Ask a Tech Teacher
MAY 18, 2022
A lot of teacher-authors read my WordDreams blog. In this monthly column, I share the most popular post from the past month on that blog: Tech Tips for Writers is an occasional post on overcoming Tech Dread. I’ll cover issues that friends, both real-time and virtual, have shared. Feel free to post a comment about a question you have. I’ll cover it in a future tip.
ED Surge
MAY 18, 2022
Earlier this month, as thousands of early childhood educators and advocates gathered in Baltimore for the 2022 National Head Start Annual Conference, attendees exchanged first-hand accounts and anecdotes from the field, sharing what the last couple of years have been like for them and what it’s like right now. Tommy Sheridan, the deputy director of the National Head Start Association (NHSA), a nonprofit advocacy and professional support organization for Head Start, was hearing stories about just
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STEM Discovery Education
MAY 18, 2022
Plunge students into the problem-solving power of the engineering design process with STEM Forward resources from Panasonic and Olympic athlete Katie Ledecky. STEM skills empower the solution seeker in everyone—from students to 7-time Olympic gold medalist Katie Ledecky. STEM Forward ’s latest digital learning resources equip educators, students, and families with hands-on opportunities to practice creative problem solving and innovation using the engineering design process.
CTE Learning
MAY 18, 2022
What do you do when you want to retool for a new career? As an adult, you have more responsibilities and time pressures. Add to that the chance that at any moment you can get a call from school saying that your kids will be learning from home for the week or month or more, and it can be difficult to manage being a working professional. Today we are highlighting one of our success stories here at CTeLearning.
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.
STEM Education Guide
MAY 18, 2022
Magnetic tiles are easy to pick up and put away STEM toys. I have three kids, between three to nine years old, and magnetic tiles get played with by all of them on a daily bases. This is one of the many reasons they have recently taken off in popularity. With so many brands of magnetic tiles popping up lately, the two most recommended are Magna Tiles and Picasso Tiles.
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Career in STEM
MAY 18, 2022
I hope this post finds you well, and that you are gearing up for an exciting summer! Did you know that this upcoming summer is the perfect time for STEM career exploration?! It’s true! In the summer months students have more time to explore, discover, and get involved in career exploration initiatives over summer break. Thus I urge you to leverage this critical time to help your students build a future they love ??
CTE Learning
MAY 18, 2022
What do you do when you want to retool for a new career? As an adult, you have more responsibilities and time pressures. Add to that the chance that at any moment you can get a call from school saying that your kids will be learning from home for the week or month or more, and it can be difficult to manage being a working professional. Today we are highlighting one of our success stories here at CTeLearning.
STEM Education Shopping
MAY 18, 2022
STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and maths. STEM subjects are very vital as it pervades every part of our lives. Sciences are everywhere around us. Technology is highly expanding into every aspect of our lives. Engineering is the basic design for roads and bridges but also handles the challenges of changing global weather and environmentally-friendly changes to our homes.
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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.
Futurum
MAY 18, 2022
Understanding language communities: the multilingual, the transnational and the translingual. Published: May 18, 2022. Professor Stephen Hutchings , based at the University of Manchester in the UK, has been leading a modern languages research programme exploring the relationship between language and community. The internet, international business and travel, migration, climate issues… in many ways, our world is getting ‘smaller’.
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