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AUGUST 29, 2023

Learning to code is akin to receiving the key to a world of opportunities. It’s not about zeros and ones, or math and science. It’s about solving problems kids didn’t think they could, in creative ways that feel good. The Ask a Tech Teacher crew has come up with a foundational list of tips for teaching coding.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The psychology of motivation: Strategies for engaging students Motivation plays a role not only in people’s choice to get involved in their goals but also in their behavior, persistence, and, ultimately, success. Experts in psychology have comprehensively analyzed motivation. Educators should nurture curiosity.

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AUGUST 28, 2023

Practice positive self-talk and visualization techniques to maintain a focused mindset. Stay disciplined, organized, and maintain a growth mindset that sees challenges as opportunities. You just have to change your mindset and approach the task from a different angle. I am a lifelong learner.

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Carly and Adam

AUGUST 23, 2023

Fostering Growth Mindset in the Classroom with "The Magical Yet" One of the most valuable lessons we can impart to our students is the concept of a growth mindset. This simple addition of the word "yet" transforms a fixed, defeatist statement into a positive and growth-oriented one.

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 11, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Brian Page, a former Milken National Educator of the Year with 15 years of experience in the education field. Blog: [link] Twitter: @FinEdchat Instagram: @FinEdchat Linked In: @FinEdchat ?️

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Cool Cat Teacher

MARCH 6, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter How are you doing, educators? Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength. Learn how to set boundaries, embrace self-care, and manage your mindset to transform stress into strength.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Artificial Intelligence–AI–has been around a long time, but caught everyone’s attention with the launch of generative AI, ChatGPT, and DALL-E. These made using AI easy enough for anyone and a viable tool for educators and students. AI tutoring systems track performance and adapt in real-time to strengthen weak areas.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 23, 2023

What Student Assignments and Projects Are Considered Most Difficult: Myths and Truths Are you a student who has ever wondered which assignments and projects are the most challenging? We’ve all been there, faced with daunting tasks that seem insurmountable. The Size Equals Difficulty Myth Size doesn’t always matter.

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JANUARY 24, 2018

It’s called a “Growth Mindset” In an Edsurge article by Rupa Gupta, former Redesign Administrator at Burnett Middle School in San Jose, Calif., It’s called a “Growth Mindset” In an Edsurge article by Rupa Gupta, former Redesign Administrator at Burnett Middle School in San Jose, Calif.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 20, 2020

Growth Mindset. In a Growth Mindset, people believe ability can be developed through dedication and hard work. Here are thirteen accepted pedagogical teaching strategies with proven records of success. Read through them then think how they might be applied to solve the problems you’re having with online teaching.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter What is the Learning Pit metaphor? With insights that bridge the gap between theory and practice, James will shed light on how facing difficulties head-on can lead to profound understanding and growth in our students. Transcript Created by AI in Riverside.

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Scientix

MAY 25, 2023

It can help students develop a growth mindset, which is essential for success in mathematics. It can help students develop a growth mindset, which is essential for success in mathematics. Mindfulness and social-emotional learning (SEL) can play a vital role in improving maths performance by addressing these challenges.

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Carly and Adam

MARCH 22, 2023

This blog post explores strategies for teaching creativity and offers tips for incorporating these techniques into your classroom. Help students develop a growth mindset by encouraging them to embrace challenges, persevere through obstacles, and view learning as an ongoing process. Teach creative problem-solving techniques.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It is a mindset — a way of thinking used to guide learners. Constructivists believe that learning is an active process so the most effective way to learn is through discovery. With hands-on activities, learners actively create their own subjective representation of objective reality. Constructivism is not a pedagogy or a theory.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

These discussions and considerations are integral to the engineering design process, helping students approach the challenge with a thoughtful and systematic mindset. Encourage them to make observations about what works well and what doesn't, fostering a mindset of continuous improvement. Ready, Set, Test!

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Top 10 Sciencekits

JUNE 26, 2023

In this comprehensive blog post, we will explore in depth the relationship between early STEM education, the completion of a high-quality university education, and how it contributes to ensuring a high quality of life for individuals. Innovation and creativity are critical in high-quality university education as well.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Growth Mindset. She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, contributor to NEA Today and TeachHUB , and author of the tech thrillers, To Hunt a Sub and Twenty-four Days.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 15, 2023

Many of our students, who are predominantly Black and Latino, found that these posts resonated and decided to participate in the movement by publishing blog posts about surviving charter school, exposing some of the harmful racist, classist and ableist practices they experienced in school. Reading their words was like applying eye drops.

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STEMe

APRIL 28, 2023

In each, the mindset and action are indeed unique. There are countless comparisons and contrasts, but the true variation is the mindset. Growth & Challenges: Leaders are open-minded. Be ready for times of failure, times of growth, and times of success. . Though, the difference? Volunteer With Us! 2022, September 9).

