Tue.Jun 28, 2022

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Where Does Education Fit in an Emerging Metaverse?

ED Surge

Meta—the company formerly known as Facebook—is running a new TV ad showing a future in which college students slip on a lightweight VR headset to enter a lecture hall where a professor can toss 3D models of biological cells to students who can pull them apart to demonstrate some concept. It’s the latest sign that Big Tech sees education as a key piece of the rush to build a metaverse, the immersive Internet of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality that so far is a disconnected mix of clunky tech

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Bloom's Taxonomy Wheel Featuring Educational Web Tools

Educators Technology

Bloom's Taxonomy is a framework that classifies human cognition into various levels. Developed in 1956 by Benjamin Bloom and his colleagues, Bloom's taxonomy consists of 6 key cognitive.read more.

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What to Know About SQL and How to Try it Out

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you want a job coding, you have to know how to get around a database, and that means SQL. I know–a geeky, scary three-letter word that makes even math aficionados decide to choose advanced calculus rather than computer programming. One of the Ask a Tech Teacher crew has suggestions on how to test it out and what are the most important elements to learn: How High School Students Can Try Out SQL and 4 Things They Should Learn About It .

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Best Drawing Websites Teachers and Students

Educators Technology

The purpose of this post is to share with you this selection featuring some good drawing websites I curated specifically for use with students in or out of class. These educational resources are.read more.

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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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Bridging the Gap Between Block Coding and Text-Based Coding with micro:bit

STEM Education Works

Hello, everyone! Most of you are likely familiar with the world of computer programming – at least to some degree. You’ve probably heard of text-based programming languages like C, C++, Python, JavaScript, or HTML too. These are dynamic, potent tools in the realms of education and computer science, but jumping head-first into these common programming languages can be exceptionally challenging, for students and teachers alike.

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Introducing STEM Early: 4 Key Skills STEM Kits Teach in Preschool

Kid Spark Education

Preschool is a key time to introduce young learners to the foundational fluencies of science, technology, engineering, and math through STEM kits. That’s because these early years are a crucial time for brain development.

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What are cardinal directions and a compass rose?

MooMoo Math & Science

Let’s learn about cardinal directions. The Cardinal Directions help us navigate from one place to another. Time for a road trip. Your directions say the following. Start at the center of the 48 states nearLebanon Kansas. Then drive north until you reach the next border. Then turn and go west until you reach another border. Then south to the middle of the next state.

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Exciting News from EiE® and Pear Deck™

EiE Blog

We are thrilled to announce our collaboration with Pear Deck™ , a student engagement platform providing interactive learning and formative assessment solutions. As part of the collaboration, Pear Deck will offer a series of EiE-developed interactive STEM lessons that support educators in introducing the critical topic of climate change to students in grades 3–8.

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5 Saguaro Cactus Science Fun Facts We Learned on Our Trip

Science and Steamteam

Recently, we traveled to Arizona and Visited Saguaro National Park. Everywhere in the park, there were saguaros (pronounced “suh- wahr -oh”) as far as the eye could see. Did you know that saguaros are among the oldest living things on Earth? These giant cacti have been around for millions of years. We discovered some fun science facts about the saguaro cactus and wanted to share them with you.

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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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Jun 28, Special Right Triangles Worksheet

Online Math for All

Special Right Triangles Worksheet

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How to Close the STEM Achievement Gap for Indigenous Students: Feature Local Culture

ED Week

Study examines factors that will positively impact Indigenous students' STEM proficiency.

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New ICER paper award for Lasting Impact: Guest blog post from Quintin Cutts

Computing Education Research Blog

I serve on the ACM SIGCSE International Computing Education Research (ICER) conference steering committee. Quintin Cutts is Chair of the Steering Committee. I offered to share his announcement of a new Lasting Impact paper award here in the blog. This is an invitation to nominate a paper for the ICER Lasting Impact Award 2022, or to offer to serve on the judging panel.

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Real-World Problem Solving: How Invention Education Drives Student Learning

ED Week

Hear from student inventors and K-12 teachers about how invention education enhances learning, opens minds, and preps students for the future.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

These easy-to-use design briefs outline student objectives, challenges, and materials needed to complete each 30-minute to 4-hour lesson. ITEEA’s Integrative STEM curriculum, Engineering byDesign, includes many more standards driven hands-on activities just like these!

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What is a Capacitor? Definition and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What is a capacitor? Find out here with this easy to follow lesson and explanations.

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Jun 29, Proving Quadrilaterals are Parallelograms

Online Math for All

Proving Quadrilaterals are Parallelograms - Theorems - Solved Problems

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Simple Harmonic Motion

Basic-Mathematics

What is simple harmonic motion? Learn quickly here with this easy to follow lesson.

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Jun 28, Factoring Polynomials Using Synthetic Division

Online Math for All

Factoring Polynomials Using Synthetic Division - Concept - Examples

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What is Radiant Energy? Definition and Examples

Basic-Mathematics

What is radiant energy and what does the word radiation mean?

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Jun 28, Rational Root Theorem

Online Math for All

Rational Root Theorem or Rational Zero Theorem - Concept - Examples

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Can machine learning cope with the erratic and uncertain nature of the real world?

Futurum

Can machine learning cope with the erratic and uncertain nature of the real world? Published: June 28, 2022. Until recently, self-driving cars and robotic housekeepers were the stuff of sci-fi movies. However, in the last decade, the capabilities of artificial intelligence have been expanding at break-neck speed. At the University of Southern California , USA, Dr Haipeng Luo has been conducting innovative new research in the field of machine learning to bring these exciting technologies within r

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Jun 28, Factoring Polynomials with Synthetic Division Worksheet

Online Math for All

Factoring Polynomials with Synthetic Division Worksheet

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