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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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Understanding Behavioral Learning Theory & Its Applications In The Classroom

Ask a Tech Teacher

The Ask a Tech Teacher team has written a great article on behavioral learning in the classroom. Introduction to Behavioral Learning Theory Behavioral learning theory can sound complex, but it’s actually quite straightforward. Skinner and involves learning from consequences.

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5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers

Ask a Tech Teacher

Great end-of-year projects for high school students, from the Ask a Tech Teacher team: 5 Innovative Tech Projects for High Schoolers Project-based learning has gained significant popularity in recent times. In fact, students who make use of this technique tend to retain content 22% better than traditional learning.

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UCLA Life Sciences Revamped How It Teaches Math. Is It an Example Others Should Follow?

ED Surge

About 10 years ago, Alan Garfinkel, a professor in the life sciences department at the University of California, Los Angeles, got a call. The need for biology students to understand math concepts has become increasingly important, especially with the digital revolution sweeping across science. Another factor?

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Generative AI, Chat GPT, and Learning

Cool Cat Teacher

I have observed that many professors and teachers often ask students to summarize articles in their own words, I believe this practice will not be as effective in measuring understanding and reading comprehension with these summarization tools that are about to be built into everything. will be the web in us — the biological web.

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How Students Use Unofficial Online Backchannels for Classes

ED Surge

Meanwhile students are setting up unofficial online channels of their own, where they can ask questions of classmates, gripe about the professor and sometimes share homework and test answers. Some professors welcome these channels as a way for students to blow off steam.

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How Instructors Are Adapting to a Rise in Student Disengagement

ED Surge

In our first installment of this podcast series last month, I shared the scene from a digital media course where I saw students watching sports highlights on YouTube during a lecture, shopping for beds on Facebook marketplace and playing video games on their iPhones as the professor did his thing on stage. And surveys back that up.

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