ED Surge

MAY 17, 2022

Building Virtual Reality In-House As education, social media and entertainment technology companies promote virtual reality tools and services, some faculty members are putting in the effort to create their own VR experiences. A physics professor is creating labs that can be done online or in virtual reality.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When you hear your dad's advice that you should finish now, what is your argument back? So my quick argument will always be that there's always another way. What would you say to that argument? Technology is statistically becoming a bigger and bigger part of today's society as we speak. It's a lot of “might.”

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Argumentation Education Education Schooling 255

ED Surge

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Built for Flexibility The first known course that called itself HyFlex emerged in 2006 , at San Francisco State University, taught by Brian Beatty, a professor of instructional design and technology. The proponents of HyFlex classes are often making a larger argument against the standard lecture model of teaching that is the norm at colleges.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 21, 2023

Another study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan revealed that puzzle-solving can enhance spatial reasoning skills, which are crucial for understanding and manipulating objects in both the physical and virtual worlds. Furthermore, puzzles provide an opportunity for individuals to develop perseverance and resilience.

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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

So for this week’s podcast we’re diving into his argument, talking to a philosophy professor who studied with Hussain and regularly teaches the paper to his own students. He describes this physics department that has two junior professors that haven't yet made tenure or on the track to do so. It's some value of solidarity.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 16, 2023

At the same time, they might hear a group getting into an argument across the other side of the room, and they can virtually walk to that group and mediate. Teachers can divide students into discussion groups. Then, they can virtually walk around the room, approach one group and collaborate with that group.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

That’s the argument made by scholar and author Freddie deBoer in his book, “The Cult of Smart: How Our Broken Education System Perpetuates Social Injustice.” People who happen to be good at school and college are often described as ‘smart,’ and our systems tend to reward them with cultural status and good jobs.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Research shows that excessive homework leads to increased stress, physical health problems and a lack of balance in students' lives. Another common argument is that homework helps students develop skills related to problem-solving, time-management and self-direction. Yet, this is the workload most schools place on high school students.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2023

Formulaic writing, especially tasks completed within the span of a class period, robs students of the opportunities to consider their audience and think strategically about their argument and voice. Like many teachers who grappled with ChatGPT, my initial concerns were that these moments would become another casualty of AI.

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Artificial Intelligence Argumentation Publication Robotics 341

User Generated Education

JANUARY 17, 2022

Develop a model to describe that when the arrangement of objects interacting at a distance changes, different amounts of potential energy are stored in the system [Grades 6-8] Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the motion energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object.

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Energy Construction Argumentation Math 115

Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 28, 2022

Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. As with real life, players must determine what tools are available (both physical and psychological) and how to use them to achieve goals. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In moments of crisis, decisions are made without consideration of the impact on educators' mental and physical health. Quite frankly, this argument relies on decontextualized data to assess student performance. The policies and decisions surrounding the COVID pandemic revealed the powerlessness of teachers in the school setting.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

But by the end of the 1800s, with the existence of molecules increasingly firmly established, the Second Law began to often be treated as an almost-mathematically-proven necessary law of physics. The theory of heat will hereafter form one of the most important branches of general physics.

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Energy Physics Argumentation Mathematics 88

ED Surge

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Such arguments obscure many of the real, pressing problems in education right now—a mental health crisis, workforce shortages in sectors across the field, nearly two years of lost or lackluster learning experiences.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

And it can not only mess with their physical development, like respiratory issues, but it also affects brain development. Beyond the physical and neurological impacts, what about the impacts of climate change on the experience of being a child? That's my argument. Yes, look, the child care crisis is raging.

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Publication Argumentation Physics Biology 255

STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 25, 2023

Logical thinking serves as the foundation of problem-solving and innovation within the diverse realms of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. As a student pursuing a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics, I have experienced firsthand how logical thinking forms the foundation for success in these fields.

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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Library and research skills cover areas such as knowing how to reference and cite authors properly, being able to discern between reliable and unreliable sources of information, accessing scientific literature and giving accurate evidence-based arguments when writing scientific essays and reports. What do students learn from studying this?

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Biology STEM Critical Thinking Chemistry 81

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Building on an earlier interest in space and spacecraft , I’d gotten very interested in physics, and was trying to read everything I could about it. There were several shelves of physics books at the local bookstore. The other books I’d read had all basically said “physics works like this”. The lambda hyperon.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In my case, as a technology teacher, it‘s from computers. Your ability to think through problems and consider issues is determined by your mental and physical framework. Successful people re-form arguments and situations to accommodate their strengths and ignore their weaknesses. Life is hard, but help is all around us.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

If not, make this change in the physical environment first. Students come to these grade interviews prepared with a formal argument. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years. Look at your classroom layout. Second: Free up your teaching time by automating the tedious tasks required to run a classroom.

