Computer Science Teacher

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

A meme was posted (by Doug Peterson I believe) asking why if the computer knows there is a semi colon missing that the computer doesn’t add it? It’s a good question and I think it gets asked pretty often. The answer is that the computer doesn’t always know where exactly the semi colon belongs. Or if there are other possible answers to the error. Compiler parsers aren’t always helpful as we’d like.

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Middle Web

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Red peppers have taken over Katie Durkin’s 7th grade team commons area. This year’s logo, banner and t-shirts result from teachers encouraging students to create artwork that fosters community. Katie shares all the steps in her team's process and the excellent results. The post Promoting Student Art That Builds Team Spirit first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Talk STEM

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Early education is all about creating a foundation for future learning. Since there has been formal education, it has been accepted that the 3R’s (Reading, wRiting, and “aRithmetic) were key skills. This served us well for over 100 years, but are they enough to serve students growing up in a digital age? Maybe it’s time for our definition of foundational skills to expand.

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Newton STEM

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Wonderland is a free, 48-hour hackathon, February 23-25 , “bringing students from all over the Boston area for a weekend of unhindered creation.” It’s organized by six high-school seniors (including ones from Newton North HS and Newton South HS) under the auspices of nonprofit Hack Club with support from WPS Institute in Newton Centre, which is providing the venue.

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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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Talk STEM

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

talkSTEM, SMU, and our partner sites are thrilled to announce the launch of the March Mathness Challenge soon. This is a great opportunity for teachers, museum and community educators, school / out of school learning site administrators, children in grades 3-12, and absolutely anyone interested in seeing math come alive in any or all of our partner sites through app-guided walking tours.

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