Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 5, 2024

Life often interferes with work. Vacations, conferences, PD–all these take us away from our primary functions and the environment where we are most comfortable delivering our best work. I thought about this when I read an article by a technical subject teacher (math, I think) pulled away from his class for a conference. Often in science/math/IT/foreign languages, subs aren’t as capable (not their fault; I’d capitulate if you stuck me in a Latin language class).

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Communications Primary Flexibility Curriculum 195

ED Surge

APRIL 5, 2024

The original version of this essay was published on Medium. I detest when people talk about their dreams. It’s similar to listening to a 4-year-old tell you about their day. It takes more time than you have and never makes sense. Most of the time, I don’t even remember my dreams. Except for the rare ones that connect to real life. These dreams stick; there’s a logical glue to them that provides insight.

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Publication Schooling Teaching Physics 221

All About STEM

APRIL 5, 2024

Amazing Apprenticeships offer monthly downloadable information booklets for parents or carers. If you’re looking to advise your teens about career options, these are perfect for you!

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Civil Engineering Engineering 176

Accelerate Learning

APRIL 5, 2024

Discover effective strategies for building a strong math community in your classroom. Explore ways to engage students in Math and enhance their learning experience.

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Math Learning Teaching 130

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.

Teaching

All About STEM

APRIL 5, 2024

The Liverpool City Region Careers Hub offers over 80 resources in their employer series, Creating Careers. Creating Careers allows students to explore some of the exciting and interesting career pathways Liverpool City Region has to offer. Each film includes student resources to complete before, during and after each session.

Math 157

Math 157

STEMe

APRIL 5, 2024

When speaking of Frankenstein (1931), a particular scene springs to mind for us all. With a tremendous zap of electricity, Frankenstein shocks his creation, and upon seeing its arm tremble with movement, he crows with glee, “It’s alive! It’s alive!” Though this scene is suitably dramatized, enough to have stuck around as a timeless reference in pop culture, it does point out the significant import electricity has in the human body.

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Transportation Equality Energy Communications 52

Online Math for All

APRIL 5, 2024

Parallelogram Worksheet

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STEMe

APRIL 5, 2024

Elon Musk's company, Neuralink, has been making waves in today’s tech world with its highly ambitious goal of merging the human brain with artificial intelligence (AI). While the technology promises groundbreaking advancements in healthcare and human capabilities, it also raises ethical and privacy concerns that must be carefully considered. For example, one of the benefits of Neuralink is its ability to revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's, Parkins

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Artificial Intelligence Problem Solving Accessibility Communications 52