ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2024

In the midst of his presentation, he posed a question to the group that deeply resonated with me: Are you comfortable leading a school where kids love themselves but fail academically? Yet, the question lingered, even after I left the retreat. After a week of contemplation, I found myself wondering why we can’t do both. This is a dilemma.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Educators and parents started this school year with bated breath. According to a survey administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2019, 37 percent of high school students said they experienced persistent sadness or hopelessness and 19 percent reported suicidality. In response, more than half of all U.S.

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ED Surge

MAY 24, 2022

What researchers found, and have continued to study in the years since, is that teens have different, and greater, needs when it comes to sleep than people of other ages. But it turns out that plenty of schools make it hard for teens to get the amount of sleep that doctors recommend. The lead researcher was] Mary Carskadon.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

But what if those typical metaphors for our brains are limiting our capacities to think and learn? Paul, who says she reads academic journal articles for fun, first encountered this argument when she came across a 1998 paper by philosophers Andy Clark and David Chalmers, who argued that the human mind extends into the world around it.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 7, 2017

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for technology. Service Learning. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. using research authentically. They must connect to opponent’s arguments.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 16, 2016

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 6, 2019

They feel no guilt, don’t understand the legal risk they face, and think the argument that “everyone does it” makes it OK. I was excited when Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Milyn Anne, offered this article explaining the why behind plagiarizing: What Factors Influence Your Tendency to Plagiarize in School?

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 3, 2022

Honestly, I missed people and a lot of people I know in CS Education and CS Ed research are here. There is a lot to learn here as well. She started publishing and researching what became object oriented programming while I was in the early stages of my career. The argument for Python is multiple.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Since the release of ChatGPT late last year, the essay has been declared dead as an effective way to measure learning. And oral evaluations of student learning do still happen occasionally — like when graduate students defend their theses and dissertations. I can only really do four at a time, and then I need a brain break.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

It represents one part of a greater attempt to encourage “responsible” use of this technology by the federal government , including a $140 million investment to create national academies that will focus on AI research, which is inching the country closer to a regulatory framework for AI. At the moment, more research is needed.

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ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

As a high school social studies teacher, my job includes helping students learn to use evidence to present arguments, engage in civil discourse and take informed action to bring about change. As a result, my students were only completing them for a grade, and had lost sight of why they’re learning any of this at all.

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National Science Foundation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Few would discount the power and promise of diversifying the teaching force, especially in STEM fields; however, our research offers the field of STEM education new insight into the conversation. Board of Education decision in the pushout of Black teachers in integrated schools. The Diversity Imperative.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2022

Our education system is having its own Henny Penny moment, with loud voices from the right generating and spreading panic that social and emotional learning, or SEL, endangers and “ indoctrinates ” students. Thirty years of research in SEL confirm these fundamentals. Instead, evaluate the facts. They’re common sense.

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Futurum

APRIL 18, 2023

How machine learning is revolutionising materials science Published: Research in materials science and engineering is crucial for developing materials that can help solve some of society’s biggest challenges. The fundamental ML algorithms are available to everyone for free,” says Dane.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Everyone’s tired, including you. Change your approach to teaching.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2018

It’s the end of school. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going but in a different way. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Designed for middle and high school, but adaptable to other grades.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

Recently, I was in a meeting with department chairs and administrators at my high school. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods. After discussing revisions to our existing policies, a colleague added, “We have to go back to old-school methods.

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User Generated Education

JULY 31, 2023

Too many classes, all grade levels, begin the school year with getting down to academic business – starting to cover content, discussing expectations regarding academic requirements, giving tests, and other academic information provided by the teacher to the students in a mostly one-way communication. You will be an active learner.

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The Maker Mom

DECEMBER 30, 2023

One of the best ways children learn to develop ideas and communicate with others is through public speaking and debate. Online debate classes encourage students to think things through and present their concepts to others verbally, using research and logic. Dynamic lessons and games make learning and communicating fun.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Tools, such as AI-powered writing assistants and language-analysis platforms, offer real-time feedback and aim to empower students to engage in self-directed learning and refine their writing and editing skills. What initially sparked your interest in exploring and implementing AI tools in your classroom?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

It’s the end of school. What you want for these last few weeks are activities that keep the learning going, but in a different way. Students will be buzzing with all the new material and eager to use it for summer school or the next year. Everyone’s tired, including you. Change your approach to teaching.

