Sat.Aug 06, 2022 - Fri.Aug 12, 2022

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Classroom Tech Elevates Remote Learning

Ask a Tech Teacher

For over two years, many schools, parents, students, and teachers have struggled with how to teach remotely, and then–when can we go back to in-person learning. The education system is comfortable with teaching students face-to-face. For hundreds of years, that’s how it’s been done, but done right, remote learning is a winner. Here’s EdTech’s take on using classroom tech to elevate remote learning: Classroom tech investments elevate remote learning.

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Top Tips for Back to School Success

EiE Blog

As elementary educators, you know the importance of being prepared, especially as you prepare to teach STEM. To help you get ready for the coming school year, we’ve gathered our top quick tips for teachers returning to the classroom.

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Promoting Diversity and Inclusion In Robotics Education

Robot Lab

By Devin Partida. Image source: Black Girls Code. Diversity and inclusion are vital to creating a robotics education curriculum that invites all students to explore STEM. Many teachers today, at all levels, are working hard to make their approach more inclusive and equitable for all kids. It can sometimes be confusing working out where to get started.

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What Role Does Social Media Use Play in the Youth Mental Health Crisis? Researchers Are Trying to Find Out

ED Surge

Youth mental health is at a crisis point. In December 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on youth mental health. A few months later, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association testified before a Senate committee that America’s youth mental health system was fundamentally flawed. Not only have symptoms of mood disorders, such as depression, increased in teens and children—but manifestations of those diseases, such as emergency room visits and suicides , hav

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Can Brain Science Actually Help Make Your Training & Teaching Stick?

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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Balance the Delivery

Ask a Tech Teacher

Four to six hours in front of a computer for instruction. Unaccounted time for social media and gaming usage. Sounds like too much screen time? Some parents are beginning to see the fatigue in their children. School administrators and teachers are feeling the fatigue, as well as their jobs become increasingly dependent on computer and phone usage. So what gives in the post-pandemic world?

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8 Ways to Engage Readers with Readlee’s AI Reading Teacher Support

Cool Cat Teacher

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Readlee supports readers as students read into their personal devices. It easily identifies struggling readers, monitors progress, and automates differentiated scaffolding for your readers. Harvard researchers have reviewed how students read, teachers receive actionable data, and provide feedback to students to improve reading.

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Is Higher Ed Really Ready to Embrace Hybrid Learning?

ED Surge

The future of higher education will bring more hybrid learning models—but colleges may not yet have the staff and systems they need to scale up high-quality programs that blend in-person and online experiences. So believe chief online officers at U.S. colleges, according to a new survey of more than 300 such leaders published today by Quality Matters and Encoura Eduventures Research.

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How to Thank a Teacher

Ask a Tech Teacher

I found this article in my mailbox the other day, from The Tech Edvocate. This has been such a trying time for parents, students, and our teachers. Check out these great ways to say thank you that anyone can do: HOW TO SAY THANK YOU TO TEACHERS. No matter what you do for a career or how successful you are, chances are you would not be where you are today if you had not obtained a K-12 education.

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Gauthmath- A Good Online Math Homework Helper for Students

Educators Technology

Gauthmath is a math homework helper app that provides step-by-step solutions to all types of math problems including word problems and geometry. The app also offers access to online math tutors to help learners with their math problems in algebra, graphing, calculus, and many more. Tutors are from over 30 countries and are available around the clock.

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Harnessing The Power Of Math Manipulatives

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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5 Ways to Prepare for a STEAM-Filled Year

PCS Edventures

After a much needed summer break, you walk into your learning space to find boxes stacked high, bulletin boards covered and tables pushed aside. You smile, then sigh as your thoughts are pulled in two separate directions: “This new year brings so many possibilities!” and “I’m entirely overwhelmed.”. You’ve already heard about the benefits of STEM or STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math) instruction.

