ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Three young trees stood in a schoolyard, their branches reaching out for the sun, casting stripes of shade on the newly seeded grass below. With each passing day, two of them grew stronger, taller, thicker. Their deep roots built pathways that strengthened their foundation to grow. Yet while two of the young trees flourished, one did not. One young tree felt farther and farther from the sun as her peers grew stronger around her.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Presidents’ Day is an American federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February–this year, February 20, 2023. It was originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, and expanded to also celebrate the birthdays and legacies of other U.S. Presidents, particularly Abraham Lincoln whose birthday is on February 12th.

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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education taking place across the UK from the 4th to the 9th of March. The aim is to provide a focus on careers activities at an important stage in the academic calendar to help support young people leaving education.

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Accelerate Learning

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Messy and sensory play, often a lively and engaging part of educational settings, plays a significant role in the development of young learners. This type of play, characterized by its hands-on and unstructured nature, is more than just fun activities.

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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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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Imagine you are a mountaineer. Nothing excites you more than testing your skill, strength and resilience against some of the most extreme environments on the planet, and now you've decided to take on the greatest challenge of all: Everest, the tallest mountain in the world. You’ll be training for at least a year, slowly building up your endurance. Climbing Everest involves hiking for many hours per day, every day, for several weeks.

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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Educators and STEM Ambassadors can access STEM Learning’s free Community platform to connect with peers, find resources, discuss best practice and share ideas. STEM Ambassadors Community STEM Ambassadors can join the STEM Ambassadors Community to collaborate, ask for advice and discover new ways to inspire young people with other volunteers, wherever they are in the UK.

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Middle Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

While integrating imaginative writing into ELA classrooms may seem fanciful in a school culture that prioritizes the expository and analytical, teacher/coach Ariel Sacks shows how regular story creation can become a powerful developmental force in the lives of adolescents. The post Add Imaginative Writing to Your ELA Classroom first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Zachary Jackson thinks a lot about what his students may be learning from him in class. For some of his first graders in Atlanta, that goes beyond the actual academic lessons. They are also practicing how to be a man. For Jackson, the question of how to model manhood is an obsession, something he thinks about all the time. He’s worked with kids since 2018 through Wings for Kids, a nonprofit that operates after-school programs in Georgia and South Carolina.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I’ll never forget the day years ago when I stood in a donut shop, half asleep, bed head, with a monster sugar deficit. As I got to the front of the line, the man before me said, “I’ll pay for hers, too.” I didn’t know him. We hadn’t commiserated over how Krispy Kreme was always crowded. I’d just slogged onward, waiting my turn, eager to taste my apple fritter.

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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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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

There are only 4 days left to enter Amazing Apprenticeships Show & Tell Competition! Are you a teacher or careers adviser? Have you used Amazing Apprenticeships new NAW resources? You could win £100 for your school or college. Maybe you’ve created a display, offered activities or have a resources table you could share. Everything you need to know is on their introductory video.

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Defined Learning

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Employability skills — such as problem-solving, teamwork, work ethic, communication, and leadership — have become an essential outcome of classroom teaching and are critical to prepare students for future careers. Career-connected learning exposes students to a wide variety of potential careers and prepares them for the future of the modern workforce.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

When Alicia Garcia first enrolled at College of the Desert, she felt lost. Her first semester grades at the California community college were not good, she says, and she didn’t know much about financial aid or academic advising. But when one of her professors announced an opportunity for students to participate in a research internship to study young people’s well-being and civic engagement in the Coachella Valley, her interest was piqued.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

A lot of teacher-authors read both my education blog (this one–Ask a Tech Teacher) and my writer’s blog (WordDreams). In this monthly column, I share a popular post from the past month on my writer’s blog, WordDreams I’ve started a new collaboration over there with an exciting writer’s blog called Story Empire. My column is: What’s happening in the literary world?

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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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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Event Date: 29 February 2024 Employers can join STEM Learning for a 30-minute online session to find out more about the Research Placements and Experiences programme. Your organisation can contribute valuable career insights to young minds and be part of making STEM careers accessible! Discover the benefits and hear case studies highlighting the significant impact the programme has.

