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Tech Professions Students Should Consider

Ask a Tech Teacher

Tech industry has been working solidly for the last decade or so and promises the best careers to students. Our Ask a Tech Teacher contributor has a short list of professions that students can look forward to: The Future of the Tech Industry: What Professions Should Students Look Into? Technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and cloud computing are transforming businesses.

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My Students Deserve a Classroom. Instead, I Teach Them in a Hallway.

ED Surge

Learning can happen anywhere — in a classroom, in a park, on a field trip or at a museum. But, the reality is that space matters. I had a classroom last year, and while it was shared with my math counterpart, it was large and just for us. We taught lessons, organized student materials and met with families in this space. The other two special education teachers at my school also shared a classroom.

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Math Vocabulary as a Tool not a Barrier

Accelerate Learning

Even for students with an intuitive sense of math, its specialized vocabulary often gets in the way, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Find out how to use math vocabulary as a tool to broaden students' understanding of math and improve mathematical discourse.

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Easy Valentine’s Science Experiments For Kids

Love Learning STEM

Whether you teach first grade or 5th grade, students love getting in the February spirit with these Easy Valentine’s science experiments for kids! This post’s science and STEM experiments are perfectly themed for any elementary classroom. Your students will love learning and practicing their science content with these fun and engaging activities.

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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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Math Vocabulary as a Tool not a Barrier

Accelerate Learning

Even for students with an intuitive sense of math, its specialized vocabulary often gets in the way, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Find out how to use math vocabulary as a tool to broaden students' understanding of math and improve mathematical discourse.

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Putting students first in online education

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

I really believe in the power of online teaching. I've been doing it, off and on, since 2016 and I've seen online learning reach students who were otherwise shut out of higher education because of their work schedules, health issues, or just their skill sets. When we all pivoted to online instruction in 2020, far from being a pale imitation of in-person classes, online learning – when centered around active learning and keeping students in mind first and foremost – took a

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Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Stephen Wolfram

This is part 1 in a 3-part series about the Second Law: 1. Computational Foundations for the Second Law of Thermodynamics 2. A 50-Year Quest: My Personal Journey with the Second Law of Thermodynamics 3. How Did We Get Here? The Tangled History of the Second Law of Thermodynamics The Mystery of the Second Law Entropy increases. Mechanical work irreversibly turns into heat.

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How to Use CRISPR/Cas9

STEMe

Shrewsbury, MA From the smallest microorganisms to the biggest creature on the planet, DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) serves as the building blocks for all organisms. Found in nearly all cells, DNA is a complex, long-chained molecule that contains the genetic blueprint for building and maintaining all living organisms. DNA is made up of four nucleotide bases that are strung together in precise, yet unique sequences that make every organism different from another.