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When the Variability of All Learners Is Addressed

ED Surge

As an education community, we are beginning to understand the depth of the pandemic’s impact, especially on our students of color, our English Language learners and our students with disabilities. But we are also beginning to understand the breadth of connection, growth and networks that we have encountered over the past two years. Bringing together more than 100 organizations across the fields of disability advocacy, special education, civil rights and K-12 nonprofits, the Educating All Learner

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Amazing Benefits of Taking a Short Course

Ask a Tech Teacher

Too often, we think ‘taking a class’ requires a commitment of weeks–or months–to master the topic. Sometimes, you don’t have that much time, they’re too expensive, you aren’t ready to commit to college level courses, or you aren’t sure about investing so much time in a topic you might not enjoy. Thankfully, in today’s learning environment, lots of learning is available via short courses–dedicated classes that are completed quickly.

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Best Teacher Supplies for Classroom (on Amazon)

Educators Technology

The purpose of today's post is to share with you this collection of some of the best selling Amazon teacher supplies to use in your classroom. These supplies are arranged into various categories but I have only featured categories that are most relevant to us practicing teachers. Each category contains several products. Browse through the collections, pay attention to product ratings and make sure you read consumer comments before you make any purchase.

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Downloadable Design Briefs for an Integrative STEM Curriculum

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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Carbon Footprints/ Carbon Offsets

STEM Minds

Carbon dioxide is perhaps, the most infamous of the greenhouse gases. They all are bad, in the excessive quantities that they are being emitted right in now, but Carbon dioxide seems to be focused on the most. Why? This is because carbon dioxide is the most abundant greenhouse gas, out of them all. Methane may be far more potent than carbon dioxide, but is less abundant and only stays in the atmosphere for about a decade.

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Having Trouble Hiring at Your College? Try Improving the Jobs.

ED Surge

Several years ago, I chaired the search committee for a new administrative associate in my department. I was glad to participate in the process, and so was the rest of the committee, because we knew how important this role was to the functioning of our department. Our administrative associate manages complex budgetary and scheduling processes using byzantine systems and works closely with faculty who—let’s face it—aren’t the easiest people to placate.

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The Bumps and Scrapes of First Year Teaching

Middle Web

When Curtis Chandler began 'longboarding' to work, he endured a newbie’s trial-by-fire. After many bruises he took a friend’s words to heart and opened to the learning experience. The tips he shares here can help beginning teachers "embrace the challenging reality of our profession.". The post The Bumps and Scrapes of First Year Teaching first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Solving Absolute Value Equations

Basic-Mathematics

This lesson shows how to use the definition of absolute value when solving absolute value equations. I will show you tricks your teachers never told you.

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Makerspace Activities with Building Bricks

Stem Activities for Kids

When it comes to building projects, is there really anything that comes close to building bricks like Legos? I don’t think you are EVER too old to play with these versatile blocks. In fact, I have gotten quite a few sets of my own in the past few years. While sets from Lego come with building instructions, you can use these bricks in a slightly different way for STEM learning.

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Aspen Institute’s Newest Ascend Fellows Represent a Tightening Focus on Early Childhood

ED Surge

This week, the Aspen Institute announced its 2022 Ascend fellows, a cohort of 22 individuals hailing from a range of disciplines including medicine, research, entrepreneurship, government and policy, and nonprofit leadership and advocacy. Their respective fields may vary widely, but what unites this particular group—on the 10-year anniversary since the fellowship was first launched—is their commitment to transforming early childhood education.

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5 Civic Education Steps to Preserve Democracy

Middle Web

If we do not invest more of our school time and resources in creating well educated citizens, there will be dire consequences. Educators Shawn McCusker and Tom Driscoll offer educators five steps to make civic education more meaningful and help contribute to a healthy democracy. The post 5 Civic Education Steps to Preserve Democracy first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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Careers in Math? Great Careers Available for a Math Major

Basic-Mathematics

Have a math major? Want to major in math? Love math? Great! Learn about the many rewarding careers in math available out there.

