Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 11, 2019

I’ve been teaching technology for over fifteen years. While student familiarity with this tool has improved, one thing that never varies is the myths surrounding teaching with it. You don’t have to teach keyboarding. Another clever twist on the argument against keyboard training is that audio input will soon take over.

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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. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class. Working in groups, students research opposite sides of an issue, then debate it in front of class.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component. They’re exhausting,” says Beth Carlson, an English teacher at Kennebunk High School, in Maine, who says she occasionally does 15-minute-each oral assessments for students in the school’s IB program.

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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. She started publishing and researching what became object oriented programming while I was in the early stages of my career. One was the work involved in changing – new resources, teaching aids, test questions, and the like.

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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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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

That’s the question posed by science journalist Annie Murphy Paul, who points to research emphasizing the many ways that thinking is influenced not just by what’s inside our skull, but by cues from our body movements, by our surroundings, and by other people we’re interacting with. I’ll take one from each area of research.

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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. A core part of that is preparing students to write out in the real world. But there are forces that get in the way. This isn’t a novel idea.

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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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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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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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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

I came across this paper while researching our Bootstraps podcast series about educational equity. And as we’ll get to later in this episode, this research is personal for me, and I’m very excited to shine a light on this work. It seems like there's a lot of common sense to this argument that is very accessible to a non-philosopher.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2015

It’s the end of school. Change your approach to teaching. They work in groups to learn the tool (using help files, how-to videos, and resources on the site), create a project using the tool (one that ties into something being discussed in class), and then teach classmates. Everyone’s tired, including you.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 9, 2018

It’s the end of school. They work in groups to learn the tool (using help files, how-to videos, and resources on the site), create a project using the tool (one that ties into something being discussed in class), and then teach classmates. They tie arguments to class reading, general knowledge as well as evidence from research.

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ED Surge

MAY 20, 2022

At a time when students, families, schools and districts are still grappling with the trauma of the last two years, including a mental health crisis among youth, we can ill-afford a frenzied battle based in grievance and fear-mongering, ignoring the advances made in our understanding of how young people learn and develop.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 16, 2023

Recently, EdSurge spoke with Molly Castner, a middle school ELA teacher who, intrigued by the prospect of providing real-time feedback to students and fostering critical thinking, embraced the integration of AI in her classroom. What excites you the most about using AI tools to support teaching English?

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ED Surge

MARCH 8, 2022

These cameras would allow parents to livestream their children’s lessons throughout the school day. But a flurry of other bills and laws restricting what educators can teach—or even say—about history, literature, race, sexuality and other topics are alive and well. I’ve taught high school English for years.

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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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The Maker Mom

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Online debate classes encourage students to think things through and present their concepts to others verbally, using research and logic. Many of these schools also offer in-person camps during the summer. Many of these schools also offer in-person camps during the summer.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 7, 2016

It’s the end of school. Change your approach to teaching. They work in groups to learn the tool (using help files, how-to videos, and resources on the site), create a project using the tool (one that ties into something being discussed in class), and then teach classmates. Everyone’s tired, including you.

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2017

.” This ancient form of give-and-take discourse is reportedly founded on Socrates’ belief that lecture was not an effective way to teach all students. The Socratic Method requires cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals, asking and answering questions that stimulate critical thinking and draw out underlying presumptions.

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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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Futurum

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Published: Going to university is a huge change from going to high school. What do the seminars teach students? For example, to teach time management, we ask students to break down a typical day and week, including class time, study sessions and personal time (for hobbies, meals, exercise, etc.),” explains Olivia.

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ED Surge

MAY 17, 2022

We talked to: Michelle Cantu-Wilson, director of teaching and learning initiatives and special projects at San Jacinto College. Tyler Roeger, director of the center for the enhancement of teaching and learning at Elgin Community College. Wendy Schatzberg, director for the center of teaching and learning at Utah Tech University.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. Liljedahl has developed a strategy for teaching that he says greatly improves how many students in a class are actually thinking about course material.

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STEM Education Shopping

AUGUST 21, 2023

Research has shown that engaging in puzzle-solving activities can improve cognitive abilities, such as logical reasoning, spatial awareness, and pattern recognition. Research has consistently shown that critical thinking is linked to higher academic achievement, increased creativity, and improved problem-solving abilities.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 23, 2022

Would you rather teach Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter or Veruca Salt from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? 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. Tournament of Teachers from Advancement Courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 18, 2018

In 2015, Idaho adopted an open-enrollment policy allowing families to send students to their school of choice. School leaders credit a multi-faceted senior writing project, new curricula, and instructional technology for bringing new students to their doors. Middle school is prime time [to teach about process and citation],”.

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Ellipsis Education

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Teachers have the opportunity to reach, influence, and teach a diverse range of students. We are excited to provide English Language Learner (ELL) supplemental teaching guides available to our school and teacher partners. Codelicious ELL supplemental teaching guides are based on the WIDA MPI framework.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2017

In my school, every teacher assesses writing. This connected teaching approach is consistent with most modern pedagogy. Conduct research based on focused questions that demonstrate understanding of the subject. Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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Computing Education Research Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

My argument is that computer science was originally invented to be taught to everyone, but not for economic advantage. Elliot wanted us to think about “Who could use what we have to teach, but might not even enter our classroom?”. In 1961, the MIT Sloan School held a symposium on “Computers and the World of the Future.”

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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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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. But who was—or is—the Theranos of the education sector?

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Computing Education Research Blog

JUNE 20, 2022

A May 2022 report from the UK government Research Review Series: Computing makes some strong claims about block-based programming that I think are misleading. The report is summarizing studies from the computing education research literature. I’m not questioning the studies.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 19, 2019

Luckily, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Andrew Carroll, former High School teacher, has a great analysis of the problem and discussion of solutions below: How to control smartphone usage in classroom? Digital devices, especially smartphones and tablets, have become an appendage for schools.

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 8, 2022

They cite research that indicates that APCSA students for very well in CS2 (usually data structures) and that CS2 is almost always taught in Java or C++. I have no dog in this fight since I no longer teach AP CS but I am leaning toward that it is time for a change. The Collegeboard is reluctant to do so.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

For the past decade, schools have invested millions of dollars in technology. Quickly after iPads, schools fell in love with Chromebooks and their amazing ability to allow students to collaborate and share, not to mention their ease of maintenance. Let’s take a clear-eyed look at the pluses on each side of this argument.

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