User Generated Education
JANUARY 22, 2023
I love educational technology. When technologies were first available online, I was an early adopter, and often got brutally criticized by administrators and colleagues in my K-6 settings for having students use the internet for research, use web tools, create webpages in wikis, and work virtually with schools in other states and countries (for example, see their work from 2008 at [link] ).
Middle Web
JANUARY 22, 2023
Like much of the current K-12 universe, Sarah Cooper is both excited and concerned about the impact of ChatGPT’s disruptive technology. Recently she checked in with her 8th graders for insights into how they might use it and how they think AI may impact their lives in the future. The post 8th Grade Insights Into ChatGPT and the Future first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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Stem Activities for Kids
JANUARY 22, 2023
This post contains ideas for celebrating the 100th Day of School for lower elementary students. If you are looking for ideas for upper elementary students, read this post about the 100th Day of School STEM. 100 days is a BIG DEAL for little kids! Particularly in Kindergarten, the changes that can happen over 100 days are no less than monumental. Why not celebrate how far your students have come with hands-on STEM activities?
STEM Education Shopping
JANUARY 22, 2023
does dash robot have a camera Does dash robot have a camera ? Dash Robot is a popular interactive robot toy that has been around since 2009. It has many different functions, including voice recognition and facial recognition capabilities. Many people wonder if Dash Robo t comes with a camera. In this article, we will explore whether or not Dash Robot has a built-in camera and what you can use it for.
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.
Newton STEM
JANUARY 22, 2023
The next presentation in Broad Institute’s Broad Discovery Series of free, public lectures (formerly Science for All Seasons) will be on February 7 , 6PM-7PM: Biomedical science and machine learning: A two-way street. Broad Core Institute Member Caroline Uhler will explain how these two fields are coming together and how today’s biological questions are motivating new developments in machine learning to help find answers.
Newton STEM
JANUARY 22, 2023
On February 8 , 7PM-8PM, the Discovery Museum ‘s speaker series will present Dr. Susan Engel of the Psychology Department at Williams College speaking about Teaching Today’s Kids To Spot Tomorrow’s Fake News. It’s free with pre-registration, and an optional $5 donation is suggested. She notes that by starting early, giving children the intellectual tools to assess the credibility of information is neither as hard nor as amorphous as it might seem.
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