ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2022

But if you’re reading this article—if you’re engaged enough in education to be reading EdSurge—you probably don’t believe that data. Just making a personal phone call while at work is something that most college-educated professionals take for granted, but it’s incredibly difficult for teachers. And for good reason. So let’s imagine.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2023

language education was published in 2017, with data from less than half of the country’s K-12 schools. While our understanding of language education is incomplete, we know that most K-12 students in American public schools do not have the opportunity to study an additional language to proficiency. Of the small portion of the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It teaches: Visualization and Understanding : Graphing helps students visually represent data, functions, and relationships. Preparation for Higher Education and Careers : Graphing skills are fundamental in many higher education disciplines and careers. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 8, 2021

It is not clear to me why elementary students are rarely offered elective courses. I never understood why elementary students aren’t shown the bigger picture of a lesson, unit, or course. I have the privilege of teaching gifted elementary students at a few Title 1 schools.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 10, 2023

3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space. Fear not, we’ve got you covered! Let’s dive in!

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Furthermore, kindergarten and elementary grades are fundamental. EXTENDED EPISODE - Episode #791- The 10 Minute Teacher Podcast Differentiating Reading Instruction in Kindergarten through Elementary Laura Robb, Reading Expert. She writes articles for education journals and blogs. Stream by clicking here. Subscribe to the Show.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Creativity Challenges Provide the Perfect Brain Breaks During Test Prep and Testing Season! This is where creativity challenges come into play, serving as the perfect brain breaks during test prep and testing seasons for elementary students. What are Creativity Challenges?

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Talk STEM

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Megan teaches 4th grade Math at Mockingbird Elementary in Dallas ISD. Students can pose their own math questions and share their creativity on platforms like FlipGrid. Shares The post 5 Tips from talkSTEM/Comerica Teacher Fellow for Elementary Math Classrooms! Share and Enjoy ! appeared first on talkSTEM.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In an era where environmental consciousness is more important than ever, elementary school teachers have a unique opportunity to instill values of sustainability and creativity in their students. Embrace STEM Through Creative Recycling Projects. Download the STEM Challenge Have more questions or need additional resources?

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Carly and Adam

MAY 23, 2022

If you teach in the upper elementary grades 3-5, you know that a great piece of children’s literature can help to set the stage for any STEM lesson or an engaging engineering design challenge. Rosie Revere Engineer by Andrea Beaty This popular children’s book by Andrea Beaty is a favorite for a lot of STEM educators.

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Carly and Adam

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, it's crucial to foster creativity and innovation among our young learners. One effective way to do this is by incorporating 15-minute creativity challenges into the elementary classroom. What are 15-Minute Creativity Challenges?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 23, 2016

Sure, “share knowledge” works better with appropriate transition words and comma placement, but those sorts of skills better fit ‘language’ than ‘writing’ Writing is about the thoughtfulness and creativity required to communicate based on audience, task and purpose. Elementary-High School.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In my role as a technology specialist — or tech coach — at an elementary school, I support teachers of students in pre-K through second grade and I often hear comments like these. Most of my prior teaching experience was with upper grades, so I was well-versed in using technology with older students and it was easier. It makes sense.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Lesson Plans that Teach Gratitude From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Whatever your activities for November and Thanksgiving, I’ve got some ideas to inspire gratitude in your classroom. Teach about gratitude and encourage students to say thank you with activities and projects this November.

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User Generated Education

APRIL 22, 2022

First, I wanted my learners, who are from lower income families, to develop both an entrepreneur mindset and entrepreneur skills along with the creativity and innovation that comes with these skills. Why Schools Should Teach Entrepreneurship ). Not every child is suited to be a scientist, mathematician, or artist. Introduction.

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The term is commonly used when talking about education and careers. STEM in Elementary Education The STEM workforce is growing at a faster rate than any other field. These positive, promising STEM statistics have caused parents, educators, and administrators to put an emphasis on STEM education in recent years.

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Chillax Science

MAY 3, 2023

If you are not a teacher please visit Education Week and you’ll understand what I mean. Regardless of the reasons, I have noticed an amplified educational pandemic lately. Unfortunately, the majority of these trends do very little in the work of advancing science education. It’s a never-changing process.

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STEM Education Shopping

JANUARY 27, 2024

Key Takeaways STEM toys offer hands-on learning experiences that teach children problem-solving, critical thinking, and creativity across all stages of childhood development. They’re also amazing tools for enhancing creativity and critical thinking. It’s like having a mini science lab at home.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Department of Education launched an unusual marketing blitz. It includes a TV ad that encourages people to go into teaching, especially to promote more diversity in the teaching profession. Teaching is a journey that shapes lives. So how are teacher prep programs responding?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 19, 2016

It’s relatively new on the education landscape and I have yet to reach a comfort level with it. Here are her thoughts on the importance of 3D printing in education: The range of possibilities which 3D printing provides is almost limitless. Some of the most promising uses for 3D printing in education include: Math .

