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JUNE 15, 2021

Educators participate in this five-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop to learn about widely-available digital tools that will help their students develop their inner writer. Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects. Assessment is project-based so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

When a public school system in the San Francisco Bay Area explored replacing traditional grading practices with a form of “standards-based grading system” meant to eliminate bias, it sparked widespread opposition from parents. It is time to emphasize learning over effort. Prioritizing learning is exactly what Equitable Grading is.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Savvy educators have built lesson plans based on this interest for years. Today, because of the changes in education, the use of games to reinforce learning, to teach, and to engage students in their own education has become one of the most effective tools to bridge the gap between school-based and remote learning.

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Educators Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

iCivics is an educational website that offers access to a wide variety of learning resources that include games, curriculum materials, lesson plans, webquests, and videos. They can also design assignments and monitor students learning progress. 6- Videos Videos help students learn civics topics through short and meaningful animations.

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JULY 14, 2023

The general public and scientists combine their efforts to carry out large-scale activities so that the labor involved in the projects is distributed. Such projects are especially useful in population studies, wildlife conservation efforts, psychological surveys, and behavioral research.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

15 Unusual Projects. Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: 5-12. Once the code is read (which happens within seconds), it will automatically activate the data. Human robot.

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JUNE 19, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. 8 Activities (topics). What You Get.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. Publish projects in a variety of digital ways.

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MARCH 16, 2020

If your teaching has been moved online in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, learn which webtools make online learning exciting for kids and easy for you in this class–starts March 23rd! The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment.

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Cool Cat Teacher

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Defined Learning is a fantastic way to bring project-based learning to every grade level and subject area. Some teachers (and students) are great at coming up with meaningful project ideas that align with standards and learning objectives. Defined Learning sponsored this blog post. Managing projects.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

How many hours each week do you spend on creating, sharing, monitoring, evaluating and providing feedback on student activities? One survey found teachers average more than 10 hours weekly on planning and grading , and another study reported that about a third of teachers spend at least 2 hours daily on pre- and post-instruction activities.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The positive impact of teachers has been extensively substantiated through years of research highlighting that teacher effectiveness is the most important school-based factor related to student achievement and outcomes. That is why PLTW Core Training allows teachers to engage actively in their learning and collaborate with other educators.

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MAY 6, 2022

Keisha Bailey has been bringing her son to the home of Pam Childress, a home-based child care provider, since he was nine months old. Bailey is a nurse and her shifts start around 5 a.m., In January, the organization I lead, Home Grown, which supports home-based child care providers, interviewed Bailey. “Ms.

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MAY 5, 2022

Student agency is defined as learning in which students have a choice in relevant activities that represent their learning. These choice boards were for assessments in which students could choose from three content topics and three different ways of representing their learning.

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JULY 3, 2019

Educators participate in this three-week hands-on quasi-writer’s workshop as they learn to use widely-available digital tools to help their students develop their inner writer. Resources include videos, pedagogic articles, lesson plans, projects, and virtual face-to-face meetings to share in a collaborative environment. What You Get.

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JANUARY 3, 2024

The four Hs in 4-H — Head, Heart, Hands and Health — embody values cultivated through experiential learning initiatives. As the administrator for 4-H, she focuses on providing non-formal, hands-on learning experiences tailored for youth ages nine through 19, emphasizing age-appropriate activities primarily in the out-of-school space.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MAY 16, 2022

If I’ve learned anything from my broken foot, it is that there are things only I can do for myself. One mistake I’ve seen many teachers make is “project” themselves into exhaustion in the summertime. Personal interests engage students in learning. Learn how to bring those in for students. Summer is the time to do that.

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User Generated Education

JUNE 18, 2023

I enjoy offering “the public” similar activities as I do with my gifted students during the school year. I know there are rewards for the kids while engaging in hands-on/minds-on learning. I also get rewarded by observing students do activities I developed and/or found. Their interest in their peers’ projects.

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The Maker Mom

MARCH 5, 2024

Learning STEM skills is a major focus in education these days. The acclaimed programs include robotics, coding, data collection, and science research and many offer exciting field trips and outdoor activities along with their tech and science labs. The camp activities take place indoors and outdoors, so kids never get bored.

