Teachers are Terrific
JULY 27, 2023
Your students love to measure things, right? Well, let’s take advantage of that and explore some STEM Challenges all about volume and math skills! The first time I tried a STEM Challenge that involved volume I discovered students did not understand it at all! So, I have a fun way to help them visualize it! Try telling your students this: If we measure around the edge of our classroom and put up a fence, we use perimeter.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 27, 2023
Streamlining teacher work means finding (more) efficient ways to manage tasks, improve productivity, and enhance the teaching experience. Here are strategies to achieve this from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew: 5 Ways for Teachers to Streamline Their Workload It’s not easy being a teacher considering the amount of work you deal with every day. On the surface, you prepare lesson plans and determine the series of activities you will give for your next class.
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ED Surge
JULY 4, 2023
Kareem Edouard has been doing research for years on how to make children’s media more inclusive. And these days he’s putting those ideas into practice — on a big platform. He’s applying his research as a creative producer for a new show on PBS called Work It Out Wombats! , aimed at teaching concepts of computational thinking to kids ages 3 to 6. Edouard is no stranger to making media.
All About STEM
JULY 12, 2023
A new campaign ‘Get the Jump’ has been launched by the National Careers Service to help young people aged 14 to 19 to understand their education and training choices. The campaign will aim to raise awareness and understanding of all the different education and training pathways aimed at post-16 and post-18 including T Levels, traineeships, apprenticeships and higher technical qualifications.
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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!
Cool Cat Teacher
JULY 25, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Educators are the best! There are so many fantastic resources on AI out there, but I have been noticing that some of them feel very hype-ish and even written by AI. So, yesterday I asked educators on “X” (the new rebranded, Twitter, I guess) to share where they are learning about AI.
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Computer Science Teacher
JULY 12, 2023
I am at tending the 2023 CSTA Conference online. I’m not writing blog posts about it the way I normally do. Lots of reasons for that but I will post some learnings from it later. I am downloading lots of presentation slides as notetaking. But I wanted to take a few minutes to ramble about what has been going through my mind as I watch. One question I get a lot is: Why are your as a retired person still attending CSTA conferences and events.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 24, 2023
PDF editors are valuable tools in schools that allow students with different platforms–Google Apps, MS Office, and others–to make annotations, add comments, edit content (with some restrictions), and collaborate. Students can submit assignments digitally despite differences between their home platform and school (say, they use MS Office at home and Google Apps at school).
ED Surge
JULY 10, 2023
Just because this school year has ended doesn’t mean the crisis facing our nation’s youth is over. In fact, the data suggests the exact opposite. During the 2022-23 school year, suicide skyrocketed to the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 in the United States. Research shows some youth are more affected than others. Nearly 1 in 3 high school girls said they had considered suicide.
All About STEM
JULY 28, 2023
If you’re a curriculum teacher looking to connect your subject to careers, these are for you! The My Learning, My Future resources from The Careers and Enterprise Company are designed to help support work towards Gatsby Benchmark 4, highlighting the relevance of subjects to future careers. Packs can be used as homework, in lessons or in extra-curricular sessions and there are 27 subjects covered.
Cool Cat Teacher
JULY 27, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Artificial intelligence is the top conversation among educators everywhere. It was truly a thrill for me, as a classroom teacher, for Lydia Smyers, the Vice President of US Education for Microsoft, to sit down with me at ISTE. As educators, we're at the forefront of this exciting (and scary) change with unprecedented learning opportunities (and threats.
Accelerate Learning
JULY 12, 2023
Technology is all around us, and its capabilities are becoming more and more impressive. As the tech industry continues to create and innovate new technologies, it’s important to consider the people behind the latest robots, gadgets, and computers. The tech industry has a glaring issue: it’s not very diverse. The answer to this problem might just lie in expanding coding education.
STEM Discovery Education
JULY 10, 2023
Education is constantly changing—from how to engage today’s students to updated technology in the classroom, there’s always something new to learn. So how can professional learning help keep educators up to speed with all these changes? Flexible, practical professional learning options are easier to manage over traditional, hour-long sessions (or even webinars), so the learning […] The post Practical Professional Learning for Teachers appeared first on Discovery Education Blog.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 26, 2023
Learning a second language for many is complicated. Some of us are naturals at linguistics, others, not so much. Teaching means adapting to different students who learn in different ways. Here are four proven approaches, from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew: 4 Approaches to Effective Second-Language Teaching In an article from the Michigan State University website, children who are skilled in at least two languages are known to possess cognitive flexibility.
ED Surge
JULY 3, 2023
School’s out for summer. School’s out … forever? When we started to devise a summer reading list of EdSurge articles from 2023 that have been most popular so far this year, we couldn’t help but notice a pattern: Readers are hungry for stories about teachers leaving the profession. In fact, our top pieces all address the reality that plenty of educators are thinking of leaving the classroom behind.
All About STEM
JULY 28, 2023
You can inspire and prepare young people for the fast-changing world of work, with the help of the Careers & Enterprise Company Resource Directory. The Directory is comprehensive and has been carefully curated to easily find trusted, high-quality resources quickly. You can search the Resource Directory here or browse all available resources. If you’re looking for a specific group of resources.
