Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Information that will help you teach digital citizenship to your students. Below, you’ll find everything from a full year-long curriculum to professional development for teachers: Resources: Digital Citizenship: What to Teach When (a video). Curricula: K-8 Digital Citizenship Curriculum. More on Digital Citizenship. How to Grow Global Digital Citizens.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Companies that are committed to diversity, equity and inclusivity (DEI) provide products and services that authentically and accurately reflect the learners they serve—whoever they are and wherever they live. These organizations have developed and embedded coherent and consistent principles to clearly define DEI content and DEI-attentive products. They have shaped and promoted editorial guidelines for the products they fashion, which will land in the hands of educators and students.

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Defined Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Could you imagine a world where each and every one of us uses our talents and resources to nurture the potential that simmers within? Could we work toward developing an in-depth understanding of our unique talents that are awaiting to be courageously unwrapped and shared with others? What if we strived to build systems that focused more on lifting each other up instead of pushing ourselves and others down?

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Middle Web

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The life skills students learn in our classes prepare them to thrive in the real world. Middle grades teacher Laleh Ghotbi shares some lessons from her effort to use weekly community-building circles in her classroom to help students learn to respect their differences and focus on common values. The post How Classroom Circles Help Us Build Community first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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Smore Science

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A diagram of the rings of Jupiter, Credit: Wikimedia/NASA/JPL/Cornell University. Does Jupiter have rings? That is an excellent question and one that gets asked often. When we consider which planets have rings, we usually think of Saturn. This is because its impressively broad and bright rings are visible from Earth with the help of a small telescope.

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EiE Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Happy MASS STEM Week ! Today, Monday October 17th marks the beginning of the annual MASS STEM Week, a coordinated effort to boost the interest, awareness, and ability for all learners to envision themselves in STEM education and future careers. This year’s theme is “See Yourself in STEM,” with a particular focus on the power of mentoring.

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Trina Deboree Teaching and Learning

OCTOBER 17, 2022

So, not all teaching experiences are horrible. In fact, there are still some special things to celebrate about teaching. And today, I am featuring TDTL Listies, who are teachers just like you, who shared the things they STILL LOVE about teaching. Come join us. Links Mentioned in the Show: Become a TDTL Listy and receive a Free Makerspace Masterclass- Why Every Classroom Needs a Makerspace Halloween Makerspace Task Cards: STEM Challenge Cards Halloween Activities Subscribe and Review: Are you s

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Box Light

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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