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. I’ve taught high school English for years. Then, talk of the events of the Parkland shooting turned to the problems revealed by mass shootings in schools. Both failed to pass their respective state legislatures.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 9, 2023

Look at what Harvey Silver says in his book, Compare and Contrast : By compiling the available research on effective instruction, Marzano, Pickering, and Pollock found that strategies that engage students in comparative thinking had the greatest effect on student achievement, leading to an average percentile gain of 45 points.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 21, 2023

The Power of Puzzles Source: Learning Life You’ll be amazed at the power puzzles ( 2 ) have to enhance your problem-solving skills. Research has shown that engaging in puzzle-solving activities can improve cognitive abilities, such as logical reasoning, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

The Socratic Method requires cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, asking and answering questions that stimulate critical thinking and draw out underlying presumptions. Students prepare by closely reading/researching the text or topic. Be comfortable learning from students. The Socratic Method is not passive.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Published: Going to university is a huge change from going to high school. These activities give students opportunities to exchange ideas, learn from each other, communicate and develop teamwork skills,” explains Olivia. How can first-year STEM university students be better supported? What do the seminars teach students?

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The Maker Mom

MARCH 18, 2023

The pivot to online learning came out of necessity and will remain for the same reason. There are loads of statistics that show what the future holds for online learning, and here we show how online learning is affected students of different ages and from all around the world. This benefit simply cannot be overstated.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

If the teacher wants to use games to learn history, Minecraft won’t throw students into a fully fleshed simulation of the American Revolution. This is especially important with multi-player games like Minecraft (you will close the system at school, but that may not be the case in the student’s home). That’s reality.

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ED Surge

MAY 17, 2022

Shifting practices regarding grades may inspire students to take risks and study for the sake of learning. We talked to: Michelle Cantu-Wilson, director of teaching and learning initiatives and special projects at San Jacinto College. Brian Fleming, associate vice chancellor of learning ecosystem development at Northeastern University.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2018

In our school we started using Google Classroom LMS as a way to collect, review and grade the assignment, now we use it as a basis for creating greater learning opportunities becoming real due to the apps that hugely extend the functional set and diversify the learning. Learning complex concepts in classes can be a struggle.

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ED Surge

MARCH 14, 2022

There’s a unique opportunity to identify the dangerous side of the “fake it until you make it” argument, as Theranos not only wasted millions of dollars, but put some patients’ health in jeopardy. Ultimately, Ventilla and his co-founders stepped aside, and AltSchool rebranded to Altitude Learning after a firesale to Higher Ground Education.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2022

Furthermore, you'll learn how he measures the success of his classroom culture. This is intuitive, but first, let's look at some research. Research from Malik and Risvi supports a classroom culture that gets students in active in the classroom. He also talks about creating positive classroom habits.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 23, 2023

As a teacher, I know the importance of fostering teamwork and problem-solving skills in our middle school students. KEY TAKEAWAY What are problem solving team building activities for middle school? Communication is a crucial aspect of problem-solving team building activities, especially for middle school students.

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ED Surge

APRIL 12, 2022

software engineering school Makers Academy, and Mamokgethi Phakeng, vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town in South Africa. And the argument is that if a university degree is a good investment, it ought to be substantially more valuable than the opportunity cost. It’s basic educational thinking: You learn what you do.

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User Generated Education

MAY 6, 2018

I, along with many others, have been impressed with how articulate the Parkland students have been regarding their school shooting and gun laws. When students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High debated gun control in class last November, they never imagined they were preparing to lead a national discussion on how to prevent school shootings.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 8, 2017

9Too many classes, all grade levels, begin the school year with getting down to academic business – starting to cover content, discussing expectations regarding academic requirements, giving tests, and other academic information provided by the teacher to the students in a mostly one-way communication. You will be an active learner.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The first student has an extremely high grade point average (GPA) from their school exams, while the second student’s GPA is still good, but not as high. They grew up in an affluent neighbourhood with wealthy parents who could afford to send them to a top-class school and pay for one-to-one tutoring to help them prepare for their exams.

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