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 25, 2023

Top 5 Tips and Tricks for Teaching STEM to Elementary Students: Have Growth Mindset. Have Growth Mindset In the STEM space, it is important to have a growth mindset , for both educators and students. This mindset means that we understand and accept that failure is a part of the learning process.

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User Generated Education

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

I’ve been interested in the ideas surrounding the growth mindset prior to it being coined as such by Carol Dweck. Attribution theory provides a foundation to the ideas connected to a growth mindset. With all of that said, I am also concerned about the fad of the growth mindset.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

As schools become more focused on continuous improvement and the development of growth mindsets, educators continue to evaluate how they can assess their students' learning to better inform instructional practices. This is foundational to both teachers and their administrators. I think educators should refuse to subscribe to this idea.

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CoderZ

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It’s the holiday season – a time when many of us are *attempting* to slow down, but in reality, it often feels like we’re on a six-lane highway weaving in and out of cars, racing toward the finish line. It’s a busy, exciting, and hectic time of year for many of us, especially teachers. All that YOU do. Teachers are Superheroes .

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

These discussions and considerations are integral to the engineering design process, helping students approach the challenge with a thoughtful and systematic mindset. These discussions and considerations are integral to the engineering design process, helping students approach the challenge with a thoughtful and systematic mindset.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 20, 2020

With education turning on the technology skills of students and teachers, its important to gain a rudimentary understanding of foundational technology. I don’t mean phone apps and games. I mean the basics of how to use the tech tools that are driving learning. Ready or not, digital transformation has come to education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

What is a Growth Mindset? She is an adjunct professor in tech ed, CSG Master Teacher, webmaster for four blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice reviewer, CAEP reviewer, CSTA presentation reviewer, freelance journalist on tech ed topics, and a weekly contributor to TeachHUB. Keyboarding 101.

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PCS Edventures

MARCH 15, 2022

In this blog post, we’ll reference 3 programs that do this exceptionally well and explore how each supports neurodiverse communities. ??The greatest scientific advances often come from the world’s most out-of-the-box thinkers. With STEM, there is no one way to think or learn. Highlights Learners’ Interests and Strengths.

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PCS Edventures

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This blog post explores how two programs, BrickLAB Core for Grades 1-6 and Discover Drones for Grades 7-12, promote and reinforce learners’ executive functioning. Check out our blog post, A Year of STE(A)M Enrichment , and discover how enrichment bundles enhance instruction year-round! a clear introduction to the concep.

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Cool Cat Teacher

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In this episode, we're diving deep into a crucial topic for every student but often overlooked in the curriculum: financial literacy. Podcast Episode Stream by clicking here. The world of returns is perched in an ivory tower, inaccessible to most investors.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 24, 2020

More succinctly: “…repeated, direct assessment of targeted skills in basic areas using materials taken directly from the teaching curriculum” While CBA is assessment based on the curriculum, it isn’t chapter tests from a text. There is no setup required to start using CBA — no website signup or software download.

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STEM Next

MAY 26, 2022

Ready4K has a great blog, The Mathephant in the Room , with ideas to help us adults face our math fears and with activities to support math learning at home. What better way to support their growth mindset than by modeling willingness to try new things? Photo by Christopher Beloch on Unsplash. Summer is coming.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 8, 2017

Many of the existential guides for teaching (such as Habits of Mind , the Socrative Method , and Mindfulness ) promote a student-driven growth mindset as fundamental to successful learning. This means students take an active part in achieving education and personal goals. Few have the background to include subjective traits.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

It’s interesting that some variation of “kindness” is included in most non-academic measures of what students should learn in school, including Habits of Mind , a Growth Mindset , and Mindfulness (click links for further discussion). Kindness isn’t a natural instinct. What is kindness? Why is it important?

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Carly and Adam

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Promotes Academic Growth Students who are struggling with their own social emotional development may be coming to school, but they aren’t necessarily ready to learn. When we find ways to address social emotional needs in the classroom, we can remove those barriers to learning and promote academic growth.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 15, 2015

I absolutely love all of the emphasis on mindsets these days. There are growth mindsets (which I discuss in The Educator with a Growth Mindset: A Staff Workshop ) and maker mindsets (which I discuss in The Mindset of the Maker Educator ). Embraces Curiosity. Tolerates Ambiguity.

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Teachers are Terrific

MARCH 3, 2022

Focus on Growth as Engineers- Not on Success. The growth mindset of cooperation, resiliency, accepting failure as an opportunity, and a can-do attitude make the STEM lab a comfortable place to learn. Read carefully, because I have a freebie hidden in here somewhere! 5 Things – The Quick Version. Ready for the details?

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STEM Education Guide

MARCH 5, 2023

Paying your kids to get good grades is not the only way to incentivize or prioritize their academic growth. I flew there immediately after school and spent my weekends helping stock shelves or ringing up purchases for customers. I made $7 an hour. But soon, my attention was focused too much on this part-time job.

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