PAUL, Minn. — What do you want to be when you grow up? That’s a question long faced by high school students. But these days, students have access to far more information than in the past about what, specifically, they could do as a job after they graduate. And that is changing the way students are thinking about whether or not they want to go to college — or when they want to go.
All About STEM
MAY 15, 2024
Celebrate National Numeracy Day on the 22nd of May with fantastic official resources & CREST Awards! National Numeracy has a huge selection of activities for the big day and there are numerous CREST projects below to excite your learners about maths. Students can join the Big Number Natter too and there’s a whopping £6000 worth of prizes up for grabs this year!
Middle Web
MAY 15, 2024
It pays to be strategic when managing time, writes teacher Kelly Owens. Without compromising good practice, educators can learn to ditch time drainers and invest those precious minutes in time savers. Reduce, reuse and recycle to work more efficiently and effectively. The post 3 Tips to Help Teachers Make Good Use of Time first appeared on MiddleWeb.
User Generated Education
MAY 17, 2024
This is my 3rd time doing this project with my gifted learners, grades 4th through 6th. It was one of my favorite units. ever, and from their reactions, I believe it was one of theirs, too. I call it a perfect STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) unit. The first part of this post explains some of the rationale for this project, and the second part describes the unit, itself.
ED Surge
MAY 13, 2024
As you enter today's classrooms, it's clear: Technology isn't just a tool, it's the driving force behind vibrant communities, shaping how students learn and teachers connect. Many students have access to technology in their classrooms, but the true challenge lies in harnessing resources effectively to enhance learning and build stronger, more resilient communities.
All About STEM
MAY 13, 2024
Who said a STEM Club has to run every week? Who said the same students have to attend each session? No-one! That’s why we came up with our Six Week STEM Club Programme! It’s a programme that schools or clubs can repeat every half-term with a different set of learners each time – that means less time needed to plan and resource and more time to engage & excite a wider range of young people!
Box Light
MAY 13, 2024
Frogs are not just fascinating creatures - they can also be fantastic tools for teaching various subjects like measurement, reading, counting, and STEM concepts. So, why not leap into this theme and make learning an exciting adventure?
Know Adam's Blog
MAY 13, 2024
In the book Making Thinking Visible, researchers and authors Karin Morrison, Mark Church, and Ron Ritchhart write, “Learning happens at the point of challenge.” When we think about what is occurring in the highest performing classrooms, we can come to a better understanding of how learning happens at the point of challenge.
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