Accelerate Learning

APRIL 14, 2023

In today’s information age, we all want to claim we’re data-literate, but what does that really mean?

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 20, 2023

Here are popular online resources for physics classes (click for updates): CK12 Physics simulations Concord Consortium –chemistry, earth science, engineering, life science, physics Crash Course: Physics (videos) Monster Physics PhET Simulations for chemistry and physics Physics Catalyst Physics Classroom Physics Forums Physics instructional videos Roller coaster simulator Simple Physics Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rights reserved.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 14, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Perhaps the first thing teachers, students, and just about anyone who has used Chat GPT thinks is, "Oh no, we're in trouble. What will happen when kids figure out they don't have to write their paper -- that Chat GPT can do it for them." After I share the information with you in this post, you'll be even more concerned, but perhaps will find some ways that you can work with students until we have AI to help us with t

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Middle Web

APRIL 10, 2023

Teachers are feedback machines – “we do it all day long!” – writes classroom teacher and popular blogger Larry Ferlazzo. Here he focuses on ways to give feedback that’s particularly effective at enhancing students’ sense of competence and encouraging intrinsic motivation. The post What Kinds of Feedback Motivate Students Best? first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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ED Surge

APRIL 5, 2023

At the first staff meeting of the 2022 academic year, our entire team of coaches and coordinators was exhausted. We’d spent the first two weeks of the year subbing in buildings, covering lunch duties and pitching in wherever we were needed. COVID-19 was surging and our time in the buildings, while mentally and emotionally exhausting, reinforced the difficulties our students and educators were facing as they recovered from the losses of the pandemic.

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Accelerate Learning

APRIL 27, 2023

Let’s explore the key features of Response to Intervention (RTI), a proactive multi-tiered approach to providing academic and behavioral support and intervention for identifying and addressing student needs before they escalate to more serious concerns.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 6, 2023

This is inspired by Jennifer Cohen over at Forbes who wrote a wonderful article on “ 5 Things Super Successful People Do Before 8am ” (few of which I do, though I can claim #5). She includes chores like exercise, eat a healthy breakfast, map out the day–all great ideas, but not pithy enough for the average teacher I know. Here’s my list of what the average teacher accomplishes before her first class of children crosses the threshold of her domain.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 12, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Today I showed seventh graders Chat GPT-4. We are writing ebooks, and the original topic of conversation was how we could use AI to be more creative. But when I realized that many didn't know anything about this tool, we took a trip into my GPT-4 account since they are not old enough to get their own account.

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Middle Web

APRIL 5, 2023

Ramp up poetry positivity with the Peel the Fruit activity from Project Zero. Throughout the year NBCT Kathie Palmieri helps her fifth graders uncover layers of poetry understanding and then invites them to write their own. Their current favorite: the Intimate Object Poem. The post Invite Your Students to Peel Some Poems first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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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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ED Surge

APRIL 19, 2023

Teaching is about more than curriculum and lesson planning. It’s about more than tests and grades. It’s about helping kids discover themselves and the world around them. The work of a teacher, at its core, is to model and reflect back what it means to live. Teaching, as human work, is to show the beauty and complexity of the human experience in our society.

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All About STEM

APRIL 27, 2023

ASDA and Merefield School: Maths in the Working World Bringing the curriculum alive through the world of work, this resource is designed to support entry-level SEND students to understand how supermarket employees use maths in their everyday work. View the lesson resources here. This is part of Creating Careers in the Curriculum, a series of lesson resources that use the world of work to explain.

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Accelerate Learning

APRIL 14, 2023

When you’re looking to introduce or review a math concept, use warm-ups at the beginning of class to get students engaged and ready to dive into the class lesson. In just 5-10 minutes, students can complete a warm-up activity that gets them thinking about math and having fun right at the start of the period. It’s a great way to shift students into a math mindset and immediately engage them.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 30, 2023

William Shakespeare is internationally regarded as one of the greatest playwrights and poets in history, and his works have had a profound impact on our cultural heritage. Learning Shakespeare is a valuable and rewarding experience that can enrich our understanding of literature, language, and culture. Here’s a quick overview of how to get teens interested in Shakespeare: A Short Guide to Getting Teens Interested in Shakespeare If you’re a high school teacher, you can probably hear the gro

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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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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 6, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter The conversation is about Artificial Intelligence. Is it helpful? Should it be welcomed in schools? Should it be blocked? Today's three guests are expert authors of the newly released The AI Classroom: The Ultimate Guide to Artificial Intelligence in Education. We need to get practical, past the hype, and work to do that in this show.