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PBL in the New School Year

Defined Learning

The start of each new school year is a great time to try out some new methods and digital tools that can help to amplify learning while also focusing on the development of essential skills for students. A method that works well for any grade level and content area and that provides many benefits beyond learning the content area, is project-based learning (PBL).

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Surveillance Tools Are Supposed To Keep Students Safe. Are They Harming Student Health?

ED Surge

Schools are expected to keep students safe, but increasingly, their attempts to do so are instead putting students at risk. At least, that’s what’s suggested by a report released last week by the Center for Democracy and Technology, a nonprofit organization that’s taking a look at the impact of student surveillance. This latest report is a continuation of efforts to track monitoring software that keeps tabs on students' emails, messages, web searches and other information, ostensibly to catch th

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Build a Staircase STEM Challenge

Smore Science

Staircases – you see them everywhere. At homes, in offices, in schools, or in public places. Some are made up of concrete, some are made up of wood. We can also find glass staircases at some fancy restaurants. The material that is chosen to build a staircase depends upon many factors such as economy, functionality, etc. Try it: Take a scale and measure the height of one stair.

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Area of a Circle - Examples and Solutions

Basic-Mathematics

To calculate the area of a circle using the value of pi is what this lesson will teach you

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Affirming the value of an inclusive environment for learners with invisible disabilities.

Magic EdTech

Not all disabilities are visible. Many people believe that the term “disability” refers only to people with a visible disability such as an individual who uses a wheelchair or wears hearing aids. However, that is far from the truth. Many disabilities are invisible and there’s much more to them than meets the eye. What are Invisible Disabilities? The Invisible Disabilities Association (IDA) defines invisible disabilities as a “physical, mental, or neurological condition that is not visible from t

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There’s Still Time to Do School Discipline Differently, Researcher Says

ED Surge

As students and educators head into their third full year of schooling during a pandemic, they’re doing so amid a flurry of conversations happening around support for their mental health. What are behavioral issues and discipline going to look like this year? And where are the opportunities to make sure consequences are doled out equitably? That’s what New York University researcher Richard Welsh tried to glean by looking back at how discipline practices have evolved throughout the pandemic.

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A Guide on Surviving School

STEMe

Mississauga, ON PROCRASTINATION TO Productivity. We often tend to avoid doing huge tasks because of their magnitude. As a result, we give in to procrastination and leave them for later, closing in on the due date. While some might find themselves working effectively under pressure, procrastination poses a danger to academic performance in general. According to a study published in PLOS One, procrastination can lead to higher levels of anxiety, stress, and depression.

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Hands-on Stem Activities for Kids

STEM Education Shopping

What are the practicable hands-on STEM activities for Kids which you can start today? STEM Activities for Kids are some of the proficient recreational applications, which enhance the cognitive as well as the somatic features of a little human being. Actually the administration of STEM Activities for Kids is a very subtle and a natural process. Putting extra attention to the wellbeing of your baby becomes sorted and an easy structure.

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CSULA and YMCA Bootcamp Gets Students Excited About Web Design

CTE Learning

From August 1st-4th, the CTeLearning team and the Web Professionals Global Organization facilitated an online web design and social entrepreneurship bootcamp for students in the Los Angeles area. The students in the bootcamp were mentored by staff from the California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) Pathways Program and YMCA of Los Angeles. In the span of just four days, students learned technical skills, entrepreneurship skills, heard from industry experts and built their very own websit

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Sub Prep for STEM

Get Caught Engineering

Prepping for a Sub. Does the thought of needing a substitute in your STEM classroom fill you with anxiety ? You are not alone! STEM lessons typically mean a much more active classroom than most of the other subjects – many materials, student movement and discussion, and in some cases, bigger clean up. We have some tried and true procedures and lessons that we have relied upon to share that will make preparing for a sub a snap.

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