ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. Helping teachers be the best version of themselves takes a huge investment of time and energy, and schools just don't have the resources. Teaching is hard.

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MARCH 13, 2023

One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. Tony Lam, head of mathematics at Marymount Primary School in Hong Kong, recognized the mindset change required to create a student-centered coding experience.

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MAY 11, 2022

Raising computer-savvy children is complicated, whether you are a geek or a luddite. Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some great ideas for you in this next article: How to Raise a Computer-Savvy Generation. As a parent, do you know what you should do to raise a computer-savvy child? Image source: Pexels.

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JUNE 9, 2022

With the growing interest in tech comes a call for summer school programs 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

APRIL 12, 2024

COVID-19 was edtech’s big moment, and while digital tools kept learning going for many families and schools, they also faltered. This way of thinking about technology has been core to many pitches made by edtech providers to schools and, I’d argue, it has outsized influence on how most of us think about edtech. or “does LOGO work?”

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JUNE 2, 2023

Why is it important to preserve historical school video recordings? How about: to preserve old recordings that are degrading with time to make them more accessible to potential viewers and researchers to increase their lifespan But what’s the best way to do this? Press play and wait for the capture device to do its job.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Role of Mathematics in Education: What Professions You Can Get in the Future Have you ever found yourself pondering the real-world applications of those algebraic formulas or geometric theorems you spent hours trying to decipher in school? High school often focuses on procedural understanding—how to solve problems with well-defined steps.

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ED Surge

APRIL 27, 2023

Some researchers are exploring one that might sound trivial but actually could be quite thorny: What should these computer-generated educational assistants look and sound like? Mayer believes that as the computer-generated voices get more lifelike, the impact of voice tone, “gender” and other features will become more significant.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

When I started teaching, syncing work between school and home was impossible. There was no way to get it into a student school drive from home. Thanks to cloud computing, that nightmare is over. Cloud Computing in the Educational Sector. We will explore them together in the next section of this article.

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OCTOBER 25, 2023

How to keep children safe online is the most popular question parents ask at my school. Should they keep their children away from computers or just off the internet? Don’t hope school teaches them. Be aware when your child is too quiet or too noisy at the computer. Do they have to sit with them while they work?

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JANUARY 2, 2024

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

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JULY 5, 2023

How are advances in technology improving dietary research? To overcome these challenges, dietitians Professor Deborah Kerr and Associate Professor Carol Boushey have teamed up with computer engineer Associate Professor Fengqing (Maggie) Zhu. How can technology improve dietary assessment?

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2024

After my second surgery, I took a semester off from school to recover and to adjust to my new normal. I could no longer drive so my mom or dad needed to get me to school. One of the toughest parts was that I could no longer look at a computer screen for long periods of time, which was a key element of so many of my classes.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. We are taking the next two weeks–two articles–to answer the questions that should help you as a teacher or administrator decide what type of keyboarding program is best for your school.

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DECEMBER 18, 2021

Working on a school project could be fun if you’re making it together with your kid. Many schools require their students to sit down with their parents, talk about their ancestral history, and put it all together in a video. This is why we need to conduct a great deal of research and look for relevant information to your lineage.

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ED Surge

JUNE 27, 2023

Memories of the continual improvement he was able to do back then have stuck with him as his career has progressed, including jobs as a high school history teacher, an edtech consultant to schools, a doctoral student and professor, and director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab. Was it something that school leaders did?

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Plugging in: directly linking the brain to a computer. Published: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) link the brain directly to external computers, allowing users to do something just by thinking it. TALK LIKE A … COMPUTER SCIENTIST. Brains and computers share lots of similarities. How do BCIs work?

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ED Surge

MARCH 19, 2024

These days there’s a wave of new edtech products hitting the market, and teachers and professors are increasingly making teaching videos and other materials for their classes. But one group is often left out of the design process: students. So that’s how much we’re willing to pay for a kid’s experience in the classroom.”

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The pandemic has largely changed public perceptions about the appropriate use of technology for young people, argues Katie Davis, associate professor in the information school at the University of Washington. If you think of a computer, an analogy to a computer, they have just smaller CPUs than we do as adults.”

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JUNE 29, 2023

Dental discoveries: How is dental research improving oral health? Dental scientists at the Iowa Institute of Oral Health Research at the University of Iowa , USA, are studying various aspects of oral health and healthcare, to improve dental practices and keep our teeth and mouths healthy. How do bacteria cause periodontitis?