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User Generated Education

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

I have a strong emphasis with a few groups of my gifted students in integrating physical computing into my instructional activities. I’ve discussed the benefits of physical computing in Scratch and Makey Makey Across the Curriculum. As I have my students in my classes for several years during their 2nd through 6th grade education, I start teaching them block coding using MakeCode and Scratch in the early grades.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

When Chat GPT-4 came out, Cory Kohn was itching to bring it into the classroom. A biology laboratory coordinator in an integrated science department at Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges, Kohn perceived the tool as useful. It promised to increase efficiency, he argued. But more than that, it would be important to teach his science students how to interact with the tool for their own careers, he first told EdSurge last April.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Here are eleven fun Valentine sites to fill those few minutes betwixt and between lessons, projects, bathroom breaks, lunch, and everything else ( click here for updates on this list): Drag-and-drop games Google Drawings Magnetic Poetry from Ctrl Alt Achieve Games and puzzles ‘I love you’ in languages Afrikaans to Zulu Match Puppy jigsaw Rebus game Sudoku Tic-tac-toe Typing Write in a heart Click to view slideshow.

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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The Careers & Enterprise Company Resource Directory is packed with engaging resources for your learners. If your students enjoy Minecraft, try Skills Miner from Enginuity. It’s so much fun and the badges are brilliant! “Skills Miner is a collection of four custom levels inside the Minecraft game. The players complete tasks, solve puzzles, and find logical solutions to problems.

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Middle Web

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Brain breaks are simple transitional physical and mental exercises to prevent learning fatigue, refocus the attention of the class, and keep students energized and receptive to learning. Curtis Chandler shares 24 break ideas to ease stress and help kids connect with each other. The post Brain Breaks Relieve Stress & Boost Learning first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The latest wave of AI tools like ChatGPT seem certain to disrupt the workplace in the years ahead — and the most-disrupted professions may be ones that require college degrees. That presents an unprecedented challenge for colleges already struggling to prove their value. A study published last year used a sophisticated analysis to try to determine which types of jobs are most at risk of major disruptions and shrinkages due to large-language AI models.

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Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Educational technology , also known as edtech, has emerged as a powerful ally for educators in the classroom offering a range of tools to enhance instructional methods, engage students, and create a dynamic and interactive learning experience for students. From learning management systems to collaborative platforms and educational games, the best edtech tools equip teachers with the resources they need to create a personalized learning environment that caters to diverse learning styles.

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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Can your students design a trustworthy machine or build an app for good? If you’re a teacher looking for project ideas, CREST offers an amazing range of resources for ages 5-19! For secondary students, the Bronze Grand Challenges are a great place to start.

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Teach Science for All

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Climate change is seriously affecting young people’s lives, homes, and health, even if they don’t always express it openly. Their concerns about climate change inevitably seep into their school experiences. This raises the question: What strategies can educators employ to assist young individuals in navigating these challenging emotions?

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Leap into Learning with a STEM Challenge and Activity Perfect for Leap Year and Leap Day! Leap Day presents a unique opportunity to explore time, astronomy, and the Earth's orbit in a fun and engaging way. The Leap Year STEM Challenge is a fantastic resource to bring this concept to life in your classroom. Here are some tips to help you make the most of this learning experience with your students.

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Teach Hub

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

As students move into middle and high school , it becomes increasingly challenging for them to maintain excitement and enthusiasm for subjects like math and science. This difficulty could be because this age group tends to be distracted by their social life and other outside activities, which makes it hard for teachers to capture and hold their student’s attention.

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All About STEM

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

“Complementing the six-part BBC Two and iPlayer series that opens up the world of screen drama, the Bring the Drama Festival is your chance to look behind the scenes of film, TV and theatre.” If you’re interested in a career in stage or screen, this is for you! Visit the BBC website, download the app and start exploring creative careers!

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Middle Web

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Social media can disrupt concentration and healthy social development in adolescents. To counter its effects, principal Mike Gaskell looks at causes and suggests one helpful strategy to reduce stress and anxiety – ambient sound. Build the focus and flow students need to thrive. The post A Tool to Help Reduce Social Media’s Ill Effects first appeared on MiddleWeb.

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ED Week

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Cookie-cutter lab assignments that ask students to follow explicit instructions to reach the "right" conclusion limit learning.

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