Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 30, 2022

Ask a Tech Teacher contributor, Christian Miraglia, wrote an interesting article on changes in teaching since the pandemic. I think you’ll find a lot to relate to: Has Teaching Changed Since the Pandemic? March 13, 2019, for many educators in California and nationwide, was a day that will forever be etched in their memories. It was the day that many school districts closed temporarily, or so they thought, due to the spread and uncertainty of COVID-19.

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ED Surge

MARCH 30, 2022

Just before her 16th birthday, Cara Rothrock got her first job working at a 1950s roadside restaurant and ice cream stand, only a few miles from her parents’ house in a small town in Floyd County, Indiana. She poured soft serve. She cooked burgers and fries. She cleaned counters and took orders and ran food out to customers seated at picnic tables. All behind the glow of a bright, neon-lit parrot and a sign that read, “Polly’s Freeze.

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User Generated Education

MARCH 30, 2022

My gifted students, grades 4th-6th, selected Artificial Intelligence, as their elective during Spring, 2022 semester. (For more about this see Offering Electives to Elementary Students.) The chatbot learning activities I describe below are part of their larger Artificial Intelligence elective.Here is another. The Hook. Learners try out the following chatbot: [link].

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ED Surge

MARCH 30, 2022

The cost of college keeps climbing, and schools these days are considering all kinds of innovative options to keep costs low. But one liberal-arts college recently announced a radical new approach that does away with the idea of tuition altogether and instead counts on something else: gratitude. The school in question is Hope College in Michigan, and here’s the idea: give students a college education for free and hope that they will pay it all back in donations in the course of their lifetimes.

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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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STEMx

MARCH 30, 2022

Q: How is the program designed? The program is designed to be a system in which schools/districts opt-in and pay a one-time fee, which covers the cost of the curriculum. Each year districts pay a per student fee that covers the refurbishment and shipping of the kits. The kits ship to the teacher, they use them for 9-10 weeks, they pack them up, ship them back to us and then we ship them the next kit.

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STEM Sport

MARCH 30, 2022

There is no shortage of insight and acuity on this subject, yet one with a similar message and tone: Sports and/or physical activity benefit both mind and body. However, does one supersede the other from a physical v. mental standpoint? Or are they one in the same physiologically? The STEM Sports® supplemental curriculum examines and demonstrates the importance of both mind and body … on and off the field and court.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MARCH 30, 2022

Last semester, when I learned I would be teaching Modern Algebra a third-year level course on number theory, rings, and fields in January, I knew I wanted to make some changes to how I'd taught it in the past. I wrote about that in my previous post. One of the changes I decided to make was to make a full-throated leap into ungrading. And I wrote about that here.

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Middle Web

MARCH 30, 2022

Ideally, the “you do together” phase of GRR is a student-led experience that acts as a catalyst for learning. But how often does this kind of student interaction really happen in classrooms? Cummins and Webb consider what teachers can do to foster true collaboration. The post GRR: When the “You Do Together” Feels Shallow first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Newton STEM

MARCH 30, 2022

The Newton Free Library will host another virtual session of its STEM series for ages 6-9: Little Lab Coats: The Human Body! on April 19 at 6PM. This one-hour program will talk about respiration, digestion, and other complex systems that use important organs such as the brain, heart, and lungs. Registration is required, and there are only a few seats left available.

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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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Middle Web

MARCH 30, 2022

Reading and writing experts Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher detail how to use essays, book clubs, poetry and digital composition to support student literacy and build student agency. Reviewer Helene Alalouf says your students will thank you for bringing the book’s ideas to class. The post How Educators Can Reclaim Student Agency first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Jacobs Physics

MARCH 30, 2022

One of my favorite questions from the 2014 released AP Physics 1 practice exam involves angular momentum in a collision between a sphere and a pivoted rod. Teachers can check out the question (I think) at this AP classroom link. (If that doesn't work, search the AP classroom question bank for "A thin rod of length d".) In this question, a sphere bounces off of a pivoted rod.

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Informed K12

MARCH 30, 2022

Informed K12: Remote and Relationship First.

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Educators Technology

MARCH 30, 2022

Updated in March 2022 The Internet has not only revolutionized the way knowledge is being created and shared but has also democratized access to this knowledge. Language barriers? Not any more. There.read more.

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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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