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JULY 14, 2022

Could computer programs match the abilities of our brains? Recreating its behaviour using computer programs is no easy task, but it can be done – by using artificial intelligence hardware that mimics the deeply complex networks of neuron cells in our brains. TALK LIKE AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESEARCHER.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It’s a classic idea : In the 1600s it was the basic model of evaluation at Oxford and Cambridge (with the grilling by professors done in Latin), and it was pretty much what Socrates did to his students. Or in K-12 settings, where the International Baccalaureate (IB) curriculum used by many high schools has an oral component.

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MARCH 15, 2023

When I first addressed this issue fifteen years ago, it was all about replacing traditional classroom tools with one on a computer. For example, book reports were typed on the computer instead of handwritten, or math facts were practiced with a math game instead of flash cards. Too many schools just didn’t have that budget.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2023

This summer, a coding class offered by a private school in Austin, Texas, was led by an unusual teacher. The PreK-8 school, Paragon Prep, offered a series of optional, self-paced, video lessons that were automatically generated from a textbook. If you have no idea what any of that means, that’s perfectly fine, good and normal.

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APRIL 25, 2023

In his former school district in California, San Ramon Valley Unified School District, Rahul Bir noticed that the schools seemed inundated by technology. Schools have picked up all these new tech tools but it’s not always clear how teachers should actually use them. It pointed back to something he’d noticed before.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Explore the Ideal Subjects to Nurture your Strengths Choosing what to study after high school can be tough. Here are some ideal subjects for left-brain dominant individuals: Electrical or Computer Engineering Electrical or computer engineering is a perfect fit for left-brain dominant individuals.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 7, 2023

Here’s a look at the top EdSurge stories for September, as the new school year kicked off. The Math Revolution You Haven’t Heard About : “Math wars” are raging over attempts to increase equity by cutting calculus from the curriculum in favor of statistics or computer science. Researchers are betting on it.

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JUNE 12, 2023

No longer do they complete their research on projects solely in the library. Objectives and Steps The objectives of this lesson are (use the lines in front of each item to check them off as completed): Understand that computers can be used to visit far-away places and learn new things. But, not at school).

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

The efforts of the researchers who use it to improve the stock market cannot go understated, yet their real work remains shrouded in obscurity. However, with the development of computers, quantitative analysis became particularly striking as computers could perform calculations millions of times faster than any human.

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MAY 10, 2023

School lore probably says they can drop a pin through a straw without touching the sides. Students researched online as often as in the library. That made the tech teacher (or whatever you call her in your school) the cornerstone to all things education, which brings me to the gist of this article: Teacher Appreciation Week.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2018

However, one thing that can make it easier for students to learn is for teachers to include instructions on basic academic skills like vocabulary, keyboarding, digital citizenship, and research. The better a student learns how to use a keyboard, the faster and more accurately, they can work with a computer. How to Teach Research.

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JULY 7, 2022

Does the way we fund scientific research benefit everyone equally? Funding agencies allocate money to scientific research projects with aims that could benefit society. But how do we know what the full effects of research are, and who these benefits reach? TALK LIKE A SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCHER. Dr Thomas S.

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JANUARY 2, 2023

Here they are–my top 10 lists for 2022 : 19 Great Research Websites for Kids. 12 Tips for Teaching Middle School Tech. Tech Tip #103: 16 Spring Cleaning Steps for Computers. It’s Here–the High School Technology Curriculum! Talk about humility. 12 Websites to Teach Mouse Skills. K-12 Digital Tools.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

With the growing interest in coding comes a call for after school tech camps that supersize student enthusiasm for learning technology. plan required research. The goal during the after school tech club is that each student will publish their first ebook–or at least give it a good start. Enjoy the research.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud computing are transforming businesses. Students can’t go wrong with future careers in information technology and computer science. To become a machine learning engineer, you will need a master’s degree in computer science or artificial intelligence.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

For example, at Columbia University, professors are creating and using virtual reality tools to help students gain empathy across racial lines, learn dentistry techniques and examine molecules in 3D. Virtual reality could also create new career opportunities for students. A Digital Divide — Or Bridge?

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 14, 2022

That’s the question tackled by a research paper published this week. The researchers focused on data from community colleges in Virginia since 2000. And the researchers shared their code free online, linked from their paper, to aid those who want to build on what they’ve learned. It’s called the Nudge4 Solutions Lab.

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