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Personalized Learning Learning Argumentation Blended Learning 238

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 2, 2018

It has become a familiar argument between those who believe children intuitively learn to type (“see them on smartphones and iPads–they don’t need help”) and those of us who believe instruction makes them better, faster. This topic that is close to my tech teacher soul.

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Stephen Wolfram

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It’s yet another surprising construct that’s arisen from our Physics Project. In the language of our Physics Project, it’s the ultimate limit of all rulial multiway systems. And here is a rulial multiway system made from hypergraph rewriting of the kind used in our Physics Project , using all rules with signature : &#10005.

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The Maker Mom

MARCH 18, 2023

In the fast-paced, ever-changing digital landscape, children are exposed to dramatic increases in technological advancement. Technology continues to improve and gives children the opportunity to experience the finest education possible no matter where they are. This benefit simply cannot be overstated.

Learning 52

Learning Online Schooling Accessibility Argumentation 52

The Science Penguin

AUGUST 11, 2023

The NGSS organizes the Disciplinary Core Ideas into four major domains: Physical Sciences (PS) Life Sciences (LS) Earth and Space Sciences (ESS) Engineering, Technology, and the Applications of Science (ETS) Each domain includes grade-appropriate concepts that build upon one another as students progress through their education.

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Critical Thinking Argumentation Engineering Science 52

STEM Education Shopping

MAY 15, 2023

Many educators still debate whether Cue Robot is qualitative or quantitative when it comes to its role in teaching science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. By examining both sides of the argument, we hope to gain a better understanding of the effectiveness of using Cue Robot in the classroom setting.

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Robotics Artificial Intelligence STEM Critical Thinking 52

Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

The Second Law of thermodynamics is considered one of the great general principles of physical science. Sometimes textbooks will gloss over everything; sometimes they’ll give some kind of “common-sense-but-outside-of-physics argument”. Other observers—or even our own future technology— might see things differently.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 9, 2024

And beyond practical technology, we’re also continually going further and further in leveraging what’s now the vast conceptual framework that we’ve been building all these years—and progressively encapsulating it in the design of the Wolfram Language. There are our Wolfram Technology Conferences. And lots more. And in Version 13.2

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Futurum

APRIL 18, 2023

“We’ve seen its power in other fields – for instance, beating the world’s best professional chess or poker players, and enabling potentially transformative technologies such as autonomous vehicles – and it’s clear that ML is driving advancements in science and technology.” They’re at the core of most major advanced technologies.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

A key idea—ultimately supported at a foundational level by our Physics Project —is that we can think of everything that happens as a computational process. A lot of science—and technology—has been constructed specifically around computationally reducible phenomena. Imagine we’re studying some physical process.

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Science Sciences Computer Mathematics 122

Futurum

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In today’s technology-driven world, the amount of data that each of us generates is increasing rapidly. HDDs store data using a mix of magnetic and mechanical parts, making them bulkier and susceptible to damage from vibrations and other physical disturbances like being dropped. WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS FOR BRYAN’S RESEARCH?

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Computer Engineering Computer Science Computer Engineering 94

Futurum

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Our new technology eliminates the need for unsustainable plastic and fluorine coatings in many applications, reducing pollution and human health hazards,” explains Jeffrey. The materials also cost less than plastic, require no new equipment, and use existing production technologies.” This goes hand in hand with ethical thinking.

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STEMe

JUNE 16, 2023

However, König had another theory to form the entire argument around this artifact. If you want to learn more about how archaeology and history connect with technology, check out more of STEM-E's articles! After examining silver objects from Iraq which were plated in gold, König believed that the objects were electroplated.

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Vivify Stem

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs): This is what students should know and covers 4 content areas: Physical Science (PS) Life Science (LS) Earth and Space Science (ESS) Engineering, Technology, and Applications of Science (ETS) Science and Engineering Practices (SEPs): These practices are how students will learn science and engineering.

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Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Ed was someone who wanted to independently figure things out for himself, and delighted in presenting his often somewhat-outlandish conclusions—whether about technology, science, business or the world—with dramatic showman-like panache. My own career had begun in the 1970s with traditional fundamental physics. But Ed wasn’t interested.

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Stephen Wolfram

JUNE 29, 2022

You can give Threaded as an argument to any listable function, not just Plus and Times : &#10005. we’re adding SymmetricDifference : find elements that (in the 2-argument case) are in one list or the other, but not both. If we define a month “physically”, it corresponds to a certain fractional number of days: &#10005.

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STEM Education Guide

DECEMBER 19, 2022

With all the technological advances of our time, the outdoors is starting to feel like a foreign environment. You also know that your kids need physical activity to stay healthy. You won’t need to win an argument when you sell the following outdoor activities to your little ones. The stats are staggering!

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Ellipsis Education

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Which is a system used within Python in the event an argument passed to a function is a string, integer or whole number, the passing is like call-by-value because you cannot change the value of the immutable objects passed to the function. Some of these devices are smart TVs, smart appliances, wearable technology, toys, and smart speakers.

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