ED Surge
JUNE 16, 2023
There’s a news story in higher ed that’s not getting enough attention. The nation’s adjuncts are rising up. Just a few weeks ago at Rutgers University, for instance, adjuncts, grad students and others held a five-day strike over unequal treatment compared to other academic employees. In the end, after a year of contract negotiations, they won a big jump in pay and benefits.
Accelerate Learning
JUNE 16, 2023
The science lab is a fun and exciting place for students. It’s where they get hands-on with science and learn how to conduct an experiment. It’s also a place with much potential for accidents. Any time students participate in a lab setting, a new set of safety rules come into play, and implementing and following those rules are necessary for a positive learning experience.
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ED Surge
JUNE 16, 2023
Jeff Maggioncalda, the CEO of Coursera, can’t hide his excitement about AI. He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” The interview culminates with an on-the-spot demonstration. “Coach is going to be both reactive and proactive for learners.
Accelerate Learning
JUNE 16, 2023
Teachers using the project-based learning approach generally agree that creating the driving question for a project is the hardest part of the process. It’s true! It’s a challenge to create a question that’s a great hook to engage students, meets your learning objectives and standards, and has enough content and “meat” to catalyze a rich, meaningful process of exploration.
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.
All About STEM
JUNE 16, 2023
If you follow us on Twitter you’ll know that we’ve been sharing our activity-packed Inspiration Stations, but now that the sun is shining it’s time for Summer STEM! The warm weather is definitely here, so grab the chance to excite and enthuse your learners with a fun class project or a creative session outdoors. Recommended activities are added regularly so be sure to keep checking back.
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Defined Learning
JUNE 16, 2023
Planning a project is kind of like planning a curriculum unit: you think of how it will begin, what lessons and activities students will experience, what resources you and they will use, the assessments, and how it will end. You might plan lessons for two or three weeks ahead, or at least have the later ones in mind when the unit starts.
Jacobs Physics
JUNE 16, 2023
I've been a fan for decades of PASCO's visual accelerometer. The linked post describes the demonstrations I use when introducing the meaning of the direction of acceleration. Thing is, the visual accelerometer with the red and green LED display has been discontinued by PASCO. They offer the S mart Cart vector display, which is great in that it does the same thing as the visual accelerometer AND it can be set to display force or velocity instead of acceleration.
STEMe
JUNE 16, 2023
Edison, NJ Deep within Iraq, hidden in the town of Khujut Rabu, was a terracotta pot measuring around 6 inches, or 140 millimeters, tall, with the opening measuring 1.5 inches, or 38 millimeters, tall. Discovered in 1936, a cylinder made of a rolled sheet of copper was placed inside the pot, with a single iron rod held inside the copper cylinder. Asphalt separated the iron rod from the copper cylinder, likely because the cylinder was not watertight.
STEMe
JUNE 16, 2023
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be trapped in a world that exists only in your own mind? Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) is a rare neurological condition that distorts an individual's perception of the world around them, resulting in alterations of how one imagines their body or their environment. Named after Lewis Carroll's beloved tale, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," AIWS creates a surreal and enchanting experience within the minds of those who encounter it.
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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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