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Tech Tip #169: What is Digital Literacy?

Ask a Tech Teacher

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: What is Digital Literacy? Category: Pedagogy.

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FREE Webinar: 11 Reasons to Love Lumio

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Lumio is my go-to exam review tool and it can do so much more. Back in May, I wrote about Lumio and how it makes review and practice easy but now I'd like to share 11 Reasons Why Educators Love Lumio with some fellow educators who are putting Lumio at the center of their instruction.

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CREST Awards: On a Shoestring (Ages 5-11)

All About STEM

In collaboration with Mewburn Ellis, CREST Awards has created Star and Superstar ‘on a shoestring’ project packs. These booklets are a fantastic way to get children involved in CREST Awards with low-cost resources and everyday household items! Typically completed by 5-11 year olds, CREST Star and SuperStar challenges relate to everyday experiences.

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STEM CAREERS: Mathematician and Statistician

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A mathematician is someone who uses their knowledge to solve mathematical problems as they relate to real-world situations. Mathematicians are scientists who, with their specialized knowledge and professional methodology, approach many of the imposing problems presented in related scientific fields. Likewise, a statistician collects and analyzes data, looking for patterns that explain behavior or describe the world as it is.

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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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ENTHUSE Partnerships for Schools & Colleges

All About STEM

“ENTHUSE Partnerships improve young people’s attainment and engagement in STEM subjects and develop awareness and understanding of STEM careers, contributing to the Gatsby Careers Benchmarks.” Every ENTHUSE Partnership is a collaboration between 6 – 10 schools or colleges, supported by £25,000 worth of support over 2 years.

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Become an ENTHUSE Partnership Advisor

All About STEM

ENTHUSE Partnerships improve young people’s attainment & engagement in STEM subjects and develop awareness and understanding of STEM careers. They bring together six to ten schools and colleges to support collaboration and develop and strengthen local partnerships. ENTHUSE Partnership Advisors are Professional Development Leaders who work alongside ENTHUSE Partnership schools and colleges to.

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Learning Spaces That Affirm Students’ Identities

Middle Web

In Identity Affirming Classrooms: Spaces that Center Humanity, Erica Buchanan-Rivera provides teachers with the background knowledge, reflection tools and actionable practices needed to create identity-aware, student-centered environments. For all educators, says Katie Durkin. The post Learning Spaces That Affirm Students’ Identities first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Let Teachers Shine Funding Competition

All About STEM

Excerpt: Passionate teachers with new ideas to improve the attainment of disadvantaged children can now apply for the Let Teachers SHINE funding competition. The contest, which is run annually by education charity SHINE, is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Teachers can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over two years to develop projects with the potential to help disadvantaged children.

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Bonsai Tree for Beginners

Smore Science

Bonsai is the art of growing miniature trees in a pot. These are cute and cool for display, but they take a lot of patience. Here, you will learn to make a bonsai. • Select a suitable species of tree for your climate. Not all bonsai thrive or grow in every climate. Juniper, pine, cedar, oak, and elm are good choices for beginners. • Decide where you want to display your bonsai.

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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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Supporting the Growth of Bright, Complex Kids

Middle Web

Bright Complex Kids by Jean Sunde Peterson and Daniel B. Peters is highly readable and highly evidentially rigorous in helping educators, families and health professionals identify and work with gifted children of all socio-economic backgrounds, writes educator Amy Estersohn. The post Supporting the Growth of Bright, Complex Kids first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Molecular Machines of the Body

Smore Science

You may not be able to see them, but there are millions upon millions of tiny molecular machines in your body. While machines in the outside world are made of metals, the machines inside your body are made up of proteins. The molecular machines in cells help organisms perform a range of biological functions. A tiny protein motor helps microbes like bacteria move around in search of food.

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Discovery Education Leadership Symposium

STEM Discovery Education

Recently, Discovery Education had the honor of hosting a group of innovative leaders, including state commissioners, school superintendents, national experts, and policy makers, at our 8th Annual Leadership Symposium on September 28 and 29 in Denver, CO. Speakers like Cody Keenan and Dr. Robert Marzano , engaging sessions on topics like equity, federal funding, and competency-bases systems, and a tour of the St.

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Sentence-based sound teaching method for first reading and writing in education

Scientix

Turkish teachers have been using the “sentence-based sound teaching method” to teach reading and writing since few years now. This method allows teachers to get familiar with new techniques and find a better approach to each of their students. It enables teachers to show students how meaningful the sound is by singing songs, telling stories, tales or riddles.

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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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Nov 10, Multiplying Complex Numbers in Exponential Form

Online Math for All

Multiplying Complex Numbers in Exponential Form

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6 Good Project and Task Management Tools for Teachers

Educators Technology

The purpose of this post is to provide you with a list featuring some good project and task management tools to try out. The purpose is to help you enhance your focus and improve your productivity knowing that all your tasks and projects are arranged and managed in the most optimal way possible. 1. Trello Trello is a powerful task and project management tool that helps enhance your productivity and improve collaboration.

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Nov 10, Complex Roots of Quadratic Equation Worksheet

Online Math for All

Complex Roots of Quadratic Equation Worksheet

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The Digital Divide 2.0: Navigating Digital Equity and Health Equity in Education

ED Surge

More than two years ago, educators around the country began to engage in dialogue regarding the digital divide , as they recognized the reality that many students did not have access and connectivity as once believed. A term originally applied to describe the technology-access split between those living in urban spaces as opposed to rural communities, more recently it’s been used to highlight that only two-thirds of the world’s population has access to the internet, according to the United Natio

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Nov 10, Sum of First n Odd Natural Numbers

Online Math for All

Sum of First n Odd Natural Numbers

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Nov 10, Converting Polar Coordinates to Rectangular Coordinates

Online Math for All

Converting Polar Coordinates to Rectangular Coordinates

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Nov 10, Sum of First n Natural Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Sum of First n Natural Numbers Worksheet

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Nov 10, Sum of First n Odd Numbers Worksheet

Online Math for All

Sum of First n Odd Numbers Worksheet

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Nov 10, Sum of First n Natural Numbers

Online Math for All

Sum of First n Natural Numbers

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Nov 10, Worksheet on Average

Online Math for All

Worksheet on Average

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