Ask a Tech Teacher

JUNE 30, 2023

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Search the Internet for most tech problem solutions Category: Problem-solving Q: Sometimes, I can’t remember how to accomplish a task.

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ED Surge

JUNE 30, 2023

As another school year comes to a close, so does another cycle of our Voices of Change Writing Fellowship — a program that brings together a diverse cohort of K-12 educators and school leaders to share their experiences. Our 2022-23 cohort included eight talented fellows who worked with our fellowship editors to publish powerful stories that exposed the myriad challenges and issues happening in schools and classrooms across the country.

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Middle Web

JUNE 30, 2023

Michael Roberts demonstrates his understanding that proficient students can be taken to higher levels that keep them motivated and inquisitive. The learning extensions and planning strategies he provides will help educators do just that, writes teacher Jacqueline Barreras. The post PLCs Help Teachers to Plan Collaboratively first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Robot Lab

JUNE 30, 2023

By Carla Jose Image Source: Pexels Imagine a revolution in conventional teaching techniques, utilizing artificial intelligence robots to shoulder some of the burdens. From simple administrative tasks to personalized tutoring, AI plays an increasingly important role in complementing human efforts for enhanced learning outcomes. If this sounds intriguing to you, stay with us as we explore the ways that these technological wonders could free up precious hours for teachers, enabling them to focus mo

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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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Middle Web

JUNE 30, 2023

Rigor by Design, Not Chance by Karin Hess is well researched, clear in providing the essentials to increase rigor and engagement, and timely in helping educators plan for the deeper learning needed now more than ever to build lifelong learners, writes NBCT Kathleen Palmieri. The post How to Implement Rigor by Design, Not Chance first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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STEMe

JUNE 30, 2023

Houston, TX Arianna Paredes The key to a successful entrepreneurship launch is all dependent on one factor, the correct analysis and research of the target market. It is crucial for a better understanding of potential competitors and customers. This is the very first step in the development of a business plan. So, what are the overall benefits of conducting market analysis anyway?

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CSTEM

JUNE 30, 2023

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. Pay has traditionally been based on education and years of experience, even though educator salaries vary by state. However, one of the largest school districts in the nation, right here in Houston, is trying a different approach. Will performance-based pay improve outcomes for underserved and underrepresented students?

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STEMe

JUNE 30, 2023

Irving, TX Virtual Reality (VR) immerses the user in a realistic, computer-generated environment using artificial intelligence (AI), software, and hardware to create a 3D environment for the user to interact with. Usually, this is made possible by using a VR headset or helmet. Although the idea of an augmented world seems recent, the thought of living in a simulated, “fictional” reality was questioned in 1956 by Morton Heilig , a cinematographer in Hollywood.

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Teachers are Terrific

JUNE 30, 2023

Designing a bridge to span a gap and hold weight is so exciting! This is a highly engaging activity and students love it! We have built so many different types of bridges. Students love to drive little cars across their bridges and they love to add weight to the bridge to see how well it will support it. Let me share a few kinds of bridges and the mistakes I made in the beginning!

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Computing Education Research Blog

JUNE 30, 2023

In May, my students and I published a paper in Communications of the ACM , “Putting a Teaspoon of Programming into Other Subjects” (see link here ) about our work with teaspoon languages. It’s a short Viewpoint, but we were able to squeeze into our 1800 word limit description of a couple of teaspoon languages, a definition of them, a description of our participatory design process for them, and some of the research questions we’re exploring with them, like what drives tea

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STEM Supplies

JUNE 30, 2023

Share this infographic with your students for 4th of July weekend! Encourage them to print it out and share with their family and friends howfireworks are made, and what elements create what colors! Vocabulary: Luminescence – light produced using energy sources Incandescence – light produced from heat Fuel – allows firework to burn Oxidizer – provides oxygen for the fuel combustion Binder – holds the mixture together Download Infographic The post The Chemistry of Fi

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