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Talk STEM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Engaging students in Math and STEM learning can be difficult at times – and talkSTEM is here to help. talkSTEM resources can work in conjunction with the new Eureka Math curriculum, launched this school year across the Dallas Independent School District, encouraging students not just to learn, but to ask why. Share and Enjoy !

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Career in STEM

MARCH 29, 2022

Looking for some fun Earth Day STEM Activities that students can do from home or in class? Check out this list of five fun STEM activities for Earth Day – all 15% off every Wednesday in April! and will make sustainability connections for each career through career-focused games and web-based activities.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. Assessment is based on interaction with classmates, participation in virtual meetings, and completion of projects so be prepared to be fully-involved and an eager risk-taker.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

When surveying the research , effective teacher professional development is content-focused with active learning, supports job-embedded collaboration, uses models and modeling, provides coaching and expert support, gives opportunities for feedback and reflection, and is of sustained duration (Darling-Hammond).

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Scientix

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Learning through games has several advantages: encourages the acquisition and development of different skills; stimulates problem solving; encourages experiential learning; increases motivation. The child’s desire to play is an innate biological response to survive in the world. Play is widely practiced by many animals too.

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ED Surge

MAY 9, 2022

Students returned to their school buildings, we had months of lower COVID rates and some of kids’ favorite learning strategies—like group projects, stations and flexible seating—came back. For many, last summer focused on lost learning; this summer should focus on making sure kids are ready and well when next year starts.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It’s designed to show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Here are ten projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Macros. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: K-5. Grade level: K-5.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 11, 2024

Brian is the creator of the Homework Hacks Course , designed to equip students aged 13 to 20 with research-backed homework hacks and independent learning strategies. We can help our children learn! When people ask me my favorite App-building tool, I always say MAD-Learn. MAD-Learn is an amazing collaborative app building tool.

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Career in STEM

APRIL 4, 2024

Sports 4 Life Initiative = Deadline: April 5 (Letters of Intent) | The Sports 4 Life initiative was created based on the knowledge that, while sports participation offers tremendous life-long benefits, young girls of color are disproportionately excluded. Submissions must be for project-based learning initiatives.

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APRIL 10, 2024

Data-driven decisions are increasingly recognized as a critical component of K-12 education, enhancing personalized learning, improving assessment and feedback, optimizing resource allocation and fostering early intervention. Despite the benefits, implementing data-driven decision-making in education presents challenges.

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JANUARY 6, 2019

The 21st century lesson blends technology with teaching to build a collaborative, differentiated, and shared learning environment. You will actively collaborate, share knowledge, provide constructive feedback to classmates, publish digitally, and differentiate for unique needs. 8 Activities (topics). What You Get.

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APRIL 8, 2024

It’s 5 a.m. She got up early and stayed open late to accommodate people who worked 12-hour shifts and needed to drop kids off as early as 5 a.m. Renovations, Meals and Activities Before the pandemic, Gale had a waitlist “a mile long” for families who wanted a spot. ARPA funds allowed Gale to try new teaching activities.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

10 Unusual Projects. 6 Unplugged Activities for Hour of Code. It’s designed to show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Human robot.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

It’s designed to show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, and an innovator. Here are ten unusual projects (each, about one hour in length) you can use in your classroom to participate in this wildly popular event: Alt Codes. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: 5-12. Grade level: K-5. Human robot.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The Bureau of Labor and Statistics projects that the market for computer science occupations will grow 13 percent between 2020 and 2030. students in grades 5-12 reveals that access to school-based learning opportunities and role models is highly correlated with students’ persistence on their career journey.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Studies show up to a 75 percent improvement in retention with experiential learning scenarios. But based on the students’ reactions, they seem to have forgotten that they’re not on an actual investigation. Studies show up to a 75 percent improvement in retention with experiential learning scenarios. There he is!” Right there!”

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It is when students form preferences, gain confidence, and find a passion for learning. Exploring Science Through Liquids There are a variety of STEM activities that can be facilitated with students that use minimal ingredients – many of which can be found in the common household.

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Teachers are Terrific

MAY 5, 2024

I know you are wondering how on earth putting some cups out is going to end up with math activities, just take a look at all we can do! I give them about 5 minutes. For our class data table, I just project one of these pages onto our whiteboard and students fill in their info with a dry-erase marker. Then we get busy.

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