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Knowledge vs. Experience: What I’ve Learned About the Art of Teaching

STEM Education Works

I’ve found that having this kind of academic background in a hard science certainly helps me a lot when it comes to my job as a Curriculum and Outreach Specialist here at STEM Education Works. I’ve learned a lot about the difference between technical knowledge and true-blue, in-the-classroom teaching experience. Until next time.

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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

Ask a Tech Teacher

When teaching about the human body, start with a tool students are familiar with: the fill-in-the-blank worksheet. There are also lots of teacher resources to help in using this unit such as lesson plans, training, and academic standards met. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-8 technology for 15 years. BrainPOP Jr.

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

After 13 years of teaching, I’ve had just over 1,700 students walk in and out of my classroom. John’s reflection on that experience showed me how much he values opportunities to empower young people to talk about the realities of the world around them, especially about events and issues that are not in our curriculum.

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Integrate OUR Curricula into Your Kiddom Digital Platform

Ask a Tech Teacher

This includes : grades 6–8 Math curriculum. Kiddom is an easy-to-use education platform designed as a centralized hub for teaching and learning. They received excellent ratings from EdReports , a leader in evaluating textbooks and curricula for rigor, usability and alignment to academic standards. Who is Kiddom?

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My Students Can’t Meet Academic Standards Because the School Model No Longer Fits Them

ED Surge

High numbers of students make it more difficult to plan for individual needs and force teachers to teach to an imaginary middle. Grade levels and age-based grouping allow for standardized testing and standardized curriculum despite the fact that we know that our kids aren’t meant to fit a standard.

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Education at Home (Homeschooling) is the BEST

Chillax Science

Schooling at home offers a wide range of benefits, such as the ability to tailor the curriculum to suit the individual needs and interests of students, control of the educational environment, and freedom to include meaningful context to learning. Parents usually purchase textbooks and other learning materials to teach their children at home.

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eSpark–Self-paced Learning for Math and Reading

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teachers monitor individual progress, see what each student completed on their last visit as well as when that was and how long it lasted, view students’ self-described moods, assess their pre- and post-quiz scores, and view their summative synthesis videos that provide evidence of their knowledge as they teach others what they just learned.

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