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Graphic Design helps us present in more interesting ways, teach better, and communicate better. Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Sadie Lewis helps educators understand and teach graphic design in this quick, helpful show full of graphic design resources for educators.

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User Generated Education

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Judy Willis in How to Teach Students About the Brain writes: If we want to empower students, we must show them how they can control their own cognitive and emotional health and their own learning. Teaching students how the brain operates is a huge step. Finishing Up with a Creative Writing Activity About the Brain.

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Carly and Adam

AUGUST 16, 2023

Free International Dot Day Activity (Creativity Challenges) Teachers, are you looking for some free resources for International Dot Day? After the encouragement from her teacher Vashti begins drawing dots, making them bigger, better and more creative with each iteration and inspiring others along the way.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 21, 2022

Christian Miraglia, Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, has some great ideas on teaching kids about Social Media Awareness: Over the last decade, there has been pressure in the K-12 learning environment to create classes that address everything from managing your money to various efforts to address cultural inequalities.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 12, 2023

In elementary STEM or science classes, you may or may not be responsible for providing letter grades or an overall percentage for students, but it is still important to share progress with students and their families. Developing the creativity, collaboration, critical thinking, and communication skills in our students is important.

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Carly and Adam

JANUARY 31, 2022

14 Diverse STEM Picture Books for Elementary Students Our classroom libraries and the stories that we share with our students should be reflective of the diversity that makes up our world. Along with each book summary, there are a few hands-on activities to support elementary learners. *This blog post contains Amazon affiliate links.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Keyboarding is a topic that most parents want their children to learn and many schools don’t have time to teach. What is the best age to start teaching keyboarding? How important is teacher knowledge of teaching keyboarding? What is the best way to teach keyboarding? Improved creative thought.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 23, 2023

Are you like me and always looking for creative ways to add technology to your lessons? …Or I’m here to tell you, this easy tool will surprise even you with how you can creatively captivate your homeschoolers without the hassle of clunky tech. However, Canva has a cool feature just for us educators called Canva for Education !

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STEM Sport

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) lessons are foundational to a child’s education. These frequent touchpoints with STEM curricula lead to STEM literacy, which benefits a child’s educational and personal development. In this article, we will review all of the ways STEM education helps students build life skills.

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User Generated Education

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

I was personally excited as this was a true example of my penchant for student voice and choice (for more about this see my blog post, Today’s Education Should Be About Giving Learners Voice and Choice ). Below is a video clip of its soft start where she and another students are teaching some of their classmates how to play.

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Vivify Stem

MARCH 3, 2023

5 Tips for Teaching STEM With Robots Guest Post by Sphero Team March 3, 2023 Robots are not quite living up to the promises of science fiction movies, but they are still doing some pretty amazing things in our everyday lives, especially in the classroom. Let’s dive in and discover what you can do with Sphero!

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

In fact, three of our top 10 episodes of the year explored various aspects of how new forms of artificial intelligence are impacting teaching and learning. We talk with one of those experts, plus others who are seeking to build guardrails to help educators successfully adapt to the latest AI technology. Thanks for listening!

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STEM Discovery Education

AUGUST 16, 2022

I clearly remember the first day of my first year of teaching. I walked into the high school… I was 22 years old, about to teach 18-year-olds. If you’re in your first year of teaching, congratulations and thank you! Those are just a few of my go-to teaching strategies, but we have over 100 in the DE platform. Learn More.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In 1998, I began my journey as an elementary teacher under the tutelage of my aunt and revered educator, Marva N. My mother was also a teacher, so I saw firsthand what it meant to be a passionate educator who is deeply committed to students. Their commitment and passion for teaching were the reasons why I chose this profession.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The school followed suit, developing an initial Individual Education Plan (IEP) and throughout the year, made a series of reactionary amendments to try to keep up with her evolving needs. million students in public K-12 schools in the United States who qualified for special education services. Department of Education.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 2, 2020

I’m one of several at the elementary level holding this job description in my district where 1:1 devices are now the norm. On that gap described earlier, the teaching of the latter half is my responsibility. Rather than worrying about rugged structure, what’s put down with pencil or keyboard is unfiltered and purely creative.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

JANUARY 24, 2022

154:5 Magnificent Benefits from an Elementary Makerspace Today we take a further look at the magnificent benefits of an elementary Makerspace. I also want to take this moment to let you know that my Makerspace course Mastering Makerspace: From Zero to Amazing is open and accepting enrollment. I hope to see you inside!

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