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17 K-8 Digital Citizenship Topics

Ask a Tech Teacher

Education is no longer contained within classroom walls or the physical site of a school building. Learning isn’t confined to the eight hours between the school bell’s chimes or the struggling budget of an underfunded program. Today, education can be found anywhere, by teaming up with students in Kenya or Skyping with an author in Sweden or chatting with an astrophysicist on the International Space Station.

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Catapulting Teachers Into School Leadership Positions Too Soon Comes With a Cost

ED Surge

Too often, teachers are rapidly elevated from the classroom to school leadership positions, whether to fill an unexpected vacancy, act as an interim administrator or to take on a permanent leadership role. But ushering teachers into administrator roles before they are prepared and without adequate support poses risk of burnout — or worse, opens up the possibility of causing harm to themselves or their school community, out of sheer lack of experience.

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Join: STEM Ambassadors Community!

All About STEM

Alongside STEM Learning’s STEM Community for educators, STEM Ambassadors can join their own Community to come together, find support and share ideas! “As a member, you can collaborate, ask for advice, share best practice and discover new ways to inspire young people with other volunteers, wherever they are in the UK. Help build a vibrant and supportive network, working together to bring STEM.

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How to Think Computationally about AI, the Universe and Everything

Stephen Wolfram

Transcript of a talk at TED AI on October 17, 2023, in San Francisco Human language. Mathematics. Logic. These are all ways to formalize the world. And in our century there’s a new and yet more powerful one: computation. And for nearly 50 years I’ve had the great privilege of building an ever taller tower of science and technology based on that idea of computation.

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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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Out-of-School Time STEM is a Workforce Investment

STEM Next

Developed in collaboration with Jobs for the Future (JFF) and STEM Next Opportunity Fund, the brief Investing in Out-of-School Time STEM is an Investment in a Robust, Diverse STEM Workforce , shares replicable examples and lessons learned aimed at helping move the needle for young people who represent future STEM employees, leaders, innovators, and consumers.

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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future?

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How are engineers contributing to a sustainable future? Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email With the Royal Academy of Engineering ’s National Engineering Day (1 st November) focusing on the theme of engineering for sustainability, we take a look at some of the inspiring engineers we have worked with, whose research, inventions and discoveries are contributing to a more sustainable society and a brighter future.

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5 Ways to Celebrate National STEM Day

Stem Activities for Kids

National STEM Day is November 8th! If you are already seasoned in STEM activities, you probably already have a few ideas of ways to celebrate. If you are looking to try something new, read on and you may find something that fits the bill. Why Celebrate National STEM Day National STEM Day is a celebration of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics.

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Engaging STEM Sports Activities

Teachers are Terrific

If you are looking for something to grab the attention of your students, these resources are perfect! Looking for something STEM-related and engaging? I don’t know about you, but somewhere around the real beginning of fall, I start losing kids. There is just something about the crisp fall air and football season that grabs their attention. Now, mind you, we live in Alabama, where the normal outside temperature during recess is about 95 degrees with 100% humidity.

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Unraveling Imaginary Worlds: The Psychology of Fake Scenarios

STEMe

Lahore, PK Have you ever found yourself thinking about different stories in your mind to help you fall asleep or occupy yourself when you're bored? Are these stories usually about some imagined desirable situation rather than a specific and real event? And most importantly, have you ever wondered why this happens? If yes, you have come to the right place.

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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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Percent of Increase Word Problems

Basic-Mathematics

A variety of percent of increase word problems along with detailed solutions

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Oct 27, Linear Dependence and Independence of Vectors

Online Math for All

Linear Dependence and Independence of Vectors

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What is Nanotechnology?

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Columbia, MO Have you ever been in a chemistry class or any science class and heard of the prefix “nano” when learning about the metric system? Maybe you’ve heard people say “nano” when talking about something super tiny. Chances are, you have heard of the word “nano” before and you’ve definitely heard of “technology,” but maybe you haven’t heard of “nanotechnology.