Cool Cat Teacher
JULY 19, 2023
From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today, we spotlight Misa Sato, an award-winning assistant principal who recently earned the prestigious NASSP Assistant Principal of the Year title. Serving at Reagan High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Misa has made a profound impact through her dynamic approach to educational leadership.
Accelerate Learning
JULY 21, 2023
Small-group instruction in science gives students the chance to take new skills and apply them in a collaborative setting that is also fun and engaging.
Middle Web
JULY 4, 2023
What might students learn about the “invisible process” of reading prose fiction by a comparative study of a novel and its graphic novel counterpart? Jason DeHart promises high interest and aha moments as readers see the story not only with their minds but with their eyes. The post Pairing Graphic Novels with Their Text Originals first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 25, 2023
Wondering how to get your students upbeat about learning math? Read how math teachers use modern tools, technologies, and techniques to teach the subject, from one of our Ask a Tech Teacher contributors: How To Boost Student Engagement: Modern Tools for Math Teachers Prospective teachers researching online teaching certification and hoping to learn all they can about being a math teacher will do well to include tech tools in their quest for knowledge.
ED Surge
JULY 7, 2023
As an English language teacher in an international primary school and a language learner myself, I often think about how many K-12 students in the United States are given the opportunity to study another language in school. The answer? Not enough. There are a number of research organizations collecting data about foreign language study and multilingualism in the U.S., however, with insufficient and lagging data from schools, this research has its limitations.
All About STEM
JULY 28, 2023
Have you visited the Apprenticeship Arcade? The Amazing Apprenticeships arcade is packed with interactive fun games and quizzes to help young people explore and learn about apprenticeships. Match jobs to roles, guess the apprenticeship emojis, identify real apprenticeships, name the logos and more! There are so many activities to choose from, try some of our favourites: Whack-a-mole Game Balloon.
The Innovative Educator
JULY 9, 2023
The popularity of generative AI has made it more clear than ever that educators must take on the responsibility of helping students understand how to verify information and determine what sources are credible and reliable. Organizations like Common Sense Education are doing their part by empowering students with strategies and techniques to examine the legitimacy of online content.
Accelerate Learning
JULY 21, 2023
Schools and institutions everywhere experienced an abrupt transformation due to the global pandemic as they quickly adapted to remote learning environments. This fundamental paradigm shift cleared the path for the emerging trend of digital education, which has permanently changed how students learn and teachers teach. Giving kids the necessary 21st-century skills and digital literacy has become crucial in this brave new world.
Middle Web
JULY 31, 2023
Civics advocate Shawn McCusker doesn't agree with a noted professor’s premise that there's no hope for democracy, but "I do agree that our failure to prepare our citizens for the responsibilities of democracy is an existential crisis." Learn what he urges educators to do. The post Teach Dialogue Skills to Rebuild Our Democracy first appeared on MiddleWeb.
Ask a Tech Teacher
JULY 10, 2023
Here are great ideas from the Ask a Tech Teacher crew on how to keep tech fresh this summer. 3 Fun Ways to Use Tech in the Classroom in the Run-Up to Summer Summer is right around the corner and as a teacher, you might be in search of creative ways to leverage technology to ensure your classroom remains an entertaining, engaging and educational space.
ED Surge
JULY 31, 2023
When Aaron Diaz, 16, looked around his Compton, California, neighborhood, he saw people struggling, with little access to mental health care. “Collective trauma is embedded within the community,” Diaz says. That’s why he decided to spend his summer learning about careers in the mental health field. Diaz is part of the first crop of high school students in a new pilot program offered by the state of California in partnership with the Child Mind Institute.
All About STEM
JULY 27, 2023
With our schools now on their Summer holidays, we’ve wrapped up our My STEM Friend project here at the STEM Ambassador Hub in Merseyside and Cheshire for 2022/2023! Through the project, we asked classes to write letters to a STEM Ambassador pen pal – to get to know them, what they do and increase their science capital. With hundreds of letters shared between young people and STEM Ambassadors (I.
STEM Everyday Podcast
JULY 29, 2023
Ekuwah Moses is an Elementary Engineering teacher in Las Vegas, NV. She uses a variety of techniques to help over 700 students engage with STEM concepts and build a STEM culture in her school. Ekuwah shares how her previous teaching positions in Literacy allow her to help kids improve communication skills while doing STEM. Ekuwah is also the author of two children’s books that build upon her Ghanaian heritage.
Accelerate Learning
JULY 27, 2023
Collaborative or Cooperative? Learn more about collaborative learning and strategies to help you implement it in your class.
Middle Web
JULY 30, 2023
Need fresh titles for your classroom library? ELA teacher Kasey Short shares 13 new books that are sure to resonate with middle graders. These relatable stories offer diverse perspectives and themes that authentically capture the experiences and challenges of today’s students. The post 13 Exciting New Titles for Your Classroom Library first appeared on MiddleWeb.
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