Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 31, 2023

I’ve posted this before but it’s worth repeating. Then share it with friends, colleagues, parents, even older students. When I teach professional development classes, by far the topic that surprises teachers the most is the legal use of online images. And they’re not alone. On my blog, in educator forums, and in the virtual meetings I moderate, there’s lots of confusion about what can be grabbed for free from online sites and what must be cited with a linkback, credit, au

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teaching is about attention — getting students to pay attention to the material, and to engage with new ideas so they can develop new skills and abilities. But getting and holding the attention of students has become more difficult since the pandemic, according to many college instructors around the country. A couple months ago I visited a big public university – Texas State University – and observed three large lecture classes, to get a sense of what teaching looks like these days.

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All About STEM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Catalyst Magazine is a digital science journal for young people aged 14-19 and their educators. It brings STEM subjects to life with insights into cutting-edge scientific research and industry R&D exploring the practical applications of complex science in the world around us. Discover new scientific research and developments and read real life STEM stories, career journeys.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 31, 2023

The ratio of students to school counselors in the United States continues to narrow, with data released this month showing it has reached the lowest point since 1986, the year the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) began tracking student-to-counselor ratios. The new data reflects the 2021-2022 school year and reveals that, nationwide, there was an average of 408 students for every one school counselor.

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All About STEM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Event Date: 7 February The Big Assembly returns on the 7th of February 2023 during National Apprenticeship Week! The Big Assembly is an interactive live digital broadcast that enables students and teachers to engage in conversation about exciting career opportunities, national events, and more. The live broadcast is approximately 30 minutes long with a mix of short inspirational films and.

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CTE Learning

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teachers love to see students excel. In secondary education, they always are looking for ways to get their students to engage in class. This has become especially true in the post-COVID environment where getting students to re-engage has become more difficult. Oftentimes students feel that there is little relevance for them at school. Through exposure to various career pathways, students learn about new opportunities that they didn’t even know existed.

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Kid Spark Education

JANUARY 31, 2023

How to inspire confident STEM learners, engage middle school students in hands-on learning activities, and other resources for middle school STEM teachers. The middle school years mark the transition from elementary school to high school. In these few formative years, students transition from a single teacher to multiple teachers, from general studies to more focused subjects, and from a class of peers to multiple classes with numerous peers.

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All About STEM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Calling all primary teachers! If you haven’t explored space with Paxi the Alien, take a look at ESERO UK’s animations and whisk your class away on some magnificent missions! Paxi, the alien explorer and European Space Agency mascot, explores the Solar System, investigates comets and looks at how scientists aim to find out if there is evidence of life on Mars.

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CSTEM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Written by: Reagan Flowers, Ph.D. I’ve previously discussed how COVID-19 escalated school staffing shortages. Now, we see that one particular group is even more in jeopardy – Black male teachers. With Black professionals making up only 9% of the STEM workforce , this is devastating. Young Black males need representation in the classroom.

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Stephen Wolfram

JANUARY 31, 2023

This is part 3 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 2. A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics (forthcoming) 3. How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics The Basic Arc of the Story As I’ll explain elsewhere , I think I now finally understand the Second Law of thermodynamics.

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CTE Learning

JANUARY 31, 2023

Teachers love to see students excel. In secondary education, they always are looking for ways to get their students to engage in class. This has become especially true in the post-COVID environment where getting students to re-engage has become more difficult. Oftentimes students feel that there is little relevance for them at school. Through exposure to various career pathways, students learn about new opportunities that they didn’t even know existed.

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ED Week

JANUARY 31, 2023

Youth can play a role in addressing the STEM achievement gap, too, writes a high school student in this letter to the editor.

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Box Light

JANUARY 31, 2023

The Boxlight family has 10 reasons to celebrate early in the year – we won 10 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence. Five of our solutions earned Best of 2022 in both Primary and Secondary categories – Attention! campus communication solution, MimioPro 4 interactive display, CleverLive cloud content management platform, Robo 3D printer, and EOS Education Professional Development services.

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Smore Science

JANUARY 31, 2023

Comet C/2022 E3(ZTF), Credit: flickr.com/Edu INAF A rare comet – named the C/2022 E3 (ZTF) – is predicted to pass by Earth on February 1, 2023. Because it takes 50,000 years to orbit the Sun, C/2022 E3 (ZTF) may be classified a long period comet. C/2022 E3 (ZTF) is passing by Earth again after 50,000 years – its previous visit was during the last ice age, when early humans roamed the Earth.

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Futurum

JANUARY 31, 2023

A superpowered model of the whole universe Published: The mysterious substance of dark matter and the enigmatic force of dark energy may hold the key to how the Universe formed. But how can scientists study something that cannot be seen or explained? At Durham University in the UK, Dr Sownak Bose is using techniques from computational cosmology to uncover the mysteries of the early Universe.

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Scientix

JANUARY 31, 2023

Picture provided by the author, attribution CC-B Y The idea STEAM education is a crucial topic for next generations. The European Commission suggests to improve STEAM education for an early age of students. We know children are curios and have a natural disposition to Science but later sometimes they lose this interest. I am a secondary Maths and Science teacher and I decided to promote Science in a different way.

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Magic EdTech

JANUARY 31, 2023

PDF accessibility means ensuring that PDF documents can be effectively used by individuals with disabilities, including those who are blind or have visual disabilities. The process of making PDFs accessible involves a combination of manual remediation and automated tools. It’s worth noting that compliance with accessibility guidelines is becoming mandatory in many regions in both private and public sectors.

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