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Science Buddies

APRIL 1, 2023

Use these free STEM lessons and activities to introduce and experiment with robotics with students. From designing and building simple robots to thinking about how robots can be used to solve real-world problems, these hands-on projects help students gain and practice circuit-building and robotics engineering skills.

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ED Surge

APRIL 18, 2023

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. That’s because earning credit toward a diploma or degree typically requires students to spend a minimum number of hours receiving instruction in the classroom. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

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All About STEM

APRIL 27, 2023

Have your say in Britain’s biggest youth survey! Aged 11-30? Tell Youth Employment UK what you think about study, work and life. Your answers could make a big difference in how the UK government, employers and educators support young people. All your answers will remain anonymous. The Youth Employment UK Youth Voice Census is supported by Amazing Apprenticeships, Edge Foundation & Pearson.

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Accelerate Learning

APRIL 7, 2023

Everyone seems to be talking about phenomenon-based learning, and with good reason. It’s a powerful way to engage students, foster curiosity, and build background knowledge.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 26, 2023

Here’s a great lesson that uses every child’s innate love of color to learn grammar. All you need is MS Word or Google Docs), a quick introduction to the toolbars and tools, and about 25 minutes to complete. If you’re the tech lab teacher, this gives you a chance to reinforce the grammar lesson the classroom is teaching and teach tech skills students need (click to enlarge): From Structured Learning’s Tech Lab Toolkit Volume I Copyright ©2023 askatechteacher.com – All rig

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 28, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter This podcast with Jennifer Seravallo is dedicated to helping reading teachers improve their teaching methods by providing practical tips and in-depth insights into differentiated reading strategies. If you're a reading teacher looking for ways to make your teaching more effective, you're in the right place.

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Science Buddies

APRIL 1, 2023

March is Women's History Month! Learn more about women in STEM in science history and get inspired! More than 60 profiles of scientists and engineers! Women's in STEM for Women's History Month: 60+ Scientists to learn more about! Update! This post has been updated for 2023 to highlight additional scientists and engineers! There have always been women in science.

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ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2023

What would you do if you had $800 million to build a new nonprofit to support innovation in online learning? That’s the privileged question that officials at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have been mulling over for the last two years, and this month they announced some answers. The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind.

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All About STEM

APRIL 26, 2023

If your students love space and you’re looking for activities, it’s time to deep-dive ESERO’s resources! Over the next few weeks, we’ll be on a mission to explore their primary/secondary collections and each week we’ll showcase a resource that we land on (in case you haven’t seen it). Our clicks for this week led us to… STFC’s Borrow the Moon Box!

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The Innovative Educator

APRIL 2, 2023

Created using Bing Image Creator OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google's Bard, and Microsoft's Bing have quickly emerged as leading generative AI tools. Which is best? Which should you use and when? These tools are always changing and improving, but as of now, here are some of the strengths and weaknesses of each AI tool. Check it out and discover which tool to use and how to most effectively harness the potential of each.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 17, 2023

Every year, the world celebrates Earth Day on April 22nd, a day the United Nations recognizes as International Mother Earth Day. It is a day to remind ourselves of the importance of clean air, fresh water, and unlittered land. It’s when we can all participate in making that happen rather than accepting the trash-filled oceans, the smoggy skies, and the debris-laden land that is becoming the norm in our lives.

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Cool Cat Teacher

APRIL 20, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter For me, this eighty days of AI journey is about looking at every AI tool that might be helpful to teachers. I know too many teachers who spend too much time creating their own materials. Unfortunately, many students and parents have bought answer books and answer keys for our materials.

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Science Buddies

APRIL 1, 2023

Bring on the luck of the Irish with these six fun, hands-on STEM projects for St. Patrick's Day! From the magical pot of gold at the end of a rainbow to lucky charms, leprechauns, shamrocks and more, St. Patrick's Day is brimming with opportunities to tweak science and engineering activities to fit the day.

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ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

The breaking point for Julie Sherlock was a literal one. The elementary music teacher was burned out and so very tired, following years of feeling increasingly overburdened and bulldozed by students and administrators alike. But it wasn’t until she broke her leg last spring that she knew it was time to call it quits. Sherlock was walking down the school hallway, carrying her heated-up lunch back to her classroom to eat, when a student called out to her with a question.

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