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High School and Personalized Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

In this article, discover how high school education is shifting towards personalized learning. Gain insight into the strategies administrators are using to meet the changing needs of teen students. The Future of High School Education: Navigating the Shift to Personalized Learning High school – a time of excitement, curiosity, exploration and growth.

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Engage Students with Science: 5 Project-Based Learning Activities

Accelerate Learning

Learning about alternate teaching strategies is always exciting, especially when they can demonstrate proven results to engage students better. After the excitement wanes, the challenge is figuring out how to integrate this strategy into your existing curriculum and/or rewrite it completely. For those who have gotten a glimpse of project-based learning and want to try it, you don’t have to start with creating a project-based learning curriculum.

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‘Teaching Is My Calling’

ED Surge

As they make their way through the colorful hallways of The Children's Guild School of Prince George’s County, Maryland, teachers and roommates Curt Cruz, Rachelle Evangelista, and Richard Sagun exchange waves and greetings with the other school staff. However, they didn’t always feel this warm welcome. “It was very challenging. We didn’t receive much guidance from the school initially,” Evangelista recalls.

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The Impact of Literacy in Science

Accelerate Learning

When thinking about your curriculum, certain words always seem to go together — problem with solving, math and principles, but what you don’t often hear paired together is science and literacy. Aren’t they two different subjects? Yes, and no. While you most often think of literacy as part of an English or reading curriculum, being able to read and write plays a massive role in science.

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape

The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.

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Unlocking AI’s Potential: Live Blog #ISTELive

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This post will be a live post of the Microsoft “mini keynote” about Unlocking AI's potential. It will go from the oldest items at the top to the newest at the bottom. I will work to make sure everything is correct, but it may be a pretty fast post. I'll go back and revise and update afterwards and will note what is updated.

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Empowering Educators and Enhancing Product Quality: Unveiling a Powerful Solution to Edtech

ED Surge

In today's fast-paced educational landscape, technology plays an increasingly vital role in supporting student learning. However, districts often do not have the capacity to effectively evaluate the functional qualities of edtech products, resulting in teachers being frustrated with tools that may not be intuitive or usable vehicles for delivering instruction.

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Famous Landmarks STEM Challenge

The STEM Laboratory

My kids are in love with OBSESSED with LEGOs, so I was excited to create a STEM challenge that would stretch their building skills. Voila! That’s how this famous landmark STEM challenge was born. It’s a cult-favorite! And it’s perfect to use in STEM centers or makerspaces. Grab your set in our shop ! Prepping the STEM Challenge Prepping the activity took just a few minutes.

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Searching for a Sign in Space

STEM Education Works

Are we alone in the universe? Well, not sure if you knew this, but just recently we received an alien message from Mars! Well, kinda. Last month on May 24 th , the European Space Agency and SETI teamed up to conduct an experiment to see just how prepared we Earthlings would be if, one day, we were to ever receive an alien message from the depths of outer space – a sort of “fire drill” to prepare for the real thing.

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How to Teach Students About Climate Change—Without Giving Them Eco-Anxiety (Opinion)

ED Week

Climate science education is essential, but the wrong approach can damage young people’s mental health, warn two students. Here are 4 tips.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

Mathematics, a subject steeped in abstract concepts, often poses challenges to students, especially those in grades 5-10. But imagine a bridge that transformed this intricate maze into an interactive adventure.

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Learn and Earn at ISTE Live 23!

Box Light

Join us at Booth 1828 during ISTE Live 2023 to experience firsthand the capabilities of Boxlight solutions.

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Leadership Tips for Summer Collaboration

Middle Web

Summer is not only a chance to relax and recharge but a great time to collaborate with colleagues, writes consultant Elisa B. MacDonald. Whether you are leading a retreat or planning with grade-level teammates, keep these four intentions at the center of your facilitation. The post Leadership Tips for Summer Collaboration first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Transforming Lives: The Far-Reaching Influence of Early STEM Education on University Achievement and

Top 10 Sciencekits

In today's fast-paced and technology-driven world, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education plays a crucial role in shaping the future of individuals and society as a whole. The benefits of early exposure to STEM subjects are well-documented, and they extend far beyond the classroom. 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 ens